# Pythons escape during a flight **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 16, 2009, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pythons-escape-during-a-flight/493314 "2009-04-16T19:04:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2009, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pythons-escape-during-a-flight/493314/1 "2009-04-16T19:04:20Z")
[Four pythons get loose aboard an Austrailian flight.](http://news.aol.com/article/pythons-loose-on-plane/430334?icid=main%7Cmain%7Cdl1%7Clink4%7Chttp%3A%2F%2Fnews.aol.com%2Farticle%2Fpythons-loose-on-plane%2F430334) Okay, who wants to say it? ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2009, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pythons-escape-during-a-flight/493314/2 "2009-04-16T19:09:22Z")
> [@JThunder](#): > > Okay, who wants to say it? Fine, I will. It’s… ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2009, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pythons-escape-during-a-flight/493314/3 "2009-04-16T19:20:57Z")
“Boy, all these reptiles on my aeronautic conveyance really try my patience!” ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2009, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pythons-escape-during-a-flight/493314/4 "2009-04-16T19:30:48Z")
“It’s Monty Python’s Flying Circus”? ---
**Author:** ![Peanut\_Gallery](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/838e76/32.png) [@Peanut\_Gallery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanut_Gallery)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2009, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pythons-escape-during-a-flight/493314/5 "2009-04-16T19:59:50Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > It’s… Brilliant. ---
**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2009, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pythons-escape-during-a-flight/493314/6 "2009-04-16T20:32:22Z")
I’ll alert Sam, since everyone else just wants to make jokes. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2009, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pythons-escape-during-a-flight/493314/7 "2009-04-16T21:03:25Z")
Serpents! On an aircraft! ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2009, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pythons-escape-during-a-flight/493314/8 "2009-04-16T21:21:41Z")
I’m getting tired of these Monty Python snakes on this Monty Python plane!! ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Brother\_Walker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f08c70/32.png) [@Uncle\_Brother\_Walker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Brother_Walker)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2009, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pythons-escape-during-a-flight/493314/9 "2009-04-17T00:26:30Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > It’s… SHOWTIME! …I know, it’s lame…it’s all I’ve got… ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2009, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pythons-escape-during-a-flight/493314/10 "2009-04-17T02:22:10Z")
Authorities have confirmed that Eric Idle took the bus. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2009, 8:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pythons-escape-during-a-flight/493314/11 "2009-04-17T08:50:22Z")
> [@JThunder](#): > > [Four pythons get loose aboard an Austrailian flight.](http://news.aol.com/article/pythons-loose-on-plane/430334?icid=main%7Cmain%7Cdl1%7Clink4%7Chttp%3A%2F%2Fnews.aol.com%2Farticle%2Fpythons-loose-on-plane%2F430334) > > Okay, who wants to say it? Say what? Someone should make a movie based on this incident. It would be a summer blockbuster. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2009, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pythons-escape-during-a-flight/493314/12 "2009-04-17T13:05:45Z")
Someone needs a _hug_. ---
**Author:** ![cerberus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cerberus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cerberus)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2009, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pythons-escape-during-a-flight/493314/13 "2009-04-18T02:23:20Z")
Per the new rules: I can’t redacted stand all of these redacted snakes on this redacted plane. ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2009, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pythons-escape-during-a-flight/493314/14 "2009-04-18T17:42:49Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > Say what? > > Someone should make a movie based on this incident. It would be a summer blockbuster. And imagine the potential for sequels: “Grizzlies on a Tandem Bike!” “Sharks in a Toyota Hatchback!” ---
**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:** [April 18, 2009, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pythons-escape-during-a-flight/493314/15 "2009-04-18T21:31:30Z")
> [@cerberus](#): > > Per the new rules: > > I can’t redacted stand all of these redacted snakes on this redacted plane. I just read Peter Carey’s _True Story of the Kelly Gang_, about Australian outlaws in the late 1800s. They preferred the term “adjectival.” “I have had enough of these adjectival serpents aboard this aerial conveyance!” ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2009, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pythons-escape-during-a-flight/493314/16 "2009-04-19T12:40:14Z")
,life imitating [del]art[/del] dreck. ---
**Author:** ![Rufus\_Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@Rufus\_Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rufus_Xavier)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2009, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pythons-escape-during-a-flight/493314/17 "2009-04-19T13:07:33Z")
Strangely, all the snakes were named “Bruce.” ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2009, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pythons-escape-during-a-flight/493314/18 "2009-04-19T23:02:28Z")
Could have been [worse](http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.dancewithshadows.com/tech/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/titanoboa-cerrejonensis-picture.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.dancewithshadows.com/tech/titanoboa-cerrejonensis/&h=350&w=700&sz=104&tbnid=9t_QeW54SskDFM::&tbnh=70&tbnw=140&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dtitanoboa&usg=__tXckuxF5MC2_5_KOmBOZeJ7BQWw=&ei=yKzrSYv6JoKRjAf5-fz2Aw&sa=X&oi=image_result&resnum=4&ct=image)… ---
**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:** [April 20, 2009, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pythons-escape-during-a-flight/493314/19 "2009-04-20T02:46:59Z")
> [@Rufus\_Xavier](#): > > Strangely, all the snakes were named “Bruce.” :: broad Australian accent :: Well, if they were named anything else, that might cause confusion. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2009, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pythons-escape-during-a-flight/493314/20 "2009-04-20T17:08:34Z")
> [@Uncle\_Brother\_Walker](#): > > SHOWTIME! Home Builders Organization! (too obscure?)