A plane was about to crash and there were five people on board and only four parachutes. The first person said. "I am Roy Keane, the greatest footballer in Ireland. I am worth a lot of money and my fans need me so I think I should be saved."
The others agreed and gave him one of the parachutes and off he went.
The second person said "I am Tony Blair, a politician who can really help my country and I think I should be saved."
The others said "OK" and gave him a parachute.
The third person said "I am David Beckham, captain of the English national squad. I have a wife and two sons. Everyone knows I am a really nice guy and everyone thinks I am stupid, but I'm not, so I am taking a parachute." And off he went.
There were two folk left, the Pope and a 10 year old schoolgirl.
The Pope said, "Child I am old and frail and have lived my life while you are young with everything before you. You take the parachute and I will stay with the aircraft and take my chance."
"It's OK," said the little girl, "There are still two parachutes. David Beckham picked up my school bag."
Now it seems that Ryanair”s latest promotional push over Christmas to give away half a million tickets has come a little unstuck with 20% left with the airline. A spokesman said that the unused seats (Ryanair does not actually have tickets as such) were at unsociable hours. In truth the same happened at the time of the one million September giveaway with 135,00 seats not disposed of at the end of the campaign.
It could be argued that with some airlines you just can”t give the tickets away.
We are grateful to reader Buon Me Thuot, DacLak Province, Central Highlands, VietNam, for his help in translating ”silly moo” and we quote "Ngu xuan ca voi cai". Now you know.