Peter, It is the opening scene from the 1974 film _Monty Python and The Holy Grail_ by the British comedy team Monty Python. Roger gave a good summary of the scene. You made an analogy between ecats and birds and it reminded me of this scene. For me the dialogue represents the silly side of science. If people forget to laugh at themselves, they will lose their ability to make sound judgments.
Harry On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 4:05 AM, ROGER ANDERTON <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>Can you explain please the connection of birds, coconuts, Camelot? > > Coconuts were used for sound effects on radio as sound for horses. > The film was too cheap a production, couldn't afford horses so replaced them > by coconuts. > It was then pointed out that in the medieval times of Camelot in England > they would not have coconuts. > So they had to come up with a complicated explanation that migrating birds > were bringing coconuts to medieval England. > But then they wondered what migrating bird would be strong enough to carry > them. > And eventually they started experimenting to see what birds tied to coconuts > would be able to carry them. > > Its an example of crazy chain of thinking and going off on a diversion. > > Eventually they get further diverted into working out how to test whether a > person is a witch for witch burning. > > > > > > > On Thursday, 31 March 2016, 8:11, Peter Gluck <[email protected]> wrote: > > > dear Harry, > I confess I am not familiar with this type of humor (I have limists0 > my favorite in modern British is "Do you rang, mylord?" > Can you explain please the connection of birds, coconuts, Camelot? > > thanks, > Peter > > > On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 8:06 PM, H LV <[email protected]> wrote: > > from > http://egooutpeters.blogspot.ro/2016/03/mar-30-2016-lenr-how-much-more-patience.html > > > "Very important is the power densities range W/grams fuel here I think > 1000 will be a typical or minimal value. Anyway this will learn us to > define a genuine Rossi Effect Replication. It is not " You have a > bird, I have a bird" issue. Size and weight of the birds matters. > There is not OK if, in Europe, you have a bustard I have a robin, or > in the US you have a fat turkey and I have a humming bird." > > This might be related to the unsettled question of whether coconuts > can migrate. ;-) > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4_9kDO3q0w > > Harry > > > > > -- > Dr. Peter Gluck > Cluj, Romania > http://egooutpeters.blogspot.com > >
