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Sorry dude, If it helps.. I too am trying to 'cut down'


In keeping with the thread title: A good read hehee.

Just the Canadian Government's way of ensuring Public safety. Even Santa, operating from within the Canadian territory, has to deal with check rides. Santa Claus, like all pilots, gets regular visits from Transport Canada (TC), and it was shortly before Christmas when the TC examiner arrived. In preparation, Santa had the elves wash the sled and bathe all the reindeer. Santa got his logbook out and made sure all his paperwork was in order. The examiner walked slowly around the sled. He checked the reindeer harnesses, the landing gear, and Rudolf's nose. He painstakingly reviewed Santa's weight and balance calculations for the sled's enormous payload. Finally, they were ready for the checkride. santa got in, fastened his seatbelt and shoulder harness, and checked the compass. Then the examiner hopped in carrying, to Santa's surprise, a shotgun. "What's that for?" asked Santa incredulously. The examiner winked and said, "I'm not supposed to tell you this, but you're gonna lose an engine on takeoff."



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Just the Canadian Government's way of ensuring Public safety. Even Santa, operating from within the Canadian territory, has to deal with check rides. Santa Claus, like all pilots, gets regular visits from Transport Canada (TC), and it was shortly before Christmas when the TC examiner arrived. In preparation, Santa had the elves wash the sled and bathe all the reindeer. Santa got his logbook out and made sure all his paperwork was in order. The examiner walked slowly around the sled. He checked the reindeer harnesses, the landing gear, and Rudolf's nose. He painstakingly reviewed Santa's weight and balance calculations for the sled's enormous payload. Finally, they were ready for the checkride. santa got in, fastened his seatbelt and shoulder harness, and checked the compass. Then the examiner hopped in carrying, to Santa's surprise, a shotgun. "What's that for?" asked Santa incredulously. The examiner winked and said, "I'm not supposed to tell you this, but you're gonna lose an engine on takeoff."


I think there was some betting going on a while back on when (how many days before christmas) someone will post this joke in talkback.:P I can't find that thread now, but I wonder who won.

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I think there was some betting going on a while back on when (how many days before christmas) someone will post this joke in talkback.:P I can't find that thread now, but I wonder who won.




Hmmm, was there money at stake? 'Cause if there was, as soon as Ivan shows up here, I want my share of the winnings. :P



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Just the Canadian Government's way of ensuring Public safety. Even Santa, operating from within the Canadian territory, has to deal with check rides. Santa Claus, like all pilots, gets regular visits from Transport Canada (TC), and it was shortly before Christmas when the TC examiner arrived. In preparation, Santa had the elves wash the sled and bathe all the reindeer. Santa got his logbook out and made sure all his paperwork was in order. The examiner walked slowly around the sled. He checked the reindeer harnesses, the landing gear, and Rudolf's nose. He painstakingly reviewed Santa's weight and balance calculations for the sled's enormous payload. Finally, they were ready for the checkride. santa got in, fastened his seatbelt and shoulder harness, and checked the compass. Then the examiner hopped in carrying, to Santa's surprise, a shotgun. "What's that for?" asked Santa incredulously. The examiner winked and said, "I'm not supposed to tell you this, but you're gonna lose an engine on takeoff."


I think there was some betting going on a while back on when (how many days before christmas) someone will post this joke in talkback.:P I can't find that thread now, but I wonder who won.



quade started the thread i believe....

his version had better timing IMO..;)
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I think there was some betting going on a while back on when (how many days before christmas) someone will post this joke in talkback.:P I can't find that thread now, but I wonder who won.




quade started the thread i believe....

his version had better timing IMO..



And here it is!! I believe we have a winner;
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I'll say December 15. Closer to Christmas, and on a Monday, so I'll reckon there will be more traffic then...


Congratulations Lawrocket!:D

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I think there was some betting going on a while back on when (how many days before christmas) someone will post this joke in talkback.:P I can't find that thread now, but I wonder who won.




quade started the thread i believe....

his version had better timing IMO..



And here it is!! I believe we have a winner;
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I'll say December 15. Closer to Christmas, and on a Monday, so I'll reckon there will be more traffic then...


Congratulations Lawrocket!:D



Thank you, Jerry! Thank you very much!

I guess I owe beer now. My first official victory! ;)


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No cheating. No getting your neighbors to log on and do it tomorrow, because this contest is really about having a good laugh at the person that tells the joke and it's kind of a dubious honor. We'll even make him (or her) buy beer for his DZ if we do this right. So, it's all about the subtle humiliation factor of the newbie being "first" to tell it.



I feel such.... shame! :$

I will indeed buy beer for my DZ though... in my defence... I'm not a "newbie" and I was pretty sure I wasn't the "first" to tell the joke.

Of all the crappy forwards I get in my emails, I always make a point to post the ones that make me laugh here in TalkBack... I like the thought that others like me are laughing with me.... Alas, I find they are laughing at me :(

lol

Nick


p.s. Congrats to Lawnrocket!



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I think there was some betting going on a while back on when (how many days before christmas) someone will post this joke in talkback.:P I can't find that thread now, but I wonder who won.




quade started the thread i believe....

his version had better timing IMO..



And here it is!! I believe we have a winner;
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I'll say December 15. Closer to Christmas, and on a Monday, so I'll reckon there will be more traffic then...


Congratulations Lawrocket!:D


LMFAO :D:D This is so fuckin funny. No, I didn't know that joke. But I see now that it has to be really old and really popular to have an annual betting tradition dedicated to it! B|

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Did you say old?

Way back in the 1980s we figured this joke had probably been around since about WWII. A -lot- of aviation humor dates from WWII. Some stuff gets rewritten, but if you go back in old books you can usually find a version from around that time period.

Congratulations Lawrocket and goose491.

goose491, you owe a case of beer at the next dz.com boogie you attend.

Lawrocket -- remind me before Halloween we need to do this again next year.
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