Here are some conversations that airline passengers normally don't hear          The following are actual exchanges between airline pilots and control towers from around the world: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A DC-10 had an exceedingly long roll out after landing with his approach speed a little high. San Jose Tower:  "American 751 heavy, turn right at the end of the runway, if able.  If not able, take the Guadalupe exit off Highway 101, make a right at the lights and return to the airport." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ While taxiing at London Gatwick, the crew of a US Air flight departing for Ft. Lauderdale made a wrong turn and came nose to nose with a United 727. An irate female ground controller lashed out at the US Air crew, screaming, "US Air 2771, where the hell are you going? I told you to turn right onto Charlie taxiway! You turned right on Delta! Stop right there. I know it's difficult for you to tell the difference between C's, and D's, but get it right!"  Continuing her tirade to the embarrassed crew, she was now shouting hysterically, "God, you've screwed up everything! It'll take forever to sort this out! You stay right there and don't move 'til I tell you to! You can expect progressive taxi instructions in about half an hour and I want you to go exactly where I tell you, when I tell you, and how I tell you! You got that, US Air 2771?"  "Yes ma'am," the humbled crew responded. Naturally the ground control frequency went terribly silent after the verbal bashing of US Air 2771. Nobody wanted to engage the irate ground controller in her current state. Tension in every cockpit at LGA was running high.  Then an unknown pilot broke the silence and asked, "Wasn't I married to you once?" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Unknown aircraft: "I'm f*cking bored!" Air Traffic Control: "Last aircraft transmitting, identify yourself immediately!"  Unknown aircraft: "I said I was f*cking bored, not f*cking stupid!" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tower: "Eastern 702, cleared for takeoff, contact Departure on 124.7." Eastern 702: "Tower, Eastern 702 switching to Departure.  By the way, after we lifted off, we saw some kind of dead animal on the far end of the runway." Tower: "Continental 635, cleared for takeoff, contact Departure on 124.7. Did you copy that report from Eastern 702?" Continental 635:  "Continental 635, cleared for takeoff, roger; and yes, we copied Eastern and we've already notified our caterers......" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The German air controllers at Frankfurt Airport are renowned as a short-tempered lot. They not only expect one to know one's gate parking location, but how to get there without any assistance from them.  So it was with some amusement that we (a Pan Am 747) listened to the following exchange between Frankfurt ground control and a British Airways 747, call sign "Speedbird 206."  Speedbird 206: "Frankfurt, Speedbird 206 clear of active runway." Ground: "Speedbird 206. Taxi to gate Alpha One-Seven."  The BA 747 pulled onto the main taxiway and slowed to a stop. Ground: "Speedbird, do you not know where you are going?" Speedbird 206 "Stand by, Ground, I'm looking up our gate location now." Ground: (with arrogant impatience) "Speedbird 206, have you not been to Frankfurt before?"  Speedbird 206 (coolly): "Yes, twice in 1944 but I didn't stop." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ O'Hare Approach Control: "United 329 heavy, your traffic is a Fokker, one o'clock, three miles, eastbound." United 239: "Approach, I've always wanted to say this... I've got the little Fokker in sight." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A Pan Am 727 flight engineer waiting for start clearance in Munich overheard the following Lufthansa (in German):  "Ground, what is our start clearance time?" Ground (in English): "If you want an answer, you must speak English." Lufthansa (in English): "I am a German, flying a German airplane, in Germany. Why must I speak English?"  Unknown voice (in a beautiful British accent): "Because you lost the bloody war!"

Dennis Rodman A woman is picked up by Dennis Rodman in a bar. They like each other and she goes back with him to his hotel room.  He removes his shirt revealing all his tattoos and she sees that on his arm is one which reads, "Reebok."  She thinks that is a bit odd and asks him about it. Dennis says, "When I play basketball, the cameras pick up the tattoo and Reebok pays me for advertisement."  A bit later, his pants are off and she sees "Puma" tattooed on his leg. He gives the same explanation for the unusual tattoo.  Finally, the underwear comes off and she sees the word "AIDS" tattooed on his penis. She jumps back with shock. "I'm not going to do it with a guy who has AIDS!"  He says, "It's cool baby. In a minute it's going to say 'ADIDAS'."

QUOTE OF THE YEAR Nominated for Quote of the Year is the statement made by Texas Congressman Dick Armey when asked, "If you had been in President Clinton's place would you have resigned?"  Dick Armey's reply:  "If I had been in the president's place I would not have gotten the chance to resign. I would have been lying in a pool of my own blood, looking up, and listening to my wife ask, "How do you reload this son of a bitch'?"

Subject: Good Fix A dad walks into a market with his young son. The kid is holding a quarter. Suddenly, the boy starts choking, going blue in the face. The dad realizes the boy has swallowed the quarter and starts panicking, shouting for help.  A well dressed, attractive, but serious looking woman in a blue business suit is sitting at a coffee bar in the market reading her newspaper and sipping a cup of coffee. At the sound of the commotion, she looks up, puts her coffee cup down on the saucer,  neatly folds the newspaper and places it on the counter, gets up from her seat and makes her way, unhurried, across the market.  Reaching the boy, the woman carefully takes hold of the boy's testicles and starts to squeeze, gently at first and then ever more firmly. After a few seconds the boy convulses violently and coughs up the quarter, which the woman deftly catches in her free hand.  Releasing the boy, the woman hands the coin to the father and walks back to her seat in the coffee bar without saying a word.  As soon as he is sure that his son has suffered no lasting ill effects, the father rushes over to the woman and starts thanking her saying, "I've never seen anybody do anything like that before, it was fantastic. Are you a doctor?"  "No," the woman replies..."Divorce Attorney."

Funny Nuns Sitting behind a couple of nuns at a baseball game (with their big habits partially blocking the view), three men decided to badger the nuns in an effort to get them to move. In a very loud voice, the first guy said, "I think I'm going to move to Utah... there are only 100 Nuns living there."  The second guy spoke up and said, "I want to go to Montana... there are only 50 Nuns living there."  The third guy spoke up and said, "I want to go to Idaho ... there are only 25 Nuns living there." One of the nuns turned around, and looked at the men, and calmly said, "Why don't you go to hell...there aren't any Nuns there."

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