On 25/10/2012 09:25, Peter Otten wrote:
Steven D'Aprano wrote:
On Thu, 25 Oct 2012 07:47:48 +0200, Peter Otten wrote:
Wasn't there a Monty Python sketch where a man carrying a parrot in a
cage comes into a shop full of stuffed animals and complains: No, I
don't admire the taxidermist for making that parrot look like it were
alive -- that beast bit me!
I don't think so. Are you thinking of the famous Monty Python "Dead
Parrot Sketch"? Here's one of many versions:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vuW6tQ0218
My rendition was meant to be a travesty of that one, an "undead" parrot as a
follow-up to Dennis' "lich" post. I'm sorry I forgot the smiley ;)
- He didn't move, that was just the wind stirring his plumage.
- No, that parrot is alive and kicking, fresh as a daisy, full of beans...
- Aren't the glass eyes beautiful?
- Glass eyes -- he just blinked!
And so on. I'm off to work on my laden swallow branch of Python. It's going
to be a real heavy-weight...
I just hope you get the technicalities correct. "That parrot wouldn't
move if you put 4 million volts through it". What rubbish. It should
either have been 4 million amps through it or 4 million volts across it.
I'm +1 for the former, although possibly biased by history.
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Cheers.
Mark Lawrence.
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