Why was the post re Terry Jones' bit about grammar and war deleted?

January 17, 2002 6:58 PM

Why was tpoh's post re Terry Jones' bit about grammar and war deleted? Or is it only sleeping? Off pining for the fjords?
posted by obiwanwasabi to MetaFilter-Related at 6:58 PM (21 comments total)

Because it was posted a few weeks ago.
posted by rodii at 6:59 PM on January 17, 2002

Because it was posted a few weeks ago.
posted by rodii at 6:59 PM on January 17, 2002

Just, ahem, explaining by example.
posted by rodii at 7:00 PM on January 17, 2002

Oh. Thanks.

...

Look, do you wanna go grab a coffee, or see a movie, or something?
posted by obiwanwasabi at 7:13 PM on January 17, 2002

A rodii double post! This must be worth a fortune!
posted by MiguelCardoso at 7:14 PM on January 17, 2002

You are too kind. :| Because of my scientifically enhanced super-reflexes I do this all the time.
posted by rodii at 7:16 PM on January 17, 2002

Well, I'm sorry, but it's now set in stone - you've read the guidelines - and I now have no choice but to go out of my way to make it as long-running as I possibly can.

Btw, does anyone know which Monty Python episode that "pining for the fyords" reference comes from? And hey, everbody - what's your favourite episode? ;)
posted by MiguelCardoso at 7:25 PM on January 17, 2002

miguel, are you being serious? it's the dead parrot sketch.
I'm partial to "The Ministry of Silly Walks" myself.
posted by machaus at 7:30 PM on January 17, 2002

I did a search first. Honest. As I do just before I post anything that ends up being double posted.

Argh.
posted by tpoh.org at 7:33 PM on January 17, 2002

Oh yes? And what other metaphors for death are aired in that particular episode? Does anyone thing black comedy has a future? Is John Cleese still funny? why did his psychiatrist die then?

(Nah, machaus, I was just trying to extend this thread's life. Although I do honestly think the "Ministry of Silly Walks" was the funniest of the funniest, though it melds in my mind with Basil Fawlty goose-stepping in the Fawlty Towers "The Germans['don't mention the war']" episode...
posted by MiguelCardoso at 7:38 PM on January 17, 2002

The first python I ever saw, when I was around 10 or 11, was "Blancmange Playing Tennis." Perhaps the most bizarre introduction one could have.

To this day, I've always wanted to try a blancmange--y'know, a little payback.
posted by jpoulos at 8:02 PM on January 17, 2002

*grinds teeth*

It doesn't have to be kept going, Miguel my friend. It can stop. Python, dreams, bunnies....This is MetaTalk, not Talk.
posted by rodii at 8:17 PM on January 17, 2002

Miguel's hit the crackpipe a little too often tonight. Break the rocks into smaller pieces, my friend.
posted by ColdChef at 8:28 PM on January 17, 2002

Done.
posted by MiguelCardoso at 8:33 PM on January 17, 2002

Did somebody say SPAM?
posted by obiwanwasabi at 9:44 PM on January 17, 2002

Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!
posted by Optamystic at 10:36 PM on January 17, 2002

Bloody vikings
posted by Dagobert at 6:14 AM on January 18, 2002

heya miguel - what kind of books/ bands/ animals do you like and dislike? and have you seen the latest personality tests online? what is everyone's favorite? mine is, "what sort of shaped pancake would you be?" i'm a bunny with maple syrup on top!
posted by goneill at 7:45 AM on January 18, 2002

I would like to return this tobacconist, it is scratched.
posted by briank at 9:19 AM on January 18, 2002

...must...resist...must not...quote...python...

glrgglrrr....
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 6:20 PM on January 18, 2002

Just a quick mention of the NayVee sketch, as inappropriate as it might be for this forum. Oh, and the Long John Silver impersonators vs. Gynecologists football match.

doh! and Olympic Hide and Go Seek.

I'll stop now.
posted by Kafkaesque at 10:39 PM on January 19, 2002