Yikes! The Griswold family definitely joins this prayer-train. We've lost luggage before...it's not pretty. But at least we could WALK while we waited.

Is it a good idea to check your artificial leg? I would keep that with me in a carry-on. If a bag is lost, that would be the one.

She asks that you PRAY, not criticize!

Sheesh! there is always someone with something negative to say!
tracy, Big prayers going out for your poor aunt! How awful for her..Please do let us know as soon as things are settled.

I hope your aunt's leg is recovered. I can't imagine anyone taking it -- how awful (and sick) that would be!!

Gosh, tracy, I hopes it all turns out alright! Your aunt goes on my prayer list tonight.

Tracy, I admire your sense of humor...and I will Pray For The Leg!!!

I hope your aunt finds the leg.

She won't be able to sue U.S. Airways. She doesn't have a leg to stand on!

Dusty!

Joan

They get worse:

I once stopped for a one legged hitchhiker. When he got to the car, I told him to hop in.

Did you hear about the one legged politician? He was out stumping for votes.

Her artificial leg is in the luggage???? What did she do, hop down the jetway?

Do you suppose that when the baggage was scanned or Xrayed or whatever, they saw the image of a leg and felt compelled to open the suitcase considering it "suspicious", causing a delay of that leg?

Tracy's aunt could have been carrying a spare prosthetic in her checked bag. That's my supposition.

Tracy, I hope she gets it back. They ain't cheap, are they?!

Don't panic Tracy....if someone stole it they won't get very far on one leg.

Tracy, thanks for keeping us up to date--let us know what happens. In the meantime, I will pray for the leg!

Did anyone else get attacked by Dumbo?!? Oh yeah, that makes me want to go to Disney World.

I did AnnMarie. Once again, there is no apparent place to "off" him.

We may all have to pray for tracys2cents
if her aunt finds out she has postings about her missing leg on a website.
I do hope the leg is returned safely though.
I am a nurse and I must say have had some fun with legs we have found lying around in hospitals - but nurses do have a sick sense of humor you know.
We never absconded with the leg though -
just had some fun with it -

I knew a guy who had an artificial arm stolen. When they caught the culprit, they charged him with armed robbery.

Thanks Malesherbes, I couldn't find the "close" button either but wondered if I missed it.

Wow, after a really lousy and long
Monday, thanks for the smiles!

But I *DO* hope, and will pray,
that auntie's leg is returned.

Now skipping one leg of a flight takes on a new meaning.

Sorry, Tracy, hopefully all she'd checked in will come back.

I knew that airfares had gone up lately, but I didn't realize that flying now costs an arm and a leg!!

I'll be thinking of her too. All these prayers from friends should give your aunt a leg-up in her efforts.

LOL

Latest update is that United found the bag, gave it to US Airways and US Airways now has given it to America Worst. Tonight America Worst will hand it over to the luggage van who will make a 2 hour trip to deliver the bag.

United Express charged her extra because her bag was too heavy. Apparently America Worst had no way of knowing this so held the bag and didn't put it onto the next flight because it was overweight. That's what they're saying anyway.

God bless PENNY from US Airways baggage claim for personally tracking down the bag and getting it onto the next flight. Thankfully we had been told NOT to deal with US Air through their 800 baggage number but to find out the number direct to the baggage office at the airport. Since the bag might have been in any of three airports, we got lucky to find it in the first office that we called. We actually got told by one of the 800 number agents (can't remember which airline) that "most people just give up and never find their bags, it's just too confusing and too much of a hassle".

And of course all the airlines asked "why in the world was her LEG in her baggage"? and the answer is BECAUSE IT DIDN'T FIT INTO THE OVERHEAD! Bud-dum-pump!

If the leg is overweight/oversized, was she supposed to buy a separate seat for it?

Sorry again, Tracy, but I have the feeling you need a smile. And a hug!

