As they say the old ones are the best! Chris.KP
----- Original Message ---- From: Enodreven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, 8 January, 2007 2:55:15 PM Subject: [canals-list] Rocket Scientist Hi, I don't know if this is true or not but i thought it may amuse some of you ? Sometimes it DOES take a Rocket Scientist!! (true story) > Scientists at Rolls Royce built a gun specifically to launch dead chickens at > the windshields of airliners and military jets 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 hurledout 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. > You're going to love this...... > Rolls Royce responded with a one-line memo: > "Defrost the chicken!" [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
