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Spaz gets tossed off American Airline flight after spazzing out over "Merry Christmas" greetings and being found to be a spasmoid threat to the good working of the air crew.

Posted by: Ace at 01:20 PM

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1 First! I'll go get the others

Posted by: Old Blue at December 26, 2014 01:22 PM (vVSOO)

2 Would he have preferred Allahu Akbar!

Posted by: pep at December 26, 2014 01:22 PM (4nR9/)

3 Fucking asshole prick is lucky he didn't get a beat down by the passengers.

Posted by: Thin veneer of civility at December 26, 2014 01:22 PM (XzRw1)

4 Passengers cheered as he was led off the plane! Awesome!

Posted by: Old Blue at December 26, 2014 01:24 PM (vVSOO)

5 I am turning into willow.

Posted by: blaster at December 26, 2014 01:24 PM (7X4hH)

6 The proper response is Thank you. And then, you take your seat. Gets you where you're going.

Posted by: huerfano at December 26, 2014 01:24 PM (bAGA/)

7 I'll take a bet he was white, otherwise? No way.

Posted by: Nip Sip at December 26, 2014 01:25 PM (0FSuD)

8 I find the 5-minute long, top-volume commercials they play prior to the safety instructions much more offensive. You know what, United? I don't give a rat's hind end that your pilot's are fulfilled in their work and love to fly. Get me there on time and give me a bigger seat. Otherwise, stfu.

Posted by: pep at December 26, 2014 01:25 PM (4nR9/)

9 Hello, new thread.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at December 26, 2014 01:25 PM (MMWhx)

10 You can't make me happy !!!! You can't make me !!!! I'll get you my pretty air hostesses !!!! My flying monkeys will ... oh never mind. Yes, I am in 3 C ...

Posted by: Adriane the Pagan Holiday of Saturnalia Critic ... at December 26, 2014 01:25 PM (P+IZm)

11 Last story we had about an airplane tossing involved a teen girl and some Tabasco Sauce.

Posted by: garrett at December 26, 2014 01:25 PM (rW6ey)

12 I'm deriving satisfaction from thinking the guy probably became apoplectic as they hauled him away.

"Dart gun to Gate 13... dart gun to Gate 13.."

Posted by: See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil at December 26, 2014 01:26 PM (vPh3W)

13 pilot's = pilots

Posted by: pep at December 26, 2014 01:26 PM (4nR9/)

14
So did someone shove a CPR Monkey up his butt? Sounds like he deserved a CPR Monkey up his butt.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at December 26, 2014 01:27 PM (OMTVG)

15 Well! With this new No Douchebags policy from American Airlines, I might be convinced to fly with them again....

Posted by: Doug Winship at December 26, 2014 01:27 PM (fQfAZ)

16 Reposting from the ONT, since I'm bored, bored, bored at work, and since quite a few 'rons asked me to report on how this turned out:

Finally got to bust out a bottle of the dandelion wine that my old Italian mama and I made last Spring, as it has now aged about 7 months.

It's a bright medium yellow, kind of like slightly watered-down Limoncello in color.

The taste is more like a strong liqueur than a wine. And I do mean strong. One glass gives you a buzz. Two and you're getting toasted. So, pretty powerful for wine.

It's not at all bitter. Just kind of fruity with a strong liqueur-ish taste, that's the best way I can describe it.

We used Euell Gibbons' recipe from his classic wild-foods book "Stalking the Wild Asparagus."

All in all, I enjoyed making it, and I will enjoy drinking it this winter. Every glass is like a little taste of summer in the winter.

Posted by: Citizen X-mas at December 26, 2014 01:27 PM (7ObY1)

17 11
Last story we had about an airplane tossing involved a teen girl and some Tabasco Sauce.

Posted by: garrett at December 26, 2014 01:25 PM (rW6ey)

You didn't see this then. "nut rage"

http://tinyurl.com/l2oyeog

Posted by: Nip Sip at December 26, 2014 01:28 PM (0FSuD)

18 The only negative thing you could possibly say to a stewardess these days is, "Would you like a gummy bear? They're sugar free."

Posted by: Blanco Basura at December 26, 2014 01:28 PM (UVfht)

19 Children get over throwing public fits for attention, but some people don't.

And you know it's this tool on someone just like him that's responsible for the following:
http://tinyurl.com/m28yprh

Posted by: pep at December 26, 2014 01:29 PM (4nR9/)

20 Spazzes gonna spaz.

Posted by: rickl at December 26, 2014 01:29 PM (zoehZ)

21 We used Euell Gibbons' recipe from his classic wild-foods book "Stalking the Wild Asparagus."
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Pairs well with pine nuts, I suspect.

