[pchelpers] Re: I just found this on Friends reunited
- From: John Durham <john.modec@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: pchelpers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 07 Oct 2009 08:03:57 +1300
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?
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