Blast. Knew I should have gone and done the job myself. With a large spanner.

Now I'm sure that no-one on this forum is heartless and puerile enough to suggest that any of us here might derive some kind of twisted pleasure from the shocking news of Mr Yoakum's close brush with mortality, so let's banish any such uncharitable thoughts from our minds right here.










(Better luck next time though...)

Throws up some interesting questions on who would have inherited the literary rights to the (and indeed his) estate, though...

His will stipulates that in the event of his death, all Python-related material worldwide must be instantly confiscated and buried. Those people who object to their Python memorabilia being taken will be offered a lavishly illustrated, though barely legible, selection of Jim's own material, at a very competitive price.

His stated wish is that future generations of Americans will come to think of him as the original "Marny Pytharn".

What on Earth is a utility pole, anyway?

>What on Earth is a utility pole, anyway?

Something that was invented by Graham Chapman already, so ceast and desist from mentioning it. Yours, Hokum K. Weisstein IV, Attorney Of Law and Saxophonist.

utility pole - 's a telegraph pole, innit.

Didn't Batman have a utility belt?