I've heard of US Scare but not America Worst, LOL. Good news...provided that van shows up! If you took this to court the airline wouldn't have a leg to stand on--bah dah dah ding!

when will there be a press release?

Imagine postcards start coming to Auntie and they are photos of the leg, in various cities around the US!!

This is pretty funny. Why wasn't the woman wearing it when traveling, to save seat space? If it was as suggested, a spare, what was the purpose of sending it, in case of a flat foot?

Same thing happened to my Aunt Peg.

Sorry about all the inappropriate humor. Just a knee-jerk reaction.

When Aunt Peg went to get her replacement leg fitted she met a woman who's artificial leg was too short. That leg was shorter than her other leg. Her name was Eileen. There was also a Japanese woman whose artificial leg was shorter than her own leg. Her name was Irene.

It is hard to decide who has the best post here, but I am leaning towards "mrwunrfl". But nothing is final yet. Come on people, get out there and stump for votes!

sunburn1944, you should see what the nursing students and the cleaning help at night do/arrange with the practice dummies (both whole and dismantled into parts.)

I had to make a rule. No more than 1 practice model in a bed. One time I had to go bring one to be mended and when I pulled it out of my trunk, a man in a closely parked vehicle looked like he was going to faint.

We're not even going to talk about the organ models.

Tracy, what's the status? I'd like to know if you did indeed receive the bag last night...or have you been pulling OUR leg?!?

Did the old bag get her leggage back?

I'm stumped.

I suppose your aunt goes to IHOP for breakfast.

And her favorite movie must be "Footloose."

Seriously, I wish her all the best.

Did this all take place on the first leg of her journey?

Good luck tracy.

No bag yet. (Sigh) oops I mean (thigh).

P.S.
Aunt Lu says to tell you all that she is NOT getting a KICK out of this!

Sounds like America West just never got an ankle on the situation.

This thread must be nominated for the thread of the year!

My favorite is garit22 post

You mean her auntie could get an Oscar for Best supporting leg?

tracy, I'm glad you have a great sense of humor. It's no small feat trying to locate lost luggage.

You posters better start toeing the line here!

(Paging John Leguizamo!)

There is definatly mischief afoot

Hope I'm not going out on a limb or anything here, but I just wanted to wish you luck in locating your aunt's leg.

Enuff already!

This thread has become a running joke!

I'll assume that the wonderful airline baggage agents have returned the leg to it's rightful owner by now.

So let's cut it off right here!

I heard a guy named Neil is bringing the leg back...

I don't klnow if she got it back yet but I'll bet this story becomes a leg-end among lost naggage handlers.

Obviously, that should have been ...lost baggage handlers.

If she ends up having to buy a new leg, the airline should foot the bill.

We Kneed to stop this...I'm sure the poor woman is pacing the floor over this (in very small circles, no doubt).

I hope she lives on a steep hillside. Walking would be much easier for her than walking on flat land. Of course, she could only walk in one direction....

Five days into the ordeal and she still doesn't have it. Even though the US AIR lady told us she HAD IT IN HER HANDS and was expediting it, they now claim that United has the bag.

United says only that "we show that the bag has been scanned 3 times in the last 24 hours, all 3 times at Dulles airport". Basically the aunt made it out on Saturday but the bag did not, and then got delayed by the snow. But flights have been leaving for 48 hours now so why the heck do they keep "scanning" it at Dulles airport?

I don't even know which claim number to report anymore, we have been given so many. The U.S Air/ America Worst merger is NOT PRETTY and throwing United into the mix is just a recipe for Airplane 3, The Sequel.
(By the way, there was a problem with her newly fitted leg causing pain and she had to take it back to the specialist. She was wearing her older leg.)

One thing is for sure... You people are not praying hard enough!

Maybe you should check here:

http://www.unclaimedbaggage.com/

I shall double my efforts.

My prayer:

Lord, let Lu's leg leave luggage and locate Lu.

