it’s a cult comedy TV program from the UK. They had a very special kind of humor, with a strong taste for the absurd. In one of their sketch, spanish inquisito

it’s a cult comedy TV program from the UK. They had a very special kind of humor, with a strong taste for the absurd. In one of their sketch, spanish inquisitors would just pop out of nowhere and start wrecking havoc. Hence saying « nobody expects the spanish inquisition ». You know something has reached a high level of absurdity whenever it makes you think of one of monty python’s program.