> > > > (true story) > > Scientists at Rolls Royce built a gun specifically to > launch dead chickens at the windshields of airliners and > military jets 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. > 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 a one-line memo: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "Defrost the chicken." >
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