# Monty Python non sequitur thread (Part 1)

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**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")\
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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:** [August 14, 2020, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/8121 "2020-08-14T00:38:20Z")

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I think it’s runnier than you like it, sir.

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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:** [August 14, 2020, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/8122 "2020-08-14T14:06:57Z")

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Well, last week on Fish Club we learnt how to sex a pike … and this week we’re going to learn how to feed a goldfish.

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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:** [August 14, 2020, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/8123 "2020-08-14T14:57:08Z")

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Of course I can talk, Mother. I’m the Minister of Overseas Development.

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**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:** [August 14, 2020, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/8124 "2020-08-14T15:12:55Z")

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It’s not particularly silly, is it? I mean, the right leg isn’t silly at all and the left leg merely does a forward aerial half turn every alternate step.

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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:** [August 14, 2020, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/8125 "2020-08-14T15:13:51Z")

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What a stroke of luck! Now perhaps cycling will become less precarious.

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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:** [August 14, 2020, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/8126 "2020-08-14T17:22:13Z")

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Bicycle Repair Man! But how?

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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:** [August 14, 2020, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/8127 "2020-08-14T17:29:14Z")

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Right, can we have your liver, then?

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**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:** [August 14, 2020, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/8128 "2020-08-14T22:35:35Z")

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Get the sword out, I want to cut his head off!

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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:** [August 15, 2020, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/8129 "2020-08-15T04:10:41Z")

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It’s the Bishop!

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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:** [August 15, 2020, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/8130 "2020-08-15T17:29:43Z")

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What an eccentric performance.

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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:** [August 16, 2020, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/8131 "2020-08-16T02:26:11Z")

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Oh, no, no, no, no … well, yes.

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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:** [August 16, 2020, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/8132 "2020-08-16T13:31:53Z")

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It’s only a wafer thin mint, sir.

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**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:** [August 16, 2020, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/8133 "2020-08-16T15:22:34Z")

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It’s only a model.

[_shhh!_]

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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:** [August 16, 2020, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/8134 "2020-08-16T15:38:04Z")

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It’s…

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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:** [August 17, 2020, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/8135 "2020-08-17T03:52:21Z")

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_Mock_ frog? We use no artificial ingredients of any kind!

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**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:** [August 17, 2020, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/8136 "2020-08-17T12:31:41Z")

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Now _that’s_ what I call a dead parrot.

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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:** [August 17, 2020, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/8137 "2020-08-17T14:50:29Z")

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“It’s hot enough to boil a monkey’s bum in here, Your Majesty,” he said, and she smiled quietly to herself.

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**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2020, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/8138 "2020-08-18T20:05:41Z")

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There’s nothing Nietzsche couldn’t teachya 'bout the raising of the wrist  
Socrates himself was permanently pissed!

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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:** [August 18, 2020, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/8139 "2020-08-18T20:08:48Z")

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_'Course_ it’s a good idea!

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**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:** [August 18, 2020, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/8140 "2020-08-18T23:10:53Z")

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Um, well look, if we built this large, wooden badger…

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