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Should Holocaust studies be compulsory at school?

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LOL

I must respectfully differ with you Sir CJ.

The more appropriate "Pythonesque" metaphor is the dead parrot.

See:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6Lq771TVm4
Posted by stevenlmeyer, Tuesday, 1 April 2008 10:28:18 PM
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BTW,

It is my understanding that the dead parrot sketch was inspired by this one also featuring the incomparable Michael Palin.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9igQ18GIqvc
Posted by stevenlmeyer, Tuesday, 1 April 2008 10:37:39 PM
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Glad to have amused y'all. I think it would be like flogging a dead horse if I carried on with this subject. My beliefs and yours will never be the same.

So, CJ et all I'll bugger off while I still have one leg.

See you some other time some other thread.

Auf Weidersehen
Posted by Jack the Lad, Wednesday, 2 April 2008 1:00:28 PM
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That's about the most honest thing you have ever said Jack.
Posted by Bugsy, Wednesday, 2 April 2008 3:19:55 PM
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Hi Steven - I just KNEW there'd be some level on which we'd connect :)

Thanks for the 'car salesman' vid. I don't remember seeing it before. Hilarious, and I see the resonance with the 'dead parrot' (mind you, I still reckon the 'Black Knight' was more apposite to the erstwhile Jack the Limbless).

I bet you're an afficionado of the fish-slapping dance [ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhJQp-q1Y1s ] too, not to mention the silly walk [ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wippooDL6WE&feature=related ].

In fact, I think that the fish-slapping dance and the silly walk should be compulsory at school - although probably not in the history syllabus.
Posted by CJ Morgan, Wednesday, 2 April 2008 11:28:00 PM
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Both of those first two Python video's serve as a accurate metaphor for present day service delivery versus what is actually promised, particularly by the telco's!
Posted by Ginx, Thursday, 3 April 2008 12:51:03 PM
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