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Ancient Greeks pre-empted Dead Parrot sketch
Reuters ^ | Fri Nov 14, 2008 | Daniel Flynn

Posted on 11/18/2008 1:12:29 PM PST by grjr21

"I'll tell you what's wrong with it. It's dead, that's what's wrong with it."

For those who believe the ancient Greeks thought of everything first, proof has been found in a 4th century AD joke book featuring an ancestor of Monty Python's Dead Parrot sketch where a man returns a parrot to a shop, complaining it is dead.

The 1,600-year-old work entitled "Philogelos: The Laugh Addict," one of the world's oldest joke books, features a joke in which a man complains that a slave he has just bought has died, its publisher said on Friday.

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Books/Literature; History; Humor
KEYWORDS: epigraphyandlanguage; godsgravesglyphs; philogelos

1 posted on 11/18/2008 1:12:29 PM PST by grjr21
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To: SunkenCiv; Slings and Arrows

Ping


2 posted on 11/18/2008 1:13:06 PM PST by grjr21
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To: grjr21

‘e’s pinin’ for the Parthenon!


3 posted on 11/18/2008 1:13:53 PM PST by waverna
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To: grjr21
Κανείς δεν αναμένει ότι η ισπανική ιερά εξέταση!!!
4 posted on 11/18/2008 1:17:32 PM PST by Tennessee_Bob (They're illegal aliens, not immigrants - there is a difference!)
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To: grjr21
..."a slow-witted figure known as the "student dunce" is the butt of the jokes. In one, the student dunce goes to the city and a friend asks him to buy two 15-year-old slaves: "No problem,' responds the dunce. "If I don't find two 15-year-olds, I'll get one 30-year-old.'...

Lol...
5 posted on 11/18/2008 1:22:49 PM PST by Dallas59 (Not My President)
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To: grjr21

I wonder what the world’s oldest joke is.


6 posted on 11/18/2008 2:29:00 PM PST by El Sordo
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To: waverna

If you hadn’t chained him to an oar, he’d be pushin’ up the daisies!


7 posted on 11/18/2008 2:31:24 PM PST by Bubba Ho-Tep ("More weight!"--Giles Corey)
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To: El Sordo

“I’ll keep an eye for you”.


8 posted on 11/18/2008 2:43:20 PM PST by bleach (Wake me in 2012)
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To: Tennessee_Bob
Photobucket
9 posted on 11/18/2008 2:56:13 PM PST by magslinger (Be wary of strong drink. It can make you shoot at tax collectors. And miss. R.A.Heinlein)
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To: grjr21

Monty Pythons Dead Parrot sketch:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6Lq771TVm4


10 posted on 11/18/2008 3:07:25 PM PST by KingNo155
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To: SunkenCiv

Dead ancient Greek slave joke ping.


11 posted on 11/18/2008 4:35:14 PM PST by Tainan (Talk is cheap. Silence is golden. All I got is brass...lotsa brass.)
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To: grjr21

“This is a late parrot!”

Thanks grjr21!

Ancient gags show nothing’s changed
news | November 14, 2008
Posted on 11/13/2008 8:25:45 AM PST by JoeProBono
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2131486/posts

Dead Parrot sketch is 1,600 years old
Telegraph.co.uk | 11/14/2008 | Stephen Adams
Posted on 11/15/2008 7:27:16 AM PST by sionnsar
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2132630/posts


12 posted on 11/18/2008 5:17:02 PM PST by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/_______Profile finally updated Saturday, October 11, 2008 !!!)
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Thanks grjr21.

Just adding to the catalog, not sending a general distribution.

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13 posted on 11/18/2008 5:17:26 PM PST by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/_______Profile finally updated Saturday, October 11, 2008 !!!)
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To: callisto

Some how this seems to be your kind of thread.


14 posted on 11/19/2008 7:30:37 PM PST by Grizzled Bear ("Does not play well with others.")
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To: Grizzled Bear

I’m stuned! The Dead Parrot joke was a rip off?!


15 posted on 11/19/2008 7:46:14 PM PST by callisto (Press Ctrl-Alt-Del now for IQ test)
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To: callisto
Most TV sitcoms are variations on the same story, usually a Shakespear comedy.

It's nice to hear from you again!

16 posted on 11/19/2008 7:48:32 PM PST by Grizzled Bear ("Does not play well with others.")
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To: El Sordo
I wonder what the world’s oldest joke is.

Pull my finger and I'll tell you. ;~))

17 posted on 11/19/2008 7:50:58 PM PST by Ditto
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To: Grizzled Bear

I’m glad to be back. It’s been a busy 6 months, but things are looking up.


18 posted on 11/19/2008 7:56:03 PM PST by callisto (Close your eyes and press escape three times. Do you want to play another game?)
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To: El Sordo; Ditto
It's actually a riddle:

What animal walks on 4 feet in the morning, 2 at noon and 3 at evening?
19 posted on 11/19/2008 7:59:18 PM PST by callisto (Close your eyes and press escape three times. Do you want to play another game?)
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