That is funny - but only if you've had professors like that - it's similar to the "I declare myself to be on the outside" fence joke. Oh the other hand "Roughly Spherical Chicken" is a good name for a band.
- Jim Marlon Moyer wrote: >There was a graduate researcher at Stanford who was doing a >revolutionary, ground-breaking study on the respiration rates of >chickens (presumably because they were readily-available at on-campus >boutiques). His goal was to measure the respiration rates of the same >chickens under different conditions, such as clucking, picking at >worms, attempting like mad to fly over the two-foot fence, >what-have-you, and relate it in some obscure way to the way the human >body operates. But he came to somewhat of an impasse regarding how to >properly quantify the air intake of said poultry, so he sought >assistance from his professor, a fellow biologist. > >The biology professor scribbled a few notes on a piece of paper. >"It's relatively simple," he said. "You need only place the chicken >into a chamber filled with a radioactive isotope, then let the chicken >breathe in the air for exactly 10 minutes, then cut it open and >measure how much of the isotope has been absorbed into its tissues." > >"But I can't kill the chicken," the student retorted. > >He went to the next door down, which happened to belong to his Physics >professor. Once again the student pleaded his case. > >"Ah." The professor drew a diagram and a graph on the overhead >projector. "You need only place the chicken in an air-tight box with >a known volume of oxygen, then time how long it takes it to die." > >"But you don't understand! I can't kill the chicken!" > >Being somewhat desperate at this point, the student walked across to >the next building, which just happened to be the engineering building. > He found a Mechanical Engineering professor milling about after >class. > >"Sir, I was wondering if you could help me with a slight problem. I'm >from the Biology department, and I'm trying to figure out how to >measure the respiration rate of a chicken WITHOUT KILLING IT." > >"No problem," said the prof. He turned and began scribbling equations >onto the front board like a madman. After fifteen minutes, he was >still deriving formulas. Finally, after all of the chalkboards had >been filled, he turned to the student: > >"Okay. Now let's assume we're dealing with a roughly spherical chicken...." > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:167228 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
