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 Posted: May 30, 2012 - 04:41 PM |
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Joined: Nov 11, 2003
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Location: Chicago Illinois USA
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A tough old cowboy from South Texas counseled his grandson that if he wanted to live a long life, the secret was to sprinkle a pinch of gun powder on his oatmeal every morning. The grandson did this religiously to the age of 103 when he
died. He left behind 14 children, 30 grandchildren, 45 great-grandchildren, 25 great-great-grandchildren, and a 15-foot crater where the crematorium used to be. |
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Some days, it's just not worth chewing through the restraints.
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Posted: May 30, 2012 - 04:53 PM |
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Location: nr Bundaberg, Australia
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Posted: May 30, 2012 - 05:04 PM |
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Location: Redmond, WA USA
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Graynomad wrote:
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Those afraid to embrace the future will quickly fade into the past. - larryvc
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Posted: May 30, 2012 - 06:31 PM |
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Location: Rocky Mountains
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larryvc wrote:
Graynomad wrote:
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Posted: May 31, 2012 - 02:49 PM |
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Location: Athens, Hellas
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Nice one, Torby! 
This is what came to my mind after reading yours:
Airbus engineers built a gun specifically to launch dead chickens at the windshields of airliners and military jets, all traveling at the velocity of the under test planes. The idea was to simulate the frequent incidents of collisions with airborne fowl to test the strength of the windshields.
American engineers requested that gun to test the windshields of their new high speed trains. Arrangements were made, and a gun was sent to them.
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.
The horrified train engineers sent Airbus the disastrous results of the experiment, along with the designs of the windshield and begged for suggestions.
Airbus responded with a single-line memo:
"Defrost the chicken, first."
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