# Monty Python Question **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 13, 2025, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-question/1024816 "2025-11-13T00:09:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MindsEye\_Watering](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindseye_watering/32/3619_2.png) [@MindsEye\_Watering](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MindsEye_Watering)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2025, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-question/1024816/1 "2025-11-13T00:09:10Z")
I remember a short MP scene where Terry Jones (I think) dressed as a woman (?) feeding birds with chunks of meat (I think) and vigorously hurling the chunks at the birds while saying “chook chook.” It’s delightfuly absurd and demented. I can’t remember where this scene was. Perhaps in the series? Anybody remember this scene and where it was? Bonus points if there’s a Youtube video. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2025, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-question/1024816/2 "2025-11-13T00:16:22Z")
> **[Piston Engine](https://montypython.fandom.com/wiki/Piston_Engine)** > > Piston Engine is a sketch that appears in "Hamlet," the forty-third episode of Monty Python's Flying Circus. Mrs Robinson and Mrs Non-Robinson have a conversation. Mrs Robinson has bought a piston engine. A woman sitting on a park bench (Eric Idle)... ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2025, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-question/1024816/3 "2025-11-13T00:20:32Z")
[![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/1ZOdVqlvys0/hqdefault.jpg "Monty Python Flying Circus (sub ita) - Motore a pistoni in saldo.") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZOdVqlvys0) ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2025, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-question/1024816/4 "2025-11-13T00:20:42Z")
Yup. Here is the sketch: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/1ZOdVqlvys0/hqdefault.jpg "Monty Python Flying Circus (sub ita) - Motore a pistoni in saldo.") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZOdVqlvys0) ---
**Author:** ![MindsEye\_Watering](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindseye_watering/32/3619_2.png) [@MindsEye\_Watering](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MindsEye_Watering)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2025, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-question/1024816/5 "2025-11-13T00:30:09Z")
HAH! Excellent! The SDMB _ **HAS** _ to be the very center of Monty Python fandom! Thanks folks! ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2025, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-question/1024816/6 "2025-11-13T01:05:33Z")
No, it doesn’t. ---
**Author:** ![MindsEye\_Watering](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindseye_watering/32/3619_2.png) [@MindsEye\_Watering](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MindsEye_Watering)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2025, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-question/1024816/7 "2025-11-13T01:18:42Z")
Yes, it does. ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2025, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-question/1024816/8 "2025-11-13T01:20:12Z")
Look, this isn’t an argument. It’s just contradiction. ---
**Author:** ![MindsEye\_Watering](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindseye_watering/32/3619_2.png) [@MindsEye\_Watering](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MindsEye_Watering)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2025, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-question/1024816/9 "2025-11-13T01:21:24Z")
No, it isn’t. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2025, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-question/1024816/10 "2025-11-13T01:34:46Z")
But I think that with Government backing it could be. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2025, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-question/1024816/11 "2025-11-13T01:42:26Z")
> [@MindsEye\_Watering](#): > > No, it isn’t. I’d like to have an argument please. 😆 [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/ohDB5gbtaEQ/maxresdefault.jpg "Argument - Monty Python") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohDB5gbtaEQ) ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2025, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-question/1024816/12 "2025-11-13T03:14:25Z")
That wasn’t 5 minutes! ---
**Author:** ![Ponderoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponderoid/32/19221_2.png) [@Ponderoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponderoid)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2025, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-question/1024816/13 "2025-11-13T16:53:19Z")
Fine. We’ll change the sign!