Irish Airways
As they approached Dublin number 1 runway, the tower heard:
PILOT - Bjeesus will ya look how fookin shart dat runway is?
CO-PILOT - Yer nat fookin kiddin, Paddy
PILOT - Dis is ganna be one a de trickiest landings ever,
Shamus!
CO-PILOT - Yer nat fookin kiddin, Paddy !!
PILOT - Right, Shamus, when I say 'go' put de engine in
reverse!!
CO-PILOT - Royt, I'll do dat !!
PILOT - An den ya put de flaps down !!
CO-PILOT - Royt, I'll do dat, too !!
PILOT - An den stamp an de brakes as hard as yer can an pray
ta de Holy Mudder a Gad !!!
CO-PILOT - I'm prayin already, but I'll hit de brakes as
hard as I can.
So, as the wheels hit the ground, Shamus put the engines in
reverse, puts the flaps down, stamped on the brakes and continued to
pray to the Holy Mother with all his soul. The brakes screeched, the
tyres squealed,and there was smoke everywhere, but, to the relief of all
the passengers, and, not least of all, Paddy and Shamus, the
aircraft came to a stop but a few metres from the end of the runway!!!
As Paddy and Shamus sat in the cockpit regaining some
composure, Paddy looked out of the window and said to Shamus,
"Dat has gat ta be De shartist fookin runway in de world!"
Shamus replied, "Yes, but da ya see how fookin wide it is?"