If I weren't such a reductionist mechanist, I'd probably find this very very funny. And what Cleese does to things deserves its own verb.
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John,thanks for that,that was so hilarious,I now have 31 more Cleese podcasts to watch !
Don't worry, John. We have now developed a pill that can help you combat reductionist mechanist syndrome.
We don't know how it works, though.
to cleesify:verb: to hold forth humorously on a subject in a pompous, pseudo-intellectual and slightly silly manner
cleesification:noun: the result of cleesifying
cleesified:adjective:
cleesifly:adverb:
origin: derived from the surname of legendary English humorist, actor, author and silly person John Cleese.
Luckily, I have the "Even though I'm a reductionist mechanist I still find jokes making fun of reductionist mechanists funny" gene. :D
That's recessive, and slightly deleterious...
He is the Messiah, and I should know; I've followed a few!
Having recently met Rob Buckman, I have a John Cleese number of 2. I think that's worth boasting about (I mean, it's way better than having George W. Bush number of 2, which I also have).