Scientists at Rolls Royce built a gun specifically to launch dead chickens
at the windshields of airliners and military jets as if they were 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.
Rolls Royce responded with the following one-line memo:
"Defrost the chicken."
Cheers
Dave
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Topic: Fowl Play (Read 608 times)