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To: T L Comiskey who wrote (40188)8/11/2001 12:56:10 AM
From: T L Comiskey  Read Replies (1) of 65232
 
God save the Queen...................zzzzzzzzzzzz

> > >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.

> > >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. 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

> > >backrest in two and embedded

> > >itself in the back wall of the cabin, like an

> > >arrow shot from a bow.

> > >The horrified Brits sent NASA the disastrous

> > >results of the experiment,

> > >along with the designs of the windshield and

> > >begged the US scientists

> > >for suggestions.

> > >NASA responded with a one-line memo:

> > >"Defrost the chicken."
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