Jun 11th, '06, 15:21
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teashop humor
I've been toying with the idea of writing a parody of the Monty Python cheese shop sketch as a tea shop but I'm having trouble coming up with the names of enough "real teas" to make it happen and if at all possible I'd like to avoid to having to use herbal. Also the more odd sounding teas like "Chinese Gunpowder tea" and "Yak Butter tea" would be great because not only are they real but others who don't know much about tea might think its a joke. Anyway if I get enough help to make this a reality I'll be sure to either post the finished product or a link to it here so other can read it.
John Grebe
"You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me."
~C. S. Lewis
"You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me."
~C. S. Lewis
Jun 11th, '06, 17:48
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Wait, do you want names of real teas that sound totally off the wall or fictitious tea names that sound totally off the wall? If you want real ones, I can look something up. If you want something made up...give me a few weeks. Come on, everyone, give the man some help in his desperate hour of need!!!
P.S. Congrats on wanting to do a tea-related Monty Python spoof...this should like totally rule
P.S. Congrats on wanting to do a tea-related Monty Python spoof...this should like totally rule
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The list goes on. Literal translations of Chinese tea names works wonders
The list goes on. Literal translations of Chinese tea names works wonders
Jun 11th, '06, 21:38
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Wow thanks for such a large list so quickly Marshaln.
Peach, I thought that it would be funny to use only real teas that sound strange as a bit of a second layer to the joke that pretty much only hardcore tea drinkers would realize that it uses only real tea, as other people would probably think some of the names were made up to sound strange. I have a feeling that the Monty Python cheese shop did the same thing as I started using the Internet to search for them for the first half of the sketch and every tea I didn't recognize turned out to be real when I looked it up.
Peach, I thought that it would be funny to use only real teas that sound strange as a bit of a second layer to the joke that pretty much only hardcore tea drinkers would realize that it uses only real tea, as other people would probably think some of the names were made up to sound strange. I have a feeling that the Monty Python cheese shop did the same thing as I started using the Internet to search for them for the first half of the sketch and every tea I didn't recognize turned out to be real when I looked it up.
John Grebe
"You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me."
~C. S. Lewis
"You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me."
~C. S. Lewis
Jun 11th, '06, 21:52
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UPDATE (thanks Peach)
It turns out that every cheese except for two in the cheese shop sketch are real according to this analysis someone did on it.
It turns out that every cheese except for two in the cheese shop sketch are real according to this analysis someone did on it.
John Grebe
"You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me."
~C. S. Lewis
"You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me."
~C. S. Lewis
Jun 12th, '06, 16:01
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great idea -
pity someone beat me to it for the cheese analysis, I could have told you about Venezualan Beaver Cheese.
And here's an excerpt of another Monty Python sketch:
"FOURTH YORKSHIREMAN:
Who'd have thought thirty year ago we'd all be sittin' here drinking Château de Chasselas, eh?
FIRST YORKSHIREMAN:
In them days we was glad to have the price of a cup o' tea.
SECOND YORKSHIREMAN:
A cup o' cold tea.
FOURTH YORKSHIREMAN:
Without milk or sugar.
THIRD YORKSHIREMAN:
Or tea.
FIRST YORKSHIREMAN:
In a cracked cup, an' all.
FOURTH YORKSHIREMAN:
Oh, we never had a cup. We used to have to drink out of a rolled up newspaper.
SECOND YORKSHIREMAN:
The best we could manage was to suck on a piece of damp cloth.
THIRD YORKSHIREMAN:
But you know, we were happy in those days, though we were poor.
"
pity someone beat me to it for the cheese analysis, I could have told you about Venezualan Beaver Cheese.
And here's an excerpt of another Monty Python sketch:
"FOURTH YORKSHIREMAN:
Who'd have thought thirty year ago we'd all be sittin' here drinking Château de Chasselas, eh?
FIRST YORKSHIREMAN:
In them days we was glad to have the price of a cup o' tea.
SECOND YORKSHIREMAN:
A cup o' cold tea.
FOURTH YORKSHIREMAN:
Without milk or sugar.
THIRD YORKSHIREMAN:
Or tea.
FIRST YORKSHIREMAN:
In a cracked cup, an' all.
FOURTH YORKSHIREMAN:
Oh, we never had a cup. We used to have to drink out of a rolled up newspaper.
SECOND YORKSHIREMAN:
The best we could manage was to suck on a piece of damp cloth.
THIRD YORKSHIREMAN:
But you know, we were happy in those days, though we were poor.
"
' '...why this pain? If it would only cease just for a moment!' and he moaned. Peter turned towards him. 'It's all right. Go and fetch me some tea.' '
-The Death of Ivan Ilyich, Leo Tolstoy
-The Death of Ivan Ilyich, Leo Tolstoy
And the lumberjack sings about it:
(I think I've got this right):
I'm a lumberjack, and I'm okay,
I sleep all night and I work all day.
I cut down trees, I eat me lunch,
I go to the lavatory.
On Wednesday's I go shopping,
and have buttered scones for TEA.
Yes, well, I'd better stop now, no telling how long this could go on!
(I think I've got this right):
I'm a lumberjack, and I'm okay,
I sleep all night and I work all day.
I cut down trees, I eat me lunch,
I go to the lavatory.
On Wednesday's I go shopping,
and have buttered scones for TEA.
Yes, well, I'd better stop now, no telling how long this could go on!
' '...why this pain? If it would only cease just for a moment!' and he moaned. Peter turned towards him. 'It's all right. Go and fetch me some tea.' '
-The Death of Ivan Ilyich, Leo Tolstoy
-The Death of Ivan Ilyich, Leo Tolstoy
Jun 16th, '06, 01:33
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How could you stop short of the "I cut down trees, I wear high heels Suspenders and a bra." which so many people think is the best line of the song?Darth Jeeling wrote:And the lumberjack sings about it:
(I think I've got this right):
I'm a lumberjack, and I'm okay,
I sleep all night and I work all day.
I cut down trees, I eat me lunch,
I go to the lavatory.
On Wednesday's I go shopping,
and have buttered scones for TEA.
Yes, well, I'd better stop now, no telling how long this could go on!
John Grebe
"You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me."
~C. S. Lewis
"You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me."
~C. S. Lewis
Jun 16th, '06, 01:51
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[quote="jogrebe"]
How could you stop short of the "I cut down trees, I wear high heels Suspenders and a bra." which so many people think is the best line of the song?[/quote]
I'll have to take you up on that one and insist that i remember that he says 'suspendees'
Ah, tea, cheese, and British humour - the four elements! And the fourth element: There Is [b]No[/b] Fourth Element
caught the Python reference, anyone?
How could you stop short of the "I cut down trees, I wear high heels Suspenders and a bra." which so many people think is the best line of the song?[/quote]
I'll have to take you up on that one and insist that i remember that he says 'suspendees'
Ah, tea, cheese, and British humour - the four elements! And the fourth element: There Is [b]No[/b] Fourth Element
caught the Python reference, anyone?