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Re:Political Detox Week – No politics on HN for one week (2016) by arduanika on Thursday January 14, 2021 @11:05PM (#25786880)
I'm racking my brains and Google and can't seem to pull up which Monty Python sketch or movie that one comes from. Give a hint?

Edit: Oh. Found it. In "Meaning of Life", uttered shortly after this musical number. NSFW and liable to cause religious / political flamewars, but it makes the point, so here it is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzVHjg3AqIQ . You can skip to 6:09 for the line.

Re:Political Detox Week – No politics on HN for one week (2016) by dang on Friday January 15, 2021 @12:20AM (#25787293)
I'm impressed that you found that, given that my memory of the quote is inaccurate. I prefer my memory (don't we all).