# 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:** 450
**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 25, 2022, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/8992 "2022-02-25T20:04:49Z")
That’s marvelous. Thank you very much. Sorry to come barging in. ---
**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 25, 2022, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/8993 "2022-02-25T22:06:17Z")
Well, we could lend you a parachute. ---
**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 26, 2022, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/8994 "2022-02-26T22:12:15Z")
I am not a man you silly billy. ---
**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 26, 2022, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/8995 "2022-02-26T22:31:13Z")
Nothing to do with me. I’m not in this show. This is show five - I’m not in until show eight. ---
**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 26, 2022, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/8996 "2022-02-26T22:39:19Z")
Bloody Romans. ---
**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 27, 2022, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/8997 "2022-02-27T20:21:41Z")
Aren’t you going to ask me why I rang the bell? ---
**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 27, 2022, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/8998 "2022-02-27T21:22:16Z")
No. 1. The Larch. ---
**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 28, 2022, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/8999 "2022-02-28T14:30:58Z")
But it was with more simple, homespun verses that McTeagle’s unique style first flowered. ---
**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 28, 2022, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/9000 "2022-02-28T17:44:02Z")
Goodnight. Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding. ---
**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 28, 2022, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/9001 "2022-02-28T18:23:22Z")
_To Ma Own beloved Lassie. A poem on her I7th Birthday. Lend us a couple of bob fill Thursday. I’m absolutely skint. But I’m expecting a postal order and I can pay you back as soon as it comes. Love Ewan._ ---
**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 28, 2022, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/9002 "2022-02-28T18:24:54Z")
Here on top of Edinburgh Castle, in conditions of extreme secrecy, men are being trained for the British Army’s first Kamikaze Regiment, the Queen’s Own McKamikaze Highlanders. ---
**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 28, 2022, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/9003 "2022-02-28T18:30:57Z")
Since then, McTeagle has developed and widened his literary scope. Three years ago he concerned himself with quite small sums - quick bits of ready cash: sixpences, shillings, but more recently he has turned his extraordinary literary perception to much larger sums - fifteen shillings, £4. I2.6d… even nine guineas… But there is still nothing to match the huge sweep… the majestic power of what is surely his greatest work: “Can I have fifty pounds to mend the shed?” ---
**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 28, 2022, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/9004 "2022-02-28T19:17:02Z")
I’ve been camel spotting for just the seven years. Before that of course I was a Yeti Spotter. ---
**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 28, 2022, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/9005 "2022-02-28T21:52:44Z")
But it’s my only line! ---
**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:** [March 1, 2022, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/9006 "2022-03-01T18:06:28Z")
It’s only a model. ---
**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:** [March 1, 2022, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/9007 "2022-03-01T18:20:03Z")
Say no more! ---
**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:** [March 1, 2022, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/9008 "2022-03-01T18:34:47Z")
Norwegian Blues stun easily, major. ---
**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:** [March 1, 2022, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/9009 "2022-03-01T19:09:18Z")
There seems to be no end to McTeagle’s poetic invention. ‘My new cheque book hasn’t arrived’ was followed up by the brilliantly allegorical ‘What’s twenty quid to the bloody Midland Bank?’ and more recently his prizewinning poem to the Arts Council: ‘Can you lend me one thousand quid?’ ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2022, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/9010 "2022-03-01T23:49:53Z")
You can see the join! ---
**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:** [March 2, 2022, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/9011 "2022-03-02T18:38:44Z")
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