# Science has the answer: velocity of unladen swallow

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/science-has-the-answer-velocity-of-unladen-swallow/314258>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [July 26, 2005, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/science-has-the-answer-velocity-of-unladen-swallow/314258 "2005-07-26T17:17:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Aholibah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Aholibah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aholibah)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2005, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/science-has-the-answer-velocity-of-unladen-swallow/314258/1 "2005-07-26T17:17:16Z")

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[Now if I could just remember my favorite color.](http://www.style.org/unladenswallow/)

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**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2005, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/science-has-the-answer-velocity-of-unladen-swallow/314258/2 "2005-07-26T20:57:04Z")

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Now what about the earth being banana-shaped?

And how may sheep’s bladders be employed to predict/prevent earthquakes?

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**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2005, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/science-has-the-answer-velocity-of-unladen-swallow/314258/3 "2005-07-26T21:38:51Z")

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All well and good…but what of the coconut :dubious: ?

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**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2005, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/science-has-the-answer-velocity-of-unladen-swallow/314258/4 "2005-07-26T22:02:15Z")

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What if it’s [del]dead[/del] pining for the fjords?

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**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2005, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/science-has-the-answer-velocity-of-unladen-swallow/314258/5 "2005-07-27T05:28:07Z")

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I think we can have a decent conversation

No Its an argument!!  
NO. Its a conversation with Swallows

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**Author:** ![Marlitharn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@Marlitharn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marlitharn)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2005, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/science-has-the-answer-velocity-of-unladen-swallow/314258/6 "2005-07-27T07:41:56Z")

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> [@betenoir](#):
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> All well and good…but what of the coconut :dubious: ?

It could grip it by the husk!

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**Author:** ![Hung\_Mung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@Hung\_Mung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hung_Mung)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2005, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/science-has-the-answer-velocity-of-unladen-swallow/314258/7 "2005-07-27T08:18:10Z")

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How many would it take to bring me a shrubbery?