Coconuts Migrate!
Rosencrantz played by J. Daggar
;>In article <9412021...@rex.com>, sean.v...@rex.com (Sean Vostinar) writes:
;>>
;>>-=>>Sir DarkWolf aka It's not a question of where they wash ashore!
;>>S1-=>> It's a simple question of weight ratios.
;>>S1-=>> A 200 billion (plus) ton Atlantic ocean current can't
;>>S1-=>> carry a 1 lb. coconut.
;>>S1-=>> Listen, in order to maintain water-speed velocity, an
;>>S1-=>> ocean current needs to crash its waves at 43 knots.
;>>S1-=>> <It could be carried by a Pacific ocean current!>
;>>S1-=>> Oh, yeah, a Pacific ocean current maybe, but not...
;>>
;>S1-=>Bonnie's point exaclty... but you do have to take into account the
;>S1-=>fact that the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans don't have a border.
;>S1-=>They flow into one another. Then there is the Indian Ocean on the
;>S1-=>other side of Africa that flows toward the Atlantic. Now the
;>S1-=>Indian ocean does have strong currents which could carry the
;>S1-=>coconut to the Atlantic...
;>
;>What if it got caught in the panama canal, someone took the coconut to
;>America, they lost it in Texas, then a buzzard picked it up, flew north
;>for the season, dropped it in canada, someone saw it, and tossed it into
;>the Bering Strait... Bounced off a couple of glaciers, and found itself
;>in russia... Then it rolled through Asia, made it to portugal, then they
;>mistook it for a soccer ball, and kicked it across to England?
;> Säठ\/íSÅ¥àç
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;It's a possibility... but how did the coconut get over the borders???
;Customs is very stringent on it's regulations you know...
Rosencrantz aka it could have gotten a passport
[but where did it get it's photo? Coconut photos
are tropical, and they don't float.]
aka it could have been carried by one of those
killer bees that are supposed to be popping up
everywhere.
[A Bee? Carrying a photograph?]
aka It could have been wallet-sized.
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(Dagg...@Urvax.Urich.Edu)
Sean Vostinar
S1-=>In article <9412021...@rex.com>, sean.v...@rex.com (Sean Vostinar
S1-=>tes:
S1-=>>
S1-=>>S1-=>Yeah, but 'ow did they get in the forest??? England my be surrounded
S1-=>>
S1-=>>Coconuts are mammals, they can walk...
S1-=>>
S1-=>>S1-=>but the forests are mainly inland... taking the geographical perspec
S1-=>>S1-=>the situation... what was the castle that they went to first, where
S1-=>>S1-=>what forest was there, where was the exact point that the blokes fou
S1-=>>S1-=>are there any tributaries meandering through the forest, where does
S1-=>>S1-=>to? Don't forget the possibility that a European swallow tried to ca
S1-=>>S1-=>realized it was too heavy and dropped it...
S1-=>>
S1-=>>That's an interesting theory...
S1-=>>But not likely.. a 5 ounce bird can't even lift a 1 pound coconut...
S1-=>>
S1-=>>Though it could've been an African swallow...
S1-=>Don't be silly! England is a temperate zone! Africa is tropical...
S1-=>the African swallow doesn't migrate!
S1-=>But I have another theory... what if a group of ants carried it inland?
Nah... Ant's cant swim... Although carpenter ants could built a small
craft... Anyway..
What if Tim the Enchanter summoned a coconut from Hawaii?
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Sean Vostinar
S1-=>>S1-=>> It's a simple question of weight ratios.
S1-=>>S1-=>> A 200 billion (plus) ton Atlantic ocean current ca
S1-=>>S1-=>> carry a 1 lb. coconut.
S1-=>>S1-=>> Listen, in order to maintain water-speed velocity,
S1-=>>S1-=>> ocean current needs to crash its waves at 43 knots
S1-=>>S1-=>> <It could be carried by a Pacific ocean current!>
S1-=>>S1-=>> Oh, yeah, a Pacific ocean current maybe, but not..
S1-=>>
S1-=>>S1-=>Bonnie's point exaclty... but you do have to take into account the
S1-=>>S1-=>fact that the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans don't have a border.
S1-=>>S1-=>They flow into one another. Then there is the Indian Ocean on the
S1-=>>S1-=>other side of Africa that flows toward the Atlantic. Now the
S1-=>>S1-=>Indian ocean does have strong currents which could carry the
S1-=>>S1-=>coconut to the Atlantic...
S1-=>>
S1-=>>What if it got caught in the panama canal, someone took the coconut to
S1-=>>America, they lost it in Texas, then a buzzard picked it up, flew north
S1-=>>for the season, dropped it in canada, someone saw it, and tossed it into
S1-=>>the Bering Strait... Bounced off a couple of glaciers, and found itself
S1-=>>in russia... Then it rolled through Asia, made it to portugal, then they
S1-=>>mistook it for a soccer ball, and kicked it across to England?
S1-=>It's a possibility... but how did the coconut get over the borders???
S1-=>Customs is very stringent on it's regulations you know...
How did it get over the borders? With it's Coconut Passport of course!
