Pilots
The passengers on a plane are waiting for their flight to leave when two men,
both wearing dark glasses, dressed in pilot uniforms, walk up the aisle. One
is being led by a seeing-eye dog, and the other is tapping his way with a cane.
Nervous laughter spreads through the cabin as the men go into the cockpit, the
door closes, and the engines start.
The passengers are all looking around for some sign that this is just a little
practical joke, but there is none. As the plane moves faster and faster down
the runway, the people at the windows realize that they’re headed straight for
the water at the edge of the airport. As it begins to look as though the plane
will never take off and will plow into the water, screams of panic fill the
cabin.
But just at that moment, the plane lifts smoothly into the air.
In the cockpit, the co-pilot turns to the pilot and says, “You know, Bob, one
of these days, they’re going to scream too late, and we’re all gonna die.”