[1464] in Humor
HUMOR CLASSIC: In An Airplane
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Andrew A. Bennett)
Thu May 30 18:09:45 1996
To: humor@MIT.EDU
Date: Thu, 30 May 1996 15:51:08 EDT
From: "Andrew A. Bennett" <abennett@MIT.EDU>
Date: Thu, 30 May 1996 11:03:44 -0500
From: jrice@MIT.EDU (Jim Rice)
>From: TDelPriore@aol.com
>
>A pilot is flying a small single engine plane with a lot of really
>important execs on board into Seattle airport. There is fog so thick that
>visibility is less than 10 feet, and his instruments are out. He circles
>looking for a landmark and after an hour, he is low on fuel and his
>passengers are very nervous.
>
>At last, through a small opening in the fog he sees a tall building with
>one guy working alone on the fifth floor.
>
>Circling, the pilot banks and shouts through his open window: Hi, where
>am I?"
>
>The solitary office worker replies: "You're in an airplane."
>
>The pilot executes a swift 275 degree turn and executes a perfect blind
>landing on the runway five miles away. Just as the plane stops, the
>engines cough and die from lack of fuel. The stunned passengers asked the
>pilot how he did it.
>
>"Simple," replies the pilot, "I asked the guy in that building a simple
>question. The answer he gave me was 100 percent correct but absolutely
>useless; therefore, that must be Microsoft's support office, and from
>there, the airport is just 5 miles away on a bearing of 87 degrees!"
>
