# Monty Python non sequitur thread (Part 1) **URL:** \ **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\ **Page:** 445
**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:** [January 27, 2022, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/8892 "2022-01-27T13:25:58Z")
Hello, good evening, and welcome to ‘Blackmail’! ---
**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:** [January 27, 2022, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/8893 "2022-01-27T19:10:07Z")
Well, Mr. Anemone’s on the phone at the moment, but I’m sure he won’t mind if you go on in. Through here. ---
**Author:** ![kwintenstraler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kwintenstraler/32/10698_2.png) [@kwintenstraler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kwintenstraler)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2022, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/8894 "2022-01-27T19:24:33Z")
Wi nøt trei a høliday in Sweden this yer? ---
**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:** [January 28, 2022, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/8895 "2022-01-28T18:08:34Z")
Of course you’re on a bloody wire. ---
**Author:** ![kwintenstraler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kwintenstraler/32/10698_2.png) [@kwintenstraler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kwintenstraler)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2022, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/8896 "2022-01-28T18:44:15Z")
Well, if you can imagine the size of Nelson’s Column, which is roughly three times the size of a London bus, then Tchaikovsky was much smaller. His head was about the same size as that of an extremely large dog, that is to say, two very small dogs, or four very large hamsters, or one medium-size rabbit if you count the whole of the body and not just the head. ---
**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:** [January 29, 2022, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/8897 "2022-01-29T14:25:56Z")
So-called Cardinal, I put it to you that you died in December 1642. ---
**Author:** ![kwintenstraler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kwintenstraler/32/10698_2.png) [@kwintenstraler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kwintenstraler)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2022, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/8898 "2022-01-29T17:52:08Z")
Allow me to introduce myself. I’m Inspector Fox of the Light Entertainment Police, Comedy Division, Special Flying Squad. ---
**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:** [January 31, 2022, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/8899 "2022-01-31T14:39:47Z")
I didn’t want to seem a bit of an old fusspot just now you know, but it’s just as easy to get these things right as they are easily found in the BALPA handbook. ---
**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:** [January 31, 2022, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/8900 "2022-01-31T15:12:50Z")
No one ever expects the Spanish Inquisition! ---
**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:** [January 31, 2022, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/8901 "2022-01-31T18:34:13Z")
Oh, my God. Oh, I’m terribly sorry. I thought this was the bally toilet. ---
**Author:** ![kwintenstraler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kwintenstraler/32/10698_2.png) [@kwintenstraler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kwintenstraler)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2022, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/8902 "2022-01-31T18:57:01Z")
To boost the British economy I’d tax all foreigners living abroad. ---
**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:** [January 31, 2022, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/8903 "2022-01-31T23:40:00Z")
Well I think customs men should be armed, so they can kill people carrying more than two hundred cigarettes. ---
**Author:** ![kwintenstraler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kwintenstraler/32/10698_2.png) [@kwintenstraler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kwintenstraler)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2022, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/8904 "2022-02-01T10:37:27Z")
What I object to is you automatically treat me like an inferior! ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2022, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/8905 "2022-02-01T11:03:18Z")
DON’T you GIVE ME THAT, YOU SNOTTY-FACED HEAP OF PARROT DROPPINGS! ---
**Author:** ![kwintenstraler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kwintenstraler/32/10698_2.png) [@kwintenstraler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kwintenstraler)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2022, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/8906 "2022-02-01T13:05:47Z")
Oh, what sad times are these when passing ruffians can say `ni’ at will to old ladies. … ---
**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:** [February 1, 2022, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/8907 "2022-02-01T14:52:10Z")
Ni! … ---
**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:** [February 1, 2022, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/8908 "2022-02-01T17:48:55Z")
O knights… who until recently said “Ni.” ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2022, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/8909 "2022-02-01T18:18:36Z")
Well, it’s a joke sir, like Sillius Soddus or Biggus Dickus, Sir. ---
**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:** [February 1, 2022, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/8910 "2022-02-01T18:51:24Z")
Spam! ---
**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:** [February 1, 2022, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/8911 "2022-02-01T20:12:28Z")
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