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Her name was Putrifica Limburger, but that is neither here or there.
The important thing is that a genetic event took place between the two. Two sons were born. They were named Oreville
and Wilberrr.They were both exceptionally bright boys. They proved this by trashing their one-room schoolhouse
with a crude, rudimentary, but effective plutonium device at ages eleven and thirteen. The admix of good genes;
those of an aircraft inventor and the first goulash-maker, manifested itself in traits of extraordinary curiosity
and inventiveness.
Following their graduation from the Texas State School for Incorrigible Delinquents, and having little to do, papa
having made millions selling his goulash formula to MacDonald, they spent hours studying the flight of birds.
"It would be great if we could fly also," mused Oreville, as Wilberrr carefully pulled the wings from
a live crow and studied their construction.
The next day, the boys, now in their late teens, cleared out some leftover goulash pots from the family barn and
embarked on the first phase of research, which would eventually find them a place in history.
Using principles observed in birds, bats and butterflies; and with locally-obtained material and a crude prototype
computer invented by and equally talented but nerdy neighbor named Horace Ibm, a device slowly took shape. After
unsuccessfully experimenting with a propelling device made from corset parts and rubber bands, they consulted with
a sister, Kurtiss Right, who was born shortly after the boys. Equally bright and also interested in propulsion,
she successfully designed a radial 35 cylinder 2000 horsepower engine. For fuel it used "black gold"
a disgusting viscous waste product oozing from the ground all over the Right estate. A propeller was whittled from
a local variety of Mesquite wood called fibaglaz.
The airframe slowly took shape and after 747 failures it conformed to the computer's specifications. "BOING!"
exclaimed Wilberrr, "We did it!?"and the strange craft was christened the "Boing 747."
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