Monty Python

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  1. Gifted

    Gifted World Wanderer Registered Senior Member

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    What is the average airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?
     
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    Stryder Keeper of "good" ideas. Valued Senior Member

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    I'm not sure, But do you know your Parrot is dead and nailed to a perch?
     
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    What do you mean? An African or European swallow?
     
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    “It’s a simple question of weight ratios. A five ounce bird could not carry a 1 lb. coconut. ... In order to maintain air speed velocity, a swallow needs to beat its wings 43 times every second, right?”

    ”It could be carried by an African Swallow.”

    “Oh, yeah. An African Swallow, maybe. But not a European Swallow--that’s my point!”

    ”Oh, yeah. I agree with that!”

    “But then, of course, African Swallows are not migratory...”

    ”Ohhh, yeah...”

    “So they couldn’t bring a coconut back anyway.”

    ”Wait a minute!! Supposin’ TWO swallows carried it together?”

    “Nawww, they’d hafta have a line.”

    ”Well, simple! They’d just use a strand of creeper!”

    “Wot? Held together under the dorsal guiding feathers??”

    ”Why not?!”

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  8. Neutrino_Albatross

    Neutrino_Albatross Legion of Dynamic Discord Registered Senior Member

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    Easy its 42.

    Wait i think im mixing references here...
     
    Neutrino_Albatross, May 23, 2002
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  9. Gifted

    Gifted World Wanderer Registered Senior Member

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    42 what(kmh, mph...)
     
    Gifted, Jun 5, 2002
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  10. axel340

    axel340 Registered Member

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    ur gettin ur geek media mixed up

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    Hey,
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    "We all shoot for perfect scores on exams. Sadly, only a select few are snipers."
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  11. axel340

    axel340 Registered Member

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    42 that is

    yeah
    left that out
    duh!
     
    axel340, May 2, 2003
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    axel340 Registered Member

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    solution

    “It’s a simple question of weight ratios. A five ounce bird could not carry a 1 lb. coconut. ... In order to maintain air speed velocity, a swallow needs to beat its wings 43 times every second, right?”

    But is he correct?

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    more on that later. Must ask an ornithology professor here at Rutgers. It would be interesting to know!
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