# 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:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2015, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/4581 "2015-09-22T13:48:54Z")

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Oh, yeah, but I like that sort of little burst of frenzy they have then, you know. I like it when they get a little bit angry. Shows they’re human.

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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:** [September 23, 2015, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/4582 "2015-09-23T15:52:53Z")

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It IS the rabbit!

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**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2015, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/4583 "2015-09-28T19:17:02Z")

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A wise choice, monsieur. And now, how would you like it served? All, uh, mixed up togezer in a bucket?

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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:** [September 28, 2015, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/4584 "2015-09-28T19:24:49Z")

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Lady Chairman, sir, shareholders, ladies and gentlemen. I have great pleasure in announcing that owing to a cutback on surplus expenditure of twelve million Canadian dollars, plus a refund of seven and a half million Deutschmarks from the Swiss branch, and in addition adding the debenture preference stock of the three and three quarter million to the directors’ reserve currency account of seven and a half million, plus an upward expenditure margin of eleven and a half thousand lira, due to a rise in capital investment of ten million pounds, this firm last year made a complete profit of a shilling.

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**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2015, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/4585 "2015-09-29T01:12:26Z")

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Well, that was really 'orrible.

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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:** [September 29, 2015, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/4586 "2015-09-29T03:25:03Z")

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She’s a witch! Burn her!

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**Author:** ![Biffster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biffster/32/339_2.png) [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2015, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/4587 "2015-09-30T01:00:22Z")

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Very small rocks.

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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:** [September 30, 2015, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/4588 "2015-09-30T01:09:06Z")

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Protestant, and fiercely proud of it.

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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:** [October 1, 2015, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/4589 "2015-10-01T15:51:32Z")

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The cat sat on the mat. And now the Battle of Trafalgar… Tonight we examine popular views of this great battle. Was the Battle of Trafalgar fought in the Atlantic off southern Spain? Or was it fought on dry land near Cudworth in Yorkshire? Here is one man who thinks it was.

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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:** [October 2, 2015, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/4590 "2015-10-02T17:12:07Z")

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I come about your advert - ‘Small white pussy cat for sale. Excellent condition’.

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**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2015, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/4591 "2015-10-03T00:26:12Z")

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No time Toulouse.

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**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2015, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/4592 "2015-10-04T03:13:27Z")

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Can I call you “Frank”? It’s a nice name. Richard Nixon’s got a hedgehog called Frank. Now, Frank – Fran – Frannie – little Frannie-pooh…

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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:** [October 4, 2015, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/4593 "2015-10-04T14:41:12Z")

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Message for you, sir…

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**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2015, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/4594 "2015-10-04T23:55:31Z")

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Well, that’s the mission - now here’s the method. RSM Murdoch will lull the enemy into a false sense of security by giving them large quantities of money, a good home, and a steady job. Then, when they’re upstairs with the wife, Sapper MacDonald will hurl himself at the secret documents, destroying them and himself. Well, that’s the plan, the time is now 19.42 hours. I want you to get to bed, have a good night’s rest and be up on parade early in the morning. Thank you for listening and thank you for a lovely supper.

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**Author:** ![TheSpeculationElucidation](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@TheSpeculationElucidation](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheSpeculationElucidation)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2015, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/4595 "2015-10-05T08:21:49Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> The Lady of the Lake, her arm clad in the purest shimmering samite held aloft Excalibur from the bosom of the water, signifying by divine providence that I, Arthur, was to carry Excalibur. THAT is why I am your king.

You can’t expect to wield supreme executive power just because some watery tart threw a sword at 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:** [October 5, 2015, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/4596 "2015-10-05T17:19:11Z")

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Go and praise someone else’s brat! Go on!

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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:** [October 5, 2015, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/4597 "2015-10-05T17:24:16Z")

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I written a sketch.

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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:** [October 7, 2015, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/4598 "2015-10-07T17:48:08Z")

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…Each of the knights went their separate ways. Sir Robin rode north, through the dark forest of Ewing, accompanied by his favorite minstrels.

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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:** [October 7, 2015, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/4599 "2015-10-07T20:34:51Z")

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People on television treat the general public like idiots.

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**Author:** ![TheSpeculationElucidation](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@TheSpeculationElucidation](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheSpeculationElucidation)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2015, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/4600 "2015-10-08T07:22:59Z")

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“She turned me into a newt!”  
“… A Newt?”  
“… I got better.”

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