The Onion hits Boeing with a parody that, like any good satire, hits a little close to home mid-recession. “With the airline industry continuing to suffer under the ongoing recession, the Boeing Company was forced Monday to lay off Al Freedman, the only guy left at the corporation who knows how to keep wings from falling off planes.” (The Onion)
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