# 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:** 3\ **Page:** 5
**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 18, 2006, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bbc-thought-python-was-sadistic-and-disgusting/383527/81 "2006-12-18T18:53:00Z")
Have you got anything without quite so much rat in it? ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2006, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bbc-thought-python-was-sadistic-and-disgusting/383527/82 "2006-12-18T18:58:13Z")
…until the word ‘Maudlin’ is almost totally obscured. Next on BBC1, it’s “The Death of Mary, Queen of Scots.” ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2006, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bbc-thought-python-was-sadistic-and-disgusting/383527/83 "2006-12-18T19:08:00Z")
[QUOTE=BMalion] …until the word ‘Maudlin’ is almost totally obscured. Next on BBC1, it’s “The Death of Mary, Queen of Scots.” [/QUOTE] Thug 1: Are you Mary, Queen of Scots? Mary, Queen of Scots: Yes? sound FX: Bam! Crash! Thud! Mary: Ahhhh! SFX: Whap! Thud! Bang! Mary: Ahhhh! SFX: Crash! Bam! Pow! silence. Thug 1: She’s not moving. Thug 2: I think she’s dead. Mary: No I’m not! SFX: Bam! Crash! Hit! Mary: Ahhhh! SFX: Thud! Pow! Bang! Mary: Ahhhh! Announcer: It is now time for your radio to _explode_! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bbc-thought-python-was-sadistic-and-disgusting/383527.md?page=4)