I'm envious..., have never had any.
* ponder Dandelions in the lawn *

Posted by: See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil at December 26, 2014 01:29 PM (vPh3W)

22 Aloha!

Posted by: Barry and Michelle at December 26, 2014 01:29 PM (vSxTY)

23 Sucks to suck. Merry Christmas, douche bag.

Posted by: NCKate at December 26, 2014 01:30 PM (Ib+/H)

24 One day, conservatives are going to get pissed off and we're just going to mock the Prophet Mohammad, Obama and liberals ruthlessly.

Violence will follow and the burning will finally begin....

Posted by: Stateless Infidel at December 26, 2014 01:31 PM (AC0lD)

25 He violated the Airing of Grievances protocol.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at December 26, 2014 01:31 PM (KXR0P)

26 Spaz gets tossed off American Airline flight

I'll take Upper West Side NYer, for a $1000, Alex

Posted by: Nip Sip at December 26, 2014 01:31 PM (0FSuD)

27 Aloha!

Posted by: Barry and Michelle

Kokahele ia paka!

Posted by: Blanco Basura at December 26, 2014 01:31 PM (UVfht)

28 Anyway, not gonna let this jackanapes spoil what has been a very nice Christmas to date. The girls are home, there were lots of nice presents, and the Xmas Eve service was lovely.

Posted by: pep at December 26, 2014 01:31 PM (4nR9/)

29 Got a cookbook for Christmas, done in Denver, all the recipes from the beloved-by-hipsters restaurants, none of the ingredients available at my King Soopers or Safeway, so I guess I gotta go to Whole Foods.

Posted by: the littl shyning man at December 26, 2014 01:32 PM (vSxTY)

30 I used to like Spasmoid Threat ...

til they sold out.

Posted by: eleven at December 26, 2014 01:32 PM (kKokP)

31 From the sidebar about the difference between President Bush and The Occupant of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

The former is a class act.

The latter is an ass hat.

(I knew we were in more trouble than we thought the first time he pulled that middle finger scratching the cheek move. How puerile, how grade school, how low class. And he thought it was amusing and he's been giving America the finger for the last 7 years and it's probably going to get worse because he knows there's nothing that anyone can do about him.)

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at December 26, 2014 01:32 PM (RZzX3)

32 30
I used to like Spasmoid Threat ...
til they sold out.

I never liked them, because I knew they would sell out.

Posted by: pep at December 26, 2014 01:33 PM (4nR9/)

33 "I'll take Upper West Side NYer, for a $1000, Alex"

Nah. I'm calling it Occidental College Adjunct Professor.

Posted by: Doug Winship at December 26, 2014 01:33 PM (fQfAZ)

34 I'm strongly considering changing my nick to spasmoid threat BTW.

Posted by: eleven at December 26, 2014 01:33 PM (kKokP)

35

Was it that dink Michael Newdow?

Remember him? He sued to have "Under God" removed from the pledge.

Posted by: Soothsayer's Imaginary Home For Incorrigible Boys & Girls at December 26, 2014 01:33 PM (XK/4h)

36 CPR monkey is so nice to his friends. What a nice monkey.

Posted by: T. Jeff at December 26, 2014 01:33 PM (/Ho8c)

37 Last time I as on a plane I asked for a bag of peanuts. The attendant said they couldn't serve any because a passenger hat a nut allergy. I looked at him and said, What about the ones on the floor. He gave me a look like, some people are just ass holes and shook his head.

So sick of all of the special snowflakes.

Posted by: Infidel at December 26, 2014 01:33 PM (q8+L+)

38 What a total asshole. Nice to see instant Karma got him.

Posted by: Insomniac at December 26, 2014 01:34 PM (mx5oN)

39 Air travel sucks nowadays.

I recall the last time I flew United, for a business trip, I was pretty annoyed by the time I boarded. After the travel agency booking the flight because it was "the cheapest" I was told by the check-in kiosk (because apparently paying actual people to check you in is too much) that I needed to input my CC to pay for checked luggage, and that I could get upgrade to a seat with 4" (or so) of more leg room for more $$ (or keep my bulkhead seat for free!!), and that I could pay for the privilege of boarding early, and that any carry-on luggage would cost me.....Felt pretty wallet-raped by the end of the ordeal.

