Have you seen the new Pita Thins advert? Oeditpus Rex - you should

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If you have seen it, have you thought to yourself, "SHUT THAT BLOODY BOUZOUKI UP!!"?

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1. What's wrong with the bouzouki? It's easier to play than a mandolin

because of the scale length. Lots of Irish musicians play them, and let's not jump ugly with Irish musicians, of which I used to be one, OK?

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2. Perhaps there is some humor impairment here...

Oeditpus will explain.

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3. When?

And you can't blame me for missing the humor; I don't watch much TV so I don't see many commercials.

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4. The commerical has a bouzouki playing, and it's playing the same

thing that the bouzouki player in the Monty Python sketch "Cheese Shop" is playing.

And... well... as to the humor, if you don't know the sketch, explaining the humor won't be any more funny than not knowing it at all.

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5. Aha. I'll have to dig up the scene from my son's M.P. DVD collection.

I'm sure I've seen it before, but you know how I forget things. Thanks for the tip.

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