Originally Posted by
PiperDriver
Friend of mine told me this after he had hammered his ship into the runway really hard. The airline had a policy which required the first officer to stand at the door while the passengers exited, smile, and give them a "Thanks for flying our airline." He said that, in light of his bad landing, he had a hard time looking the passengers in the eye, thinking that someone would have a smart comment. Finally everyone had gotten off except for a little old lady walking with a cane. She said, "Sir, do you mind if I ask you a
question?" "Why, no, Ma'am," said the pilot. "What is it?" The little old lady said, "Did we land, or were we shot down?" 
So I did a quick Google search of this story because it sounded vaguely familiar. I used ten consecutive words which I thought would be representative of the text, and I was returned 2,950 results.
Hmmm...