[StBernard] Humor: The Chicken Launcher

[Westley Annis]

> > The Chicken Launcher

> > NASA engineers build a cannon that launches dead chickens at the 

> > windshields of airplanes, military jets and such to test the 

> > strength of the windshields against collisions with airborne fowl.

> >

> > British engineers are eager to test it on the windshields of their 

> > new high-speed trains. Arrangements are made, and a cannon is sent 

> > to the British engineers.

> >

> > When the cannon goes off, the engineers stand shocked as the 

> > chicken crashes into the shatterproof shield, smashes it to 

> > smithereens, blasts through the control console, snaps the pilot's 

> > backrest in two, and embeds itself in the back wall of the cabin.

> >

> > The horrified Brits send the Americans a report of the disastrous 

> > results, along with an urgent request for suggests on improving the 

> > windshield design.

> >

> > The American engineers respond with a one-line memo: "Thaw the 

> > chicken."