[modeleng] Re: You can't keep a good chicken down!!!!!!
- From: "Dave Beaman" <davebeaman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 20:30:01 +0100
Sorry about sending this of topic guys, I hit the wrong button and sent it
to all on my addy list!!! It is funny though!
I had to laff at this one!!!
> > > > > >Sometimes it DOES take a Rocket Scientist!! (true story)
> > > > > >
> > > > > >Scientists at Rolls Royce built a gun specifically to launch
dead
> > > > > >chickens at the windshields of airliners and military jets
all
> > > > > >travelling at maximum velocity. The idea is to simulate the
>frequent incidents of collisions with airborne fowl to test the
strength of
> > the windshields.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >American engineers heard about the gun and were eager to test
it on
> > the windshields of their new high speed trains. Arrangements were
made,
> > and a gun was sent to the American engineers.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >When the gun was fired, the engineers stood shocked as the
chicken
> > > > > >hurled out of the barrel, crashed into the shatterproof
shield,
> > smashed it to smithereens, blasted through the control console,
snapped the
> > > > > >engineer's back-rest in two and embedded itself in the back
wall of
> > the cabin like an arrow shot from a bow.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >The horrified Yanks sent Rolls Royce the disastrous results
of the
> > > > > >experiment, along with the designs of the windshield and
begged the
> > > > > >British scientists for suggestions.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >You're going to love this......
> > > > > >
> > > > > >Rolls Royce responded with a one-line memo:
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> > > > > >
> > > > > >"Defrost the chicken."
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