[3177] in Humor
HUMOR CLASSIC: Rocket Science
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Sharalee M. Field)
Tue Apr 18 17:29:27 2000
Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 17:13:42 -0400
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From: "Sharalee M. Field" <sharalee_field@harvard.edu>
>From: "Joke of the Day" <Joker@joker.org>
>Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2000 20:52:58 -0700
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> Rocket Science
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> Sometimes it DOES take a Rocket Scientist:
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> Scientists at NASA have developed a gun built 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.
> But 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, crashed through the control
> console, snapped the engineer's backrest in two and embedded itself
> in the back wall of the cabin. Horrified Britons sent NASA the
> disastrous results of the experiment, along with the designs of
> the windshield, and begged the US scientists for suggestions.
> NASA's response was just one sentence, "Thaw the chicken."
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> The Famous Joke of the Day One Liner!
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> If Wal-Mart is lowering prices every day, how come nothing in the
> store is free yet?
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