Monty Python is a comedy troupe of 4 Englishmen (John Cleese, Graham Chapman, Michael Palin, Eric Idle), 1 Welshman (Terry Jones) and 1 American (Terry Gilliam), best known for their legendary and influential sketch comedy show "Monty Python's Flying Circus" (which ran for four seasons from 1969 to 1974). The troupe also wrote and starred in the films "And Now for Something Completely Different" (1971), "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" (1975), "Monty Python's Life of Brian" (1979)
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Date: 20 Feb 96 04:06:27 EST From: Steve Nicholson <[email protected]> Subject: CRD: Philosopher's Song by Monty Python
Philosopher's Song -by Monty Python
D Immanuel Kant was a real piss-ant A Who was very rarely stable Heidegger, Heidegger was a boozy beggar D Who could think you under the table David Hume could out-consume G Whilhelm Friedrich Hegel A And Wittgenstein was a beery swine D Who was just as sloshed as Schlagel A There's nothin' Nieizsche couldn't teach ya 'Bout the raising of the wrist DB7E7 Socrates himself was permanently pissed
John Stuart Mill of his own free will After half a pint o' shanty became particularly ill Plato they say, could stick it away Half a crate of whiskey every day Aristotle, Aristotle was a bugger for the bottle Hobbes was fond of his dram And Rene Descartes was a drunken fart `I drink therefore I am'
But Socrates himself is particularly missed A lovely little thinker but a bugger when he's pissed