I will get down on both knees and pray, since Lu can't.

"Lord, let Lu's leg leave luggage and locate Lu."

Lamen.........I mean amen!

I'm in Northern VA. Anybody else willing to go out to Dulles airport w/me and stage a sit-in (appropriate for this protest) at United's counter, w/signs ("Let Lu's Leg Leave!") and chanting, to get United to stop scanning the darned thing over and over and release the leg?

If mrwunrfl hadn't left VA for the sunshine state, then he could go w/me.

does the leg get ff miles?

jamaltay, that's allotta alliteration.

Oh tracy, if your dear aunt ends up not getting her luggage returned I guess, due to all the anticonsumer rules and regulations that the airlines have, she won't have a leg to stand on.

Now I lay me down to sleep
I pray the Lord Lu's leg to seek
May it be found as soon as it can
And returned to Lu
So she can stand

God is great
God is good
Please find Lu's leg
Made of wood

Amen!

Look at the leg on her! It goes all the way up to her butt.

Anybody want a blue suitcase or a large green duffle bag?

Because I just spoke to a United baggage agent at the destination and my aunt's big red bag has STILL not arrived. BUT he said he'd had the two bags mentioned above for over 3 weeks and that I could have THOSE if I wanted.

And I don't think he was kidding! I have learned a lot about the world of missing baggage but it just gets more and more bizzare!

does the green duffel or the blue suitcase contain a leg?

You know how sometimes a song starts playing in your head and you hear it for the rest of the day? I'm hearing ZZ Top, "She's got Legs" Good thing I'm a ZZ Top fan.

It's only February, but this thread is already in the lead for my favorite thread of 2006.

This thread certainly does have a leg up on the competition.

Tracy,

Make sure when speaking with the baggage claims fella that he understands its the bag with a patella..Hopefully all turns out well and that you hook up the leg, I mean hook up with the leg.

I think I'll go out tonight and try to get a little leg!

I am afraid to ask....
what is in the blue bag or the green bag?

Maybe the duffel bag and suitcase is a bit like Let's Make a Deal. Door (or bag in this case) number 2 or 3 may be better

this is funnier than a one legged man at a butt kicking contest

I am picturing all of those horror movie trailers that I have seen
What is in the green bag??

I remember when Lu was younger with her new wooden leg. She was terribly insecure about socializing with her artificial limb, but finally a friend convinced Lu to go to a church dance.

They'd only been there a short while when a handsome guy with an artificial eye come up and said," Would you like to dance with me?"

"would I? would I?" LU said excitedly, nodding her head!

"Peg leg!", he snapped back.

And yes, I did say a prayer for the leg.

Icuy-maybe he can keep an eye out for the missing leg...

8:30pm on day five and the destination airport finally has the leg!(Well, has the BAG. Hopefully the leg is inside).

Of course they didn't call and TELL us that they have it, but when a real person finally answered the phone there at 10:30pm, they confirmed that they have it (and yawned as if I was bothering them too late at night).

It will be on the morning baggage van, first thing!

So hopefully, with just a little more legwork, auntie will have it back!

So I gotta know...once she gets the bag back, will she have 2 left feet?

next time aunt lu takes her leg on a flight she better chain it to herself. she could go as a tripod.

I am really STUMPED for a response to this post, but seriously, my prayers are most definitely with you for a quick recovery of "the leg."

I have endured a dismal last month or so, and this post was SERIOUSLY the best laugh-out-loud situation that I have had in a LONG time...thank you SO MUCH for your wonderful sense of humor.

I can relate somewhat in the fact that Saturday I am flying from a small airport in Idaho to Minneapolis/St. Paul, to Detroit, to ANOTHER small airport in South Carolina, and with so many plane changes I am already concerned about lost luggage. !!

Thanks again and keep us informed!

If one leg was missing, was she able to hop on another flight to continue her trip?

