*** It's time for the Ubuntu Forums salute to Monty Python ***

[matthew]

What is it about smart geeks and Monty Python? Certainly the comedy troupe was funny. They had their moments of brilliance and their moments of slapstick silliness. Somehow, though, it seems there is something deeper, that there is a connection on a more intimate level than that.

How many of you can find an appropriate Monty Python quote for any situation? How many can quote entire movies (Holy Grail, anyone?)? We even have people in the Free/Open Source Software community (Guido van Rossum (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Python_%28programming_language%29)) creating entire programming languages named after these guys (Python (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Python_%28programming_language%29)...ever read the documentation? It's all spam and eggs.).

Well, on that note, we decided it would be fun to give a shout out to Monty Python. All you have to do to join in is choose an appropriate avatar, and maybe make a link or note in your sig.

If you want to be a lumberjack, that's okay. Just remember to please keep your tribute safe for school and work...we don't want anyone getting in trouble, and you don't want a visit from the Spanish Inquisition!

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/10/Spanish_Inquisition_%28Monty_Python%29.jpg

"Did somebody mention the Spanish Inquisition?"

Wow, I didn't expect them to show up.

"Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!"

[LaRoza]

Count me in.

Parrot Sketch Not Included: 20 Years of Monty Python (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1364505216830159746) For those that have 1 + hour to spare.

See the spam link in my sig if you don't have an hour :)

For those that didn't catch it, the Python is from Dive Into Python (a book) and my title has the rest.

[p_quarles]

Is this the right room for an argument?

[LaRoza]

Is this the right room for an argument?

You are in the abuse room, the argument clinic is down the hall.

[p_quarles]

You are in the abuse room, the argument clinic is down the hall.
Oh.

Sorry!

[LaRoza]

Oh.

Sorry!

No you're not.

[p_quarles]

No you're not.
Ah yes, you want room 12A, Just along the corridor.

[LaRoza]

Ah yes, you want room 12A, Just along the corridor.

No I don't.

[PmDematagoda]

My mind was confused as to what the proper avatar would be(the curse of having three heads;)), but I finally landed on the correct picture, a picture of me:D. The only caveat of this picture is that it is too oblong(another curse of having three heads:(). But who really cares as long as you can boast about your three heads:D.

[Lord Illidan]

Bah, what an utter waste of time by the administrators of this forum!!

[matthew]

Bah, what an utter waste of time by the administrators of this forum!!We're following in the footsteps of greatness...

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31ZuSLczfoL.jpg

:lolflag:

[Lord Illidan]

HELP! I'm being repressed!

http://artho.com/warcraft/montypeon.gif

[popch]

What - Oh, I see. It's funny. Isn't it?

Edit: I just noticed how the color of my avatar's shirt matches the forum's color scheme. Coincidence?

[LaRoza]

What - Oh, I see. It's funny. Isn't it?

Edit: I just noticed how the color of my atavar's shirt matches the forum's color scheme. Coincidence?

By the way, do you want to hear a joke?

[popch]

By the way, do you want to hear a joke?

Should I report this as an intimidating threat? Jokes have been outlawed by the Geneva Convention in 1946 or thereabouts.

[LaRoza]

Should I report this as an intimidating threat? Jokes have been outlawed by the Geneva Convention in 1946 or thereabouts.

I only know the first word, so it isn't that dangerous. The other staff have the other words (one each)

Naturally, we would not post them on the forum, but send a PM.

[popch]

I only know the first word, so it isn't that dangerous. The other staff have the other words (one each)

Naturally, we would not post them on the forum, but send a PM.

Thank you for sharing that joke with me. I find it most gratifying how fast you caught on to my new atavar. After all, it is not the most central figure to the Flying Circus.

[LaRoza]

Thank you for sharing that joke with me. I find it most gratifying how fast you caught on to my new atavar. After all, it is not the most central figure to the Flying Circus.

It is obvious.

Anyone who doesn't recognize that has a severe lack of culture.

For anyone not familiar with Monty Python's Flying Circus (shame on you) see the link I posted in this thread. It is the second post, and will give you a lot of information. It is 1:08, but worth every second.

[Jaymac]

My nipples exploded with delight upon seeing this thread!

[LaRoza]

...with delight upon seeing this thread!

Join in, change your avatar. :)

(This is the only time any form of "spam" is allowed on the forum, so to speak)

[jken146]

Prenez la vache!

[pertti]

When you are a bicycle repairman, all problems look an awful lot like bicycles.

[orange2k]

All right ... all right ... but apart from better sanitation and medicine and education and irrigation and public health and roads and a freshwater system and baths and public order ... what have the Romans ever done for us?

