John Gaquin wrote:

An old pilot once told me, when I was a young pilot, "...sumbitch flies a
hell of a lot better overweight than it does outta gas..."

That postulates a situation in which I those are my only two choices. I'm
betting that I can live my entire life without putting myself in that situation.

George Patterson
A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something that can be learned
no other way.