Boarding a military transport plane, I noticed hydraulic fluid pouring from the tail section. “Excuse me,” I said to a crew member. “Do you know the aircraft has a leak?”

“Yep,” he said as he continued on his way.

“Aren’t you concerned?” He shrugged. “Well,” I asked, “how do you know when you’re out of fluid?”

“When it quits leaking,” he answered.
— David Ford