For the Python fans...

neil_w · Dec 16, 2019

Originally posted to another thread, but what the heck maybe some other folks will get a chuckle.

You must know the original to be able to sing (or even read) this correctly. If you do not know the original then you need to seriously reconsider your life choices.

We're the knights of the work table
We build when ere we're able
You'll find our minds and scratch designs
Are marginally stable
We're busy here in Sandalot we make centering rings by hand a lot

We're the knights of the work table
The work is pleasurable
Except the task to paint and mask
Is quite interminable
And when it's dry in Sandalot we find sparkies here are banned a lot

The motors made by Mabel
Are mostly reliable
Except E9 the rest are fine
For uses conceivable

We buy much stuff in Sandalot... We like the Estes brand a loooooooot

dhbarr · Dec 16, 2019

Well, on second thought let's not go to Sandalot.
It is a scratchy place.

mbeels · Dec 16, 2019

It's going to be stuck in my head all daaaaaay!

neil_w · Dec 16, 2019

mbeels said:
It's going to be stuck in my head all daaaaaay!

It's been stuck in my head all weekend, why should I suffer alone?

Uncle Toby · Dec 16, 2019

neil_w said:
Originally posted to another thread, but what the heck maybe some other folks will get a chuckle.

You must know the original to be able to sing (or even read) this correctly. If you do not know the original then you need to seriously reconsider your life choices.

We're the knights of the work table
We build when ere we're able
You'll find our minds and scratch designs
Are marginally stable
We're busy here in Sandalot we make centering rings by hand a lot

We're the knights of the work table
The work is pleasurable
Except the task to paint and mask
Is quite interminable
And when it's dry in Sandalot we find sparkies here are banned a lot

The motors made by Mabel
Are mostly reliable
Except E9 the rest are fine
For uses conceivable

We buy much stuff in Sandalot... We like the Estes brand a loooooooot

Just saw the original clip on another site over the weekend. I think I can quote the whole script by rote. Great parody of a great parody.

Daddyisabar · Dec 16, 2019

Tell me of this new "Science" where you can predict the flight of an oddroc from the contents of a sheep's liver!

Charles_McG · Dec 16, 2019

I've been waiting for the verse with 'we don't do sims, so our rockets go prang a lot.'

Steveo · Dec 16, 2019

Am I the only geek who thought this thread would be about the Python programming language?

Scott Hala · Dec 16, 2019

Steveo said:
Am I the only geek who thought this thread would be about the Python programming language?

No. No you are not.

Bat-mite · Dec 16, 2019

I like the nod to the infamous E9!

neil_w · Dec 16, 2019

Steveo said:
Am I the only geek who thought this thread would be about the Python programming language?

Well, since Python language was named after Monty Python, they’re not too far apart...

prfesser · Dec 16, 2019

I always upvote/favorite/like Python. "RUN AWAY! RUN AWAY!!"

jqavins · Dec 16, 2019

I love it. It's brilliant. It's perf... well, almost perfect.

Recall there's one point where the rhythm is altered by the addition of two rests. How about:

The motors made by Mabel
Are most... reli... abable
Except E9 the rest are fine
For uses conceivable

neil_w · Dec 16, 2019

Original lyrics: "Quite indefatigable". "Are mostly reliable" fits the rhythm perfectly.... what am I missing?

jqavins · Dec 16, 2019

I guess nothing. I just I wasn't hearing the breaks right in my head.

Are most... ly re... liable.

Yep, you're right. My bad.

jlabrasca · Dec 16, 2019

'tis a silly place.

"I'm a rocketeer and I'm okay/I fill the spirals and I sand all day..."

BABAR · Dec 16, 2019

Daddyisabar said:
Tell me of this new "Science" where you can predict the flight of an oddroc from the contents of a sheep's liver!

Should work about as well as OpenRocket, assuming the oddroc is appropriately odd.

Bat-mite · Dec 16, 2019

And now for something completely different ...

jd2cylman · Dec 16, 2019

This Parrot has passed on.... It's an ex Parrot!

Winston · Dec 16, 2019

Steveo said:
Am I the only geek who thought this thread would be about the Python programming language?

Nope.

Mushtang · Dec 16, 2019

jlabrasca said:
'tis a silly place.

"I'm a rocketeer and I'm okay/I fill the spirals and I sand all day..."

"He's a rocketeer and he's okay, he fills the spirals and he sands all day..."

"I cut down fins, I prep for launch
I go to Hobby Lobby.
On the internet l go shopping, and have buttered scones for tea"

vcp · Dec 16, 2019

This is much too silly for a reply.

dhbarr · Dec 16, 2019

vcp said:
This is much too silly for a reply.

NO IT ISN'T!

Scott Hala · Dec 16, 2019

just remember, One plus One equals Three for large values of One.
You are not the One.

Charles_McG · Dec 16, 2019

Scott Hala said:
You are not the One.

Nobody listens to poor Zathras.

Winston · Dec 16, 2019

"What also floats in water?" "Very small rock..ets?"

MALBAR 70 · Dec 16, 2019

Mushtang · Dec 16, 2019

MALBAR 70 said:
Ni!

Shhh!

Bat-mite · Dec 16, 2019

MALBAR 70 said:
Ni!

That's "ekki-ekki-ekki-ekki-ptang-zoom-boing-mrowr!" to you! Or something like that.

MALBAR 70 · Dec 16, 2019

Mushtang said:
Shhh!

Bat-mite said:
That's "ekki-ekki-ekki-ekki-ptang-zoom-boing-mrowr!" to you! Or something like that.

Ni!

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