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Originally posted by tacfoley:

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Originally posted by YellowJacket:

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Originally posted by two-two-niner-romeo:
"Cabbage crates coming over the briney!"

No, I don't understand that banter at all.

'Kraut bombers coming over the English Channel!'

'krauts = cabbage. Cabbage crates = lots of Krauts. Briney = salt water.

WW2, battle of Britain, German fliers crossimg the English Channel.

Spoof WW2 RAF fighter pilot chatter.

Yeah. I know. What I posted was Chapman's next line.

Have you seen the sketch?

Mr. Creosote disagrees with your post, bendable.

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Originally posted by YellowJacket:

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Originally posted by tacfoley:

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Originally posted by YellowJacket:

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Originally posted by two-two-niner-romeo:
"Cabbage crates coming over the briney!"

No, I don't understand that banter at all.

'Kraut bombers coming over the English Channel!'

'krauts = cabbage. Cabbage crates = lots of Krauts. Briney = salt water.

WW2, battle of Britain, German fliers crossimg the English Channel.

Spoof WW2 RAF fighter pilot chatter.

Yeah. I know. What I posted was Chapman's next line.

Have you seen the sketch?

Oh, man! The explanation made it even funnier! Well done.

More serious adverse effects (not affects): anti-Christian, anti-establishment humor (which I loved when young) helped destroy the British nation. Other than that, it was great!

When Monty Python first aired on KERA (Dallas’ PBS station) in the mid ‘70s, I was immediately hooked. As others have said, others in their lives just never got them.

My favorite bit was the Bishop.

Fast forward to the late ‘90s-early 2000s, we attended a Texas Rangers game. A couple teens sat behind us with their dads. They spent the whole evening riffing Python bits, as if they had discovered Monty Python and no one else knew about them.