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368 lines
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This is a short play about the World's safest airline everyone's rushing
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to get on: Valujet. Lord knows how safe it realy is! :)
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This is user domain, so feel free to distribute this script. HOWEVER,
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you MUST keep the document intact, WITHOUT EDITING OF ANY KIND.
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(Except for misspellings. I'm nutoriously known for that.) :)
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Comments? E-mail me at Georgef551@aol.com
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LEGAL MUMBO-JUMBO: This little play is nothing but pure comedy, with absolute
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intentions to make sick puppies like you laugh. :) This
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play was NOT intended for slander of any kind whatsoever.
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I, the writer, declaring my intentions above, am NOT
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responsible for ANY mis-interpretations by anyone who will
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read this play. Remember, it's just comedy, not an attack!
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It's a typical day at Kennedy Airport, where everyone indeed acts like a Ken-
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nedy, by getting drunk, having their way with women, and driving off bridges.
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We arrive at the airport at the height of the evening commute.
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"BING! Valujet flight 666 will soon be leaving gate 13 at 8pm."
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PASSENGER 1: Well, that seems to be our flight. Let's check the board for
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arrivals and departures.
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PASSENGER 2: That's a good idea. First, why don't we stop at the Cheers Bar?
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It's "Kennedy Night"! You get drunk and do the waitresses!
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PASSENGER 1: Sounds like a plan to me! It's 7:32pm, so we have time to kill.
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Meanwhile, in the hangars which Valujet mechanics are working on their
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State-of-the-art, 30 year-old DC9's:
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MECHANIC 1: Woah! You know something dude? You get stoned before you start
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work, bro, these planes look so...like..huge man!
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MECHANIC 2: Someone big said somethin's like, wrong with the planes. HEY!
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LOOK AT THAT! There's 2 big metal things coming out of the plane!
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Like, one on each side bro! Dude, you think we should, like, get
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rid of those?
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MECHANIC 1: Yeah, man! Like, this can make the plane smaller, so it's like,
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more aerodynamic. GET THE BLOWTORCHES MAN!
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MECHANIC 3: Sorry I'm late guys. It's tough coming off a hangover after you
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drink about 15 beers last night.
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MECHANIC 1: Dude, that's like, okay man. I'm not the big boss here for
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nut'thin ya' know.
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MECHANIC 3: Hey, I found something wrong on all the planes. It seems there's
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these big blades in those huge engines, and when they rotate
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quickly, they seem to suck things into them. Is there something
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that we can do to elliminate the problem?
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MECHANIC 2: I think we could put glass over them to stop that. Now, you....
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MECHANIC 1: WOAH! Like, that's not the answer dude! You take that damn blades
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off, and replace them with....I don't know.... PIGEONS!
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MECHANIC 3: Yeah! Pigeons fly. Planes fly. It's going to work perfectly!
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MECHANIC 1: EXACTLY! ....woah! I had, like, a vertigo moment. Cool!
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Meanwhile, back in the airport, the pilots of flight 666 are going into
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one of the little souveneir shops to find something.
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PILOT: Do you have any maps?
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CASHIER: Yes we do little girl. Whick one do you wnat?
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PILOT: DON'T CALL ME A LITTLE GIRL! I AM 7 YEARS OLD! Now, duty-head, I want
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a map showing the way to get from this city to Miami.
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CO-PILOT: I think you made a boo-boo. I think we are suposed to go to that
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city with Mickey Mouse, and daily big hurry-canes.
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PILOT: No, it says on the board that we're going to Miami. LOOK AT IT..HEY!
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what happened to that board? It had words and stuff on it....
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Well, why ARE those destination boards down? Well, we go to the computer
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area of the building and find out what's going on.
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TECH 1: Something's wrong! I got calls about the boards going down, and that
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our Customer Service People's terminals went dead. We have to go and
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check up on the mainframe.
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TECH 2: I bet it's nothing too big. Probably someone overloaded the thing.
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TECH 1: Why do it now?
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TECH 2: DooM was on it too, and you want to play it again, don't you?
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TECH 1: Yeah! Let's get to the problem NOW!
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The Technicians are on their way down to the Computer Area to see what's
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wrong with the mainframes. However, during this precious time frame, another
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passenger is trying to book a flight, and the Customer Service Represenative
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is under the gun, a to explain the problem.
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REP: Well sir, It seems our computers went down. I can't book a seat for you
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on flight 666. However, it may be up and running on time to catch the
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667 at 9 tonight.
