# Monty Python non sequitur thread (Part 1)

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**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [April 24, 2010, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218 "2010-04-24T16:36:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2013, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/2381 "2013-05-01T03:20:21Z")

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Well sir, I have a silly walk and I’d like to obtain a Government grant to help me develop it.

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2013, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/2382 "2013-05-01T11:55:06Z")

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The llama is a quadruped which lives in the big rivers like the Amazon. It has two ears, a heart, a forehead, and a beak for eating honey. But it is provided with fins for swimming.

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**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2013, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/2383 "2013-05-01T13:40:01Z")

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'E’s patently hit upon the ideer of escape.

Regards,  
Shodan

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**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:** [May 1, 2013, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/2384 "2013-05-01T20:01:47Z")

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I asked them to put it on my form, sir - ‘No killing.’

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2013, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/2385 "2013-05-01T20:14:59Z")

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And there was much rejoicing.

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**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2013, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/2386 "2013-05-01T23:16:01Z")

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You probubly noticed that I didn’t say ‘And now for something completely different’ just now. This simply because I am unable to appear in the show this week. Sorry to interupt you.

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**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2013, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/2387 "2013-05-01T23:30:23Z")

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Look. I … I’d had a lovely supper, and all I said to my wife was, “That piece of halibut was good enough for Jehovah.”

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**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:** [May 2, 2013, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/2388 "2013-05-02T00:01:18Z")

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Well, what about those juniper bushes over there?

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2013, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/2389 "2013-05-02T01:26:49Z")

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Mr. E.V. Lambert of ‘Homeleigh’, The Burrows, Oswestry, has presented us with a poser. We do not know which bush he is behind, but we can soon find out.

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**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:** [May 2, 2013, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/2390 "2013-05-02T05:03:05Z")

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Oh, see, my brother’s clumsy, Colonel, and when he gets unhappy he breaks things. Like, say, he don’t feel the Army’s playing fair by him, he may start breaking things, Colonel.

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2013, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/2391 "2013-05-02T17:06:50Z")

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Now I’m going to ask you that question once more, and if you say ‘no’ I’m going to shoot you through the head. Now, do you have any cheese at all?

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**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:** [May 2, 2013, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/2392 "2013-05-02T17:10:54Z")

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Ordinarily yes, sir, but today the van broke down.

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2013, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/2393 "2013-05-02T17:17:00Z")

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Hmmmmm. Thinks - this sounds like a job for… Bicycle Repair Man…but how to change without revealing my secret identity?

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**Author:** ![Srsly\_Dad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@Srsly\_Dad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Srsly_Dad)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2013, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/2394 "2013-05-02T17:54:39Z")

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Drop your panties, Sir William, I cannot wait till lunch time.

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**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2013, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/2395 "2013-05-02T19:48:28Z")

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I can eat enormous quantities of ice cream without being sick.

Regards,  
Mr. Neutron

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2013, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/2396 "2013-05-02T19:52:12Z")

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We use only the finest baby frogs, dew-picked and flown from Iraq, cleansed in the finest quality spring water, lightly killed, and then sealed in a succulent Swiss quintuple smooth treble cream milk chocolate envelope, and lovingly frosted with glucose.

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**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:** [May 2, 2013, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/2397 "2013-05-02T19:52:33Z")

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Splunge!

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**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2013, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/2398 "2013-05-02T21:15:27Z")

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There’s no possible way of answering that argument, I’m afraid. I was only hoping you would not make that particular point, but I can see you’re more than a match for me!

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2013, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/2399 "2013-05-02T21:25:48Z")

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Look, I stopped _your_ sketch five minutes ago. So get out of shot.

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**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:** [May 3, 2013, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/2400 "2013-05-03T02:33:12Z")

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We can guarantee you that not a single armoured division will get done over for… fifteen bob a week.

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