Monty Python Joke
Tim of Florida
>can anyone here explain the following joke to me, it's from MP's Flying
>Customer: I'd like some aftershave.
>Chemist: Certainly, Sir. Walk this way please.
>Cutsomer: If I could walk this way I wouldn't need an aftershave.
It's an old gag. There is confusion between "walk in this direction" and
"walk in this manner." Monty Python skits are known for silly manners of
walking, including a fictional government office, "The Dept. of Silly Walks."
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Thomas Wagner
>Hallo,
>can anyone here explain the following joke to me, it's from MP's Flying
>Circus. Although my English is not bad I don't have clue what this joke
s
>about:
>At the chemists:
>Customer: I'd like some aftershave.
>Chemist: Certainly, Sir. Walk this way please.
>Cutsomer: If I could walk this way I wouldn't need an aftershave.
>That's it. :-)
>It doesn't seem to be a very good joke, because next there wlks someone
nto
>the scene and says: "No, stop it. This is getting silly !" ;-)
>Who can explain this to me ?
>TTY,Axel
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Re the "walk this way," the joke is a reference to the manner of walking
rather than the place to which the walking is done. If the manner of
walking is sufficiently seductive to a member of whatever sex the walker
is trying to attract, aftershave will be unnecessary.
Chris Malcolm
>> Tim of Florida writes:
>>> >can anyone here explain the following joke to me, it's from MP's Flying
>>> >Customer: I'd like some aftershave.
>>> >Chemist: Certainly, Sir. Walk this way please.
>>> >Cutsomer: If I could walk this way I wouldn't need an aftershave.
>The allusion is old, and not very funny in these pc times.
Get your doctor to arrange a consultation with a satirical specialist.
If unchecked this condition can lead to chronic PC, with a likelihood
of permanent damage to the cognitive functions, especially in young
women.
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Larry Israel
AXEL_GR...@HDS.SH.SUB.ORG (Axel Grossklaus) writes:
>
>Hallo,
>can anyone here explain the following joke to me, it's from MP's Flying
>Circus. Although my English is not bad I don't have clue what this joke is
>about:
>
>At the chemists:
>
>Customer: I'd like some aftershave.
>Chemist: Certainly, Sir. Walk this way please.
>Cutsomer: If I could walk this way I wouldn't need an aftershave.
>
>
>
>That's it. :-)
>It doesn't seem to be a very good joke, because next there wlks someone onto
>the scene and says: "No, stop it. This is getting silly !" ;-)
>
>Who can explain this to me ?
>
>TTY,Axel
The way I heard the joke, it should have "talcum powder" in place of
"aftershave". Apparently Monty Python assumes you already know this.
Elizabeth Bonnett
part of the body he shaved?
....Eliz
Alan J. Flavell
>Re the "walk this way," the joke is a reference to the manner of walking
>rather than the place to which the walking is done. If the manner of
>walking is sufficiently seductive to a member of whatever sex the walker
>is trying to attract, aftershave will be unnecessary.
Very nicely put.
Back in the 'seventies, when I was living in Germany, a few episodes of
Monty Python appeared on German tv (3rd channel, catering for specialised
and minority tastes...).
I remember a earnest North German colleague asking me, "Herr Flavell,
please explain to me the nature of the English humour". Suddenly none
of it seemed nearly as funny to me as it had before...
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Lee Rudolph
>>Customer: I'd like some aftershave.
>>Chemist: Certainly, Sir. Walk this way please.
>>Cutsomer: If I could walk this way I wouldn't need an aftershave.
>The way I heard the joke, it should have "talcum powder" in place of
>"aftershave". Apparently Monty Python assumes you already know this.
Finally! an explanation that explains.
I only knew the joke (from my childhood, and--if I remember correctly--
as given in G. Legman's _Rationale_of_the_Dirty_Joke_) with
"Vaseline" or "Preparation H" or some other emollient salve
as the object of the customer's (in particular, a little boy's)
inquiry. Thus the "aftershave" variant seemed merely silly to me.
But of course "talcum powder" is also used for "diaper rash",
and it and "aftershave [lotion]" are both used on the cheeks (of
the face) after shaving. So the skit is no longer merely silly.
Thank you, sir.
Lee Rudolph
FRED W. BACH
#In article <1994Sep4...@aspen.ulowell.edu> corb...@aspen.ulowell.edu writes:
#>> Tim of Florida writes:
#>>> >can anyone here explain the following joke to me, it's from MP's Flying
#
#>>> >Customer: I'd like some aftershave.
#>>> >Chemist: Certainly, Sir. Walk this way please.
#>>> >Cutsomer: If I could walk this way I wouldn't need an aftershave.
#
#>The allusion is old, and not very funny in these pc times.
#
#Get your doctor to arrange a consultation with a satirical specialist.
#If unchecked this condition can lead to chronic PC, with a likelihood
#of permanent damage to the cognitive functions, especially in young
#women.
#
Right flippin' on, my friend!
And, don't forget "damage to cognitive functions" in SNAG's as well.
( SNAG = Sensitive New-Age Guy )
Down with PCism! Tell it like it is!
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LR>>>Customer: I'd like some aftershave.
LR>>>Chemist: Certainly, Sir. Walk this way please.
LR>>>Cutsomer: If I could walk this way I wouldn't need an aftershave.
LR>I only knew the joke (from my childhood, and--if I remember correctly--
LR>as given in G. Legman's _Rationale_of_the_Dirty_Joke_) with
LR>"Vaseline" or "Preparation H" or some other emollient salve
LR>as the object of the customer's (in particular, a little boy's)
LR>inquiry. Thus the "aftershave" variant seemed merely silly to me.
LR>But of course "talcum powder" is also used for "diaper rash",
LR>and it and "aftershave [lotion]" are both used on the cheeks (of
LR>the face) after shaving. So the skit is no longer merely silly.
Somehow I think it's a variant on the following:
A lady walks into the drugstore and says to the clerk, "I need a new
battery for my vibrator." The clerk replies with a "come-hither"
gesture using his index finger, and says "Come this way." To which the
lady replies, "If I could come that way I wouldn't need the vibrator."
<Rim shot>
Ted R. Marcus
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Larry Krakauer
Axel Grossklaus <AXEL_GR...@HDS.SH.SUB.ORG> wrote:
>Hallo,
>can anyone here explain the following joke to me, it's from MP's Flying
>about:
>
>At the chemists:
>
>
I can't believe all the responses this got without anyone explaining
the original joke.
It's VERY old, dating back to vaudeville at least. It was done
by the Marx brothers, but I think it was old even then.
The original joke was something like:
Customer: I'd like some anti-itching powder.
Chemist: Mennen's?
Customer: No, Women's.
Chemist: (walking towards a shelf) Walk this way, please.
Customer: If I could walk that way, I wouldn't need the itching powder!
The original joke was so old, and so well known, that it got to the
point where any variant of "walk this way" got a laugh - sort of
like "Take my wife - Please!". However, it
seems that, finally, the actual original joke is being forgotten.
-- Larry Krakauer (lar...@kronos.com)