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MAN: Well, I can't do that. I NEED to get on that plane. I NEED to get out
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of here as fast as I can. There are people that seem to be after me for
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some reason, and I need to get away before they get me.
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REP: Well sir, I'd like to help you out in your situation, but our computers
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are down. We can't arrange your flight because everything is on those
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mainframes in the Computer Room. Until those are fixed, we are stuck
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waiting. We're sorry that this is an inconvienience to you sir.
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MAN: You don't understand. I HAVE to get on that plane! My life COULD depend
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on it! This REALLY, REALLY matters!
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REP: Well sir, even if the computers were running, it would most likely be
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unlikely to get you on the 666 anyway, because you are a little late.
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Either way we look at it, you'd have to wait, and until the computers
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are going once again, we all have to wait.
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MAN: This is very annoying! I'm NOT going to WAIT ALL FREAKIN' DAY!!
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REP: WOAH, SIR! You're angry, aren't you?
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MAN: YES, DAMMIT!!!!! YES!!!!!!
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REP: Well, What makes this flight so improtant anyway?
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MAN: I AM TED KONZINSKI! THE UNIBOMBER!! I'M GOING TO GET CAUGHT BY THE FBI!!
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Meanwhile, after a long sit at the john, the techies went into the secret
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Computer Area, to find out what went wrong.
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TECH 1: YO! What the hell are you doing here you bum! Get out of this room!
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STREET BUM: OKAY, OKAY! You don't have to yell man! It's warm in here. I'll
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go, I'll go, just don't call Security.
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TECH 1: Well, okay. Just don't come back here again!
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STREET BUM: Yeah! Later!
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Well, so much for that being a secret area. :) Well, the techies finally
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get to the compter area, and they were quite shocked at what they saw!
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TECH 1: Oh my god, NO!!!
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TECH 2: Oh dear, THE MAINFRAME CRASHED, AND IT'S ON FIRE!
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TECH 1: Stop standing there looking stupid, GET THE FIRE EXTINGUISHERS!
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TECH 2: Where are they?
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TECH 1: Could they be right there, in that box that says FIRE EXTINGUISHER?!
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TECH 2: Wow! This fire's a tough one to put out! I bet it's gone through
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nearly the entire system!
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TECH 1: Will you shut up, and concentrate on putting out the fire?!
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It's about 7:50pm now, and the 2 passengers, after being thrown out of the
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Cheers Bar and restraunt, for "over Kennedy-ing", they head for the gate
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to their Valujet plane.
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PASSENGER 1: Well, whasn't that fun?!
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PASSENGER 2: Yes it twas. Time to board our flight. It's 5 minutes before
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take off, so they say.
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TICKET TAKER: Tickets please.
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PASSENGER 1: I uh... lost mine.
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PASSENGER 2: Yeah, me too.
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TICKET TAKER: Whatever.... Get on.
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PASSENGER 2: Cool! Hey, what are those children doing, and why are they go-
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ing into the Cockpit?
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At that time, the young pilots got a map of the United States, but it was
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just a raod map.
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PILOT: Let's see, how do we get to Miami? I guess we go down, right?
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CO-PILOT: That's what the map says dog-face! But how do you get to I-95 from
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Kennedy Airport?
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PILOT: Gimme that. At least I passed, with a cool D-Minus, in Geography!
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CO-PILOT: That's why you're among the best Valujet Pilots, I guess.
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PILOT: Hey, where are the wings?!
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Things are still going quite badly for our Techies in the Computer Area.
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TECH 1: The fire is almost out. It does not look so good for our system, and
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for those waiting for other flights.
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TECH 2: Yeah. Look at that. All the components are either melted, or burned
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to the point of being beyond regognition.
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TECH 1: Looks like there are no survivors inside there.
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TECH 2: Want some Gatorade in the Cafeteria?
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TECH 1: Hell, why not? That Computer Room looks like the Everglades now!
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TECH 2: Well, the question is, how are we going to break it to our staff?
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they now have to process everything, by hand, with paper and pencil.
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TECH 1: OH MY GOD! THIS IS A TERRIFYING DISASTER!
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AS if things could not get any worse for Valujet, a suprise inspection was
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ordered by the FAA on their hangar, where our 3 trustworthy mechanics are.
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MECHANIC 1: Hey, have you dudes, like, blowtorched the rest of those metal
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extremities off the other planes yet?
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MECHANIC 2: Like, yeah, man. I even replaced those annoying engine blades
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with pigeons, just like you asked!
