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Pastimes : Laughter is the Best Medicine - Tell us a joke -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Wooly who wrote (10480)	6/25/1999 10:18:00 AM
From: Carol Putnam	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 62549

Well, late one afternoon, the Air Force folks out at > Area 51 were very > surprised to see a Cessna landing at their "secret" > base. They immediately > impounded the aircraft and hauled the pilot into an > interrogation room. > > The pilot's story was that he took off from Vegas, > got lost, and spotted the > Base just as he was about to run out of fuel. The > Air Force started a full > FBI background check on the pilot and held him > overnight during the > investigation. > > By the next day, they were finally convinced that > the pilot really was lost > and wasn't a spy. They gassed up his airplane, gave > him a terrifying > "you-did-not-see-a-base" briefing, complete with > threats of spending the > rest of his life in prison, told him Vegas was > that-a-way on such-and-such a > heading, and sent him on his way. > > The next day, to the total disbelief of the Air > Force, the same Cessna > showed up again. Once again, the MP's surrounded > the plane...only this > time there were two people in the plane. > > The same pilot jumped out and said, "Do anything you > want to me, but my wife > is in the plane and you have to tell her where I was > last night!"