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- From: popec@unkaphaed.gbdata.com (William C. Barwell)
- Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
- Subject: Re: Archie Pittigrew's Testicles
- Message-ID: <iBVmwB3w165w@unkaphaed.gbdata.com>
- Date: Thu, 31 Dec 92 06:17:17 GMT
- References: <#1prvc@lynx.unm.edu>
- Organization: Unka Phaed's UUCP Thingy, Houston, TX
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- hillman@triton.unm.edu (Dan Hillman) writes:
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- > In article <1992Dec23.100017.18798@husc3.harvard.edu> joltes@husc10.harvard.e
- > >
- > >>|> "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 t
- > >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 so
- > >purpose of the group is to find the origin (if possible) of the quote so fol
- > >can calm down.
- > >
- > >And no, I don't know where it came from. I heard the joke years ago and fou
- > >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.
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