Given the recent groundings of planes because of security reasons (as
in "cracked fuselage" insecure, not "terrorist with shampoo on board"
insecure), this one is rather timely:
From: R. P.
One day at a busy airport, the passengers on a commercial airliner are
seated waiting for the pilot to show up so they can get under way. The
pilot and copilot finally appear in the rear of the plane and begin
walking up to the cockpit through the center aisle. Both appear to be
blind; the pilot is using a white cane, bumping into passengers right
and left as he stumbles down the aisle. The copilot is using a guide
dog. Both have their eyes covered with sunglasses.
At first, the passengers do not react thinking that it must be some
sort of practical joke. After a few minutes though, the engines start
revving, and the airplane begins moving down the runway. The
passengers look at each other with some uneasiness. They start
whispering among themselves and look desperately to the stewardesses
for reassurance. The plane starts accelerating rapidly, and people
begin panicking. Some passengers are praying, and as the plane gets
closer and closer to the end of the runway, the voices are becoming
more and more hysterical. When the plane has less than twenty feet of
runway left, there is a sudden change in the pitch of the shouts as
everyone screams at once. At the very last moment, the plane lifts off
and is airborne.
Up in the cockpit, the copilot breathes a sigh of relief and tells the
pilot: "You know, one of these days the passengers aren't going to
scream, and we aren't going to know when to take off!"
--
Tamara P Duvall http://t-n-lace.net/
Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland)
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