# BBC thought Python was "sadistic" and "disgusting" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 10, 2006, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bbc-thought-python-was-sadistic-and-disgusting/383527 "2006-12-10T02:58:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2006, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bbc-thought-python-was-sadistic-and-disgusting/383527/21 "2006-12-11T02:26:57Z")
He’s not the Messiah, he’s only a very naughty boy! ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2006, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bbc-thought-python-was-sadistic-and-disgusting/383527/22 "2006-12-11T03:44:40Z")
[QUOTE=Loopydude] A penguin once bit my sister… [/QUOTE] No realli! She was Karving her initials on the penguin with the sharpened end of an interspace tøøthbrush given her by Svenge - her brother-in-law - an Oslo dentist and star of many Norwegian møvies: “The Høt Hands of an Oslo Dentist”, “Fillings of Passion”, “The Huge Mølars of Horst Nordfink”. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2006, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bbc-thought-python-was-sadistic-and-disgusting/383527/23 "2006-12-11T05:54:11Z")
Go away or I shall taunt you a second time, you silly English, er, Norwegian person. ---
**Author:** ![Aden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/51bf81/32.png) [@Aden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aden)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2006, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bbc-thought-python-was-sadistic-and-disgusting/383527/24 "2006-12-11T06:31:17Z")
[QUOTE=ZipperJJ] Well it _IS_. So is the evening news. But the Flying Circus is much, much funnier than the evening news. [/QUOTE] said pefectly ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2006, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bbc-thought-python-was-sadistic-and-disgusting/383527/25 "2006-12-11T07:21:15Z")
Back when I was young, even the COMMERCIALS on BBC1 were sadistic and disgusting … and we LIKED them that way! ---
**Author:** ![si\_blakely](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@si\_blakely](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/si_blakely)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2006, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bbc-thought-python-was-sadistic-and-disgusting/383527/26 "2006-12-11T13:53:20Z")
Voom - that channel wouldn’t voom if you put 40 million volts through it A Flying Circus, well, that might rark things up a bit. Si ---
**Author:** ![Kizarvexius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/da6949/32.png) [@Kizarvexius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kizarvexius)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2006, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bbc-thought-python-was-sadistic-and-disgusting/383527/27 "2006-12-11T20:09:16Z")
What do you mean, “sadistic” and “disgusting”, you festering heap of parrot droppings? Your type really makes me puke, you vacuous, toffee-nosed, malodorous pervert! ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2006, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bbc-thought-python-was-sadistic-and-disgusting/383527/28 "2006-12-11T20:23:27Z")
[QUOTE=si\_blakely] Voom - that channel wouldn’t voom if you put 40 million volts through it [/QUOTE] What’s all this, then? ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2006, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bbc-thought-python-was-sadistic-and-disgusting/383527/29 "2006-12-11T20:29:06Z")
[QUOTE=Terrifel] Fortunately, the BBC’s attitude toward Python improved considerably once the penguins took over. [/QUOTE] I’m confused here: did the penguins take over Monty Python, or did the penguins take over the BBC? ---
**Author:** ![chappachula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2006, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bbc-thought-python-was-sadistic-and-disgusting/383527/30 "2006-12-11T20:51:04Z")
[QUOTE=Giles] I’m confused here: did the penguins take over Monty Python, or did the penguins take over the BBC? [/QUOTE] odd that penguin bein’ there, isn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2006, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bbc-thought-python-was-sadistic-and-disgusting/383527/31 "2006-12-11T20:54:25Z")
So… The BBC wanted something completely different? ---
**Author:** ![Subterraneanus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Subterraneanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Subterraneanus)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2006, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bbc-thought-python-was-sadistic-and-disgusting/383527/32 "2006-12-11T21:17:12Z")
[QUOTE=garygnu] So… The BBC wanted something completely different? [/QUOTE] They wanted a man with three buttocks. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2006, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bbc-thought-python-was-sadistic-and-disgusting/383527/33 "2006-12-11T21:44:05Z")
[QUOTE=Boulter’s Canary] David Attenborough was controller of BBC2 at the time and, as such, gave Python final approval. (Shamless plug follows) Another reason to vote for him as greatest living British icon. 😃 [/QUOTE] Thank you for your post, Mrs. Attenborough. ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2006, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bbc-thought-python-was-sadistic-and-disgusting/383527/34 "2006-12-11T22:01:44Z")
Burma! ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2006, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bbc-thought-python-was-sadistic-and-disgusting/383527/35 "2006-12-11T22:09:50Z")
Why did you say “Burma”? ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2006, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bbc-thought-python-was-sadistic-and-disgusting/383527/36 "2006-12-11T22:11:06Z")
This here’s the wottle, the emblem of our land! You can stick it in a bottle, you can hold it in your hand! ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2006, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bbc-thought-python-was-sadistic-and-disgusting/383527/37 "2006-12-11T22:12:09Z")
(I’m kinda curious to see if we can’t reenact the Bruces sketch with no help. I wonder how close we could get to it.) ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2006, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bbc-thought-python-was-sadistic-and-disgusting/383527/38 "2006-12-11T22:14:30Z")
[QUOTE=Least Original User Name Ever] (I’m kinda curious to see if we can’t reenact the Bruces sketch with no help. I wonder how close we could get to it.) [/QUOTE] I think we can do it if we put our minds together, Bruce. But I’ll have to ask the mods to change my user name to Bruce: It’ll be less confusing that way. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2006, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bbc-thought-python-was-sadistic-and-disgusting/383527/39 "2006-12-11T22:17:27Z")
Good idea, Bruce! I think we need to draft new rules for the philosophy department at the University of Wallamaloo. ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2006, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bbc-thought-python-was-sadistic-and-disgusting/383527/40 "2006-12-11T22:38:29Z")
I don’t want to be a pissant pedant, Bruce, but it’s spelled [Woolloomooloo](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woolloomooloo) – though the locals call it the Loo for short, for obvious reasons. (And the Loo is not to be confused with the “loo”, which is what the Poms call the dunny.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bbc-thought-python-was-sadistic-and-disgusting/383527.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bbc-thought-python-was-sadistic-and-disgusting/383527.md?page=3)