Pining for the fjords: Ancestor to the Dead Parrot sketch found!

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An ancestor of Monty Python's famous Dead Parrot comedy sketch has been found in a joke book dating back to Greece in the 4th Century.

Philogelos: The Laugh Addict, which has been translated from Greek manuscripts, contains a joke where a man complains that a slave he was sold had died.

"When he was with me, he never did any such thing!" is the reply.
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He's not pining, he's an ex slave.

I had no idea the Monty Python troupe went back all the way to the 4th century.
 
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