:)

[jpeddicord]

I warned you, but did you listen to me? Oh, no, you knew, didn't you? it's just a harmless little bunny, isn't it?

[barsanuphe]

Prenez la vache!

Faîtes chier la vache, sir.


oooh! oooh! I got Vermeer all over me!

[martinjh99]

If anyone could do a Windows and Linux version of the Dead Parrot Sketch... ;)

:lolflag::guitar:

[justin whitaker]

Should I report this as an intimidating threat? Jokes have been outlawed by the Geneva Convention in 1946 or thereabouts.

Not all jokes, just the funniest joke in the world (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjbYNgIi5ss).

Comedy can be deadly. :)

[Seisen]

I decided to join in the fun. :lolflag:

[~LoKe]

ARTHUR:
You fight with the strength of many men, Sir Knight.
I am Arthur, King of the Britons.
I seek the finest and the bravest knights in the land to join me in my court at Camelot.
You have proved yourself worthy. Will you join me?
You make me sad. So be it. Come, Patsy.
BLACK KNIGHT:
None shall pass.
ARTHUR:
What?
BLACK KNIGHT:
None shall pass.
ARTHUR:
I have no quarrel with you, good Sir Knight, but I must cross this bridge.
BLACK KNIGHT:
Then you shall die.
ARTHUR:
I command you, as King of the Britons, to stand aside!
BLACK KNIGHT:
I move for no man.
ARTHUR:
So be it!

[ARTHUR chops the BLACK KNIGHT's left arm off]

ARTHUR:
Now stand aside, worthy adversary.
BLACK KNIGHT:
'Tis but a scratch.
ARTHUR:
A scratch? Your arm's off!
BLACK KNIGHT:
No, it isn't.
ARTHUR:
Well, what's that, then?
BLACK KNIGHT:
I've had worse.
ARTHUR:
You liar!
BLACK KNIGHT:
Come on, you pansy!

[ARTHUR chops the BLACK KNIGHT's right arm off]

ARTHUR:
Victory is mine!
We thank Thee Lord, that in Thy mer--
BLACK KNIGHT:
Hah!
[kick]
Come on, then.
ARTHUR:
What?
BLACK KNIGHT:
Have at you!
[kick]
ARTHUR:
Eh. You are indeed brave, Sir Knight, but the fight is mine.
BLACK KNIGHT:
Oh, had enough, eh?
ARTHUR:
Look, you stupid *******. You've got no arms left.
BLACK KNIGHT:
Yes, I have.
ARTHUR:
Look!
BLACK KNIGHT:
Just a flesh wound.
[kick]
ARTHUR:
Look, stop that.
BLACK KNIGHT:
Chicken!
[kick]
Chickennn!
ARTHUR:
Look, I'll have your leg.
[kick]
Right!

[ARTHUR chops the BLACK KNIGHT's right leg off]

BLACK KNIGHT:
Right. I'll do you for that!
ARTHUR:
You'll what?
BLACK KNIGHT:
Come here!
ARTHUR:
What are you going to do, bleed on me?
BLACK KNIGHT:
I'm invincible!
ARTHUR:
You're a looney.
BLACK KNIGHT:
The Black Knight always triumphs! Have at you! Come on, then.

[ARTHUR chops the BLACK KNIGHT's last leg off]

BLACK KNIGHT:
Oh? All right, we'll call it a draw.
ARTHUR:
Come, Patsy.
BLACK KNIGHT:
Oh. Oh, I see. Running away, eh? You yellow bastards! Come back here and take what's coming to you. I'll bite your legs off!

[popch]

Not all jokes, just the funniest joke in the world (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjbYNgIi5ss).

Comedy can be deadly. :)

Joke warfare, not just THE joke.

And comedy can be deadly, indeed. It's a bit sad that most casualties are with the comedians.

[bodhi.zazen]

Shall I taunt you again ?

Pfffttt ...

[fedex1993]

i got my monty python logo :)

[rowanparker]

"And now for something completely different" :)

[DJ_Peng]

Funny, that's exactly what I used as the title for my blog post (http://nancib.wordpress.com/2008/02/03/and-now-for-something-completely-different/) about this topic. :)

[rowanparker]

Funny, that's exactly what I used as the title for my blog post (http://nancib.wordpress.com/2008/02/03/and-now-for-something-completely-different/) about this topic. :)
Maybe you should ask John Clease to do a special version of it for it ;)

[Tenken]

"O Lord, bless this thy hand grenade, that with it thou mayst blow thine enemies to tiny bits, in thy mercy."

[Jaymac]

"O Lord, bless this thy hand grenade, that with it thou mayst blow thine enemies to tiny bits, in thy mercy."


