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Aerows

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21. Elementary.
Fri Mar 22, 2013, 02:07 PM
Mar 2013

A pilot is flying a small, single-engine, charter plane with a couple of really important executives on board into Seattle airport. There is fog so thick that visibility is 40 feet, and his instruments are out. He circles looking for a landmark and after an hour, he is low on fuel and his passengers are very nervous. At last, through a small opening in the fog he sees a tall building with one guy working alone on the fifth floor.

Circling, the pilot banks and holds up a piece of cardboard with the question: "Hey, where am I?". The solitary office worker holds up a sign in marker that says: "You're in an airplane.".

The pilot immediately executes a swift 275 degree turn and executes a perfect blind landing on the airport's runway five miles away. Just as the plane stops, the engines cough and die from lack of fuel. The stunned passengers ask the pilot how he did it.

"Elementary," replies the pilot, "I asked the guy in that building a simple question. The answer he gave me was 100% correct but absolutely useless; therefore, I knew that must be Microsoft's support office and from there the airport is three minutes away on a course of 87 degrees."

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This deserves a post because???? it is relevant to Democratic politics somehow Coyotl Mar 2013 #1
It's a lame joke follow-up to this thread... DanTex Mar 2013 #3
Lame is in the funny bone of the beholder riqster Mar 2013 #9
all OP must be series! snooper2 Mar 2013 #7
I am disappoint. n/t Aerows Mar 2013 #12
You need to keep up. RevStPatrick Mar 2013 #13
Oh, for f***s sake. NaturalHigh Mar 2013 #18
unfortunately BainsBane Mar 2013 #31
Ermahgerd board nernies!! WilliamPitt Mar 2013 #19
I am outraged by this blatantly sexist joke mainer Mar 2013 #2
p.s. Can I take your photo? mainer Mar 2013 #4
Is it blatant or benevolent? sharp_stick Mar 2013 #5
Just don't get the OP or yourself fired! Apophis Mar 2013 #23
Indeed. OP should be fired. Who knew there might be comments on the web folks don't like? The Straight Story Mar 2013 #29
Rene Descartes walks into a bar riqster Mar 2013 #6
Whoa, whoa, whoa! Dr. Strange Mar 2013 #8
Are we back to door holding again? In_The_Wind Mar 2013 #32
Then, the dongle said, MineralMan Mar 2013 #10
Is that dongle a serial killer?? lastlib Mar 2013 #14
LOL Aerows Mar 2013 #11
is that "two if by C:" or "two if by C+"? lastlib Mar 2013 #15
Well, both referred to storage Aerows Mar 2013 #20
This message was self-deleted by its author In_The_Wind Mar 2013 #33
Coding a friend for an AI markbark Mar 2013 #16
Ports can be active all the time, or only sometimes. RC Mar 2013 #22
Active dongle? markbark Mar 2013 #25
Naaa... Just stating the obvious from a computer nerd viewpoint. RC Mar 2013 #26
A hub is promiscuous BlueStreak Mar 2013 #30
bartender says...."Why the long trace?" Evasporque Mar 2013 #17
Elementary. Aerows Mar 2013 #21
Something is off here. RC Mar 2013 #24
The Urban Dictionary cali Mar 2013 #27
Hey what they both did was stupid Rex Mar 2013 #28
Dubious dongle debacle doom, dan. Warren DeMontague Mar 2013 #34
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