Is this a Polish joke?

Come on now, you can level with me, this is a joke, right? This story (linked via title bar) comes via Brisbane, Australia courtesy of the AP.

“A French woman who is terrified of flying admitted in an Australian court Monday that she drunkenly tried to open an airplane door mid-flight to smoke a cigarette.”

This might be a chance for the Statler Brothers to make a come back, “ . . . smoking cigarettes and watchin’… Captain… Kan-ga-roo, now don’t tell me…I’ve nothin’ ta’ do…”

Watch that first step, mate!