![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() After a brief stay in the Tower of London the three heroes hunt down the potion, which is being used as a pick-me-up for a Rugby team. During the fracas, a thief steals the cart with all the barrels. Asterix and Obelix steal back all the barrels but Obelix gets drunk and starts a fight. In Britain, the barrel of potion is confiscated from a pub cellar along with all the "warm beer" (bitter) by the Romans, who set about tasting all the barrels to find the right one. It is decided that Asterix (Anticlimax's cousin) and Obelix should accompany him back to his village to help transport a whole barrel full of the potion. One member of the village, Anticlimax, is dispatched to Gaul to enlist the help of Getafix the druid in providing magic potion for the British rebels. As with Gaul, a single village remains independent, defying the Romans. Caesar, using his famous military genius decides to fight only when they stop to drink hot water and weekends. Julius Caesar has invaded Britain and succeeded, mainly because the British soldiers under Cassivelaunos stop fighting every day to drink hot water (with a drop of milk), and refuse to fight over the weekend. 3.1 The Britons' difficulty with French.3 Language based humour in "Asterix in Britain".2.3 Reason Dogmatix does not accompany the Gauls to Britain. ![]()
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