An Aer Lingus Boeing 747 was flying across the Atlantic. One engine failed. The captain got onto the intercom, saying "Ladies and Gentlemen - we have lost on engine, but don't worry, the plane can fly on the other 3 engine, but we will be an hour late into our destination." Some time later, another engine failed. The Captain announced "Ladies and Gentlemen - we have lost another engine, but don't worry, the plane can still fly, but we will be 2 hours late into our destination". Then a third engine started to splutter. The Captain announced "Don't worry -we can still maintain altitude, but we have to go down a bit and it will take an extra 4 hours to get to our destination".

Hearing this, Paddy leans over to Mick and says "I hope the 4th engine doesn't fail - we'll be up here all bloody night if it does"