Which “That Mitchell & Webb Look” Sketch Is Your Life?
By: Zoe Samuel
Estimated Completion Time 5 min
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About This Quiz
David Mitchell and Robert Webb are two of the most insightful comedians of their generation. Their insights are thrilling, with "I can't believe I hadn't thought of that" simplicity expressed cleverly and in ways that resonate. From Abraham responding weirdly to God suggesting some new religious practices, to a sketch about Sherlock Holmes slowly and tragically losing his marbles in his dotage, "That Mitchell & Webb Look" brilliantly packages complex ideas in easily understood and hilarious jokes.
Of course, life isn't always like that. Or is it?
What if your life was populated by strange people with stranger points of view? What if your dinner parties always involved a demanding guest who turned out to be someone famous? What if you suddenly realized that you were one of the baddies? These aren't absurd questions because they are questions aimed at determining how your life is like the lives depicted on "That Mitchell & Webb Look." With several seasons' worth of material on record, "That Mitchell & Webb Look" has a sketch for every situation and a quip that sums up every lifestyle, no matter how abnormal. Do you feel like your life is a sketch written by two of the great comedic minds of the 21st century? It is, and with this quiz, you'll know which "That Mitchell & Webb Look" sketch best depicts it.
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What repetitive task are you required to do at work?
It's mostly a social ritual about greeting each other.
Cleaning Ginger's spittle from my favourite spoon.
Revision ... notes ... revisions ...
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Let's thrash out some absolutely colossal issues. First up, the AIDS pandemic in Africa. Solutions?
Uhhh, well, we need to impress upon the people the importance of ...
Well, what if it's just a matter of getting Susan to ...
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How many work colleagues do you have?
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Do you even know what the soup of the day is? How do you even venture to ask such a question?
You sound like you could be a henchman ...
What about if I ordered the ... bread of the day?
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To whom do you answer?
There's a new boss, apparently, though I've not met them yet. Everyone is talking about them.
Zero to the power of zero!
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How do you feel about watches with calendars on them?
They sound handy, but don't I just have that in my mobile?
Pish! I have a perfectly fine calendar on my wall!
What if it wasn't a calendar but a tachometer?
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What's the worst thing that could happen to you on the job?
I could fall down a bottomless pit.
I could wind up in the clutches of the rozzers.
Well, I could wind up falling into the mouth of a shark, or a volcano ...
They could rotate the board.
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Why was that a bad miss?
It involved paying with money.
It was just too many revisions.
Sixtyton plus thirteenth.
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In what recreational activity do you engage after work?
We all go to our local bar to relax.
I go to my club, by which I mean my actual wooden club.
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When is the football happening?
It will always be happening!
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Who considers your job to be glamorous?
I suppose the people back home would.
There's no glamour in my job, only justice.
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Who should be disqualified from passing judgment on a major government spending plan?
Anyone emotionally invested, I should imagine
Anyone other than myself and the PM
What if we left that up to a policeman, or a watchmaker, or a puppeteer?
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How far do you commute to your job?
It feels like light-years.
My job is everywhere! It is everything!
Well, I prefer to work from home, so ...
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What is the moral of the tale of The Good Samaritan?
Even the nicest person in history can be a bit prejudiced, in that they assume all Samaritans are jerks, enough to make a good one noteworthy.
It's code! It's a message for me from Lady Margot Beatrice Octavia Thunkworthy-Swizzlington!
The moral is that bad people can be good sometimes. Really, they can be.
Six minus 20, times five-nine-zero-zero-nine!
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Who is your nemesis?
The copier is my nemesis. It's so ancient, it's practically in hieroglyphics.
My nemesis keeps their identity hidden, even from me!
People who pronounce the letter H as "hache."
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How would you take out a group of international terrorists who are holding the president's daughter hostage?
I'd pop a wheelie and spin around, kicking dirt in their eyes!
I'd just summon a hoard of angels.
I'd call upon the SAS, I suppose ...
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What is your living situation?
I have a lodger. He sleeps down the box from me.
I live alone at the moment.
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What is your life's work?
Finding and defeating my nemesis
Finishing my book, if I can ever get to the final draft
A googol divided by zero!
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Who is wearing the hat?
I am! And so I shall name this place "Virginia!"
What if hats didn't even come into it?
Six hundred point seven eight nine sixteenths!
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What fashion item can you not leave home without?
Thirteen point zero zero zero nine!
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If I finish chipping this flint by time-when-sun-is-hottest, can you tie it to a stick by time-when-we-all-get-hungry?
Oh, no. Today we have to go to clearing-where-we-go-sometimes.
I'm tired of hearing about bronze. "Bronze, bronze, bronze!"
No, I'm too busy tying a bronze axe-head to a stick.
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In what special but non-essential (to your job) skill do you excel?
I am an expert on food and beverages.
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What do you do to be "good with people"?
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In the real world, who sits around at home and says, "I'm going to take out all of my 10-pound notes and compare their colour"?
I don't know, but I might.
One hundred fifty four in Roman numerals, plus E.
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What would you do to give first aid to someone struck by a Ford Mondeo?
Get a neck brace or a splint!
Dissolve a tiny amount of Ford Mondeo in water and have them drink it!
Hmmm ... that's a real numberundrum.
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What sort of tree would you plant in your front lawn?
Trees! I remember trees ... from before the event.
The larch. No, wait! Not that!
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What qualifies as a perfectly reasonable observation?
That's a lot of starch in your shirt!
Look at the size of his beard!
Look at the funny wheels on that penny-farthing!
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Would you pay to get into a shark tank?
I don't know; it seems crazy. I mean, me and the shark?
Sure! It seems legit. Safe, right?
Why is the deposit so huge?
Minus one divided by minus zero?
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Is it worth it to buy a season ticket?
Yes, you will buy one. Buy one.
I'm not sure if I want to see flamingos.
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What is 75 minus 60 times minus 10 expressed as an irrational number?
Uh, wait. How do I enter that into my calculator?
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