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Monty Python and the Holy Grail 48 1/2 year anniversary in theaters December

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Re: Monty Python and the Holy Grail 48 1/2 year anniversary in theaters December

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Post by embedded_hiker »

daoboy wrote: post #21

Wonderful! My wife and I just showed this movie to our kids last month, and they loved it. I'd always assumed "Your mother was a hamster and your father stank of elderberries" was just a meaningless bit of Monty Python absurdity. When my wife explained to the kids that meant your mom is a slut and your dad is a drunk I was flabbergasted. I had never reevaluated that iconic insult from my initial ignorant teenage assu…

I got the elderberries part because Elton John had done a song about elderberry wine. The hamster part, I learned just now.

Re: Monty Python and the Holy Grail 48 1/2 year anniversary in theaters December

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Post by julian_t »

dylan604 wrote: post #62
nicwilson wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

not just a drunk, a cheap drunk.

But isn't it a deeper commentary into English culture with Gin since the elderberry is what is used to make Gin from just alcohol? They didn't make a joke about grapes=>wine, or peat moss=>scotch.

I thought the basis of gin was juniper berries, not elderberries (although you can make elderberry gin in the same way as sloe gin)

Re: Monty Python and the Holy Grail 48 1/2 year anniversary in theaters December

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Post by KRAKRISMOTT »

Brajeshwar wrote: post #4

I absolutely adore Monty Python! Would it be alright if I gently remind our new-age coding enthusiasts, particularly those from the younger generation, that Python (the programming language) was actually named after this incredibly entertaining group, and not the snake species? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Python_(programming_language)#...

And Rust was named after the coffee virus, because it is resilient. It has nothing to do with oxidation or crabs (neither the seafood nor the STD variety).

Re: Monty Python and the Holy Grail 48 1/2 year anniversary in theaters December

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Post by dylan604 »

julian_t wrote: post #72
dylan604 wrote: post #62

Earlier quoted context omitted.

But isn't it a deeper commentary into English culture with Gin since the elderberry is what is used to make Gin from just alcohol? They didn't make a joke about grapes=>wine, or peat moss=>scotch.

I thought the basis of gin was juniper berries, not elderberries (although you can make elderberry gin in the same way as sloe gin)

The "good stuff" is made with juniper berries. Gin can be made from whatever is around.

Re: Monty Python and the Holy Grail 48 1/2 year anniversary in theaters December

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Post by johncessna »

CoastalCoder wrote: post #54
genter wrote: post #41

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Don't worry, it took me years to figure out that "South Park, Bigger Longer and Uncut" was a double entendre.

I was over 40 when I someone explained to me that "kaaa-nigt" was just a strange pronunciation of "knight".

Yeap, same, and even then it wasn't until I watched it with subtitles on.

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Brajeshwar wrote: post #4

I absolutely adore Monty Python! Would it be alright if I gently remind our new-age coding enthusiasts, particularly those from the younger generation, that Python (the programming language) was actually named after this incredibly entertaining group, and not the snake species? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Python_(programming_language)#...

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Post by tombert »

xatax wrote: post #48
genter wrote: post #41

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Don't worry, it took me years to figure out that "South Park, Bigger Longer and Uncut" was a double entendre.

For me, it was the Blink-182 album Take Off Your Pants and Jacket.

Yeah, I didn't get the masturbation pun for that one until like three years ago; it always seemed like a pretty innocuous title until someone laughed when I mentioned it.
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