An airline pilot wrote that on this particular flight he had hammered his ship into the runway really hard. The airline had a policy which required the first officer to stand at the door while the passengers exited give a smile and a ""Thanks for flying XYZ airline."" He said that in light of his bad landing he had a hard time looking the passengers in the eye thinking that someone would have a smart comment but no one seemed annoyed. Finally everyone had gotten off except for one little old lady walking with a cane. She approached and asked conspiratorially ""Sonny mind if I ask you a question?"" ""Why no Ma'am what is it?"" ""Did we land or were we shot down?""