Mais! Où sont les bagages?

Les bagages! LES BAGAGES!!! Ils sont............. ICI!!!!!!!!

Demonstration fantastique sur trois.... Un, deux, trois.......

mahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh mahhhhhhhhhhhhhh ehhhhhhh mahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[-grubby]

I changed my avatar

[overdrank]

new avatar :)

[Lostincyberspace]

Here we go for all of you Monty Python lovers a Monty Python fortune:
http://www.progsoc.uts.edu.au/~timj/wfortune/more.html

[SunnyRabbiera]

Ni!
Ni!
Ni!!!!!!!

[gn2]

Are there any women here today?

42: The Meaning of Life?

[got awesome?]

Bloody English. You're all so pompous. None of you have any balls!

[rowanparker]

42: The Meaning of Life?


That was The Hitchhikers Guide to The Galaxy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitchikers_guide_to_the_galaxy#The_Hitchhiker.27s_ Guide_to_the_Galaxy) ;)

[regomodo]

Bloody English. You're all so pompous. None of you have any balls!

"Run away!!"

[az]

GALAHAD: Look, let me go back in there and face the peril.
LAUNCELOT: No, it's too perilous.

[gn2]

That was The Hitchhikers Guide to The Galaxy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitchikers_guide_to_the_galaxy#The_Hitchhiker.27s_ Guide_to_the_Galaxy) ;)

Meaning of Life (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085959/) was a Monty Python Film, in Hitch-hikers, 42 was the answer to the ultimate question of Life, The Universe and Everything.

Interestingly the "Land of the Free" censored Douglas Adams book, Life the Universe and Everything: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life%2C_the_Universe_and_Everything

[Warpnow]

Drop your panties, Sir William; I cannot wait 'til lunchtime.

Do you waaaaant...do you waaaaaant...to come back to my place, bouncy bouncy?

If I said you had a beautiful body, would you hold it against me?

Easily one of the best sketches...and my avatar honors it. :D

[tgrisier]

*nudge nudge, wink wink*

[TomMK]

"You did say 46 Horton Terrace didn't you?"
"Yes"
"Ah! Got him!"

[ayenack]

OK I'm in..... as usual.

Big-nose. (http://www.intriguing.com/mp/_sounds/lb/bignose.wav)

Dead. (http://www.intriguing.com/mp/_sounds/hg/dead.wav)

French. (http://www.intriguing.com/mp/_sounds/hg/french.wav)

ni! (http://www.intriguing.com/mp/_sounds/hg/knights.wav)

[river2884]

Deja vu?

[Techwiz]

I hope you can tell what this is, it is supposed to be the part of the dead parrot sketch where the customer is hitting the parrot against the counter.

[LaRoza]

I hope you can tell what this is, it is supposed to be the part of the dead parrot sketch where the customer is hitting the parrot against the counter.

I was waiting for a dead parrot one :)

[matthew]

I was waiting for a dead parrot one :)Check out az, post 46...subtle, but definitely a dead parrot. :D

[LaRoza]

Check out az, post 46...subtle, but definitely a dead parrot. :D

Sorry, I haven't been keeping up with this thread.

[matthew]

Sorry, I haven't been keeping up with this thread.You have no need to apologize...I just didn't want az to feel bad. Actually, I'm pretty sure he still had his Shatner avatar earlier when I first saw his post. :)

Grossly off topic: I love William Shatner. We may need a tribute to do a William Shatner... Has Been (http://www.amazon.com/Has-Been-William-Shatner/dp/B0002RUPH4) is a great album. I can get behind that.

[Steveway]

Spam spam spam spam spam spam spam spam spam


Just joining in the fun.

[bodhi.zazen]

Tribute to Star Trek ?

[LaRoza]

Tribute to Star Trek ?

I am sure you meant Star Wars.

[bodhi.zazen]

http://images.salon.com/ent/tv/feature/2003/02/26/trek/story.jpg

BRING 'EM ON

[matthew]

BRING 'EM ON
Oh please, the Empire would crush the Federation quicker than you can say "Death Star."

lol

Just joining in the geek-fest. :D

[LaRoza]

Oh please, the Empire would crush the Federation quicker than you can say "Death Star."

lol

Just joining in the geek-fest. :D

Yes, there is a video on Youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNxhrPaaCA4

Realistically, the Enterprise and Federation don't stand a chance.

Suggestions for the Federation:

* Seatbelts
* Don't have consoles that explode
* Put the engine room (and warp drive) somewhere protected.
* More weapons on ships
* Don't assume everyone is nice, especially people (or things) you don't know.

[matthew]

This one kills me every time.

