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Dave Schaumann

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Aug 12, 1991, 12:21:05 AM8/12/91
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I have a digitized sound sample of one of the Pythons saying

"Ah -- I see you have the machine that goes 'pingggg'!"

Anyone know what this is from?

--
bum

insane

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Aug 12, 1991, 6:41:41 AM8/12/91
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Yep! I do! Anyone else know?
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David Scott McAnally

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Aug 12, 1991, 7:13:22 AM8/12/91
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Isn't it the best machine in the whole hospital? Because (this is from
memory only) they sold it to some company, and rent it back from them
so that the costs come up under miscellaneous expenses (or something)
and not under maintenance.

Have a look at the birth sequence in "The Meaning of Life".

David McAnally *
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two words: 'eistedd' meaning 'bored' and 'fod' meaning 'stiff'."
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Rob den Braasem

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Aug 12, 1991, 7:10:44 AM8/12/91
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da...@cs.arizona.edu (Dave Schaumann) writes:

>--
>bum
Meaning of life

J. Horsmeier

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Aug 12, 1991, 8:42:01 AM8/12/91
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In article <1991Aug12....@csc.canterbury.ac.nz> r...@cantua.canterbury.ac.nz (insane) writes:
|In article <30...@amethyst.math.arizona.edu>, da...@cs.arizona.edu (Dave Schaumann) writes:
|> I have a digitized sound sample of one of the Pythons saying
|>
|> "Ah -- I see you have the machine that goes 'pingggg'!"
|>
|> Anyone know what this is from?
|>
|> --
|> bum
|
|Yep! I do! Anyone else know?
|--
Yep, me too!

Jos

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Steven Varty

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Aug 12, 1991, 7:52:03 AM8/12/91
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da...@cs.arizona.edu (Dave Schaumann) writes:

>--
>bum
^
Oh! what a give-away.
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= From: =
= Steve Varty (steve...@uk.ac.newcastle) =
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Tina Day

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Aug 12, 1991, 3:04:21 PM8/12/91
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> r...@cantua.canterbury.ac.nz (insane) writes:
> da...@cs.arizona.edu (Dave Schaumann) writes:
>> I have a digitized sound sample of one of the Pythons saying
>> "Ah -- I see you have the machine that goes 'pingggg'!"
>> Anyone know what this is from?
>> --
>> bum
>
>Yep! I do! Anyone else know?
I know where it's from too! Everybody must know where it's from.

-- Tina

Pete Zingelman

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Aug 12, 1991, 8:05:39 PM8/12/91
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| Yep, me too! It's from The Life of Brian, no, The Meaning of Lif-

AAAAAAaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!


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Joshua Abbey

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Aug 12, 1991, 8:11:15 PM8/12/91
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In article <30...@amethyst.math.arizona.edu> da...@cs.arizona.edu (Dave Schaumann) writes:

But of course!
(And I see you have the Most Expensive Machine In The Hospital here
as well!)

The Meaning of Life!
-Josh

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We were all equal in the end." - Pink Floyd
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J. Horsmeier

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Aug 13, 1991, 9:05:35 AM8/13/91
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In article <1991Aug13.0...@csug.rdg.ac.uk> n...@rosemary.cs.reading.ac.uk ("Symmetrical neglect assumption" Neilski) writes:

|r...@cantua.canterbury.ac.nz (insane) writes:
|
|>In article <30...@amethyst.math.arizona.edu>, da...@cs.arizona.edu (Dave Schaumann) writes:
|>> I have a digitized sound sample of one of the Pythons saying
|>>
|>> "Ah -- I see you have the machine that goes 'pingggg'!"
|>>
|>> Anyone know what this is from?
|>>
|>> --
|>> bum
|
|>Yep! I do! Anyone else know?
|
|Indeed I do ...
|
|Let's give bum a clue: It's from either a Python TV show, a film or a
|stage show. Or a record. Or a book (which would be an interesting sound
|sample). Or not.
|
|n...@csug.cs.reading.ac.uk \---------------------------------------------------

Errr ... lemme think (little thinking noises ...) Yes, I know it too!

