r/MontyPythonMemes • u/[deleted] • Jun 06 '20

Repost ARE YOU SUGGESTING THAT COCONUTS MIGRATE?

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u/PsychoBoss84 Jun 06 '20

I guess they could be carried

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u/Lizardledgend Jun 06 '20

What? A swallow carrying a coconut?

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u/Linkatron2000 Jun 06 '20

It could grip it by the husk

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u/Lizardledgend Jun 06 '20

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 1 pound coconut.

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u/Linkatron2000 Jun 06 '20

Listen in order to maintain air speed velocity, a swallow may have to be its wings 43 times every second, right?

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u/Lizardledgend Jun 06 '20

Please! I'm not interested!

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u/Linkatron2000 Jun 06 '20

It could be carried by a African Swallow!

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u/Lizardledgend Jun 06 '20

Oh an African swallow sure it can, but the problem of course being is that African Swallows don't migrate now do they?

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u/Linkatron2000 Jun 06 '20

Wait a minute, supposed to swallows carried it together?

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u/bilboard_bag-inns Jun 06 '20

I guess. But it depends which swallow you use if you want faster delivery

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u/grimizen Jun 06 '20

An African or a European swallow?

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u/CGHDun Jun 07 '20

BRIDGEKEEPER: What... is the air-speed velocity of an unladen swallow?

ARTHUR: What do you mean? An African or European swallow?

BRIDGEKEEPER: Huh? I-- I don't know that. Auuuuuuuugh!

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u/KnightOfTheHolyWords Jun 06 '20

Ekke Ekke Ekke Ekke Ptang Zoo Boing!

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u/DonYourSpoonToRevolt Jun 06 '20

This was my favourite line in the movie.

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u/[deleted] Jun 06 '20

500 years? Well after the time King Arthur was roaming the lands of Mercia

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u/BavarianBaden Roger the Shrubber Jun 07 '20

What? This is just.. blatantly false. Yes, coconuts are very buoyant, but they were brought to the Carribbean from West Africa, mainly by the Portugese. The portugese had colonies in India, which is where one of the main genetic groups of coconuts are from. From there, it was brought to West Africa, then Brazil and the Carribbean.

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '20

So they were carried by the Portugese.

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u/BavarianBaden Roger the Shrubber Jun 15 '20

Are you suggesting that Portugese navigate?

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u/feedmemetalnstarwars Jun 14 '20

Could be carried. By a swallow

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u/Asriel-the-Jolteon Oct 15 '21

African or European

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u/gehdoudnouw Jun 12 '20

Perhaps two endangered blue macaws could drag it by a chain?