Parachute

The Italian and the Polish parachutists were arguing about who was best at folding a parachute. Unable to resolve their dispute on the ground, they decided to go up in the plane and judge by the mid-air performance of their chutes.

The Pole jumped first, pulled the cord, and started floating toward the earth. The Italian jumped, pulled the cord - and nothing happened. He pulled the safety cord - nothing. In a matter of seconds he whizzed past the Pole, plummeting like a stone.

"Oh," shouted the Pole, yanking off his harness, "so ya wanna race!"