Four Yorkshiremen- Monty Python

TheFullMontyPython · 2.3M views · 2007-12-04 · 3:14

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Overview

The classic Monty Python sketch in which four Yorkshiremen compete to claim the hardest upbringing, each story more absurd than the last.

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Quoted as a joke whenever commenters one-up each other on past hardships.

Discussed on HN; no positive recommendation is recorded in this export · HN mentions 2019–2026

Topics

Stand-up & sketch comedy

What people said

overfeed · 2026-01 · Joke / meme
I don't think Four-Yorkshiremen-style one-upmanship[1] this discussion adds anything meaningful to the conversation around comparing US/China/Europe 1. [VIDEO]
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Simon_ORourke · 2024-10 · Joke / meme
Lazy Edwardian industrial workers demanding 8 hours sleep after 16 hours work! "Oooohh we used to dream of living in a corridor..." - [VIDEO]
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dave333 · 2024-08 · Joke / meme
Why does this remind me of the Four Yorkshiremen comedy sketch - "You were lucky! We lived in hole in the ground." [VIDEO]
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