S1-=>Amanda aka I can accept the fact that the Portuguese would have kicked
S1-=> it over to England...
Unless it followed the gorge, or the shoe...
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Sean Vostinar
DK-=>In article <9412021...@rex.com> sean.v...@rex.com (Sean Vostinar)
DK-=>es:
DK-=>>-=>>Sir DarkWolf aka It's not a question of where they wash ashore!
DK-=>>S1-=>> It's a simple question of weight ratios.
DK-=>>S1-=>> A 200 billion (plus) ton Atlantic ocean current ca
DK-=>>S1-=>> carry a 1 lb. coconut.
DK-=>>S1-=>> Listen, in order to maintain water-speed velocity,
DK-=>>S1-=>> ocean current needs to crash its waves at 43 knots
DK-=>>S1-=>> <It could be carried by a Pacific ocean current!>
DK-=>>S1-=>> Oh, yeah, a Pacific ocean current maybe, but not..
DK-=>>S1-=>Bonnie's point exaclty... but you do have to take into account the
DK-=>>S1-=>fact that the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans don't have a border.
DK-=>>S1-=>They flow into one another. Then there is the Indian Ocean on the
DK-=>>S1-=>other side of Africa that flows toward the Atlantic. Now the
DK-=>>S1-=>Indian ocean does have strong currents which could carry the
DK-=>>S1-=>coconut to the Atlantic...
DK-=>>What if it got caught in the panama canal, someone took the coconut to
DK-=>>America, they lost it in Texas, then a buzzard picked it up, flew north
DK-=>>for the season, dropped it in canada, someone saw it, and tossed it into
DK-=>>the Bering Strait... Bounced off a couple of glaciers, and found itself
DK-=>>in russia... Then it rolled through Asia, made it to portugal, then they
DK-=>>mistook it for a soccer ball, and kicked it across to England?
DK-=>That sounds like the most reasonable explanation.
DK-=>Dave aka But what about global warming?
Hmmm... Perhaps it was an all-weather coconut? You know... Water
treated? :)
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Rosencrantz played by J. Daggar
;>In article <3ccto2$u...@nomad.urich.edu>, dagg...@urvax.urich.edu (Rosencrantz played by J. Daggar) writes:
;>>In article <D0Hxy...@umassd.edu>, s152...@umassd.edu writes:
;>[SNIP!]
;>>;Ask Eric, the Half a Bee... he might have carried it... semi-carnally
;>>;or is that Cyril Connelly? O well, he might have carried it in exchange
;>>;for a bit of coconut milk...
;>>
;>> Ah, but how would it carry the milk?
;>> [Could get a plastic milk jug...]
;>> A bee? carrying a milk jug?
;>> [Sure, could grip it by the handle.]
;>> It's not a question of where it could grip it! It's
;>> a simple question of volume ratios! A 20-milliliter
;>> bee could not carry a 1-gallon jug!
;>> [An african bee could...]
;>> Oh an African bee could, I'll grant that.
;>> ['Course, there aren't any milk jugs in Africa.]
;>> True. So how could a normal bee carry one?
;>>
;>
;>Maybe the milk jug migrated... it could be a mammal...
;>it carries milk doesn't it?
The only mammals that could make the trip are whales.
How could a bee milk a whale?
[Would sit on a little three-legged stool.]
A bee, on a stool?
;>>;> aka It could have been wallet-sized.
;>>;
;>>;A coconut can't carry a wallet... it don't 'ave any pockets!
;>>
;>> It coould get a pair of pants...
;>
;>Where would you get a pair of coconut pants? From Macy's?
It could go to a tailor.
[A tailor? For a bee?]
Sure, he could cut a hole in the back for the stinger.
[It's not a question of where the stinger would go! It's
a simple question of size! You cann't sow clothes for
a creature smaller than the needle!]
We could get a tiny needle...
;>>;> This mind left intentionally blank.
;>>;
;>>;Amanda aka a blank mind is a terrible thing to waste...
>>
;>>Rosencrantz aka I'm not wasting it.
;>> aka this space for rent or lease.
;>
;>Amanda aka I don't have enough money to rent any space...
Rosencrantz aka rent now pay later...
Dave Rogers
>
>Uuuhhhmmm.... Excuse me. Can we all please just, errrr... EDIT a little
>bit when we follow up posts?
(hope you don't mind, Bonni, but I snipped a bit out here)
It would actually make it a lot easier to follow these lengthy philosophical
debates if the quoting from previous posts were replaced by a simple summary.
For example:
Sir Darkwolf: Weight ratios - water speed velocity
Sean Vostinar: Oceanic contiguosity
S152...@umassd.edu (a lovely name, I've always thought):
Panama Canal-Texas-Bering Strait-Russia-Portugal-England
Rosencrantz: Passport-killer bees
Sean Vostinar: Waterproof passport
Rosencrantz: Eric the Half-a-Sparrow
Bonni Hall: Netiquette reminder
Don't you think that makes it much easier to follow the general direction
of the thread?
Dave Rogers aka Minister of Silly Suggestions
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