I got this from my wife in an email today, and just had to share it.

Subject: Sometimes it does take a rocket scientist!

Scientists at NASA built a gun 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, 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 backrest 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.

NASA responded with a one-line memo: "Defrost the chicken."

Most everyday I go to Aikido I get to spend a lot of time in the car. One of the things that I do is listen to the radio. Sometimes there are some really interesting shows on. Today was one such day.

Today there was a segment on Science Friday that talked about diet and the food pyramid. The position of one of the medical doctors was that the Food Pyramid was unhealty and dangerous. An interesting position to say the least, and worth listening to.

As a side note. I followed a few of the links and there are a lot of food pyramids out there.