"It's not pining. It's passed on. This parrot is no more. It has ceased to be. It's expired and gone to meet its maker. This is a late parrot. It's a stiff. Bereft of life, it rests in peace. If you hadn't nailed it to the perch, it would be pushing up the daisies. It's rung down the curtain and joined the choir invisible. THIS IS AN EX-PARROT."
Texasrose, start with the films, Life of Brian, The Holy Grail, and The Meaning of Life. The series is even more British in its humour and sometimes is just insane.
We downloaded the cd of songs a while back "Aristotle aristotle was a b*gger for the bottle....Socrates was a drunken sleaze...."