| From: | MC23 mc23@**********.com |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Chicken |
| Date: | Tue, 2 Feb 99 15:51:45 -0500 |
> >
> > Scientists at NASA have developed a gun to launch dead chickens.
> > It shoots the chickens at windshields of airline jets, military
> > jets and the space shuttle at their maximum traveling velocity.
> > The purpose is to simulate collisions with airborne fowl and,
> > therefore, determine if the windshields are strong enough. Upon
> > hearing of the gun, British engineers were eager to test it out
> > on the windshield of their new high speed trains.
> >
> > However, upon firing the gun the engineers watched in shock as
> > the chicken shattered the windshield, smashed through the control
> > console, snapped the engineer's backrest in two and embedded
> > itself in the back wall of the cabin. Horrified, the engineers
> > sent NASA the results of the experiment along with the designs of
> > the windshield and asked for any suggestions. The NASA scientists
> > sent back a one sentence response:
> >
> > "Thaw the chicken."
