An airplane was about to crash. There were 5 passengers on board, but only 4 parachutes.
The 1st passenger said, "I am Kobe Bryant, the best NBA basketball player. The Lakers need me, and I can't afford to die." So he took the 1st pack and left the plane.
The 2nd passenger, Hillary Clinton said, "I am the wife of a former U.S. President, a NY State Senator and a potential future president. And I am the smartest woman in American history, so America's people don't want me to die." She took the 2nd pack and jumped out of the plane.
The 3rd passenger, Ted Kennedy said, "I am a US Senator. The Democratic Party needs me and my liver still has some good years left." So he grabbed the pack next to him and jumped.
The 4th passenger, Billy Graham, said to the 5th passenger, a 10 year old schoolgirl, "I am old and frail and don't have many years left, and as a Christian I will sacrifice my life and let you have the lastparachute."
The little girl said, "That 's okay. There's a parachute left for you. America's smartest woman took my school bag."
In the interest of balance, let me just say there is no doubt that a vast right-wing conspiracy led to these five people being on the plane together. And that if a Libertarian had been flying the plane, it wouldn't have crashed at all.
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That's an old joke that can be used with a variety of characters. Being the daughter of a world famous economist, we used to tell it thus: "That's ok, the world famous economist jumped out with my knapsack". I had a good friend who's father was a nuclear physicist, so we would do it that way too... Great joke.
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