
Some TRUE stories:
A nervous, elderly woman was taking her first airplane flight. They had just taken off when she heard a noise that bothered her. When the attendant arrived, she voiced her concern & the attendant said, "That's perfectly normal, Ma'am. It's just the landing gear retracting." The lady said, "Thank you for explaining. I hate to be a bother, but this is my first flight & I'm a little nervous." Later the plane started bouncing a little. She called the flight attendant again & apologized & again asked for an explanation. The attendant said, "That's all right, Ma'am, we're just experiencing a little air turbulence. It should clear up in a few minutes." The passenger managed to fall asleep & when she woke, it was dark outside. She looked out the window & saw sparks & flame coming out of an engine. She pushed the call button again & told the attendant what she had seen. She was told that it was perfectly normal to see sparks coming out of an engine at night because of the contrast against the dark sky. The elderly lady said, "I know everything's all right, but I am nervous. Could you please just take a look?" The attendant said, "Of course, Ma'am," & turned to look through the window. Her very next words were, "HOLY S**T--WE'RE ON FIRE!"
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My
friend, Barbara, once owned a house in Sedona, Arizona. (This is a very
upscale area.) She was at a cocktail party in the home of one of the
first astronauts, along with several other astronauts, a psychiatrist &
several medical doctors. They were drinking some very smooth
190 proof vodka which had been given as a gift by a Russian cosmonaut.
One woman, who was sitting at a coffee table, fell face down into the dip
& was saved from drowning after a couple of minutes by one of the doctors.
Another guest was just sitting there staring, neither moving or blinking.
Someone asked, "Is she dead yet?" The doctor sitting next
to her nudged her with his foot & gave his diagnosis, "Not yet!"
Barbara, who has trouble with one glass of wine, slid off her chair onto
the floor. Unable to feel either her arms or legs & not wanting to
create a panic, calmly & politely said, "Excuse me, but I think I've
had a stroke." I would tell you more about the party, but that's all
Barbara can remember.
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Bud's uncle Lee lived in Malibu. His house was on the beach side of Pacific Coast Highway on a cliff. He had installed a cable elevator (cable car) to avoid walking the approximately 100 steps down to the beach--& then back up again. He did a lot of entertaining & at one of his parties Gus Grissom was a guest. He was one of America's first astronauts & had already made several space flights. Although everyone else at the party used the cable elevator, he announced that it was too dangerous & went down, and later back up, the 100 stairs.
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I guess this sort of qualifies as a flying joke:
A woman was shaking out a
rug on the balcony of her 17th floor condominium
when a sudden gust of wind blew her over the railing. "Damn, that was stupid," she
thought as she fell. "What a way to die."
As she passed the 14th floor, a man
standing at his railing caught
her in his arms.While she looked at him in disbelieving gratitude, he asked, "Will you have sex
with me?" "No!" she
shrieked, aghast. So, he dropped her.
As she passed the 12th floor, another
man reached out and caught her.
"Will you have sex with me?" he asked. "Of course not!" she exclaimed
before she could stop herself. He dropped
her too.
The poor woman prayed to God for one
more chance. As luck would have
it, she was
caught a third time, by a man on the 8th floor. "Let’s have sex now!” she screamed
in panic. "Slut!" he said, and dropped
her.
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Supposedly true:
An
airline pilot wrote that on this particular flight he had hammered his ship
into the runway really hard. The airline had a policy which required the first
officer to stand at the door while the passengers exited, smile, and give them
a, "Thanks for flying XYZ airline." He said that in light of his bad
landing, he had a hard time looking the passengers in the eye, thinking that
someone would have a smart comment. Finally, everyone had gotten off except for
this little old lady walking with a cane. She said, "Sonny, did we land or
were we shot down?"
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Love that little girl's note to the pilot--don't fuck up the landing!
ReplyDeleteMy kind of kid!!
DeleteDEar Fishducky, your posting today reminds me that I want to see Denzel Washington in the movie "Flight." It's out on DVD now so I'll get my name on at the library! Peace.
ReplyDeleteI just ordered it on Netflix. It said there's a long wait!
DeleteI saw it and reviewed it on my blog (for today). Dee, I'm not sure you'll like it, but fishducky, I think you will. If you watch it, Dee, be prepared for a lot of profanity, drinking, drug use, some nudity, and a very intense flight sequence.
DeleteNow, for your post. You have me laughing, as always. Poor Gus Grissom. I think he should have been more afraid of getting in the space capsule. We saw his grave at Arlington. My favorite joke was about the woman falling and the guy calling her a slut and dropping her.
DeleteLove,
Janie
I love everything Denzel does! Hope your flu is getting better!!
DeleteDear Janie, thanks for warning me about all that. Peace.
DeleteUp in the air, junior birdmen...how did you ever remember? My granddaughter had to show me how to twist my wrists.
ReplyDeleteSo did mine!!
DeleteWell that explains why airlines are so ornery about allowing extra bags. They think we're asking to bring road kill carcasses aboard. Somebody needs to get them a dictionary.
ReplyDeleteSilly cat photos are always a certain grin for me. thanks
The carrion is probably better than the current airline food!!
DeleteThe little girl's note used the word "mum" so she's probably British or Irish...which explains her choice of language ;)
ReplyDeleteYou mean they start earlier in the UK?
DeleteThanks for the morning laugh once again. About Flight, it's on DirecTV too and we plan to watch it this weekend.
ReplyDeleteAny time, my friend!
DeleteWELCOME, Fiona & Nina!!
ReplyDeleteOh how I wish I could have been at that cocktail party in AZ! These stories are awesome!
ReplyDeleteWouldn't that have been a hoot?!!
DeleteWelcome to my blog!!
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