On Tue, 11 Mar 1997, Jamie Howland wrote:

>
> > tell a robin from a goldfinch.) Anyway, I'm supposed to give a talk to
> > a group of teen boys and I'm supposed to answer the question they posed:
> > "What is the velocity of a sparrow?" How fast does your average sparrow
> > fly, I guess is what they want to know. Any idea?
> > Kristi Streiffert
> > Coulee Dam, WA
> >
>
> That question sounds suspiciously familiar. If I had to guess, I'd bet
> that the answer they want to hear is actually a question: "African or
> European?"
>

That was a swallow not a sparrow.

Jim Elder (jime at eskimo.com)
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7030 220th St SW
Mountlake Terrace, WA 98043