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Puritans

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The setup

A Puritan meeting collapses as the elders find increasingly absurd reasons to shun one another.

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The premise

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The church elders of New Scunthorpe gather to discuss village business, but their attention shifts to unfamiliar pronunciations and an accidental laugh. Each attempt to condemn someone else exposes a fresh supposed sin, leaving almost everyone shunned. John tries to bring the discussion back to digging a well, only to discover that even an innocent expression can become another accusation.

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Highly quotable.

Is not laughter sinful?

Take her hat buckle.

A little extra

Notes from the archive.

The opening caption places the scene in New England in 1634.

The rabbit hole continues

One more couldn’t hurt.

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