[pigeonpie]

   Brilliant!   

[davethespread]

i dont know why all the fulham football fans are complaining,

im sure their stutue cost far less than the £50m chelsea payed for theirs

[Johnnywesto]

Marriage is like a deck of cards.

To start with all it takes is two hearts and a diamond

but at the end all you need is a large club and a good spade!

[Trillium]

Scientists at NASA built a gun specifically to launch standard 4 pound 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 back-rest 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.

You're gonna love this...

NASA responded with a one-line memo:

"Defrost the chicken." (True Story)

[8doubles]

British scientists at Rolls Royce built a gun specifically to launch dead chickens at the windshields of airliners and military jets all travelling at maximum velocity.
 
The idea is 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 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 back-rest in two and embedded itself in the back wall of the cabin like an arrow shot from a bow..
 
The horrified Yanks sent Rolls Royce 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 chicken."
True story apparantly

One of these versions may be true .

[mumofstig]

you just can't put a good story down 

[hillfooter]

you just can't put a good story down 

There's so many variations of this story, and at least another one not long ago on this thread, that they can't all, if any be true.  None-less-it's an amusing story.

HF

[Trillium]

  Knowing my US neighbors, I'm willing to bet that the NASA version is the most likely response. Very typical US.

[joyfull]

here you are - mythbusters and chickens:-

http://dsc.discovery.com/videos/mythbusters-chicken-gun-minimyth.html

[MJS]

Bit late now, but a friend of mine gave me a tip for  the Grand national.

The horse is  called V neck.

apparently, it's a good jumper! (groan)

[hillfooter]

here you are - mythbusters and chickens:-

http://dsc.discovery.com/videos/mythbusters-chicken-gun-minimyth.html

Thanks for this Joy it's as we thought then there's no truth in the story as a frozen chicken would perform much the same as a fresh one contrary to what you might intuitively think.
HF

[MJS]

A man is sitting at home on the verandah with his wife and he says, "I love you."

She asks, "Is that you or the beer talking?"

He replies, "It's me............. talking to the beer."

[MJS]

Passenger taps his taxi driver on the shoulder, The driver swerves, nearly hits a bus & stops inches from a shop window. ''Blimey, your a bit jumpy aren't you? I only tapped your shoulder'', says the passenger. ''Sorry'', says the cabbie, its my first day. I've been driving a  hearse for 20 years.

[davethespread]

simon cowell was arrested in france today for wearing a veil.

the french police have now released him without charge when they realised their mistake.

he was actually wearing black jeans and a black hat.

[hamstergbert]

simon cowell was arrested in france today for wearing a veil.

the french police have now released him without charge when they realised their mistake.

he was actually wearing black jeans and a black hat.

Yes, and some English visitors pointed at him and the Gendermes misheard and thought they said "look at that burkha over there!"