Tannin
Storage? I am Storage!
A small aircraft develops a major problem. There seems no doubt that it will crash. There are five passengers, but only four parachutes.
The first passenger says: "My name is Bob Dylan. I'm a singer and I have fans all over the world who would be hearbroken if I died. For the sake of my fans, I think I had better take one of the parachutes."
The others talk it over, and decide that, yes, Bob Dylan had better save himself. Dylan promises that he will write a song to make all the rest of them famous, picks up a parachute and jumps out.
The second passenger says: "My name is Bill Gates. I'm a rich, selfish bastard, but if you let me live, I promise to give my entire fortune to charity and make Windows open source. Also, I promise that I will spend the rest of my life answering the phone at the Microsoft help desk.
Despite Bill's rancid past, the other passengers decide that this is too good an opportunity to give up. They tell him to take his chute and jump.
The third passenger says: "To hell with all this discussion stuff, what we need is leadership! My name is George W Bush and I'm the President of the United States of America. I'm a very important man with serious work to do, and I have a loving wife and two beautiful children to think of. I am taking a parachute and I'm getting out of here.
He jumps out of the plane before anyone can stop him.
The last two passengers are the Pope and a ten-year-old girl.
"My dear", says the Pope, "I am an old man, full of sadness, with only a few years left to live. Most of my life is behind me, while you are young and full of hope. You go, my dear. I'll stay here on the plane and take my chances.
"There is no need for that, Holy Father." says the little girl. "We can both jump. On his way out, that last man picked up my schoolbag."
The first passenger says: "My name is Bob Dylan. I'm a singer and I have fans all over the world who would be hearbroken if I died. For the sake of my fans, I think I had better take one of the parachutes."
The others talk it over, and decide that, yes, Bob Dylan had better save himself. Dylan promises that he will write a song to make all the rest of them famous, picks up a parachute and jumps out.
The second passenger says: "My name is Bill Gates. I'm a rich, selfish bastard, but if you let me live, I promise to give my entire fortune to charity and make Windows open source. Also, I promise that I will spend the rest of my life answering the phone at the Microsoft help desk.
Despite Bill's rancid past, the other passengers decide that this is too good an opportunity to give up. They tell him to take his chute and jump.
The third passenger says: "To hell with all this discussion stuff, what we need is leadership! My name is George W Bush and I'm the President of the United States of America. I'm a very important man with serious work to do, and I have a loving wife and two beautiful children to think of. I am taking a parachute and I'm getting out of here.
He jumps out of the plane before anyone can stop him.
The last two passengers are the Pope and a ten-year-old girl.
"My dear", says the Pope, "I am an old man, full of sadness, with only a few years left to live. Most of my life is behind me, while you are young and full of hope. You go, my dear. I'll stay here on the plane and take my chances.
"There is no need for that, Holy Father." says the little girl. "We can both jump. On his way out, that last man picked up my schoolbag."
