Coconuts

ogryn

Well-Known Member
Guard: Halt! Who goes there?

Arthur: It is I, Arthur, son of Uther Pendragon, from the castle of Camelot.

King of the Britons, defeater of the Saxons, sovereign of all England!

Guard: Who's the other one?

Arthur: I am, and this is my trusty servant Patsy. We have ridden the length

and breadth of the land in search of knights who will join me in my

court at Camelot. I must speak with your lord and master.

Guard: What, ridden on a horse?

Arthur: Yes.

Guard: You're using coconuts!

Arthur: What?

Guard: You've got two empty 'alves of coconuts and you're bangin' 'em

together!

Arthur: So? We have ridden since the snows of winter covered this land.

Through the kingdom of Mercia, through...

Guard: Where'd you get the coconuts?

Arthur: (somewhat taken aback) We found them.

Guard: Found them? In Mercia? The coconut's tropical!

Arthur: What do you mean?

Guard: This is a temperate zone!

Arthur: The swallow may fly south with the sun, or the house maarten or the

plummer may seek warmer climes in winter, but these are not strangers

to our land!

Guard: Are you suggesting that coconuts migrate?

Arthur: Not at all! They could be carried.

Guard: (indcredulous) What, a swallow, carrying a coconut?

Arthur: It could grip it by the husk!

Guard: It's not a question of where 'e grips it! It's a simple question of

weight ratios! A five-ounce bird could *not* carry a one-pound

coconut!

Arthur: (exasperated)

Well it doesn't matter! Will you go and tell your master that Arthur

from the court of Camelot is here!



(pause)



Guard: Listen. In order to maintain air-speed velocity, a swallow needs to

beat its wings forty-three times every second, right?



Arthur: Please!

Guard: (patiently) Am I right.

Arthur: I'm not interested!



( A second guard appears on the rampart. )



G2: It could be carried by an African swallow!

G1: Oh, yeah, an African swallow, maybe, but not a European swallow, that's

my point.

G2: Oh, yeah, I agree with that.

Arthur: (extremely exasperated) Will you ask your master if he wants to join

my court at Camelot!!



(pause)



G1: But then of course, African swallows are non-migratory.

G2: Oh yeah...



(Arthur and Patsy give up and trot away)



G1: So they couldn't bring a coconut back anyway.

G2: Wait a minute! Supposing *two* swallows carried it together!

G1: Nooo..... They'd have to have it on a line...

G2: Well, simple! They'd just use a strand of creeper!

G1: What, held under the dorsal guiding feathers?

G2: Well, why not?
 

Register on WDWMAGIC. This sidebar will go away, and you'll see fewer ads.

Back
Top Bottom