Chicken Gun

Discussion in 'Just for Laughs' started by damienj3, Feb 7, 2007.

  1. damienj3

    damienj3 Byte Poster

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    Strange but true (aparently)...
    Scientists at NASA built a gun specifically to launch dead chickens at the windshields of airliners, military jets and the Space Shuttle, 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.
    British 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 British engineers. When the gun was fired, the engineers stood shocked as the chicken hurtled out of the barrel, crashed into the shatterproof shield, smashed it to smithereens, blasted through the control console, snapped the engineer's backrest in two and embedded itself in the back wall of the cabin, like an arrow shot from a bow. The horrified Brits sent NASA the disastrous results of the experiment, along with the designs of the windshield, and begged the US scientists for suggestions. NASA responded with a one-line memo: "Thaw the chicken."
     
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  2. hbroomhall

    hbroomhall Petabyte Poster Gold Member

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    Some interesting comments on this at Snopes here.

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  3. damienj3

    damienj3 Byte Poster

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    The cat one is funnier than the original lol
     
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  4. supag33k

    supag33k Kilobyte Poster

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    quick! - where can I get one to test with my problem users!

    :biggrin :blink :biggrin :rolleyes:
     
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