From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!ihnss!ihuxn!djmolny Newsgroups: net.jokes Title: Air Force One Article-I.D.: ihuxn.141 Posted: Mon Jun 14 09:15:53 1982 Received: Tue Jun 15 05:48:39 1982 The President of the United States, the Secretary of State, a Catholic priest, and a hippie were all flying in Air Force One. They're chatting amiably, when the pilot comes on the PA and says, "I've got some good news and some bad news. The bad news is that we have engine trouble and we're going to crash. The good news is that there are three parachutes." All four men look at each other, until the President stands up and says, "Well, I'm the most important man in the world, so I'm taking a parachute," and he jumps out. The Secretary of State stands up and says, "Well, I'm the second most important man in the world, and certainly the smartest, so I'm taking a parachute," and *he* jumps out. The hippie and the priest look at each other for a moment, and the priest says, "My son, I have lived a full life, and yours has just begun. Please take the last parachute." The hippie says, "Oh wow, like no sweat, father, the smartest man in the world just jumped out of the plane with my backpack." (This joke was told by a Western Electric executive at a recent Bell Labs gathering.)