# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2008, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-automatically-think-of-monty-python-when/449502/21 "2008-05-16T06:07:21Z")
If I injure myself, my immediate response is “I’ve 'ad Worse!” when I have a headache, I use the “My Brain Hurts” line whenever a machine fails diagnostics, or an ordered repair part fails to fix the machine… “Predictable really, I suppose, act of purest optimism to have posed the question in the first place” A failed computer is not “dead”, it’s either _resting_, or _pining for the Fijords_ (sometimes both) ---
**Author:** ![cactus\_waltz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@cactus\_waltz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cactus_waltz)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2008, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-automatically-think-of-monty-python-when/449502/22 "2008-05-16T07:56:45Z")
Seeing the word spam automatically makes me think of Terry Jones in drag. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2008, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-automatically-think-of-monty-python-when/449502/23 "2008-05-16T09:42:55Z")
Whenever a friend or family complains about tummy-ache, I intone “IT WAS…THE SALMON MOUSSE!” in my best Grim Reaper accent. That and saying “Ooh, look, Howard’s being eaten!” whenever I pass a fish tank in a restaurant, like at my favourite Thai place. And when I worked in an office and someone bitched about a job, I was known to say, in the Old Lady voice, “Well, at least I’m not working for Jews!”. Only one friend would have the background to follow up with a quick French-accented “I had no idea we had a Rascist working here!”, and the rest of the staff would wonder why we were rolling on the floor. ---
**Author:** ![dead0man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/edb3f5/32.png) [@dead0man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dead0man)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2008, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-automatically-think-of-monty-python-when/449502/24 "2008-05-16T09:50:01Z")
Most of the ones I thought of have been said except “pooftahs” (sp?) And “Rule 6”. There isn’t one. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2008, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-automatically-think-of-monty-python-when/449502/25 "2008-05-16T11:22:01Z")
Penguins - There’s a penguin on the telly. Lumberjack - The lumberjack song where they finish the song. A cartoon foot - They step on everything. A big fat lady - They guy keeps dropping out of the air and bouncing off the prostrate fat lady. Spam - I will also think of the Spam skit before junk mail unlike the generations that missed Monty Python. ---
**Author:** ![Siege](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dbc845/32.png) [@Siege](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siege)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2008, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-automatically-think-of-monty-python-when/449502/26 "2008-05-16T11:24:16Z")
The gentleman loves Monty Python. I sing in the rather large choir of an Episcopal Church. While a lot of the service reminds him of Monty Python, what particularly comes to mind, when we’re processing up the aisle in our robes, is “Dies ie requiem!” :thud: ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2008, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-automatically-think-of-monty-python-when/449502/27 "2008-05-16T11:32:01Z")
Hovercraft (is it full of eels?) Brian ---
**Author:** ![Terrorcotta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dbc845/32.png) [@Terrorcotta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrorcotta)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2008, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-automatically-think-of-monty-python-when/449502/28 "2008-05-16T11:43:36Z")
“Well, I wasn’t expecting that!” starts a round of Inquisition from the family. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2008, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-automatically-think-of-monty-python-when/449502/29 "2008-05-16T12:53:52Z")
‘I wish to make a complaint!’ ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2008, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-automatically-think-of-monty-python-when/449502/30 "2008-05-16T13:16:14Z")
Confuse-a-cat. Except in our house, it’s Confuse-a-corgi. ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2008, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-automatically-think-of-monty-python-when/449502/31 "2008-05-16T13:26:52Z")
Whenever the Gospel reading at church is about the Beatitudes I start giggling. “Blessed are the Cheesemakers”. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2008, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-automatically-think-of-monty-python-when/449502/32 "2008-05-16T13:29:24Z")
[QUOTE=Leiko] 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. [/QUOTE] Our congressman’s name is Dennis Moore, so you can imagine how often that song is running through my head. And just the other day I was thinking about how fun it would be to have a bicycle repair shop called “The Bicycle Repairman”, where all the employees have to wear Superman t-shirts. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2008, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-automatically-think-of-monty-python-when/449502/33 "2008-05-16T14:12:10Z")
“I’m not dead yet!” in a cheesy English accent. (In response to “How ya doing?”) ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2008, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-automatically-think-of-monty-python-when/449502/34 "2008-05-16T14:19:07Z")
Chartered accountancy. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2008, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-automatically-think-of-monty-python-when/449502/35 "2008-05-16T15:48:08Z")
[QUOTE=Phlosphr] One of the biggest ones is the word “wafer”. I automatically think of Mr. Creosote exploding after eating a small wafer 🙂 [/QUOTE] My francophone GF (never having been directly exposed to Python) mechanically responds to offers of second helpings with a gruff, “Fuck off, I’m full.” She picked that charming habit up from me. Griping about work usually brings on “I never wanted to be a \_\_\_\_\_\_. I wanted to be a lumberjack… &C” Whenever I have to interact with housing developers, I think about rotating knives. (No reason.) ---
**Author:** ![Solfy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Solfy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Solfy)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2008, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-automatically-think-of-monty-python-when/449502/36 "2008-05-16T15:58:21Z")
I listen to NPR while I commute. Every time I hear a story that mentions diplomat John Bolton (which was pretty often for a while there) I have to fight the urge to say, “Notlob!” ---
**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:** [May 16, 2008, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-automatically-think-of-monty-python-when/449502/37 "2008-05-16T16:08:13Z")
The comfy chair! ---
**Author:** ![UncaStuart](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uncastuart/32/404_2.png) [@UncaStuart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncaStuart)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2008, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-automatically-think-of-monty-python-when/449502/38 "2008-05-16T16:54:42Z")
I cannot say “My theory . . .” without doing it in falsetto. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2008, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-automatically-think-of-monty-python-when/449502/39 "2008-05-16T16:56:55Z")
“Burma” This has made talking about the recent cyclone difficult. ---
**Author:** ![Pixilated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/aeb1de/32.png) [@Pixilated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixilated)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2008, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-automatically-think-of-monty-python-when/449502/40 "2008-05-16T16:59:06Z")
Whenever I see a wild hare I think of the Killer Rabbit! Oh it’s just a harmless little bunny, isn’t it? (I have the shirt for when I paying my D&D character, Bunny) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-automatically-think-of-monty-python-when/449502.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-automatically-think-of-monty-python-when/449502.md?page=3)