Things Nobody Wants to Hear

The Daily Intelligencer reports that Obama's emergency plane landing back in Omaha a few weeks ago included some not-so-encouraging language on the part of the pilot.

The St. Louis air-traffic-control tower asked him which runway he wanted to land on, and the pilot replied, "Well, which one is the longest?" Uh-oh. Then he declared an official emergency. After that, he ordered crash-landing equipment to be prepared on the ground. And, finally, when someone asked him how many people were traveling on the plane, he said he had "51 souls onboard."

Those are some of the last things you want to (or will) hear your pilot say. This is about as bad as your hairdresser saying, "oops." Or your surgeon saying, "oh, crap." Or your doctor asking you if you have a will. And, while it's definitely not as bad as having to say, "I think it broke," it's close.