John Cleese's Message to the USA

**jackie** · 11-13-2006, 01:14 PM

9. Therefore, you will no longer be allowed to own or
carry anything more dangerous than a vegetable peeler. A permit will be
required if you wish to carry a vegetable peeler in public.

This made me LOL!

Thanks for sharing.

**Lady'sOtherHuman** · 11-14-2006, 01:17 PM

That was hilarious. My husband and I (Lady's Human) love Monty Python. Last year for Christmas I got him the 16 Ton Mega set. 16 DVDs of all their best skits ( including parrot sketch, crunchy frog and Dennis Moore) it also included two Live shows. Awesome! When I was reading it I could hear his voice in my head and his exact mannerisms in the text. Really funny.

**mugsy** · 11-14-2006, 01:54 PM

OMG! That was hysterical and so true for so much of it! John Cleese is brilliant!

**smokey the elder** · 11-14-2006, 02:50 PM

According to snopes.com, the leading debunk site on the Internet, John Cleese did NOT write this. It's funny, though. It was more apropos for the 2000 Presidential "election".

**Killearn Kitties** · 11-14-2006, 05:06 PM

Originally Posted by smokey the elder

According to snopes.com, the leading debunk site on the Internet, John Cleese did NOT write this. It's funny, though. It was more apropos for the 2000 Presidential "election".

Certainly, the first time I saw this it did not have John Cleese's name on it. It is so much written in his style though, that it is easy to believe.

**RICHARD** · 11-15-2006, 05:57 AM

makes me wanna dive on a holy hand grenade...

**Randi** · 11-15-2006, 12:05 PM

I wish John could have seen this, he was an avid Monty Python fan and read everything they ever did. In his younger days, he was listening to the Goons on the wireless, and just recently, I found old books about the Goons that John had kept all these years.

I'm not familiar with all the shows, like John was, but I know he got some real old tapes from a childhood friend when we visited England.

John Cleese was brilliant in Faulty Towers, but I must admit, there are pieces in the Monty Python shows I don't find that funny, I suppose you have to be British to get it.

However, when I first heard this on the radio, I was ROTFL!

http://www.serve.com/bonzai/monty/cl...reSoPoorSketch

Two guys who were part of Monty Python I really like, is Michael Palin and Terry Jones. Terry Jones is/was writing some excellent political articles for Observer. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Jones.

**lizbud** · 11-14-2006, 04:37 PM

Originally Posted by Lady'sOtherHuman

That was hilarious. My husband and I (Lady's Human) love Monty Python. Last year for Christmas I got him the 16 Ton Mega set. 16 DVDs of all their best skits ( including parrot sketch, crunchy frog and Dennis Moore) it also included two Live shows. Awesome! When I was reading it I could hear his voice in my head and his exact mannerisms in the text. Really funny.

My kids would both love that collection. Did you get it at one of the
large chain stores?