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ICANEWS
Agosto 2004, Año 1 # 4 |
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What
you are about to read is a true story.............
Scientists at Roll 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 'bird
strikes' 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.
Rolls Royce responded with a one-line memo:
"Defrost the chicken."
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| Glossary |
gun:
pistola
to launch: lanzar.
windshields: parabrisas.
strikes: golpes.
eager: ansiosos.
fired: disparado.
shatterproof: irrompible.
smashed: aplastó, destrozó.
smithereens: trizas, añicos.
blasted through: atravesó.
snapped: partió, rompió.
embedded itself: se incrustó.
arrow: flecha.
bow: arco.
begged: rogaron.
defrost: descongelen.
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