Jos With A Brand New Sig

Christian Rohrmeier

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Aug 12, 1991, 11:15:51 PM8/12/91
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In article <0094D04F...@vms.csd.mu.edu>, 2681zi...@vms.csd.mu.edu (Pete Zingelman) writes:
|> In article <19...@gouda.quad.com>, ti...@quad1.quad.com (Tina Day) writes:
|> >> r...@cantua.canterbury.ac.nz (insane) writes:
|> >> da...@cs.arizona.edu (Dave Schaumann) writes:
|> >>> I have a digitized sound sample of one of the Pythons saying
|> >>> "Ah -- I see you have the machine that goes 'pingggg'!"
|> >>> Anyone know what this is from?
|> >>> --
|> >>> bum
|> >>
|> >>Yep! I do! Anyone else know?
|> >I know where it's from too! Everybody must know where it's from.
|> >
|> >-- Tina
|>
|> | Yep, me too! It's from The Life of Brian, no, The Meaning of Lif-
|>
|> AAAAAAaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhh!

Got cast into the pit of eternal peril, eh? Serves 'em right for
saying "ping" comes from The Meaning of Li

AAAAAARRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH!!

--
Christian Rohrmeier ch...@castlab.engr.wisc.edu

Symmetrical neglect assumption Neilski

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Aug 13, 1991, 5:41:21 AM8/13/91
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r...@cantua.canterbury.ac.nz (insane) writes:

>In article <30...@amethyst.math.arizona.edu>, da...@cs.arizona.edu (Dave Schaumann) writes:
>> I have a digitized sound sample of one of the Pythons saying
>>
>> "Ah -- I see you have the machine that goes 'pingggg'!"
>>
>> Anyone know what this is from?
>>
>> --
>> bum

>Yep! I do! Anyone else know?

Indeed I do ...

Let's give bum a clue: It's from either a Python TV show, a film or a
stage show. Or a record. Or a book (which would be an interesting sound
sample). Or not.

n...@csug.cs.reading.ac.uk \---------------------------------------------------
---------------------------\ "I'm sorry to interrupt, but my tooth's
hurting, just about here." "Get off." "Sorry."

J. Horsmeier

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Aug 13, 1991, 4:47:17 AM8/13/91
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In article <0094D04F...@vms.csd.mu.edu> 2681zi...@vms.csd.mu.edu writes:
|In article <19...@gouda.quad.com>, ti...@quad1.quad.com (Tina Day) writes:
|>> r...@cantua.canterbury.ac.nz (insane) writes:
|>> da...@cs.arizona.edu (Dave Schaumann) writes:
|>>> I have a digitized sound sample of one of the Pythons saying
|>>> "Ah -- I see you have the machine that goes 'pingggg'!"
|>>> Anyone know what this is from?
|>>> --
|>>> bum
|>>
|>>Yep! I do! Anyone else know?
|>I know where it's from too! Everybody must know where it's from.
|>
|>-- Tina
|
|| Yep, me too! It's from The Life of Brian, no, The Meaning of Lif-
|
| AAAAAAaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!

No, no, no, no! It's from David Coperfield, with one `p'! or ... no, wait ...
ehhh ... no it's from `Khristmas Karol' with a `k'! By the same author of
`A Sale of Two Titties'. Yep that's the one!

Jos

Graeme Griffiths

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Aug 14, 1991, 5:38:45 AM8/14/91
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>In article <30...@amethyst.math.arizona.edu> da...@cs.arizona.edu (Dave Schaumann) writes:
> >I have a digitized sound sample of one of the Pythons saying
> >
> > "Ah -- I see you have the machine that goes 'pingggg'!"
> >
> >Anyone know what this is from?
> >

>Isn't it the best machine in the whole hospital? Because (this is from
>memory only) they sold it to some company, and rent it back from them
>so that the costs come up under miscellaneous expenses (or something)
>and not under maintenance.

No, I beleive (also from memory) it is this.

Aaah I see you have the machine that goes 'Ping' this is my favourite. You
see we lease this back from the company we sold it to, so it comes on the
monthly current budget and not the capital account. <Applause>

Note use of capital letter in ping this is very important as without it you
upset the Vikings.

And frighten it.

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The Psychlist

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Aug 15, 1991, 10:43:38 AM8/15/91
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In article <30...@amethyst.math.arizona.edu>, da...@cs.arizona.edu (Dave Schaumann) writes:
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Probably from a machine that goes "bonggggg!"

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Matt McLeod

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Aug 20, 1991, 2:11:09 AM8/20/91
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In article <19...@gouda.quad.com>, ti...@quad1.quad.com (Tina Day) writes:

Gee... Even I know this one...

Matt

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