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To: Bob434; trad_anglican

“Time flies like an arrow- fruit flies like a banana”

I don’t see that all fruit flies like a banana. A round fruit like an orange or an apple should fly better with the same impetus. A heavy fruit like a ripe watermelon shouldn’t fly as well with the same impetus.


32 posted on 03/01/2018 10:31:55 AM PST by KrisKrinkle (Blessed be those who know the depth and breadth of their ignorance. Cursed be those who don't.)
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49 posted on 03/01/2018 11:06:47 AM PST by JoeProBono (SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
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To: KrisKrinkle
I don’t see that all fruit flies like a banana. A round fruit like an orange or an apple should fly better with the same impetus. A heavy fruit like a ripe watermelon shouldn’t fly as well with the same impetus.

Punkins fly pretty darned well, especially with a trebuchet.

61 posted on 03/01/2018 11:21:03 AM PST by RegulatorCountry
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To: KrisKrinkle
"A heavy fruit like a ripe watermelon shouldn’t fly as well with the same impetus."

Better ask the expert:


69 posted on 03/01/2018 11:26:18 AM PST by Boogieman
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To: KrisKrinkle

Re-read. You put the emPHASis on the wrong sylLABal.


77 posted on 03/01/2018 12:04:30 PM PST by Pecos (Better the one you have with you than the one you left at home.)
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