Scientists at Roll Royce built a gun specifically to launch dead chickens at
the windshields of airliners and military jets, all travelling at maximum
velocity. The idea was 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 watched in shock
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. The horrified
engineers sent Rolls Royce the film of 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!
