2006-06-30 06:04:23 · 14 answers · asked by hige the puppy 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
It was a swallow....
Arthur: The swallow may fly south with the sun or the house martin or the plover may seek warmer climes in winter, yet these are not strangers to our land?
Soldier #1: Are you suggesting coconuts migrate?
Arthur: Not at all. They could be carried.
Soldier #1: What? A swallow carrying a coconut?
Arthur: It could grip it by the husk!
Soldier #1: It's not a question of where he grips it! It's a simple question of weight ratios! A five ounce bird could not carry a one pound coconut.
Arthur: Well, it doesn't matter. Will you go and tell your master that Arthur from the Court of Camelot is here?
Soldier #1: Listen. In order to maintain air-speed velocity, a swallow needs to beat its wings forty-three times every second, right?
Arthur: Please!
Soldier #1: Am I right?
Arthur: I'm not interested!
Soldier #2: It could be carried by an African swallow!
Soldier #1: Oh, yeah, an African swallow maybe, but not a European swallow. That's my point.
Soldier #2: Oh, yeah, I agree with that.
Arthur: Will you ask your master if he wants to join my court at Camelot?!
Soldier #1: But then of course a-- African swallows are non-migratory.
Soldier #2: Oh, yeah...
Soldier #1: So, they couldn't bring a coconut back anyway...
[clop clop clop]
Soldier #2: Wait a minute! Supposing two swallows carried it together?
Soldier #1: No, they'd have to have it on a line.
Soldier #2: Well, simple! They'd just use a strand of creeper!
Soldier #1: What, held under the dorsal guiding feathers?
Soldier #2: Well, why not?
2006-06-30 06:11:33 · answer #1 · answered by â? º»Ã?â?¥ Kandi â?¥Ã?Ǽâ? 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Space, where gravity is reduced,
Ocean where the sparrows wings can carry the coconut through the currants
A thief girl named 12OZ Sparrow for her small size, running of with a coconut
Sparrow on crank and speed
The sparrow is an anorexic Hindu and realizes the truth the coconut is just an illusion of her emotional baggage
2006-07-02 02:35:37 · answer #2 · answered by Gordon N 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Monty Python Swallow Coconut
2016-11-16 14:35:41 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A sparrow eats roughly one-quarter to one-half its body weight a day. Presuming evolution has given sparrows no more wing lift than necessary, a 12-ounce sparrow could carry no heavier than a 6-ounce coconut. So the answer to this question is No.
2014-09-07 03:33:54 · answer #4 · answered by NEIL 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
perhaps several sparrows together could carry one by using a line, such as a strand of creeper
2006-06-30 06:08:33 · answer #5 · answered by Kutekymmee 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i dont think it can being 16 ounces equal one pound and it weighs more than the 12 ounce bird
2006-06-30 06:08:29 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not a matter of weight or mass, but one of airspeed velocity.
2006-06-30 06:07:41 · answer #7 · answered by J.D. 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
By using both feet???
2006-07-02 17:10:46 · answer #8 · answered by gimpalomg 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is a good question
2016-08-08 02:28:11 · answer #9 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some call me Tim -- ?
2006-06-30 19:52:28 · answer #10 · answered by Tukiki 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