Hello, Tweets

This came in to me today and I thought some of you might enjoy it. It's
supposed to be factual, but I won't vouch for that!

Diann MacRae
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Bird Strike Test Results
Sometimes it DOES take a Rocket Scientist
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 U.S. scientists for
suggestions. NASA's response was just one sentence. "Thaw the chicken."