On Mon, 15 Oct 2001 12:28:48 +0200, Anders Sune Jensen
<anders@tycho.dk> wrote:
Hej.
>
>Apppelsinkanon?????????
>
>Forklar, det lyder sjovt.
>
Jeg kender ikke en appelsinkanon, men her historien om en
kyllingekanon:
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 hurled 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:
"Defrost the chicken."
Steen Gruby
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