> > > >Sometimes it DOES take a Rocket Scientist!! > > > >(true story ... Oh my Goodness!!) > > > > > > > > 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 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."
Well that would have been an easy problem to solve.. Sounds like to much book sense to me!!! Not enough coomon sense!