Russell Chapman wrote: > > Monty Python sketch: Trying to catch someone out with a hard question, > he asks: What's the terminal velocity of an unladen swallow, and the > response is fired back "Would that be African or European swallow" > > Cheers > Russell C. > (Apologies if the attribution is wrong)
Just one nit: its _air-speed_ velocity. From the Bridge of Death scene in The Holy Grail. It makes more sense, of course, when taken with several other places in the movie that mention swallows. Doug
