Short A Parachute?

One night, a Delta twin-engine commuter
plane was flying over New Jersey. There were five people on board: the
pilot, Michael Jordan, Bill Gates, the Dali Lama
and a hippie. Suddenly an oxygen generator exploded loudly in the
luggage compartment and the passenger cabin began to fill with smoke.The
cockpit door opened and the pilot burst into the cabin area.
"Gentlemen," he said, "I have some good news and some bad news. The bad
news is that we are about to crash. The good news is that there are four
parachutes and I have one of them!" With that the pilot threw open the
door and jumped from the plane.  Michal Jordan was on his feet in a
flash. "Gentlemen," he said, "I am the world's greatest athlete. The
world needs great athletes. I think the wodld's gretest athlete should
have a parachute!" With these words, he grabbed one of the remaining
parachutes and hurtled through the door into the night sky. Bill Gates
arose and said, "Gentlemen, I am the world's smartest man.The world
needs smart men. I think the world's smartest man should have a
parachute!" He grabbed one and jumped from the plane. The Dali Lama and
the hippie looked at one another. Finally the Dali Lama spoke. "My
son,"he said, I have lived a satisfying life and have known the bliss of
the true enlightment. You have your life ahead of you, so you take the
remaining parachute and I will go down with the plane. The hippie smiled
slowly and said, "Hey, don't worry about it pop. The world's smartest
man just jumped out wearing my backpack!"

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