Save the women and children?

Question

A plane develops engine trouble and the pilot gets on the intercom and announces, "Ladies and gentlemen, due to engine trouble, we will not be able to reach an airport and safely land unless we lighten our load. We have already jettisoned everything possible, but unfortunately it wasn't enough. I'm going to have to ask three of our four men passengers to jump out in order to save the women and children on board. I regret to say that we have no parachutes, so I will leave it up to the four men to decide among themselves."

The four men are an Englishman, a Frenchman, a Mexican and a Texan.

The Englishman steps up, and with a stiff upper lip announces, "I have lived a long and happy life. I can think of no better way to end it. God save the Queen! "  And he jumps out of the plane.

Not to be outdone, the Frenchman steps up and says, "I too have lived a long and happy life, full of wine, women and song. What I do now is for the honneur of France. Vive la France! "  And he jumps out of the plane.

Then the Texan steps up, grabs the Mexican, and throws the Mexican out of the plane, yelling, "Remember the Alamo! "

Answer 1

Lol - They say: "Revenge is a dish best served cold", and in this case it was deep frozen.

The past, however, was very sad:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Alamo

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Alamo_(1960_film)

(Movies are more popular than written records, as fiction operates "corrections" or changes, so as to embellish, add action or simplify events, characters and deeds.) 

Comments

@Marianne: John Wayne's film is mostly fictional for movie watchers as for one point being: The Alamo had no powder magazine building to blow up as they were very low on supplies anyway. Some books I've read have told of Davy Crockett's capture and brutal execution. I've also read of Santa Ana's brutality also but they did give Sam Houston 13 more precious days to get his army ready to fight.

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Yes, Rooster, indeed, I remember from written records and articles that they were short of powder, and also that in most written records, Antonio López de Santa Anna y Pérez de Lebrón represented the stereotypical, brutal "caudillo" in Mexican history - a general, idolised by his troops, a dictator and a tyrant (like Napoleon - or Franco, for instance).

But this was and still is too current in history, and too many empires were built on the destruction of other cultures.

Citing:

'Historians and many Mexicans also rank him as perhaps the principal inhabitant even today of Mexico's pantheon of "those who failed the nation." His centralist rhetoric and military failures resulted in Mexico losing just over half its territory, beginning with the Texas Revolution of 1836, and culminating with the Mexican Cession of 1848 following its defeat by the United States in the Mexican–American War.'

I don't know if you like to read about ancient history and tragedies, which seem(ed) to be often the roots of persisting griefs and conflicts among the many populations and nations, used by the mighty ones like pawns on the "chessboards" of their destructive games, and seeking revenge long after the times of the disasters.

"The Alamo" reminds also of the "Song of Roland", resp. of the "Battle of Roncevaux Pass", also the case of a small army unit (of Charlemagne's reargard) widely outnumbered by their attackers:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Song_of_Roland

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Roncevaux_Pass

If you like Medieval history, you might also like to read about the Accursed Kings:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Accursed_Kings

one of the roots of 100 Years' War

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hundred_Years%27_War

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_conquest_of_England

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@ Marianne,

I never realized how many Hispanics were among the defenders of the Alamo, until I saw this list:

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Yes, T(h)ink, of course, there were not many:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Alamo_defenders

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Texian_survivors_of_the_Battle_of_the_Alamo

Answer 2

I've heard that one before but not quite so nicely put! LOL    

Answer 3

O'Tink, at first I just saw the humour...but looking more closely, the joke is also a commentary on nobility and bravery...and NOT flattering to our American/Texan, there, either!

Comments

Yes, that's part of the joke, Virginia.