# 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:** 472
**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:** [July 9, 2022, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/9432 "2022-07-09T18:21:03Z")
Hullo fans. Begorra an’ to be sure there’s some fine badminton down there in Essex this afternoon. We really… ---
**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:** [July 10, 2022, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/9433 "2022-07-10T01:42:00Z")
Algie’s here, too! ---
**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:** [July 10, 2022, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/9434 "2022-07-10T16:00:13Z")
Dear BBC, East Grinstead, Friday. I feel I really must write and protest about that sketch. My husband, in common with a lot of people of his age, is fifty. For how long are we to put up with these things. Yours sincerely, E. B. Debenham _(Mrs)_ . ---
**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:** [July 10, 2022, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/9435 "2022-07-10T17:26:14Z")
And she smiled quietly to herself. ---
**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:** [July 11, 2022, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/9436 "2022-07-11T15:13:24Z")
Oh dear we’re back to that again. I don’t know what to do when you do that. ---
**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:** [July 11, 2022, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/9437 "2022-07-11T15:40:50Z")
Uh-oh, here comes that wacky queen again! ---
**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:** [July 11, 2022, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/9438 "2022-07-11T18:26:50Z")
I bet she does, I bet she does! ---
**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:** [July 12, 2022, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/9439 "2022-07-12T18:52:05Z")
Splunge ---
**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:** [July 12, 2022, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/9440 "2022-07-12T21:14:47Z")
Well, er, yes, Mr. Anchovy, but you see your report here says that you are an extremely dull person. You see, our experts describe you as an appallingly dull fellow, unimaginative, timid, lacking in initiative, spineless, easily dominated, no sense of humor, tedious company and irrepressibly drab and awful. And whereas in most professions these would be considerable drawbacks, in chartered accountancy they are a positive _boon_. ---
**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:** [July 12, 2022, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/9441 "2022-07-12T21:33:40Z")
Ni! Ni! Ni! ---
**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:** [July 13, 2022, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/9442 "2022-07-13T15:17:12Z")
Oh, you’re no fun anymore. ---
**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:** [July 13, 2022, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/9443 "2022-07-13T16:13:44Z")
Wink, wink, nudge, nudge. Say no more! ---
**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:** [July 14, 2022, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/9444 "2022-07-14T14:44:01Z")
Luxury. ---
**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:** [July 14, 2022, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/9445 "2022-07-14T19:16:12Z")
I’m afraid it’s my unpleasant duty to inform you that you’re fired. ---
**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:** [July 14, 2022, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/9446 "2022-07-14T19:44:18Z")
Tell me sir, have you confused your cat recently? ---
**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:** [July 14, 2022, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/9447 "2022-07-14T20:12:26Z")
I hate him. ---
**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:** [July 14, 2022, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/9448 "2022-07-14T20:44:35Z")
A little joke, a little jest. Nothing to worry about ladies and gentlemen. ---
**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:** [July 14, 2022, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/9449 "2022-07-14T21:07:29Z")
Bicycle Repair Man! But… how? ---
**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:** [July 14, 2022, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/9450 "2022-07-14T22:58:44Z")
He was as strange a thing as ever I saw, or ever I hope to see, God willing. He was a strange unearthly creature - a quivering, glistening mass… ---
**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:** [July 14, 2022, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-1/537218/9451 "2022-07-14T23:31:19Z")
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