Yanks & Chickens > Sometimes it DOES take a Rocket Scientist!! (true story) > . > . > Scientists at Roll 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 asked the British > scientists for suggestions. > > You're going to love this...... > . > . > . > . > . > . > . > . > . > . > . > . > . > . > . > . > Rolls Royce responded with a one-line memo: > . > . > . > . > . > . > . > . > "Defrost the chicken."