Star Trek meets Monty Python (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luVjkTEIoJc) (You Tube)

[LaRoza]

This one kills me every time.

Star Trek meets Monty Python (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luVjkTEIoJc) (You Tube)

Black Night: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leEsz9ci5XE

[Presto123]

One of my favorites aside from the whole Holy Grail movie:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zekiZYSVdeQ

And in Halo style:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvmU2IUH-bk

[Sam]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIXByCAIzos

[Tristam Green]

GET ON WITH IT!



(along with fluff to get around being de-capitalized)

[Calash]

Bring out your dead!!!


Bring out your dead!!!

[LaRoza]

It was fun people, back to normal for me.

[bodhi.zazen]

Pffftttt ....

I __ in your general direction ....

[MindFlayer]

Pie jesu domine, dona eis requem. ](*,)

[Tom Mann]

"Oh well we sometimes feel we're to blame in some way for what our gran's become. I mean she used to be happy here until she, she started on the crochet."

[ayenack]

Pie jesu domine, dona eis requem. ](*,)


Pie Iesu domine Dona eis requiem Translation - Merciful Lord Jesus, grant them rest.

Or:

Look, that rabbit's got a vicious streak a mile wide! It's a killer!

God I crack myself up...MP is the best.

Me to. ;)

[oldb0y]

Do you want spam with that:D

[Don S]

In this thread, there are forty people, none of them can be seen. In this thread, we hope to show you, how not to be seen.

...

This demonstrates the value of not being seen.

[LaRoza]

In this thread, there are forty people, none of them can be seen. In this thread, we hope to show you, how not to be seen.

...

This demonstrates the value of not being seen.

I banned those that stood up, which demonstrates the value of not being seen.

[matthew]

I should mention that the celebration will continue until midnight (server time) on February 14th, Valentine's Day...for no reason other than that seemed good to me.

I apologise for the fault in the introduction. Those responsible have been sacked.

[ayenack]

How about a Douglas Adams tribute next?

Edit:
Due to the extraordinariness of the universe it's already happened... last Wednesday as a matter of fact. And I was really looking forward to a nice cup of tea!

[matthew]

How about a Douglas Adams tribute next?
That would be a lot of fun. I'll add him to the list of potential tribute honorees.

[bodhi.zazen]

http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:ASjc4igV_ggK1M:http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/3424/dontpanicsk6.jpg

[Frem]

This thread's not dead yet!

[rolnics]

"Look, why did it fall flat on its back the moment I got it home?"

"The Norwegian Blue prefers kipping on its back! Beautiful bird lovely plumage!"

[Don S]

How about a Douglas Adams tribute next?

It's not particularly silly, is it?

[ayenack]

It's not particularly silly, is it?

No it's not. It's very silly indeed. :)

[Don S]

No it's not. It's very silly indeed. :)

I still think, that with the governments help, it could become rather sillier.

[ispy]

i love monty python. I agree with youo guys wholeheartedly. it's time for a monty python salute.

which is why I change my avatar now....

[DJ_Peng]

My av is changed too. I can't believe someone hasn't brought the Python penguin yet, even though it does explode. You don't see it, but just before the explosion they switched our beloved penguin with a fake. After all, we all know you can't kill a penguin that easily. :biggrin:

[Don S]

CONFUSE-A-CAT! :confused:

[ayenack]

I still think, that with the governments help, it could become rather sillier.

I'll refer it to the ministry for referral.

[Don S]

I'll refer it to the ministry for referral.

Could you try speaking in a higher register please?

[steven8]

You could always merge this. . .

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=484688

[ayenack]

Could you try speaking in a higher register please?

What do you mean in a higher register?

[SteveHillier]

Meaning of Life (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085959/) was a Monty Python Film, in Hitch-hikers, 42 was the answer to the ultimate question of Life, The Universe and Everything.

[/url]

I thought the issue was that no one knew what the ultimate question was!!

Bit like Vista really!!

[SteveHillier]

I still think, that with the governments help, it could become rather sillier.

As Governments always fail to achieve what they set out to do, lets hope a Government tries to reduce silliness.

[Don S]

What do you mean in a higher register?

That is the exact frequency! Now keep it there.

[ayenack]

That is the exact frequency! Now keep it there.

I was sitting at home with a friend of mine from Camber Sands, when we heard a noise in the bedroom. We went to investigate and found £5,000 stolen.


I feel like such a nerd doing this.

[Don S]

I feel like such a nerd doing this.

I think that's in very bad taste...

But I totally agree. So I was thinking like... What about starting a new forum game? Something along the lines of... Find the silly person or... I got it!

Spot The Looney!

[ayenack]

:-\"