On Fri, 10 Aug 2007 18:23:07 -0400, Mike <no@where.man> wrote:
> In article <46bce3a4$0$19339$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au>,
> "will_s" <willsjunkremove@optusnet.com.au> wrote:
>
> > "Adam Albright" <AA@ABC.net> wrote in message
> > news
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> > > http://www.thehumorarchives.com/joke/Big_Airbags
> > >
> >
> >
> > A helicopter with a pilot and a single passenger was flying around above
> > Seattle when a malfunction disabled all of the aircraft's navigation and
> > communications equipment. Due to the darkness and haze, the pilot could not
> > determine the helicopter's position and course to get back to the airport.
>
> That was funny the *first* time I heard it 30 years ago, only then it
> was an IBM support building in a different city. It probably goes back
> farther than that.
Thirty years ago sounds about right. In the original version, the man
was in a hot air balloon about ten feet above the ground, and asked
someone on the ground where he was. When the answer came back, you're
in a balloon ten feet up in the air, he replied "You're an IBM
salesman, right?"
"How did you know?" brought the same answer.
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Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
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