There once was a man on TV/

Who went from sketch-based repartee/

To world inter-railin’:/

Arise Michael Palin,/

A genuine knight who says ‘Ni!’///

No, he’s not dead – in fact, he’s not even resting. Newly-ennobled former Python Sir Michael Palin is a limerick aficionado, who did a BBC radio programme on the form yesterday including a refreshing number of lewd classics. Here it is on iPlayer (sorry UK only I guess): https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0001rzj …