Bicycle tour

Una de las actividades que compartimos con Eric los Domingos a la noche, es ver algún que otro capítulo de Monty Phython Flying Circus (los tiene toooodos en DVd). Si nunca tuvieron la experiencia, les recomiendo que les den una chance. Ese es humor inteligente y no una barata imitación! Acá les dejo un fragmento de un sketch que me gustó especialmente. Se trata de "Bicycle tour", la historia de un gracioso turista en bicicleta que cada dos por tres se estrella en una curva y tiene la imperante necesidad de contarle a todo el mundo las consecuencias de los choques... sobre su comida.

La escena transcurre en el interior de un auto que va a toda velocidad por una ruta.
Pither (nuestro ciclista) está sentado en el asiento trasero, con su bicicleta.
El conductor (Gulliver), un hombre muy formal, con anteojos, habla con precisión profesional.

Pither: Yes...my rubber instep caught on the rear mud-guard stanchion and...
Gulliver: Really? And what happened to your corned beef rolls?
Pither: They were squashed out of all recog... here just a minute. How did you know about the corned beef rolls?
Gulliver: I saw them - or what remained of them - on the road. I noticed also that the lemon curd tart had sustained some superficial damage.
Pither: The curd had become...
Gulliver: Detached from the pastry base.
Pither (with some surprise): Yes.... that's absolutely right!
Gulliver: Otherwise the contents of the sandwich box were relatively unharmed, though I detected small particles of bitumen in the chocolate cup cakes.
Pither: But they were wrapped in foil!
Gulliver: Not the hard chocolate top, I'm afraid.
Pither: Oh dear, that's the bit I liked.
Gulliver: The ginger biscuit, the crisps and the sausage roll were unharmed.
Pither: How do you know so much about CYCLING?
Gulliver: I'm making a special study of accidents involving food.
Pither: Really?
Gulliver: Do you know that in our laboratories we have produced a cheese sandwich that can withstand an impact of 4,000 lbs per square inch?
Pither: Good heavens!
Gulliver: Amazing, isn't it? We have also developed a tomato which ejects itself when an accident is imminent.
Pither: Even if it's inside an egg and tomato roll?
Gulliver: Anywhere! Even if it's in your stomach, and it senses an accident it will come up your throat and out of the window. Do you realise what this means?
Pither: Safer food?
Gulliver: Exactly! No longer will food be damaged, crushed or squashed by the ignorance and stupidity of the driver! (Becoming slightly messianic) Whole picnics will be built to survive the most enormous forces! Snacks will be stronger than ever! An ordinary pot of salad cream, treated in our laboratories, has been subjected to the force of a 9,000 lb steam hammer every day for the last 6 years. And has it broken?
Pither: Er....Gulliver: Yes, of course it has! But there are other things that haven't!.... the safety straps for sardines for instance.
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Será que me gusta tanto porque hablan de comida? Jua jua!!!!