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In Monty Python and the Holy Grail, is there a historical inside joke why the French are launching a cow over the walls, or is Monty Python just portraying the French as udderly ridiculous?

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In Monty Python and the Holy Grail, is there a historical inside joke why the French are launching a cow over the walls, or is Monty Python just portraying the French as udderly ridiculous?	138
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