Re: Jokes Thread!!!!
Here's one more for the growling mentor (that means you, Sands) and the flight-attendant-become-mentor (that's right, Alison)
A blonde is on a 747, heading from the UAE to Hawaii. On their final leg of the flight, the outer port engine flares out. The plane lumbers slightly to the left, and people panic. After quickly regaining controls, the captain updates the passengers...
"This is your captain. Don't worry folks, we had a slight problem with the outer engine, and decided to shut it down for safety reasons. Unfortunately, we're going to be about 30 or so minutes late to Hawaii."
The blonde moans with greif along with the rest on board, angry from the impending delay, no longer worried about the plane's malfunction.
Not three minutes later, the outer starboard engine shuts down, and the plane's reaction is a bit more severe. The plane's inner engines roar into action to take the burden of the damaged engines. This time, the passengers are anxiously grabbing their armrests with frozen faces. The blonde, unphased, casually thumbs through a gossip magazine as the captain tries to reassure the frightened payload....
"Folks, I know you're all on high alert back there, but we've got to shut the right engine off as to not over-stress the control surfaces. We're hard at work looking for the problem. Rest at ease, it's going to be about an hour delay at this point."
The entire cabin releases a heavy sigh...except for the blonde, who who growls with her rolled back with disgust as she pops her gum with her teeth. The plane levels out, and the attendants tend to the more stressed passengers.
The inner port engine whines to a halt before people could start relaxing again, and the plane starts to level, then slowly descend. Over the rising histeria throughout the fuselage, the attendants are steady themselves near the bulkhead walls as they quickly refresh the passengers with safety information. The captain makes his announcement....
"Folks, please stay calm. We do now have a serious situation on our hands. I've contacted Hawaii of the problem. We're beyond the turn-back point, so the best we can do is hobble the rest of the way on the only engine we have left. We have a runway ready for us. Do what you can to keep your mind off things. Please call your attendant for emergency reasons only. At this point our plane is going to be delayed for two and a half hours."
Cries of horror and disbelief rise over the whines and creaks of the faltering aircraft. Things go from bad to worse as the last engine seizes with a jolt. Even the auxiliary power unit can't be heard. The plane starts to nose in. The oxygen masks drop from the storage bins. And before the mass hysteria kicks in, the blonde turns to the passenger next to her and says, "That was the last engine? Do you realize what this means?!....At this rate, we're going to be up here FOREVER!"