# I automatically think of Monty Python when..... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 16, 2008, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-automatically-think-of-monty-python-when/449502 "2008-05-16T01:00:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Phlosphr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2008, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-automatically-think-of-monty-python-when/449502/1 "2008-05-16T01:00:21Z")
There are certain phrases and situations that automatically remind me of Monty Python. Scenes burned into my unconscious mind from a youth full of too much Monty Python 😃 One of the biggest ones is the word “wafer”. I automatically think of Mr. Creosote exploding after eating a small wafer 🙂 Or vomiting on that poor cleaning woman. The word “Nietzsche” is another one. I always think of that scene in the Meaning of Life when the waiter asks the couple if they want to talk about Philosophy - and Mrs. Handy says “Nietzsche” but she pronounces it Neech. For some reason my mind defaults to that pronunciation it’s kind of funny. There are more, however, I know there are some Python fans out there so - anybody else? What seemingly innocuous words or phrases immediately remind you of Monty Python? ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2008, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-automatically-think-of-monty-python-when/449502/2 "2008-05-16T01:10:09Z")
Ni! “Yes it is!” “No it isn’t!” ---
**Author:** ![lizardling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f4b2a3/32.png) [@lizardling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lizardling)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2008, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-automatically-think-of-monty-python-when/449502/3 "2008-05-16T01:12:38Z")
No Singing! ---
**Author:** ![Phlosphr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2008, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-automatically-think-of-monty-python-when/449502/4 "2008-05-16T01:19:23Z")
😃 And I thought to myself, “a little fermented curd will do the trick,” so, I curtailed my Walpoling activities, sallied forth, and infiltrated your place of purveyance to negotiate the vending of some cheesy comestibles! ---
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2008, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-automatically-think-of-monty-python-when/449502/5 "2008-05-16T01:23:13Z")
Yes, wafer. But it is waafaar theen! 😃 And I hate that scene. ---
**Author:** ![Carson\_O\_Genic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cdc98d/32.png) [@Carson\_O\_Genic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carson_O_Genic)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2008, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-automatically-think-of-monty-python-when/449502/6 "2008-05-16T01:25:29Z")
My brain hurts. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2008, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-automatically-think-of-monty-python-when/449502/7 "2008-05-16T01:28:59Z")
Whenever I see a silly walk. Or a dead parrot. Or a pine in the fjords. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2008, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-automatically-think-of-monty-python-when/449502/8 "2008-05-16T01:33:34Z")
My local supermarket has a sign that says “Cheese Shop”. Everytime I see it I mutter to myself: “Not much of a cheese shop, is it?” “Finest in the district!” In March I was in Fort Eustis VA for about a month of training. Everyday I drove past the US Army Transportation Museum. When passing one of their outdoor displays each morning I felt the need to utter, “My hovercraft is full of eels.” Probably the first time I felt the need to say that. ---
**Author:** ![Cyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a88e4f/32.png) [@Cyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyn)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2008, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-automatically-think-of-monty-python-when/449502/9 "2008-05-16T01:33:39Z")
Spam spam spam spam ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2008, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-automatically-think-of-monty-python-when/449502/10 "2008-05-16T02:04:40Z")
“Composer” “Finland” “Camelot” “Individuals” “Pram” “Luxury” ---
**Author:** ![Leiko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Leiko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leiko)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2008, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-automatically-think-of-monty-python-when/449502/11 "2008-05-16T02:33:04Z")
An incomplete list: The larch. Lupines/lupins, and the names Dennis and Moore. Shrubbery. Any mention of the concept of fixing a bike, whether or not the phrase “bicycle repair” is uttered, will make me think of Bicycle Repair Man. Yacht, mangrove, Raymond. Lumberjack. ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2008, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-automatically-think-of-monty-python-when/449502/12 "2008-05-16T02:52:16Z")
It’s… “My line” or any variation. “It’s my only line!” “Anything Goes” ---
**Author:** ![Rubystreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2008, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-automatically-think-of-monty-python-when/449502/13 "2008-05-16T03:02:48Z")
I’m turning 37 this year, and I want to have a party called “She’s 37, She’s Not Old!” Can’t think about elderberries without thinking your father smelt of them. Sometimes, when discussing things a bit… ridiculously with my husband, I say to him, “This isn’t an argument, it’s just contradiction.” He knows exactly what I mean and says, “No it isn’t!” Also, I teach a Shakespeare play wherein herrings are mentioned. I had one student who, every time this came up, would say in unison with me, “Cut down the mightiest tree in the forest with… a herring!” No one else knew what the hell we were on about. ---
**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2008, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-automatically-think-of-monty-python-when/449502/14 "2008-05-16T03:05:35Z")
“I automatically think of Monty Python when…” I walk into my mom’s place. She has a bamboo birdcage hanging from the ceiling. In the cage is a stuffed brightly colored bird, lying on it’s side on the bottom. “It’s not dead! It’s resting!” ---
**Author:** ![well\_he\_s\_back](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3ab097/32.png) [@well\_he\_s\_back](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/well_he_s_back)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2008, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-automatically-think-of-monty-python-when/449502/15 "2008-05-16T03:51:36Z")
In addition to Spam and parrot, the words “Lumberjack” and “Spanish Inquisition” do it for me. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2008, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-automatically-think-of-monty-python-when/449502/16 "2008-05-16T04:17:57Z")
Sir Phillip Sidney ---
**Author:** ![as\_u\_wish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6f9a4e/32.png) [@as\_u\_wish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/as_u_wish)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2008, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-automatically-think-of-monty-python-when/449502/17 "2008-05-16T04:24:32Z")
The word model, as in “It’s only a model.” ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2008, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-automatically-think-of-monty-python-when/449502/18 "2008-05-16T04:42:41Z")
Was tutoring one of my little ones, and he was trying to spell “In”. Naturally he reversed the letters and it came out as “Ni!” So I asked him (Socratic method) to sound out what he spelled, and he said “Ni!”, and I immediately came back with “nnnnNiwhahh!” out of habit, and he kind of looked at me funny. “You’ll get it in about 10 years…” ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2008, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-automatically-think-of-monty-python-when/449502/19 "2008-05-16T05:04:03Z")
“And after the spanking comes the oral sex!” Makes things awkward. ---
**Author:** ![zagloba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/977dab/32.png) [@zagloba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zagloba)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2008, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-automatically-think-of-monty-python-when/449502/20 "2008-05-16T05:10:52Z")
Hey! I was going to start a thread on this very subject. Synchronicity strikes again. At the grocery this evening I was in line behind a 4 or 5 year old boy riding in the cart. I only heard him speak Spanish, so I began searching my beany brain for phrases one might use to start a conversation with a child. I had a vigorous urge to shout **Cuidado! Hay llamas!** \* [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-automatically-think-of-monty-python-when/449502.md?page=2)