>One day at a busy airport, the passengers on a commercial airliner are
>seated, waiting for the cockpit crew to show up so they can get under way.
>The pilot and copilot finally appear in the rear of the plane, and begin
>walking up to the cockpit through the center aisle.
>
>Both appear to be blind.  The pilot is using a white cane, bumping into
>passengers right and left as he stumbles down the aisle, and the copilot is
>using a guide dog.  Both have their eyes covered with huge sunglasses.  At
>first the passengers do not react; thinking that it must be some sort of
>practical joke.  However, after a few minutes the engines start revving and
>the airplane starts moving down the runway. The passengers look at each other
>with some uneasiness, whispering among themselves and looking desperately to
>the stewardesses for reassurance.
>
>Then the airplane starts accelerating rapidly and people begin panicking.
>Some passengers are praying, and as the plane gets closer and closer to the
>end of the runway, the voices are becoming more and more hysterical.
>Finally, when the airplane has less than 20 feet of runway left, there is a
>sudden change in the pitch of the shouts as everyone screams at once, and at
>the very last moment the airplane lifts off and is airborne.  Up in the
>cockpit, the copilot breathes a sigh of relief and turns to the pilot: "You
>know, one of these days the passengers aren't going to scream, and we're
>gonna get killed!"