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MECHANIC 3: Is it my hallusinations from those beers last night, or is that
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the FAA coming over for those inspections?
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MECHANIC 1: Like, bummer dude.
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MECHANIC 2: Well if it ain't the FAA!
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Needless to say, that when the FAA examined the work these mechanics have
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done on the planes, they have found the Valujet mechanics stoned, or drunk.
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Not only that, but they found them doing very sloppy work, and dismantling
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perfectly good plane parts, and replacing them, if at all, with things
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that simply don't work. Needless to say, the FAA got them fired, and now they
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are living in a vacant building getting stoned and drunk on their own time.
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"BING! Flight 666 is now leaving for Miami. Next flight will be the 667 at
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9 o'clock."
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Now, the experienced 7 and 5 year old pilots are pulling out from the
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airport terminal and onto the runway, geting ready for takeoff.
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PILOT: I want to do the safety instructions for the passengers.
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CO-PILOT: No, I want to do them!
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PILOT: No, I am! I'm the PI-LUT!
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CO-PILOT: If you don't let me do them, I'll tell Mommy who stole those
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cookies from the cookie jar.
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PILOT: We'll be up 30 hundred-zillion feet! She won't care!
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CO-PILOT: We have to return home, don't we.
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PILOT: Fine, do it! Hope you get cooties when you get to first grade!
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Once the Pilot and Co-pilot get the plane started up, with their new wing-
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less, pigeon-powered engines, the luggage trucks are arriving.
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DIRVER 1: I'm suprosed they're allowing these suitcases full of MK47's and
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highly vollitile explosives aboard the 666 in the cargo hold, Eh?
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DRIVER 2: Well, SOME airline's got to do it, and hire the brave Canadian
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Truck Drivers to do it!
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DRIVER 1: Here comes the plane now. Hey! We drive quite well while we're
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drunk, don't we, eh?
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DRIVER 2: Well we sure...OH NO! WE'RE GONNA' CRASH INTO THE PLANE!
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Both Drivers: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Fortunately for flight 666, the baggage trucks veered to one side, then they
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tipped over and crashed into a metro bus. Many on the bus were seriously
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injured in the explosions, and few were killed. The drivers were then con-
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victed with vehicular homicide, with 2 years in jail.
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PILOT: We're now ready for takeoff.
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CO-PILOT: Our new pigeon engines sure help that big one on the tail!
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PILOT: We're getting up to speed, but not to quickly.
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CO-PILOT: We're not going up. I'm pulling on the stick!
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PILOT: Houston, we have a problem....
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Flight 666 could not take off, due to the incapability of the plane to
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reach the needed speed to take off, and at 20 miles per hour, they hurtle
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into the water. Fortunately, everyone got out of the plane, with some
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very minor injuries to some passengers fleeing to get out of the sinking
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aircraft. Fortunately for Valujet, no one died.
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Later that day, the Valujet President was under investigation, as special
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reports come up onto everyone's TV sets. Reporters and officials were
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bombarding the Valujet President about their practices, and the accident.
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REPORTER 1: Are you aware that your crews and staff are not capable of doing
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their jobs to keep your airline safe?
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PRES: I am aware that out best 3 mechanics did make a few minor snafus fixing
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the DC 9. In order to keep costs down for the customer, we had to make
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a few sacrifices to maintain our excellent fares. I'm not saying that I
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fully support the 3 mechanic's actions though.
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FAA OFFICIAL: Why exactly are you allowing a 7 year old to pilot your planes?
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PRES: She was qualified. She had enough air time with her father that she
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could land a hang glider quite well! They still will have their jobs,
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at a fair $1.25 per hour, with a $.05 raise next year.
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REPORTER 2: What about the computer problems in the terminals?
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PRES: I don't have any authority on that. the techs said the lab mice running
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the air cooling units, slept, overheating the mainframes, causing the
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fire. The system will be replaced with a state-of-the-art 8088 system.
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FAA OFFICIAL: What about your aging fleet of DC 9's?
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PRES: I think they are perfectly safe. Granted, this flight couldn't make it
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off the ground, and another flight lost the roof of the fusilage, and
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another one had to make an emergency landing with an engine fire. Oh,
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not to mention the belly landing at Logan, and a fire scorching the
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entire cabin of another plane. All in all, it was a good day for us!
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The constant bombarding of the Valujet President with concearning
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questions continued for an hour later, and everyone on flight 666, got
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home by bus or train safely. Now, what's to happen with flight 667?
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-= THE END =-
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