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"...with the word 'dog' crossed out and 'cat' written in, in crayon."

There were a couple of lines thrown in like "And when everybody's super, then no one is," announced by the bad guy.

Except for... Bicycle Repair Man!

Geeks-only stuff:

"Smart, suave and sophisticated" is a partial line said by Eric Idle(?) during a live Monty Python show in New York.

"Bruce, bring out the words!"

It was a part of their Philosopher's Song routine.

You mean this one. I never saw it though. They should air more Monty Python stuff, it's been ages since I saw any of their movies on TV.

NO SEPTICS!!

(With apologies to Monty Python...)

Were this a different war with a draft in the US things would be different but it's not. Were some foreign power invading a sovereign nation I would support the volunteer troops of the nation which was invaded. Seems to me that the insurgents in Iraq are doing just that, volunteering to fight against a foreign invader.

But any talk of supporting US troops overseas reminds me of a different comedy quote from Monty Python:

Colonel: Come in, what do you want?

(Private Watkins enters and salutes.)

Watkins: I'd like to leave the army please, sir.

Colonel: Good heavens man, why?

Watkins: It's dangerous.

Colonel: What?

Watkins: There are people with guns out there, sir.

Colonel: What?

Watkins: Real guns, sir. Not toy ones, sir. Proper ones, sir. They've all got 'em. All of 'em, sir. And some of 'em have got tanks.

Colonel: Watkins, they are on our side.

Watkins: And grenades, sir. And machine guns, sir. So I'd like to leave, sir, before I get killed, please.

Colonel: Watkins, you've only been in the army a day.

Watkins: I know sir but people get killed, properly dead, sir, no barley cross fingers, sir. A bloke was telling me, if you're in the army and there's a war you have to go and fight.

Colonel: That's true.

Watkins: Well I mean, blimey, I mean if it was a big war somebody could be hurt.

Colonel: Watkins why did you join the army?

Watkins: For the water-skiing and for the travel, sir. And not for the killing, sir. I asked them to put it on my form, sir - no killing.

Colonel: Watkins are you a pacifist?

Watkins: No sir, l'm not a pacifist, sir. I'm a coward.

So, can we have your liver?

And of course this is nonsense. There is no such thing as "the essay format". The definition of an essay is not structural, i.e., it's not the same as, say, the definition of haiku.

I know, I know, a lot of people got the mistaken notion back in high school that an "essay" had to follow a certain format, and it's easy&fun to spot their writing today, as they laboriously bludgeon their ideas into those imaginary mandatory boxes, but that ain't essay writing, any more than gumby flower arranging is flower arranging.

[woman in nightie]: ...but I don't have a hard drive

Reminded me of the Seduced Milkmen sketch:

Milkman delivering milk to a suburban house. As he puts the milk down, the front door opens and a seductively dressed young lady beckons him inside. Glancing round he follows her into the house and up the stairs. She leads him to the bedroom door, opens it, and ushers him inside, closing the door behind him. Inside, he is bewildered to see several elderly milkmen, who have obviously been there for a very long time.

Dear Sir,

you are frigthfully mistaken. Digital cameras are perfectly woody .

And they would be known as Hell's Grannies . Dennis Moore, Dennis Moore ... is not in this post.

What is next?

People being attacked by gangs of 'Keep Left' signs

The script for the "Prejudice" sketch can be found here.

I think you'll find that the Guinness in the States (and in the UK) is pasteurised, while that in the Republic of Ireland is normally still live - like the difference between Watney's Red Barrel and a real ale.

Whether I'm correct or not, I do know that virtually all the Guinness drunk in the UK is brewed at Park Royal in London, while the Republic of Ireland's Guinness is brewed in Dublin. The different waters would definitely have an effect on the flavour, although I doubt the water alone would make the bubbles behave differently :-)

The conservatives (really the wrong name in this case as conservation isn't their deal) who argue that global warming is a liberal plot are reminiscent of the unfortunate citizens of Hy-Brasil as it quickly sinks in Eric The Viking. Remember, as the water starts collecting around your ankles, "Stay calm! This is NOT happening...I've already appointed the Chancellor as Chairman of a committee to find out exactly what IS going on, and meantime I suggest we have a sing-song!"

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