THE MILLIONAIRE & THE HELICOPTER PILOT A rich dude booked a trip in a helicopter and made a big point of boasting to allof his friends that he was wealthyenough to travel by chopper. About 10 minutes into the flight, he told how wealthy he was to the helicopter pilot and how he had tried to make all his friends jealous by flying this way. Suddenly the pilot turned him andstarted to laugh out loud. The millionaire asked, "Why are you laughing?" The pilot said, "I wonder what the doctor will thinkafter finding out that I 've escaped from the mental asylum!"