> > Passengers on a small commuter plane are waiting for the flight to leave
> > and
> > they're getting a little impatient. But the airport staff has assured
them
> > that the pilots will be there soon and the flight can takeoff
immediately
> > there after.
> >
> > The entrance opens and two men walk up the aisle, dressed in pilots'
> > uniforms. Both are wearing dark glasses. One is using a seeing-eye dog,
> > and
> > the other is tapping his way up the aisle with a white, tipped cane.
> >
> > Nervous laughter spreads through the cabin as the men enter the cockpit.
> >
> > The door closes, and the engines start up. The passengers begin glancing
> > around, nervously, searching for some sign that this is just a little
> > practical joke.
> >
> > None is forthcoming.
> >
> > The plane moves faster and faster down the runway and people at the
> > windows
> > realise that they're headed straight for the edge of the water at the
end
> > of
> > the airport's runway.
> >
> > It begins to look as though the plane will never take off - that it will
> > plough into the water!!
> >
> > Panicked screams fill the cabin-but at that moment, the plane lifts
> > smoothly
> > into the air.
> >
> > The passengers relax and laugh a little sheepishly. Soon they have all
> > retreated into their magazines, secure in the knowledge that the plane
is
> > in
> > good hands.
> >
> > Up in the cockpit, the copilot 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"