An aircraft is about to crash. There are
five passengers on board, but unfortunately only 4 parachutes. The
first
passenger says, “I’m Shaquille O’Neill, the best NBA
basketball
player. The Lakers need me, it would be unfair to them if I
died.” So he
takes the first parachute and jumps.
The second
passenger, Hillary Clinton, says, “I am the wife of the
former
President of the United States. I am also the most dedicated woman
in the
world, a Senator in New York and America’s potential future
President”. She takes one of the parachutes and jumps.
The third
passenger, George W. Bush, says, “I am the President of the
United States
of America. I have a huge responsibility in world
politics. And
apart from that, I am the most intelligent President in the
history of
the country and I have a responsibility to my people not to
die.”
So he takes a parachute and jumps.
The fourth passenger, th
e Pope, says to the fifth passenger, a ten year
old schoolboy, “I
am already old. I have already lived my life, as a
good person and
a priest I will give you the last parachute”.
The boy replies
“No problem your Pope-ness, there is also a parachute
for you.
America’s most intelligent President has taken my
schoolbag.”