Hold on, I’m pretty sure I shared that turnip fact myself a few weeks ago! Although, I think it was in the comments of a different strip. That particularly creepy-looking one on the left is actually a fairly accurate representation of the early lanterns.
Fun fact about Jethro Tull (a band I really like): Early in their career, they would change their band name regularly so that they could play at the same venue multiple times. By the time they got popular enough to want to be recognized, they were stuck with a nearly random name (named after an early 18th century agriculturist) that nobody in the band particularly liked.
And the Jill-O’-Lanterns were carved out of O’Leary’s last will and testament.
Take care, may initially avoided, shunned, and vilified yet later loved by millions baby tickler uncle Fred “Peek-A-Boo!” Rogersord be with you, and gesundheit.
Did Monty Python have to throw parties for several of the Navajo babies? Or were the babies thinking I guess you need to be an adult to think that’s funny?
jasonsnakelover over 1 year ago
I might have an easier time making a Jack o lantern out of a turnip than a pumpkin.
What about Jethro Bodine? Did he agree to finance anything?
May the Lord be with you as He is with me.
monkeysky over 1 year ago
Hold on, I’m pretty sure I shared that turnip fact myself a few weeks ago! Although, I think it was in the comments of a different strip. That particularly creepy-looking one on the left is actually a fairly accurate representation of the early lanterns.
Fun fact about Jethro Tull (a band I really like): Early in their career, they would change their band name regularly so that they could play at the same venue multiple times. By the time they got popular enough to want to be recognized, they were stuck with a nearly random name (named after an early 18th century agriculturist) that nobody in the band particularly liked.
The dude from FL Premium Member over 1 year ago
Wonder why the Irish use potatoes?
jmolay161 over 1 year ago
A carved turnip could have a more eerie human-looking face than a pumpkin, thus better for warding off evil spirits.
Zykoic over 1 year ago
Life of Brian;
Best scene; The stoning.
A scene I can really relate to; The latin graffiti grammar correction. (Catholic school)Frog-on-a-Log Premium Member over 1 year ago
All in all, it’s just thick as a brick in a wall of the castle I will take you to.
Pickled Pete over 1 year ago
Monty Smith
Monty has five letters in his first name…He has 5 letters in his second name…
He has lived his entire life at 555 West 55th StreetIn NYC
And worked his entire career at Saks 5 Avenue
He met his wife in Fifth Grade..
He has 5 kids and owns 5 cars…
Needless to say, he has a thing for the number 5
One day at the track, running in the 5th race, in the 5th position is a horse called Numero Cinco…
He says to himself… OMG this is it …He runs to the bank and puts his life saving on this horse…
Would you believe, the forking horse came in
FIFTH!!!!!!
the dorf over 1 year ago
I heard George Harrison had a hand in financing the movie as well.
MY DOG IS MY CO PILOT over 1 year ago
George Harrison financed Monty Python’s The Life of Brian.
Huckleberry Hiroshima over 1 year ago
And the Jill-O’-Lanterns were carved out of O’Leary’s last will and testament.
Take care, may initially avoided, shunned, and vilified yet later loved by millions baby tickler uncle Fred “Peek-A-Boo!” Rogersord be with you, and gesundheit.
PaulAbbott2 over 1 year ago
The Monty Python artwork is clever. With the prism (Floyd), the flute player (Tull) and the runes on the cup (LZ)
poppacapsmokeblower over 1 year ago
Turnips are already scarier than pumpkins.
Templo S.U.D. over 1 year ago
this most recent Halloween, I made a turnip jack-o’-lantern
Bilan over 1 year ago
Did Monty Python have to throw parties for several of the Navajo babies? Or were the babies thinking I guess you need to be an adult to think that’s funny?
Totalloser Premium Member over 1 year ago
she turned me into a mute, I got better
Stephen Gilberg over 1 year ago
In Irish lore, one Stingy Jack,
A lazy blacksmith, had a knack
For trickery. He asked Old Scratch
To drink with him and turn to cash
To pay for it. The devil did,
And Jack picked up the coin and hid
It in his pocket near a cross
Of silver, trapping like a boss.
He asked to spend the coming year
Without a visit, much less fear
That if he died, his soul would go
To hell. The devil promised so,
And Jack released him. One year passed,
And then they met again at last.
Jack asked the fiend to climb a tree
To grab some fruit, and that’s when he
Engraved a cross within the bark.
(That devil really lacked a spark
Of intellect.) This time Jack said
To leave him be ten years instead.
Within those years, Jack passed away,
But with his sins, he couldn’t stay
In heaven, so he went in search
Of someplace where his soul could perch.
The only item Jack would take:
A turnip carved so he could make
A lantern with a fading ember.
Afterward, folks might remember,
Taking pity on his soul
With veggie lanterns for his stroll.
They’ve used potatoes, larger beets,
And pumpkins all along the streets.
—me
198.23.5.11 over 1 year ago
Nobody eats turnips,so they had to use them for something!!