Consider the case of poor Eric, bisected accidentally. You Python fans know it by heart, so I haven't put in all the cues.

Eric, the Half a Bee - Monty Python

SPOKEN
Take it away, Eric, the orchestra leader!
A-one, two, a-one, two, three, four.

Half a bee, philosophically,
Must, ipso facto, half not be.
But half the bee has got to be,
Vis-à-vis its entity. -D'you see?

But can a bee be said to be
Or not to be an entire bee,
When half the bee is not a bee,
Due to some ancient injury? - Singing!...

SUNG
La-di-di, one two three,
Eric, the half a bee.
A B C D E F G,
Eric, the half a bee.

Is this wretched demi-bee,
Half asleep upon my knee,
Some freak from a menagerie?

No! It's Eric, the half a bee.

Fiddle di dum, fiddle di dee,
Eric, the half a bee.
Ho ho ho, tee hee hee,
Eric, the half a bee.

I love this hive employ-ee-ee,
Bisected accidentally,
One summer afternoon by me,
I love him carnally.

He loves him carnally...

Semi-carnally. The End.

Cyril Connolly?
No, semi-carnally.
Oh.

Cyril Connolly.