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Mr. Creosote's Tie
“Ew, minestrone and snooty French food” – Claudia Donovan

Origin

Monty Python's The Meaning of Life

Type

Necktie

Effects

Cravings to gorge oneself until onset of gag reflex

Downsides

Failing to stop causes abdomen to collapse

Activation

Wearing at eating time / establishment

Collected by

Warehouse 13

Section

Thalia-171J

Aisle

Spam-3738

Shelf

390987-2809-551

Date of Collection

June 4, 1992

[Source]


Origin[]

Mr. Creosote is a fictional character who appears in Monty Python's The Meaning of Life. He is a monstrously obese and rude restaurant patron who is served a vast amount of food and alcohol whilst vomiting repeatedly. After being persuaded to eat an after-dinner mint – "It's only wafer-thin" – he graphically explodes. The sequence opens the film's segment titled "Part VI: The Autumn Years".

The character is played by Terry Jones, who directed the film. According to Jones, John Cleese, who played the Maître d'hôtel, struggled to keep a straight face saying "wafer-thin mint" and also struggled to get out of shot without bursting into laughter.

Effects[]

Induces hunger pangs that cannot be satiated. One will continually eat, and eat, even though they never feel filled. One can be left alone with a banquet and come out only rotund and ravenous for the entrée. Even repeatedly vomiting has no stopper, only rejuvenating them for another course.

Besides the obvious health risks of consuming a weeks’ worth of calories in a sitting, the body will adapt further to digest the meal. By imploding the entire chest cavity and digestive system, causing their body to swallow the meal directly into their body along with their body. As a consolation, at least they won’t be hungry anymore.

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