JALLEN wrote:I took my flying lessons from a retired insurance salesman whose flying license was signed by Orville Wright. He was a personable guy, full of stories, and observations, like insurance salesmen need to be.
One day, he shows up at the airport and asks, "Jimmy, what makes airplanes fly?"
So I launch into a complex explanation, my best Martha King imitation, and after about 15 minutes of blather about lift, drag, gravity and magic, he put me out of his misery saying, "Nope! It's money. If you don't have any, the plane won't fly!"
That's CLASSIC!!!
The gentleman sounds like quite an interesting character, sounds kind of like my insurance guy (picture an evangelistic Danny Devito that lives/eats/breathes motorcycles!).