Aunt Bessie had family all over the country, but flying terrified her. Despite reassurances, safety briefings, and books on aviation, she couldn’t shake the fear that someone might bring a b*mb on board.
Hoping to ease her anxiety, the family sent her to a friend who was an actuary.
“What are the odds someone brings a b*mb on a plane?” she asked.
He replied, “Roughly one in 500,000.”
She paused. “And the odds of two people bringing one on the same flight?”
He smiled. “About one in a billion.”
From then on, Aunt Bessie brought her own b*mb whenever she flew—just to be safe.
