The man was travelling with others by hot-air balloon. As they approached the mountains, they realized they needed to gain altitude but were too heavy. Everyone threw everything extraneous overboard, including their clothes, but they were still too heavy.

In a last ditch effort, it was decided to draw straws to determine who would jump overboard to save the others. One broken match was put together with unbroken matches, and this guy drew the unlucky broken match. He jumped overboard still clutching the broken match.

Hope he likes that answer – if he doesn’t, I’m sure we could come up with another. Good luck.