British humour... not Brit Car content
Food for Thawt
Scientists at NASA built a gun specifically to launch dead chickens at the
windshields of airliners, military jets and the space shuttle, all
traveling at maximum velocity. The idea is to simulate the frequent
incidents of collisions with airborne fowl to test the strength of
the windshields.
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British 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 British engineers.
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When the gun was fired, the engineers stood shocked as the chicken
hurtled out of the barrel, crashed into the shatterproof shield, smashed it
to smithereens, blasted through the control console, snapped the
engineer's backrest in two and embedded itself in the back wall of the
cabin,
like an arrow shot from a bow. The horrified Britons sent NASA the
disastrous results of the experiment, along with the designs of the
windshield,
and begged the U.S. scientists for suggestions.
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NASA responded with a one-line memo...
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"Thaw the chicken."
Eric K
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