Monty Python Royal Society For Putting Things On Top of Other Things

Tyler Bird (7hunderbird)0 HN recommenders · 2021–2024
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A Monty Python sketch about the Royal Society for Putting Things on Top of Other Things.

Cited as a joke whenever something is stacked or oddly named.

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4 comments from Hacker News

@a3n2021 · in “Charter of the National Association of Wheeled Bin Washers”

I think these folks must share a building with The Royal Society for Putting Things on Top of Other Things. [VIDEO]

@leohonexus2022 · in “International Institute of Not Doing Much”

The name reminds me of the Monty Python sketch - The Royal Society of Putting Things on Top of Other Things! [VIDEO]

@perilunar2023 · in “Ask HN: Alternatives to organizing code in files and folders?”

> putting things inside of things Were you thinking of this Monty Python skit when you wrote that? [VIDEO]

@peter_d_sherman2024 · in “Spot Bitcoin ETF receives official approval from the SEC”

>"The historic approval paves the way for the first regulated exchange-traded product in the U.S. to give investors direct exposure to the price of Bitcoin without requiring them to buy it or worry about self-custody. Investors will buy shares in ETFs holding Bitcoin as its underlying asset ." Interesting! Looks like we've paved the way for yet another abstracted financial instrument -- which sits on top of yet another abstracted financial instrument ... My only question, at this point in time, were I to have one, would be something like the following: What's the maximum levels of financial abstraction -- that can be stacked on top of one another? ? ??? Related: [LINK] [LINK] [LINK] [LINK] [LINK] [VIDEO]