a good clean joke

B thought this joke was too predictable, but I laughed out loud when I received it by e-mail yesterday:

An airplane was about to crash; there were 5 passengers on board but only 4 parachutes. The first passenger said, "I'm Mats Sundin, the best NHL hockey player, the Leafs need me, I can't afford to die..." So he took the first pack and left the plane.

The second passenger, Hillary Clinton, said, "I am the wife of the former president of the United States, I am also the most ambitious woman in the world and I am a New York Senator." She just took the second parachute and jumped out of the plane.

The third passenger, Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien, said: "I'm the Brains of Canada, I have a great responsibility being the leader of the greatest nation in the world. And above all I'm the smartest Prime Minister in Canadian history, so Canadians won't let me die." And so he grabbed the pack next to him and jumped out of the plane.

The fourth passenger, the Pope, said to the fifth passenger, a 10 year-old school boy, "I am old and frail and I don't have many years left. As a Catholic I will sacrifice my life and let you have the last parachute."

The little boy said, "It's OK, there's a parachute left for you. The Brains of Canada has just jumped with my school bag."

Sweet, dude

I love these guys so much, and after hearing that they were coming to Montreal, I was pretty psyched about maybe going up there to see them. So on somewhat of a whim, I booked flights for B and Z and me to Montreal for that weekend, made arrangements to visit some old friends up there, and bought myself a ticket for the show (B's not really a big fan, so she doesn't want to go). A few other friends of mine from here will also be going, so we'll hook up and go to the concert together. Should be great! It has been eons since I've seen a big concert like this. I guess the last big show I would have seen was The Tragically Hip here in Halifax a few years ago.

Well, that was a productive evening. I'm going to bed now.