It’s like a virus

An airplane is about to crash. There are five passengers on board, but only four parachutes.

The first passenger says “I am Payton Manning, the greatest football player in the game. Millions and millions of fans worship me, I am that important to the game.” With that he grabs the first chute and jumps out of the plane.

The second passenger, Hillary Clinton, says “I am the wife of the former president of the United States. I’m a Senator from New York, and have a good chance of being the first woman elected to the office of President.” She grabs the second parachute and bails out of the plane.

The third passenger, George W. Bush, says “I am the President of the United States of America. I am the smartest president in the history of the country, and cannot shun the responsibility to my people by dying.” With that, he takes the third chute and jumps out of the plane too.

The fourth passenger, the Pope,says to the fifth passenger, a young school boy of about ten, “I am old. I have lived my life as a priest should and so I shall leave the last parachute for you.You have the rest of your life ahead of you.”

The little boy responds by saying “Don’t fret old man… there is a parachute for each of us! The smartest president just jumped out of the airplane with my backpack.”

The moral of this story is:

A country gets the President it deserves.

Up, up, and away…

A man is flying around in a hot air balloon. He suddenly realizes he’s lost,
so he reduces his altitude and approaches a man on the ground below.

He shouts, “Excuse me, can you tell me where I am?”

The man below says, “Yes, you’re in a hot air balloon, about thirty feet off
the ground.” To which the balloonist replies, “You must work in Information
Technology.”

The man on the ground says, “Yes, I do. How did you know?”

“Well everything you told me was technically correct, but it’s no use to
anyone.”

To which the man on the ground replied, “You must work in business.”

“Yes,” said the balloonist, “How did you know?”

“Well, you don’t know where you are, or where you’re going, but you expect
me to be able to help. You’re in the same position before we met, but now
it’s my fault.”