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Anonymous
BLIND PILOTS
>Passengers on a small commuter plane are waiting for the flight to
>leave.
>They're getting a little impatient, but the airport staff assures them
>that
>the pilots will be there soon, and the flight can take off. The entrance
>opens, and two men dressed in pilot's uniforms walk up the aisle. Both
>are
>wearing dark glasses, one is using a seeing-eye dog, and the other is
>tapping his way up the aisle with a cane.
>
>Nervous laughter spreads through the cabin but the men enter the
>cockpit,
>the door closes, and the engines start up. The passengers begin glancing
>nervously around, 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 the people at the windows realise that they're headed
>straight for the water at the edge of the airport territory. As it
>begins to
>look as though the plane will plough into the water, panicked screams
>fill
>the cabin. At that moment, the plane lifts smoothly into the air. The
>passengers relax and laugh a little sheepishly, and soon all retreat
>into
>their magazines, secure in the knowledge that the plane is in good
>hands.
>
>In the cockpit, the co-pilot turns to the pilot and says, "You know,
>Bob,
>one of these days, they're gonna scream too late, and we're all gonna
>die."
>Passengers on a small commuter plane are waiting for the flight to
>leave.
>They're getting a little impatient, but the airport staff assures them
>that
>the pilots will be there soon, and the flight can take off. The entrance
>opens, and two men dressed in pilot's uniforms walk up the aisle. Both
>are
>wearing dark glasses, one is using a seeing-eye dog, and the other is
>tapping his way up the aisle with a cane.
>
>Nervous laughter spreads through the cabin but the men enter the
>cockpit,
>the door closes, and the engines start up. The passengers begin glancing
>nervously around, 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 the people at the windows realise that they're headed
>straight for the water at the edge of the airport territory. As it
>begins to
>look as though the plane will plough into the water, panicked screams
>fill
>the cabin. At that moment, the plane lifts smoothly into the air. The
>passengers relax and laugh a little sheepishly, and soon all retreat
>into
>their magazines, secure in the knowledge that the plane is in good
>hands.
>
>In the cockpit, the co-pilot turns to the pilot and says, "You know,
>Bob,
>one of these days, they're gonna scream too late, and we're all gonna
>die."
