Plane Ride

Michael Jordan, GW Bush, the Dali Lama, and a rock star are on a private plane together.

Suddenly the pilot comes out and announces, “This plane is going down. There’s enough parachutes for all but one of you. You all can figure it out yourself.”

After that he grabs a chute, pulls the door open and jumps out.

There’s stunned silence for a few moments.

Then Jordan stands up and says, “The world needs great athletes and I’m the greatest athlete, so I’m going.”

He takes a chute and jumps out of the plane.

Bush stands up next and says, “The world needs smart men and I’m the smartest man, so I’m going.”

He takes a chute and jumps out.

The Dail Lama looks at the rock star and says, “You know, I’ve lived a long time and had a good life…you take the last chute.”

For a moment the rock star just looks at him, then grins and says,

“That’s alright…the smartest man just jumped out with my duffel bag.”