# Monty Python non sequitur thread (Part 2) **URL:** \ **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\ **Page:** 99
**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:** [December 29, 2023, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-2/975460/1961 "2023-12-29T21:18:53Z")
My hovercraft is full of eels. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2023, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-2/975460/1962 "2023-12-29T21:40:23Z")
… what makes certain men want to be mice? ---
**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:** [December 30, 2023, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-2/975460/1963 "2023-12-30T17:55:38Z")
In the pub. The tall thin one with the moustache, remember? About three years ago? ---
**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:** [December 30, 2023, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-2/975460/1964 "2023-12-30T18:00:03Z")
It’s all gotten rather silly, really. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2023, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-2/975460/1965 "2023-12-30T19:12:58Z")
Well here in High Street Epsom, there are ample opportunities for all kinds of redevelopment. As you can see behind me now there are a high level of low density consumer units, still not fully maximizing site value. This could be radically improved by a carefully planned program of demolition. And of course most of the occupants are … er … elderly folks, so they wouldn’t put up much of a fight. ---
**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:** [December 31, 2023, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-2/975460/1966 "2023-12-31T03:48:48Z")
Quite right, quite right - much too silly. ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2023, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-2/975460/1967 "2023-12-31T10:36:22Z")
Abandoning any pretense of modesty, here’s probably the best match between a thread title and a post, in the history of this message board. [(Warning, fairly loud audio)](https://youtu.be/O0wOD9TWynM?si=wAhp1F7AejYKKYs5) ---
**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:** [December 31, 2023, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-2/975460/1968 "2023-12-31T13:37:16Z")
Oh, what is it dear? ---
**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:** [December 31, 2023, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-2/975460/1969 "2023-12-31T18:17:28Z")
[Giant foot comes down and smashes anything beneath it.] ---
**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:** [December 31, 2023, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-2/975460/1970 "2023-12-31T19:18:21Z")
Well, what about those juniper bushes over there? ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2023, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-2/975460/1971 "2023-12-31T19:18:29Z")
Are you suggesting coconuts migrate? ---
**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:** [December 31, 2023, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-2/975460/1972 "2023-12-31T20:35:01Z")
I’m afraid I cannot comment on that until it’s been officially hushed up. ---
**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:** [December 31, 2023, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-2/975460/1973 "2023-12-31T21:08:34Z")
Look. I’m sorry if I’m interrupting anything that any of you may be doing at home, but I want you to think of me as an old queen. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2023, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-2/975460/1974 "2023-12-31T21:31:57Z")
Second floor … stationery, leather goods, tribal head injuries, cricket bats, film stars, dolphinafiums. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2024, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-2/975460/1975 "2024-01-01T06:19:15Z")
Fetchez la vache! ---
**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 1, 2024, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-2/975460/1976 "2024-01-01T13:37:54Z")
But I am a chartered accountant. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2024, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-2/975460/1977 "2024-01-01T15:41:01Z")
Who shall declare this good, that ill When good and ill so intertwine But to fulfill the vast design Of an omniscient will. When seeming again but turns to loss When earthly treasure proves but dross And what seems lost but turns again To high eternal gain. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2024, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-2/975460/1978 "2024-01-01T16:11:49Z")
And that’s Capricorn, is it? ---
**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 1, 2024, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-2/975460/1979 "2024-01-01T20:23:35Z")
Lovely people, the Romans. ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2024, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-2/975460/1980 "2024-01-01T20:50:50Z")
Interviewer: Michael, do you think you know what a larch tree looks like? Michael: _(bursting into tears)_ I want to go home. _(Shrieks from unseen audience.)_ Terry: Bottom! _(More shrieks.)_ Interviewer: Are there any other trees that any of you think you could recognize from quite a long way away? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-2/975460.md?page=98) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-non-sequitur-thread-part-2/975460.md?page=100)