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Hilarious, thank you! Somehow this had to be British. Just can't imagine Americans doing anything that - - - Pythonesque? Gilbert-and-Sullivanesque?

Thanks nbm,

Yes I am *Blittish* and do my best for this beloved country.

Being Scottish, maybe I find this much funnier than my non-Scottish counterparts.

The answer lies with the UK Government's Scottish Prime Minister.

As such, my new wikipedia style *dead-ish* parrot sketch is in an utter mess. Bugger.

Kind Regards,

Sir Michael Palin

By John Cleese et al (not verified) on 04 Nov 2007 #permalink

Actually, it sounds more like Flanders and Swann than Monty Python. Veddy good though!