One of those hop-on, hop-off bus tours might come in HANDy about now.

... maybe that's just going out on a limb.

Congrats, Lu's leg left lost luggage.

And now for something different.

A coupldeof years ago I had an appointment with the dermatology clinic at UNC hosptials. The clinic was one afternoon where about every person in a 200-mile radius of Chapel Hill was there. As I waited for my name to be called, I would watch the people called head off with the nurse. The first person limped, the second person limped, you get the idea. I was wondering what's with the limping? Does ezema cause limping later in life? Well, then finally a person left, holding his artificial leg. Then I got it, people having skin problem from ill-fitting artificial limbs.

I hope Aunt Lu was able to get the leg fitted.

have we reached the final leg of this story?

Yes but there is a sequel....errrrr...I mean knee-quel.
Aunt Lu got the leg at 11:30am, delivered by America West.

At 2pm we got a call from United saying that the bag had finally been located and wanting to make sure that it should be sent on to its destination rather than back where it started. I told them that it had already been delivered by America West and he said "well, that must be a different bag, because the bag with your tag number on it was just scanned 25 minutes ago at Dulles International Airport. What do you want us to do with it?"

AUGHHHHHHHHHHH!!! I wanted to scream but all I could think about was that poor bag at Dulles! WHO does it belong to? Why does it keep getting scanned day after day after day? Why do they think that it's my aunt's bag? Is there a leg inside THAT bag, too?

My brother says "Jeffrey Dahmer shouldn't have put his bodies in the freezer, he should have just given them to United. He never would have gotten caught!"

I think this is so hilarious you should take it to David Letterman show -
Glad the leg and Lu are reunited - but am dying to know what is in the other suitcase

LOL!!

I'm glad the bag has found it's way home. It must be quite a joy to be reuntied with a missing body part. If this had gone on much longer, at some point your aunt would have to admit de-feet, go public to get a toehold on the airline, and make them kick in some cash for a new leg.

I think we can all STAND UP and cheer! The saga of the missing leg has been a source of both concern and great belly laughs.

Please, please, please, get the other suitcase too! Maybe there is a matching leg?

Sunbum, "dying to know"? Not literally, I hope! You never know after reading all this !

Are you going to publish "Scarlett leg letters" or "for whom the leg talls"?

And that concludes another episode of
"The Lost, and the Legless"

HIP HIP Hooray!!! Aunt Lu's leg has been returned!!!!

Yeah!! Aunt Lu can dance once again-great news, tracy! Thankfully, her leg wasn't mistakenly shipped overseas only to become "leg in translation".

Congratulations! The suitcase finally made the last leg.

The moral of the story is, if you lose a leg don't just call one airline, put out an all joints bulletin.

ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! When I first read this thread earlier today, I thought:

Is this for real????? (And of course, I chuckled my way through many of the puns..I mean, posts). But that Dahmer crack....that one got me. Total LOL, even ROFLMAO (to revive what seems to be a now archaic term).

When is Fodor's posting a book of all-time best threads-- (and wouldn't that be a great airplane read!) Anyway, this should lead the list.

nice to know this was leg-it.

If your aunt travels home via Dulles airport, tell her to give them all a kick in the ass for us.

She did not kneed all this aggravation. Just prothetic.

This is the funniest thread ever..but I think Tracy has been pulling everyone's leg.

Now that Lu has her leg back, she can try out for Amazing Race....I hope she's not caught in an elimination LEG ... Lookout Charla...here comes LU!

I'm glad Aunt Lu got her leg back.

But I'm left with P M's legacy and found myself humming ZZ Top's "She's got legs...." all day today.

and so starts a new urban leg-end.
Speaking of Jeffrey Dahmer, some years ago he had his mother over for lunch and she said "you know Jeffrey, I don't care too much for your friends." Jeffrey replied, "Then just eat the salad"

If only that leg could talk!! I wonder what it would say of it's adventure? Maybe it went to Leg-O Land?

