posted 04-22-2005 08:56 AM         

A man is sitting in an airliner, which is about to takeoff when

another man with a Labrador Retriever occupies the empty seats

alongside. The Lab is situated in the middle, and the first man is

looking quizzically at the dog when the second man explains that

they work for the airline.

The airline rep said, "Don't mind Sniffer; he is a sniffing dog, the

best there is; I'll show you once we get airborne when I put him to

work."

The plane takes off and levels out when the handler says to the

first man, "Watch this." He tells the dog, "Sniffer, search." Sniffer

jumps down, walks along the aisle, and sits next to a woman for a few

seconds. It then returns to its seat and puts one paw on the

handler's arm. He says "Good boy."

The airline rep turns to the first man and says, "That woman is in

possession of marijuana, so I'm making a note of this and her seat

number for the police who will apprehend her on arrival."

Fantastic!" replies the first man.

Once again he sends Sniffer to search the aisles. The Lab sniffs

about, sits down beside a man for a few seconds, returns to its

seat, and places two paws on the handler's arm. The airline rep says,

"That man is carrying cocaine, so again I'm making a note of this and the

seat number." "I like it!" says the first man.

A third time the rep sends Sniffer to search the aisles. Sniffer

goes up and down the plane and after a while sits down next to

someone. He then comes racing back, jumps up onto his seat, and

poops all over the place.

The first man is really grossed out by this behavior from a

supposedly well-trained sniffing dog and asks, "What's going on?"

The handler nervously replies, "He just found a bomb!