[1972] in Humor
HUMOR: Airline Joke
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (abennett@MIT.EDU)
Mon Mar 24 10:18:33 1997
From: <abennett@MIT.EDU>
To: humor@MIT.EDU
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 1997 09:42:55 EST
Date: Sun, 23 Mar 1997 23:53:57 -0800
From: Connie Kleinjans <connie@interserve.com>
Forwarded message from JAPasha@aol.com
From: rocky@hal.com (Rochelle Grober)
One day at a busy airport, the passengers on a commercial airliner are
seated, waiting for the cockpit crew 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, and the copilot is using
a guide dog. Both have their eyes covered with huge sunglasses. At
first the passengers do not react; thinking that it must be some sort
of practical joke. However, after a few minutes the engines start
revving and the airplane starts moving down the runway.
The passengers look at each other with some uneasiness, whispering among
themselves and looking desperately to the stewardesses for reassurance.
Then the airplane 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. Finally, when the airplane has less than 20 feet of
runway left, there is a sudden change in the pitch of the shouts as
everyone screams at once, and at the very last moment the airplane lifts
off and is airborne.
Up in the cockpit, the copilot breathes a sigh of relief and turns to
the pilot: "You know, one of these days the passengers aren't going to
scream, and we're gonna get killed!"
