another small puzzle

There is a little cute bird which took 2 hours flying from A to B. it rained before she came back. Therefore, it took her 4 hours flying back from B to A. why? (the same route exactly, no stop on the way)

nobody notice this small one ...

Wind velocity?

On the way back it was laden with coconuts? It could have been gripping them by the husks.

[ May 07, 2002: Message edited by: Jason Menard ]

The only condition known is "rain"

if any other, they are not real

the bird was on the east coast and it was acid rain. it burned her little feathers.

You have to fly twice the distance if you are continually dodging raindrops.
(I really have to get back to work :roll: )

I believe I heard this one a long time ago, so I won't (yet) share the solution I remember - except that I'm not sure "no stop along the way" is correct. Perhaps "no landings along the way" would be better? Or perhaps there's another solution I can't think of.

Her wings got wet and heavy with the rain..

when it rains, the weight of a bird doubles, thats why..

All those answers are so creative.

well, my answer is: the bird have to fly using only one wing, with the other wing over her head shielding raindrops

that's why it takes double of the time.

Very funny...

Wouldn't the bird just fly in circles then? Like a one armed man in a rowboat.

I didn't know rowboats could fly.

Perhaps the one-armed man is just hovering above the rowboat. One-armed men can fly, right?

Well, thats not fare. In the question you didn't mention bird's financial status.. or does it have a rain coat etc

Are you sure the bird could get enough lift off with just the one wing flapping? I mean if an airplane loses a wing it crashes. I think the bird just decided to take the train and that's why it took so long.
Mark

Originally posted by Corey McGlone:
Perhaps the one-armed man is just hovering above the rowboat. One-armed men can fly, right?

Yes, but only in the rain and then it takes them twice as long as a bird in a rowboat.

Originally posted by Dave Vick:

...then it takes them twice as long as a bird in a rowboat.

See - twice as long. Problem solved! Nice work, Dave.