Flatulence Forces Plane to Land
Dec 6th, 2006, 05:48 AM
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Flatulence Forces Plane to Land
What was this woman thinking? I must have sat behind her once on a flight to London.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061206/...ne_passing_gas
Dec 6th, 2006, 07:51 AM
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While security is busy worrying about shampoos, medicines, and other liquids, they might also concern themselves about how something as incendiary as matches can get on-board an aircraft. This is one fart joke that’s not funny.
Dec 6th, 2006, 07:59 AM
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"how something as incendiary as matches can get on-board an aircraft"
After the shoe bomb incident one would have thought that matches would be the first thing to be banned.
"Excuse me, the man next to me is trying to light his shoe with a Swan Vesta"
If that guy had had a zippo....Kaboom!
After the shoe bomb incident one would have thought that matches would be the first thing to be banned.
"Excuse me, the man next to me is trying to light his shoe with a Swan Vesta"
If that guy had had a zippo....Kaboom!
Dec 6th, 2006, 08:02 AM
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I've never heard that about matches. I thought that was something tedious adolescents did. The usual thing in the UK is to apologise for the dog (famously the Queen is said to have apologised - for one of the horses - while in a carriage procession to welcome a visiting head of state, to which said head of state is supposed to have said "Oh don't apologise, Your Majesty. If you hadn't spoken, I'd have thought it was a horse"
. Or we blame it on the mice. Or Tony Blair. In the air, one might say something about how much extra seasoning they put in the food....
. Or we blame it on the mice. Or Tony Blair. In the air, one might say something about how much extra seasoning they put in the food....
Dec 6th, 2006, 07:52 PM
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on average, each person passes gas fourteen times a day (trans-Atlantic flights are not exempt)
for more interesting tid-bits about passing gas:
http://www.heptune.com/farts.html
for more interesting tid-bits about passing gas:
http://www.heptune.com/farts.html
Dec 6th, 2006, 08:31 PM
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I was reading the title of the thread and my first thought was, if anything, you'd think it would cause the plane to rise just a little.
I'd read the article earlier. She must be ready to crawl under a (well ventilated) rock after all this.
I'd read the article earlier. She must be ready to crawl under a (well ventilated) rock after all this.
Dec 7th, 2006, 05:16 AM
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Once upon a time, my DH and I took our (then) 6-year-old daughter on a little island hopper plane from Provodenciales to Grand Turk in the Turks and Caicos Islands. Well, something about the altitude set little Rooty-Tooty off and she kept it up all the way. We tried to rise above and ignore the gaseous emissions and hoped the three extremely well dressed gents in the seats ahead were equally willing to play oblivious.
When we arrived at our destination, we went to collect our luggage and two of the three spiffy men were already there picking up the bag of the even more glamourous third. This is what we overheard.
"Phwew-I thought I was going to pass out on that plane-I could hardly keep from laughing out loud!"
"Yeah, but what can you do when the King farts?"
We prudently kept our mouths shut, though my husband is tempted to work the anecdote into a toast at my now doctor-daughter's wedding. "The King did it" has become a catch-phrase in our household.
When we arrived at our destination, we went to collect our luggage and two of the three spiffy men were already there picking up the bag of the even more glamourous third. This is what we overheard.
"Phwew-I thought I was going to pass out on that plane-I could hardly keep from laughing out loud!"
"Yeah, but what can you do when the King farts?"
We prudently kept our mouths shut, though my husband is tempted to work the anecdote into a toast at my now doctor-daughter's wedding. "The King did it" has become a catch-phrase in our household.
Dec 7th, 2006, 06:42 AM
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"why can't they make a machine that sprays room deodorizer whenever farts reach a critical level on an airplane?"
Boy, what an amazing idea. I'm speed dialing the US patent office right now!
Boy, what an amazing idea. I'm speed dialing the US patent office right now!
