Comedian Steven Wright said, “Eagles may soar, but weasels don’t get sucked into jet engines.”
The weasels are high-fiving each other today.
I wonder if Alaska Airlines will suffer any bad publicity for ingesting the national symbol?
It doesn’t say Bald Eagle, could be one of those Un-American eagles.
Golden Eagles are un-American?
>Johnny Carson>
I did not know that.
>/JC>
If it got sucked in head-first it’s bald now.
Balled? Screwed, more like!
Sliced, diced and pureed.
Steven Wright? I always wondered where that quote came from. I would have put my money on the Simpsons or Dilbert.
Will they be charging the pilot?
Are you thinking of the time Homer said, “Weaseling out of things is what separates us from the animals! Except for the weasels.”
I’m not so sure. It doesn’t sound like him. I’d ask for a cite if this were that sort of thread.
Sounds more like a Jack Handey “Deep Thought” to me. But I have no cite.
It’s not on either of his “I have a pony” albums.
It was a female eagle, sucked in tail-first. Disaster.
Eagle McNuggets, anyone?
Well, hrm. Many sites list it as a Stephen Wright quote:
But others give credit to John Benfield, whoever that is: