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There is a very, very tall coconut tree and there are 4 animals, a Tiger, an Elephant, a Giraffe, and a Squirrel, who pass by. They decide to compete to see who is the fastest to get an apple off the tree.
Who do you think will win?
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Is that a non-migratory African apple, or a European coconut?
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Good one 
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The one that knows that you don't get apples off coconut trees, unless someone glued an apple there (you see - you supplied incomplete information, so we're having to make assumptions here).
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Pete O'Hanlon wrote: The one that knows that you don't get apples off coconut trees
Oh drat! Didn't notice that!
The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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Richard Andrew x64 wrote: Oh drat! Didn't notice that!
You know: never test the depth of the water with both feet.
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Pete O'Hanlon wrote: you see - you supplied incomplete information, so we're having to make assumptions here
True, but I suppose gluing an apple to a coconut tree is fairly unusual - but than given the nature of man + gin & tonic, I guess I should be careful about my assumptions.
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Espen Harlinn wrote: True, but I suppose gluing an apple to a coconut tree is fairly unusual
So is a tiger that sits around with a squirrel and wishes for the apple.
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Well, so far only one person seems to have read right past the coconut tree ...
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Espen Harlinn wrote: True, but I suppose gluing an apple to a coconut tree is fairly unusual ...
But animals deciding together to compete for a fruit are totally usual?
The good thing about pessimism is, that you are always either right or pleasently surprised.
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Freak30 wrote: But animals deciding together to compete for a fruit are totally usual?
Happens all the time, or hadn't you noticed?
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There is the additional problem that giraffes are native to Africa, tigers to Asia and squirrels to Europe and North America. Outside of a zoo, there is nowhere that these three species would be found together.
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Perhaps there is an apple tree next to the tall coconut tree, as odd as that may sound 
"I've seen more information on a frickin' sticky note!" - Dave Kreskowiak
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He hasn't even answered whether the animals are alive or stuffed, mounted and stacked up in the back of a lorry that's driving by.
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No.
An OO Programmer derived apple from the base class coconut.
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I say the elephant will win cause he just has to pluck the apple off with his trunk. The giraffe will come in second, followed by the squirrel. Then the tiger will scare them away and take their apples.
The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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The unicorn.
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair.
Those who seek perfection will only find imperfection
nils illegitimus carborundum
me, me, me
me, in pictures
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Clever - well, at least you didn't fall for it 
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I'm with you.
Starting to think people post kid pics in their profiles because that was the last time they were cute - Jeremy.
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The Snake
Be excellent to each other. And... PARTY ON, DUDES!
Abraham Lincoln
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Now, that's pretty slippery
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The hunter who laid the trap obviously. The apple was just bait!
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Well, at least you didn't take it 
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Nope, Cocos nucifera is not a tree but a monocot.
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