I've been singing the golden oldie..

Leg of my Heart...I love you...we'll never part...I'll wear you... sweet little limb... we're together again...I promise that i'll never check you... or let them scan your special left shoe...

everybody sing!!!!

Dwooddon, about those leg-ends you mentioned...hopefully Tracy's Aunt's artificial leg fits, otherwise this will become
"Leg-ends of the Fall" Part Toe.
To those failing to sympathize with Tracy's predicament: what a bunch of heels!
My prayer for the leg: Oh airlines, heel thy evil ways!

So my hairdresser's assistant has a prosthetic leg.

We threw a fund raiser a couple of years ago to purchase a new leg for him.

We called the party;

Lend a Hand to Buy a Leg For Fred

Heelalujah! Finally this ordheel is over.

Careful though, that bag was scanned so much it must be radioactive by now.
Auntie has some good sole to thank for this adventure.

Putting something valuable in your luggage is such a GAM-ble.

Geez! What some people will do for just a little more leg room.

Oh, that whole thread was quite a legwork!

Now that Lu has her leg, I think she should make a claim and try to get some kind of compensation from the airlines. I really don't think they have a leg to stand on.

She should claim leg-itimate compensation! Anybody here can give her a leg-al advice?

Heehee, Fainia, that was a good one!

We've needed fun . . . thank for goodness for this leg-endary thread!

ok, on the news was just a report on unclaimedbaggage.com where you can buy unclaimed items and they even have a free standing store.....maybe some people actually end up paying to get their own items back....

Well, I'll bid for something, but I'm not going to pay an arm and a leg for it.

Oh, escargot! Are you pulling my leg or what???

no, it's real - look online - so basically, when no one claims lost bags after something like 120 dys, they buy them and sell the stuff !

I think my aunt originally got her prosthetic at

unclaimedleggage.com

tracys2cents this has all been too funny. I think you should send a recap of this thread to ellen degeneres to do a special on her show, with special up front seats for you and your aunt and and when Ellen does her opening dancing sequence your aunt can really shake a leg

Thank you, tracy, for starting immeasurable fun these last few days! I wish I was HALF as witty as all you contributors!

canterbury,

Anyone can be witty. You just have to concentrate and take it one step at a time. Soon you will be a leg up on everyone. Oh, and a couple of stiff drinks help. It's a good crutch.

Ooooh baby, spread your leg!

I'll try, jamaltay - LOL!

Wow! This thread is still limping along.

Hey, tracy, did you send this thread to America West/US Airways? They should know they're getting some baaad publicity! I hope they made it up to your aunt; this is not a good way for them to 'get a leg up' on the competition!

Dusty, you naughty knowledgable Hawaii expert... I'm SHOCKED!!!
Tracy, prayers have been answered, as your thread has accomplished the feet of achieving publicity (I'll skip word play on that) in USA Today on 2/17/2006. A coincidence? I think not!!

w.usatoday.com/travel/flights/2006-02-16-lost-bags-usat_x.htm

Sorry, folks. Try adding 2 additonal w's to the above. S/be www.usatoday etc.
Blame it on Dusty-caused LOL, leading to pondering zen essence of the sound of one leg spreading.

Does anyone know the difference between a duck?

One leg is both the same!

Does this thread demonstrate our collective Achilles heels : addiciton to Fodors?

I was just reading back through all these clever responses and, either I'm missing it, or Fodor's removed one of the most clever. Can anyone find the response that talked about carrion luggage?

I'm assuming the poster spelled carry on as "carrion?" I just pressed CTRL F and did a search for "carrion" and it's not there. Hmmm....

The carrion was here until Waldo showed up with his duck. Lets get him!

Hope your aunt is feeling better.

It's not easy to be a square-peg-person in a round-hole world of air travel.

perhaps proper LEGislation could make it possible.

You're right... there has to be limb-its to posting taste...

