By now you’re familiar with the low-tech method used by the high-tech generation in order to be heard in a crowd. For instance, if you have a message for everyone, you simply yell "Mic Check!" Next, parse your message out into easily repeated sentences so that the crowd can repeat it as many times as is needed for everyone to hear your words of wisdom, courage and directions to the nearest available toilets.
‘And now it’s time for something completely different.’ Accidentally topical in this case, the Monty Python troupe pioneered the Mic Check technique in the movie "The Life of Brian." Here are some zealous fans imitating a scene in the movie which has proved to be prophetic.