kathleen lacey wrote: > Hi pchelpers, i wondered about this little ditty, too. I really like Monty > Python & did not remember this so looked it up. Here is what Wikipedia > says. Kathleen > The song followed the routine called "Fish > Licence<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fish_Licence>" > in which Mr Eric Praline <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr_Praline>, played > by John Cleese <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cleese>, tried to obtain a > pet license for a halibut <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halibut> and > numerous other pets, all called Eric. One such pet is half a > bee<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bee>. > The song relates a tragic yet heartwarming tale, stemming from an accident > on one summer's afternoon. > > The lyrics raise philosophical > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophical>questions as to the > existence or not of half a bee: "Half a bee, > philosophically, must *ipso facto* half *not* be. But half the bee has got > to be, *vis-à-vis* its entity - d'you see? But can a bee be said to be or > not to be an entire bee when half the bee is not a bee, due to some ancient > injury?". The piece ends with a reference to the distinguished English > philosopher Cyril Connolly <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyril_Connolly>. > It is one of John Cleese's personal favorites of the sketches that he has > done. Thanks for filling in the gaps. Can you recall if that halibut sketch led into the famous fish slapping dance? -- Regards, John Durham <http://modecideas.com/contact.html?sig> ICQ number 571215671 Fax/Phone 64 4 5286786 PC-HELPERS list subscribe/unsub at http://modecideas.com/discuss.htm?sig Blog http://pc-tech-upper-hutt.blogspot.com/ Get a copy of my novel entitled "Return" at http://stores.lulu.com/store.php?fAcctID=1382737 Good advice is like good paint- it only works if applied. -- -------list-services-below----------- Regards, John Durham (list moderator) <http://modecideas.com/contact.html?sig> Freelists login at //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi List archives at //www.freelists.org/archives/pchelpers PC-HELPERS list subscribe/unsub at http://modecideas.com/discuss.htm?sig Latest news live feeds at http://modecideas.com/indexhomenews.htm?sig Good advice is like good paint- it only works if applied.