finely refined torture...alternatively called "A VIVA"

I must say I would have loved to watch John Cleese or Terry Jones, or for that matter any of the Pythons face a viva. I can imagine what they might have spewed at examiners. A bit like the Spanish Inquisition skit in reverse.

I WISH I WAS John Cleese. I am sure anyone with something like the silly walk repotoire should be able to face a viva with the snooty aplomb required. I am unfortunately a quivering mass of jelly, probably trasmuted myself into some distant relative of a jelly fish. I think my brains have melted and run into the sand.