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Veteran ORC







Honestly, I grew up with "Words will never hurt me". I don't care what you call me. It's when people get physical that gets me insulted and angry.

But some of my favorite Insults are Richard Cranium and Buttwit. Though "I refuse to enter into a battle of wits with an unarmed opponent, I said 'good day, sir.'" Ranks high up there.

I've never feared Death or Dying. I've only feared never Trying. 
   
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Mutilatin' Mad Dok





Bowsers Castle

Albatross wrote:
Blacksails wrote:Anybody who claims to have a high IQ should know that IQ is a very poor measure of intelligence.

If you have doubts about my intelligence, I will debate with you on any subject, at any time. Bring it.


Il take you up on the challenge! So have at yee!

the question. What is the air velocity of a laiden swallow!

I await your answer my good sir (it may take me a few days to respond since my email does not like to notify me when more then 2 people post on the same topic. In other words il have to remember to come back to this thread)

WAAAHG!!! until further notice
 
   
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Decrepit Dakkanaut






UK

That would depend on two things:

What is it laden with? (The greater variabe)
What type, African or European?

A better question would be:

What is the air speed velocity of an UNladen swallow?

Mandorallen turned back toward the insolently sneering baron. 'My Lord,' The great knight said distantly, 'I find thy face apelike and thy form misshapen. Thy beard, moreover, is an offence against decency, resembling more closely the scabrous fur which doth decorate the hinder portion of a mongrel dog than a proper adornment for a human face. Is it possibly that thy mother, seized by some wild lechery, did dally at some time past with a randy goat?' - Mimbrate Knight Protector Mandorallen.

Excerpt from "Seeress of Kell", Book Five of The Malloreon series by David Eddings.

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"You need not fear us, unless you are a dark heart, a vile one who preys on the innocent; I promise, you can’t hide forever in the empty darkness, for we will hunt you down like the animals you are, and pull you into the very bowels of hell." Iron - Within Temptation 
   
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Kamloops, BC

Avatar 720 wrote:That would depend on two things:

What is it laden with? (The greater variabe)
What type, African or European?

A better question would be:

What is the air speed velocity of an UNladen swallow?


Wait, I thought albatross was supposed to answer this.

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Decrepit Dakkanaut






UK

Cheesecat wrote:
Avatar 720 wrote:That would depend on two things:

What is it laden with? (The greater variabe)
What type, African or European?

A better question would be:

What is the air speed velocity of an UNladen swallow?


Wait, I thought albatross was supposed to answer this.


In my thread, I AM Albatross! You know, until he gets back.

Mandorallen turned back toward the insolently sneering baron. 'My Lord,' The great knight said distantly, 'I find thy face apelike and thy form misshapen. Thy beard, moreover, is an offence against decency, resembling more closely the scabrous fur which doth decorate the hinder portion of a mongrel dog than a proper adornment for a human face. Is it possibly that thy mother, seized by some wild lechery, did dally at some time past with a randy goat?' - Mimbrate Knight Protector Mandorallen.

Excerpt from "Seeress of Kell", Book Five of The Malloreon series by David Eddings.

My deviantART Profile - Pay No Attention To The Man Behind The Madness

"You need not fear us, unless you are a dark heart, a vile one who preys on the innocent; I promise, you can’t hide forever in the empty darkness, for we will hunt you down like the animals you are, and pull you into the very bowels of hell." Iron - Within Temptation 
   
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Mutilatin' Mad Dok





Bowsers Castle

Cheesecat wrote:
Avatar 720 wrote:That would depend on two things:

What is it laden with? (The greater variabe)
What type, African or European?

A better question would be:

What is the air speed velocity of an UNladen swallow?


Wait, I thought albatross was supposed to answer this.


Well he was supposed to but i felt like "contributing" to something on the forums for once


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Avatar 720 wrote:That would depend on two things:

What is it laden with? (The greater variabe)
What type, African or European?

A better question would be:

What is the air speed velocity of an UNladen swallow?


For the unladen swallow im going to say an average of about 15mph to 20mph, and if the wind is friendly and not in its face maybe 25mph (for a tailwind), if its flying directly into the wind probably closer to 10mph.

As for my question we should agree as to what said swallow is carying.

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WAAAHG!!! until further notice
 
   
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The Dread Evil Lord Varlak





Lord Scythican wrote:Cracked.com never lies to us. IQ scores have gone up, but common sense has went way down...


Yes, people were widely noted for their common sense and sensible lifestyles in 1914.

For feth's sake people. We are more educated than we've ever been, and just as smart. Accept it. Move on. The stupid you see around you is the same stupid we've always had, and when you pretend that humanity is getting dumber, you're actually contributing to that stupidity by believing something that obviously isn't true.

“We may observe that the government in a civilized country is much more expensive than in a barbarous one; and when we say that one government is more expensive than another, it is the same as if we said that that one country is farther advanced in improvement than another. To say that the government is expensive and the people not oppressed is to say that the people are rich.”

Adam Smith, who must have been some kind of leftie or something. 
   
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United States

I'm just amused that "common sense" is something that is commonly thought to exist.

Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh. 
   
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Kamloops, BC

Lord Scythican wrote:
biccat wrote:
Cheesecat wrote:(for example average IQ scores have gone up by 24 points since 1914)

Wait...what?


Cracked.com never lies to us. IQ scores have gone up, but common sense has went way down...


I beg to differ, people back then seemed lacking in common sense as well.

   
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Cheesecat wrote:
Lord Scythican wrote:
biccat wrote:
Cheesecat wrote:(for example average IQ scores have gone up by 24 points since 1914)

Wait...what?


Cracked.com never lies to us. IQ scores have gone up, but common sense has went way down...


I beg to differ, people back then seemed lacking in common sense as well.





The funny thing is, that picture is also on Cracked.

 
   
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Decrepit Dakkanaut






UK

"You hit it off, you can get it this time."

Mandorallen turned back toward the insolently sneering baron. 'My Lord,' The great knight said distantly, 'I find thy face apelike and thy form misshapen. Thy beard, moreover, is an offence against decency, resembling more closely the scabrous fur which doth decorate the hinder portion of a mongrel dog than a proper adornment for a human face. Is it possibly that thy mother, seized by some wild lechery, did dally at some time past with a randy goat?' - Mimbrate Knight Protector Mandorallen.

Excerpt from "Seeress of Kell", Book Five of The Malloreon series by David Eddings.

My deviantART Profile - Pay No Attention To The Man Behind The Madness

"You need not fear us, unless you are a dark heart, a vile one who preys on the innocent; I promise, you can’t hide forever in the empty darkness, for we will hunt you down like the animals you are, and pull you into the very bowels of hell." Iron - Within Temptation 
   
Made in ca
Fixture of Dakka




Kamloops, BC

Mike Noble wrote:
Cheesecat wrote:
Lord Scythican wrote:
biccat wrote:
Cheesecat wrote:(for example average IQ scores have gone up by 24 points since 1914)

Wait...what?


Cracked.com never lies to us. IQ scores have gone up, but common sense has went way down...


I beg to differ, people back then seemed lacking in common sense as well.





The funny thing is, that picture is also on Cracked.


What a coincidence.

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