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[–] Grimtuck@lemmy.world 136 points 5 days ago (3 children)

Do you're telling me that it had nothing to do with swallows being either European or African?!

[–] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 64 points 5 days ago (1 children)

It could grip it by the husk.

[–] PlasticExistence@lemmy.world 61 points 5 days ago (2 children)

It’s not a matter of where it grips it! It’s a matter of weight ratios!

[–] floo@retrolemmy.com 45 points 5 days ago (2 children)

I’m so glad that this 50-year-old joke is still funny.

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 31 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Good jokes never die, nor do Black Knights.

[–] MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net 23 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)
[–] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 9 points 5 days ago

It's far too perilous!

[–] madjo@feddit.nl 5 points 5 days ago

What are you gonna do, bleed on me?!

[–] towerful@programming.dev 10 points 5 days ago

What's not funny is how old I feel now

[–] sadicarnot@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago

A five ounce bird could not carry a 1 pound coconut.

[–] voodooattack@lemmy.world 8 points 5 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

Depends. Does the coconut weigh more than a duck?

[–] Arghblarg@lemmy.ca 6 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I don't know, I wasn't expecting some kind of Spanish Inquisition.

[–] OprahsedCreature@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 days ago

No one ever does

[–] Rolive@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 4 days ago

Who are you who is so wise in the ways of science?

[–] sadicarnot@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

But then of course, uh, African swallows are non-migratory.