Smartest Man In The World

There is a ten passenger plane flying over the Europe. Only five people are on the plane, including the pilot. The others are a nine year old boy, his mother (the stewardess), a billionaire, and the smartest man in the world.

The plane's engine fails and it begins to plummet down to the earth. The frantic passengers realize that there are only four parachutes

The pilot comes dashing out of the cockpit and snatches one of the parachutes without saying a word to the others. He leaps out of the plane and drifts to safety.

The billionaire pulls wads of cash from his wallet and throws them at the others. "Here!" he screams, "Take it! Take it all! But I'm a billionaire, and I get one of those parachutes!" He takes one and leaps out the side of the plane, drifting to safety.

Three people left, and only two parachutes. The smartest man in the world leans toward the mother and her son and says, "Look, I know this must be difficult, but it's obvious who the last two parachutes should go to. You're just a simple stewardess. Your boy is young and has his whole life ahead of him, and I'm the smartest man in the entire world. Of course I deserve one of these, and he deserves the other. Good luck, ma'am and boy, but I'm definitely off." He picks up a bag, slips it on, salutes, and steps off the side into the air.

The boy's mother breaks down into tears and hugs her son tightly, kissing him on the forehead. "Listen, son," she says, "I love you very much. He's right; you have your whole life ahead of you. You take that parachute and you remember that I'm always here for you!"

"There's no need for that, Mom."

"Why?"

"'Cause the smartest man in the world just jumped off the plane with my backpack."