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- From: hillman@triton.unm.edu (Dan Hillman)
- Subject: Archie Pittigrew's Testicles
- Message-ID: <#1prvc@lynx.unm.edu>
- Date: Wed, 30 Dec 92 03:37:43 GMT
- Organization: Angry Andy's New Age Center and Gun Boutique
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- In article <1992Dec23.100017.18798@husc3.harvard.edu> joltes@husc10.harvard.edu (Richard Joltes) writes:
- >
- >>|> "Mind you, not as bad as the night Archie Pettigrew ate some
- >>|> sheep's testicles for a bet...God, that bloody sheep kicked him..."
- >
- >I've received at least 20 messages commenting on that quote and asking for the
- >source. Interest is now high enough to warrant the advent of the Archie
- >Pettigrew Fan Club. The membership fee is, of course, two-fifty, and the sole
- >purpose of the group is to find the origin (if possible) of the quote so folks
- >can calm down.
- >
- >And no, I don't know where it came from. I heard the joke years ago and found
- >it again in a quotes file 'bout 3 years back. The rest is history...
-
- The quote is from the sketch "Murder at Moorstones Manor" by Michael Palin
- and Terry Jones. The book in my hands says "Scripts of a television
- comedy performed on the BBC in 1976 and 1977" under the Library o' Congress
- description and "Adventure...Terror...Mystery...Frogs..." on the back.
-
- Palin, M., & Jones, T. (1978). *Ripping yarns*. New York: Pantheon Books.
- ISBN 0-394-73678-8
-
- --
- We've replaced the fine baby Jesus we normally use with Folgers Crystals.
- Let's see if they notice the difference.
-