Now, with upcoming standing flights - "vertical seats" is this what they call it?? - it will be difficult for the poor dear to travel at all.

LOL.........I see that I never did tell you guys that United phoned us three weeks after this to tell us that think they may have finally located the leg!

Auntie already had hers back for a good two weeks by that time...so i guess it was some other poor soul's limb!

My question is why'd she bag the leg in the first place? Isn't it customary to wear the leg?

Giada, it was very inconvenient to fly in that new standing-up seat with an artificial limb.

Giada,
She checked the leg because she had more leg room without it!

That was the only way to get the damn leg through security.


Yup that's right....they're still not scanning checked baggage at most airports! How safe are we? Not very! Despite the "security fees" that are eating our wallets!

This has just gone to the top of my all time favorite threads-laughing way too much!!

So we're not praying for the sunburned leg below?

Italybound, we are hoppy to hear that.

Last week, I believe it was GoT's prayer that the stupid leg below go away, lol.

Unfortunately they've no standing to sue the airline.

Which leg the knee below belongs to? Wooden of meaten?

... and no leg to stand on. Off to Turkey ... ciao to all.

When I read this on "News of the Weird", I knew I kneeded to top this thread.

09/17/2006
LEAD STORY

Carry-on Blues: (1) Just after the Aug. 10 restrictions were imposed, British Airways refused to allow disabled New Zealand runner Kate Horan (on her way to the paralympic world championships in the Netherlands) to carry on her prosthetic leg, as she had long been allowed to do. Her checked-baggage leg was then lost in the chaos at Heathrow airport, and the prosthetic's manufacturer scrambled to make Horan a new one. (The leg was found a week later, and at press time, Horan had won at least one medal.)

If she loses it again, I hope that she won't come running to you.

I think we kneed a kick in the pants.

I read this today in a local paper and thought of this thread:

http://tinyurl.com/2np3sg

not sure if it is proper type bookmark or ttt so that I can share this famous thread with others

toedtoes: Eeeew! I bet that was one ripe BBQ smoker!
Why on earth would he 'keep' it there?!

He obviously did his 'footwork' to find this out about the guy who bought it!

Can you imagine buying a barbeque and finding that!?!

It's makes you wonder about the shape of the leg when they found it.

Dried leg of lamb, er, uh, leg of man, anyone?

Dried leg of lamb, er, uh, leg of man, anyone?

Sorry about the double post. I was trying to fix the happy face.

Time for the leg's bi annual airing.

Semi-annual. Semi is half. Bi means two as in bipedal, which auntie is not. She may be semi-pedal though.

Right. Many of us will still get a kick out it being brought up again.

This thread is up again?

I really don't see any kneed for it.

Yeah, give it the boot!

Are any bi-laws involved?

I only just now saw this thread for the 1st time. I'm a little worried about that multliple x-raying of the luggage with maybe the leg in it. Can't x-rays cause cancer? Has the leg had a physical/been checked lately. Aaannd...to bring up another classic thread....Did they tip the crew that brought over the leg to the house?

Sobster - I don't think the leg can get cancer. However, it could be irradiated.

again? bunch of leg humpers

this post is brilliant! not read it before. i need to get a leg up on threads like these!

What's that old joke about the name of the dog who had 3 legs, 2 legs, 1 leg etc. I only remember 1 of the names was Hoppy. Anyway, I'm legging it out of here for now. (Since this is a travel board:I'm in Spring Lake NJ on the "Jersey shore". At the Breakers Hotel right across from the beach. It's very nice here. Beautiful, in fact.)

Kauai,
I think you may have nailed it Perhaps she came across a short person trying to mount a horse and gave a leg up.

Lets have a Pray for the Leg GTG... we could serve Chicken L**s and ...

served on "leg dishes"?

and don't forget leg of lamb!

Auntie won't be able to make the GTG, she's got walking pneumonia.

