"And Saint Atila raised the hand grenade up on high, saying,

'Oh, Lord, bless this thy hand grenade that with it thou mayest blow

thy enemies to tiny bits, in thy mercy.' And the Lord did grin, and

people did feast upon the lambs, and sloths, and carp, and anchovies,

and orangutans, and breakfast cereals, and fruit bats, and large --"

Skip a bit, Brother.

"And the Lord spake, saying, 'First shalt thou take out the

Holy Pin. Then, shalt thou count to three, no more, no less. Three

shalt be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting

shalt be three. Four shalt thou not count, nor either count thou two,

excepting that thou then proceed to three. Five is right out. Once

the number three, being the third number, be reached, then lobbest thou

thy Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch towards thou foe, who being naughty

in my sight, shall snuff it.'"