# Monty Python non sequitur thread (Part 2)

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**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [November 23, 2022, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-2/975460 "2022-11-23T21:55:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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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 24, 2023, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-2/975460/1441 "2023-09-24T13:58:34Z")

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… the Larch.

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2023, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-2/975460/1442 "2023-09-24T14:26:09Z")

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As a prolific letter-writer, I feel I must protest about the previous letter. I am nearly sixty and am quite mad, but I do enjoy listening to the BBC Home Service.

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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 24, 2023, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-2/975460/1443 "2023-09-24T14:39:53Z")

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Is there somebody else up there we could speak to?

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**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:** [September 24, 2023, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-2/975460/1444 "2023-09-24T15:22:13Z")

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Anne Elk, not Anne Expert.

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2023, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-2/975460/1445 "2023-09-24T19:50:08Z")

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Well, that’s all from BBC Television for this evening.

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**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:** [September 24, 2023, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-2/975460/1446 "2023-09-24T20:06:02Z")

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**Well, you see, the thing is, I thought your son was a lady.**

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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 24, 2023, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-2/975460/1447 "2023-09-24T22:51:08Z")

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Old woman!

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2023, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-2/975460/1448 "2023-09-25T02:16:45Z")

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I’ve fallen off my chair, Brian.

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**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:** [September 25, 2023, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-2/975460/1449 "2023-09-25T12:47:45Z")

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Oh, Dennis, forget about freedom. We haven’t got enough mud.

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2023, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-2/975460/1450 "2023-09-25T14:20:47Z")

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There’s nothing wrong with you that an expensive operation can’t prolong.

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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 25, 2023, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-2/975460/1451 "2023-09-25T19:34:57Z")

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And it looks like _this_.

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2023, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-2/975460/1452 "2023-09-26T01:54:02Z")

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Look! There’s the old man from scene twenty-four!

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**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:** [September 26, 2023, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-2/975460/1453 "2023-09-26T13:27:04Z")

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Are you the brain specialist?

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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 26, 2023, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-2/975460/1454 "2023-09-26T16:15:40Z")

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My brain hurts!

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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 26, 2023, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-2/975460/1455 "2023-09-26T17:09:37Z")

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Do you want to come upstairs?

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2023, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-2/975460/1456 "2023-09-26T18:43:52Z")

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Hello, well I was the third voice you heard just now. I’m sorry about that terrible mess.

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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 26, 2023, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-2/975460/1457 "2023-09-26T22:31:45Z")

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It’s….

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2023, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-2/975460/1458 "2023-09-26T23:49:05Z")

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‘To Ma Own beloved Lassie. A poem on her I7th Birthday. Lend us a couple of bob till 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.’

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**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:** [September 27, 2023, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-2/975460/1459 "2023-09-27T14:01:56Z")

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Ooh! We forgot the anaesthetic!

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2023, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-2/975460/1460 "2023-09-27T14:40:20Z")

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And that, my liege, is how we know the earth to be banana-shaped.

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