I wonder if this has a connection...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26014848?GT1=43001

What! Is it lame jokes time again?

(Thanks iamq!)

ah the good old days........

What a week. 1st the "mole people", now the "leg". Time to resurrect the "should I tip the pilot" thread.

gyppie,

I don't remember, was the shoe still on the foot?

Oh, this is a good one!

I just heard that they raised the check-in fee on body parts... its $25 per limb PLUS $3 a toe... is it proper to keep the toes in your carry-on and do you have to keep them in a 1 quart zipper bag?

This old thread is still developing - one step at a time... Or, is it a hop, skip & a jump?

KT

Nice of you to kick this off again.

ronkala: Looks like the credit is yours. You really gave it 'a leg up'!

I hope TSA hasn't been playing footsie with it.

Here you go. Have fun!

I get such a kick out of this thread. Thanks for reposting it and giving me a leg up on a boring Friday.

Its so hard emotionally to read this in MARCH... its easier on me in the month of DISMEMBER... when I hang the extra stocking on the mantel....

I still would like to know why she packed her leg. Wouldn't she be wearing it to get to the plane?

I know the answer may be in this thread somewhere, but I fell asleep after post 225 or so.

Carry on

might have been a substitute leg.. or if impossible to wear while seated on those comfy economy class seats, might have been checked for convenience.. not sure either.

I'd forgotten about this one! Ha!

She had an unruly child with her and it was easier to spank it over her kneee this way??

oooops, forgot that it was in the luggage and not a carry on.

Aha, methinks the missing link/leg has been located. See the thread "I think something is rotting in my attic".

Topping this for April Fools' Day!

No, it's not an April Fools' Day joke, but it just seemed appropriate fun for today.

The best travel-related April Fools joke was when the law firm I worked at sent out a memo explaining that all frequent flyer miles earned by anyone flying on firm business were "owned" by the firm, and that from that point on the firm's FF numbers for each airline had to be used when making any travel reservations.

People went crazy, totally pissed off everyone, until they realized it was April 1.

emd3, I read somewhere that is actually true in a few countries but I don't recall which ones. I hope the idea doesn't catch on.

This is an all-time fave thread, thanks for topping, mich.

Wait just one minute. It is not right to make fun of the handicapped no matter what the date is.

Sobster! who's making fun? we are sobbing with her! can't you see us laughing with tears running?

It wasn't her hand that went missing, sobster.

This post is a "LEGend"!!! ooh... I still got it! snap

You know, if this was about an arm, I'd find it really humerus.

But this is the stand-ard, run of the mill leg story. I guess femoral of the story is that when your leg disappears, you shouldn't let your imagination run off with it.

I just don't understand all you Fodor's travelers. Doesn't everyone travel with a spare leg?

its a good thing the family was well heeled...

Can I get a foot in the door here please??

I love this post, I wish they were all this funny.

When ZZTop sings about dear Auntie Lu they say:

"She's Got LEG, and She Knows How to Use IT!"

And then there's Robert Klein's theme song, "I Cant Stop My Leg". Coincidence? I think not!.

What do you call a man with no arms and no legs in your mail box?

Answer: Bill

What do you call a man with no arms and no legs hanging on your wall?

Answer: Art

What do you call a man with no arms and no legs water skiing?

Answer: Skip


What do you call a man with no arms and no legs in a hole?

Answer: Phil

What do you call a man with no arms and no legs in the trunk of your car?

Answer: Jack

What do you call a man with no arms and no legs in front of your door?

Answer: Matt

What do you call a man with no arms and no legs in a steel factory?

Answer: Rod

What do you call a man with no arms and no legs in a lake?

Answer: Bob

What do you call a man with no arms and no legs on a stage?

Answer: Mike

What do you call a man with no arms and no legs in the bathroom?

Answer: John

What do you call a woman with nor arms and legs in the middle of cow pasture?

