tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5424364424049242300.post8625514300750249309..comments2023-06-21T18:53:11.897+10:00Comments on Pykk: The Possessor Possesses NothingUmbagollahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14556344092820711893noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5424364424049242300.post-54935951424748092502009-11-12T08:18:18.723+11:002009-11-12T08:18:18.723+11:00There are a few grumpy online comments about a cen...There are a few grumpy online comments about a censored version of the sketch, but that one (which is uncensored, apparently) was the first one I found. I'm assuming the censors chopped out the word "masturbation" or something like that.Umbagollahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14556344092820711893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5424364424049242300.post-74721688447089042512009-11-12T08:16:15.365+11:002009-11-12T08:16:15.365+11:00I picked up a remaindered copy of de Botton's ...I picked up a remaindered copy of de Botton's book last weekend (I'd borrowed it from the library years ago, and read it, but forgotten almost everything except a general impression of wit and sincerity) and discovered (or rediscovered) that he mentions the Python sketch in the "How to Take Your Time" chapter, after pointing out the most glompingly obvious fact about P's book: that it is long. "[T]he contest as a whole remained optimistic that an acceptable summary of Proust's work was possible [...] if only an appropriate candidate could be found," he writes with a straight face.Umbagollahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14556344092820711893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5424364424049242300.post-59953044203939128352009-11-10T22:30:19.784+11:002009-11-10T22:30:19.784+11:00I'd never seen that Monty Python sketch - what...I'd never seen that Monty Python sketch - what a hoot!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com