It's actually a bit sad how this element has been progressively forgotten through the years. In the early '00s, everything-python had to make an effort to drop a Monty Python reference somewhere, anywhere, even just in docs; but nowadays it's pretty hard to spot one in the wild. Popularity inevitably waters down this sort of eccentricity.

Spam, too.

I beg to differ. I'm not afraid to post humorous remarks, and it's relatively rare that the mediocrity police decide to brigade them out of sight. Timing matters: the US timezones in particular appear to penalise irony, absurdity, and parody, so I check the world clock first.