The Philosopher's Drinking Song

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Immanuel Kant was a real pissant
who was very rarely stable.
Heidegger, Heidegger was a boozy beggar
who could think you under the table.
David Hume could out consume
Schopenhauer and Hegel,
And Wittgenstein was a beery swine
who was just as sloshed as Schlegel.

There's nothing Nietzsche couldn't teach ya
'bout the raisin' of the wrist.
Socrates himself was permanently pissed.

John Stuart Mill, of his own free will,
after half a pint of shandy was particularly ill.
Plato, they say, could stick it away,
'alf a crate of whiskey every day!
Aristotle, Aristotle was a bugger for the bottle,
and Hobbes was fond of his Dram.
And Rene Descartes was a drunken fart:
"I drink, therefore I am."

Yes, Socrates himself is particularly missed;
A lovely little thinker, but a bugger when he's pissed.

-- Monty Python

Yay! The Philosopher's song!! !! !

But in some versions, they skip Scopenhauer and just put "Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel", and this seems to be the 'official' version, as it is on the lyrics notes on the Monty Python CDs.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_WRFJwGsbY[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrShK-NVMIU[/youtube]

Booya!

Yeah, it's the 'Live at Drury Lane' version that mentions Wilhelm Friedrich Hagel. The one on 'The Monty Python Instant Record Collection' has the one mentioned above.

Is this the right room for an argument?

No it isn't

This is funny!

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leEsz9ci5XE[/youtube]

*sniggers*

That was....different.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJQHBw_xvBA[/youtube]

Cyber-Spamalot!

'Let's not go to Camelot, it is a silly place' says Doctor Who to his assistant.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_6vYDCG0P8[/youtube]