The plane is going down and needs to be lightened .
There's a Jew, a priest , a black guy ,a Polish guy ,a young boy ,a hillbilly , the pope and an old train conductor.
Each making a fine case why them jumping from the plane would be a bad idea . Two people must jump... and finally the young boy says I'm young and willing to sacrifice myself and would like to do the honorable thing ...So he goes to the door of the plane and he jumps. Then the priest jumps out of the plane.
Psychology researchers say our 'flashbulb' memories of big events can be unreliable, but I clearly remember watching live on CNN as Challenger crashed into and destroyed the Berlin Wall.
Rome's declaration of war against Carthage was sent from a no-reply address, so Hannibal had to cross the Alps to deliver his "UNSUBSCRIBE" response in person.
Funny, but when a cow-orker and I were sitting right outside the boss’s office, people treated us (mainly him, ’cause he was right outside her door) like the receptionist or secretary.
"Do you know where X is?"
"Can you tell X to call me when she gets back?"
"Do you know when X will be back?"
ad nauseam.
He made up a rather large poster, listing things like
No, I don't know where X is.
I have no idea when X will be back.
Sorry, I can't take messages for X.
and on, and on, a full page’s worth.
X thought it was funny, but “coincidentally” a week or two later when the COO stopped by, the COO read it, got a chuckle, but it was taken down within hours.
A: My youngest grand daughter told me she has a new job.
B: Nice, where is it?
A: In a message parlor.
B: And does it make good money?
A: Depends on how the message is delevered, by hand or by mouth.
B: Ah, a Sing-A-Gram.