Answer: Patty

... you will never get a standing ovation with those jokes...

won't even get a clap out of anyone

I can't stand this thread anymore

You must be one of those "right wingers" willing to cut the budget off at the knees ...

I can't believe this thread still has legs!

This thread is so old it has arthritis.

5 years!

Auntie is on a whole new leg by now. But it was still quite an ordeal that the airlines put her through, there is no tip-toeing around it.

Can she kick field goals??

I bet when she dances she can really shake a leg

Jet Lag turned into Jet Leg

I've read this post many times over the past few years, why I finally decided to put my 2 cents worth(aimed at tracy) in now, I don't know.

Spirobulldog....I'm glad you finally de-thigh-ded to join in. Now you can consider yourself part of the hip crowd!

that is really humerus

Oh, so now we have arms in the picture. I thought this was all about de leg.

I say leg go of this issue!

In Australia we'd say she's legless!
(Translates to off her face/ drunk)

I thought we knee-ded a change

Ah, memories. I miss the days when life was easy.

This thread is now leg-end.

So this has been hobbling along since Feb. '06? Must jump in long enough to say please leggo, you're pulling my leg.

Bill in Boston

I know a man with a wooden leg named Smith.

Really! What's the name of his other leg?

They found the leg, maybe not "the" leg, but a leg at sea.

http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/06/09/2840779/missing-prosthetic-leg-with-uk.html

What a relief! I wonder if they will find Elvira next...

I understand that after a while on a boat you get your sea legs.

I am so glad people are still keeping this leg in their thoughts and prayers.

Ginger helps to avoid sea legs on land. Not sure about prosthetics though.

So, who supplies all the sea legs people get? This sounds like quite a scam - legs get stolen at airports and given to those traveling on the sea! I'm sure each person in this viscous circle makes money off these transactions. We must stop the madness!!!

Before it was the captain "chicken of the sea" who supplied the legs. Imported, they were expensive!

Now that he's out of work, I don't know.

Ah, so they were chicken legs! Sorry, Charlie!

Kicking this up one more time.

Because you can-can.

That is really stretching it.

Yes, but De-Knees told me I had to toe the line and kick it up. I can't figure out her ankle.

oldie but goodie

Oh my.....this thread has really got a foothold!

Time to kick the bucket on this one?

I am not sure I have a good understanding of this. Time to get out of this joint.

I hiked a trail this summer in Shenandoah. It was called Limberlost Trail. I thought of this thread.


I also keep waiting for a leg to pop out of a bag on that show Baggage Battles.

I love all the kneejerk reactions to the initial post.

What steps do we need to take to have this thread make like the leg and vanish?

Somehow - this reminds me of the old song/ballad of Charlie riding the MTA and the chorus: Will he ever return?

http://www.mit.edu/~jdreed/t/charlie.html

I hope Kevin Ware of Louisville doesn't see this. At least, he seems to be on his way to recovery.

I always get a 'kick' out of this thread. This and the one about packing bed linen are both fantastic.

Oh come on.....isn't it time to BOOT this thread out of here?!

I always think of this thread when I eat at IHOP.

This thread and the woman describing her hike to Angels Landing in Zion NP are my favs. http://fodors.com/community/united-states/from-the-sublime-to-the-ridiculous---spring-break-trip-report-with-a-13-yr-old---zion-bryce-vegas.cfm

I was just listening to The Diane Rehm Show - she's interviewing amputees - and Diane mentioned that she once picked up the wrong bag in Pittsburgh, got back to her hotel room and opened it up to find a prosthetic leg in it. Wonder if she was the cause of all this?

That would be the pitts for Diane, she'd be reamed by Tracy. But maybe the naysayers who thought that people dont pack peg legs will re-think their knee jerk reactions about what can happen on the 1st leg of a long journey, truth be toed.

Oh please, won't youall leggo! Seriously, I'm humming "I get a kick out of you."