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Just then an unknown pilot broke the silence and keyed his microphone, asking: "Wasn't I married to you once?"
A man found a bottle on the shore and when he pulled the cork out, a genie appeared. The genie announced that he was here to grant any three wishes, but he must grant twice as much to the man's mortal enemy. The man thought for a minute and then agreed to the genie's terms.
-snippity-
The genie spoke again, "So what is your last wish?"
The man stopped his woman momentarily and commanded the genie with a smile, "I would like my life expectancy cut in half."
James
An eldrely pilot flies to Berlin.
An elderly pilot flies a private plane to Berlin. He lands, but gets lost on the taxiway. So he panics, stops the engine, and a massive jam builds up.
The trafic controller asks him angrily over the radio, "Did you ever fly to Berlin before?"
The pilot answers, "I did a few times in 1944, but it was dark, and anyway we didn't land".
I recently saw a version that explains persistent Russian economic woes -- guys would rather punish their enemies than reward themselves.The punchline I've heard for this one was, "I wish to loose half of all I've gained."
I heard a slightly different ending:
Pilot: "You see that pile of rubble over there ?"
Staff: " Yes but what has that to do with it?"
Pilot: "I think I was the one who made it "
I heard another story about an "unknown pilot" (maybe here). There was a Lufthansa plane flying from Hamburg to Munich. When it asked the Munich flight tower for landing clearance, he made the request in German. The tower responded with "Please state your request in English" ... the language of international flight.
The pilot protested. Switching to English, he said, "Look, I'm a German pilot, flying for a German airline, flying from one German city to another German city. Why should I be speaking English instead of German?"
And an answer came from another pilot who was listening in on the frequency:
"Because you lost the bloody war, bloke!"
True story. Will and I were at Gare Du Nord, Paris, waiting to go through Customs off the Eurostar Train, and an elderly Englishman was getting a little flustered at the Parisian flunkey's attitude, especially his unceasingly rude demands to see the old gentleman's passport. The old man tried to make light of it while he searched his pockets, commenting that the last time he came to France he hadn't needed his passport. The train flunkey kind of sneered at him and said something like that cannot be true, we always require a passport from you English, and the old man replied ' that's probably true, but then the last time I came to France, even if I'd had my passport, it was 1944 and there wasn't a single Frenchman in sight to show it to...'
I recently saw a version that explains persistent Russian economic woes -- guys would rather punish their enemies than reward themselves.
Ivan goes to heaven.
{JHWH} says, "Ivan, you've always been my great champion. I'll grant you a wish, anything you want. But your enemy Josip has also been my great champion. Whatever you wish for, he will get twice."
Ivan thinks, and says, "Lord, take one of my testicles."
No, it's not funny.
What's funny? [/me wracks alleged brains] Banjos are funny. Or tragic.
I recently saw a version that explains persistent Russian economic woes -- guys would rather punish their enemies than reward themselves.
Ivan goes to heaven.
{JHWH} says, "Ivan, you've always been my great champion. I'll grant you a wish, anything you want. But your enemy Josip has also been my great champion. Whatever you wish for, he will get twice."
Ivan thinks, and says, "Lord, take one of my testicles."
No, it's not funny.
What's funny? [/me wracks alleged brains] Banjos are funny. Or tragic.
Cruel fact. Even the museum of D Day at Arromanches records that there were more Poles and Norwegians on the Beaches on D Day than Frenchmen.