Hmm... 'Secondhand Electric Donkey Bottom Biters...'

Is that anything like a 'Nylon Dark Cardigan on a Plastic Mule Rest?' (And I know I just dated myself with THAT reference!)

Gad, I'm having trouble typing... still laughing about it...

John, I gotta know... WHERE the blazes did that come from? Was that one of those '3AM thoughts,' or...?

Inquiring knows want to mind.  

I believe you and I are on the same page, but I'm not sure.  "Secondhand electric donkey bottom biters" is from Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

I haven't seen all of the Flying Circus episodes, but might that be where your reference is from?

It is indeed from the Flying Circus episodes. More specifically, from the 'Election Night Coverage' episode. At one point, John Cleese pipes up with "What about the nylon dark cardigan on a plastic mule-rest?" and the reply comes back from off-camera, "There's no such thing!" to which Cleese replies "Thank you, Spike!"

Anyway... I still have to know... WHERE did that marvelous bit of silliness come from?! My wife just about fell off the couch when I told her about it.

Keep the peace(es).

This is not from the official scrïpt, but...

Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Scene 36

ARTHUR:  Launcelot!  Launcelot!  Launcelot!
 BEDEMIR:  Launcelot!  Launcelot!
 ARTHUR:  Launcelot!  Launcelot!
 BEDEMIR:  Launcelot!  Launcelot!
     [angels singing]
 ARTHUR:  The Castle Aggh.  Our quest is at an end!  God be praised!
     Almighty God, we thank Thee that Thou hast [something] safe
     [something] the most-
     [twong  baaaa]
     Jesus Christ!
 GUARD:  'Allo, daffy English kaniggets and Monsieur Arthur-King, who
     is afraid of a duck, you know!  So, we French fellows out-wit you a
     second time!
 ARTHUR:  How dare you profane this place with your presence!?  I command
     you, in the name of the Knights of Camelot, to open the doors of this
     sacred castle, to which God himself has guided us!
 GUARD:  How you English say, I one more time-a unclog my nose in your
     direction, sons of a window-dresser!  So, you think you could
     out-clever us French folk with your silly knees-bent running about
     advancing behavior! I wave my private parts at your aunties, you
     heaving lot of second-hand electric donkey bottom biters.
 ARTHUR:  In the name of the Lord, we demand entrance to this sacred
     castle!
 GUARD:  No chance, English bedwetting types.  I burst my pimples at you
     and call your daughter an unrequested silly thing.  You tiny-brained
     wipers of other people's bottoms!
 ARTHUR:  If you do not open this door, we shall take this castle by
     force!
     [splat]
     In the name of God and the glory of our--
     [splat]
     Right!  That settles it!
 GUARD:  Yes, this time and try
     any more or we fire arrows at the tops of your heads
     and make castanets out of your testicles already!  Ha ha!
 ARTHUR:  Walk away.  Just ignore them.
 GUARD:  No, remain you illegitimate faced buggerfuls!  And, if you think
     you got nasty taunting this time, you ain't heard nothing yet!  Daffy
     English kaniggets!  Thpppt!
 ARTHUR:  We shall attack at once!
 BEDEMIR:  Yes, my liege!
 ARTHUR:  Stand by for attack!

Cherchez la vache!  

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Quote :

Cherchez la vache!

Run away!  Run away!

http://www.vsocial.com/video/?d=10467

Is there someone else up there we can talk to?

My wife and I did a whirlwind trip of Europe in 2004. While in Scotland, we visited Doune Castle, where they filmed some of the Holy Grail movie. There's a small gift shop and guestbook signing area, where they will lend you a pair of cocoanuts. The funniest thing is, is while you're hopping around inside the castle grounds, it sounds just like it does in the movie.  

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I've never been to that castle myself, but I did see it featured (including the gift shop) on the DVD extras.

Been there... very recently, done that. Got the T-shirt. I think the pics may be on my photobucket page. If not I'll upload them.