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Old 05-24-2009, 12:59 PM
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Originally Posted by ryan1234
You should dodge the question and ask him this:

"What is the airspeed-velocity of an unladen swallow?"

YouTube - Airspeed Velocity of a Swallow
African or European??



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Old 05-24-2009, 03:12 PM
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Actually, the kid is right; props don't really work. But the airplane thinks that it will become a shiny jet some day, so it defies logic and flies anyway.
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Old 05-24-2009, 08:48 PM
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Originally Posted by TheGreatChecko
African or European??



What? ...I don't know [explodes up and then falls into the deep abyss gulch]
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Old 05-24-2009, 09:05 PM
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I got out of it! The toy airplane apparently had got stuck in a tree and the kid was way too wired and running around!!
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