Posted by: Lizzy at December 26, 2014 01:34 PM (ABcz/)

40 Barack Obama is a SCOAMT.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - TrueCon at December 26, 2014 01:35 PM (kff5f)

41 Next time I see an unconscious person I'm going to bite them several times about the head and neck, rifle through their pockets for loose change and credit cards, then throw them in a pool of water. If it's good for CPR monkey then it's good for me.

I'll probably get a medal from the mayor.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at December 26, 2014 01:35 PM (NeFrd)

42 I bet you his version is that he was sooooo in the right and he did nothing wrong and he was Speaking Truth To Power.

*waves at Horde*

Posted by: alexthechick - Ho ho ho guess what I have now? at December 26, 2014 01:35 PM (IrByp)

43 Here we come. Walking down the street. We get the funniest looks from everyone we meet.

Posted by: CPR Monkey at December 26, 2014 01:36 PM (W5DcG)

44 I made a comment on FB about this and made a comment about the guy being an atheist. His response: How do you know it was an atheist

My response: Process of Elimination

"He didn't shout "Allahu Akbar" and blow up the plane, so that rules out Muslim.

Every other religion's adherents might have spoken up loudly enough to make their point, but then would have sat down to get on with the flight rather than getting tossed for taking exception to being wished a "Merry Christmas"

So that leaves non-religious people looking to pick a fight with transportation company employees on or about the most widely celebrated quasi-religious holiday when it's likely that somebody might make a statement -

a statement that under every possible situation that doesn't involve an asshole on the receiving end, would be innocuous. But somebody took Great Umbrage at hearing the easily anticipated statement.

Pretty much leaves atheists.

Orthodox and practicing atheists.

Put it this way: I don't recall the obverse of this situation happening.

That is a gate attendant wishing people "Happy Holidays" and the traveler saying "IT'S CHRISTMAS - CHRIST-MASS! JESUS IS THE REASON!!!!

And keep saying that until everybody on the plane agreed.

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Posted by: BumperStickerist at December 26, 2014 01:36 PM (4CVLy)

45 Group beatdowns would go a long way in stopping this type of behavior.

Delay us because of idiotic ranting. Beat down.

Posted by: Thin veneer of civility at December 26, 2014 01:36 PM (XzRw1)

46 Nah. I'm calling it Occidental College Adjunct Professor.

Posted by: Doug Winship at December 26, 2014 01:33 PM (fQfAZ)

Lena Dunham's dad?

Posted by: Nip Sip at December 26, 2014 01:36 PM (0FSuD)

47 Hey AtC. A new boom-stick?

Posted by: Grey Fox at December 26, 2014 01:36 PM (FG1UN)

48 We used Euell Gibbons' recipe from his classic wild-foods book "Stalking the Wild Asparagus.

I like that book & all, but oh my goodness do not make poke salad.

Posted by: Anderson Cooper's Smoked Sausages at December 26, 2014 01:37 PM (MbqmP)

49 From "Into the Woods", Chris Pine saying ...

'I was raised to be charming not sincere'

... I wish I said that

Posted by: President Barack "Unexpectedly" Obama at December 26, 2014 01:37 PM (e8kgV)

50 Why thats just spazz-spazz

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 26, 2014 01:37 PM (vPh3W)

51 Anyone flying better have a life or death situation, business paying for it or a lifetime saving up for a world trip.

It's just not worth it anymore.

They've turned flying into a bus ride from hell.

The toilets are worse, the passengers are all idiots and the help is arrogant, spiteful and looking to screw you over. At least on a bus the driver didn't roam the aisle make your life more miserable.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at December 26, 2014 01:38 PM (RZzX3)

52 *looks down, squats, leans over, waves at AtC*

Posted by: T. Jeff at December 26, 2014 01:38 PM (/Ho8c)

53 Next time I see an unconscious person I'm going to bite them several times about the head and neck, rifle through their pockets for loose change and credit cards, then throw them in a pool of water. If it's good for CPR monkey then it's good for me. I'll probably get a medal from the mayor.
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at December 26, 2014 01:35 PM (NeFrd)

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In NYC that's called "Waiting on curb to cross the street".

Posted by: Soona at December 26, 2014 01:38 PM (z9qsk)

54 Children get over throwing public fits for attention, but some people don't.

Those that got their ass busted don't.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 26, 2014 01:38 PM (xgvvD)

55 I found this year that more people were willing to say those words, "Merry Christmas".

Still lots of mouthy mush out there, lots of Happy Holidays, but more people are making a point of saying "Merry Christmas".

Good on AA for siding with the good guys.

We can only hope Mr. Grinch decided to mouth off to the cops once they hauled him away. Anyone who hates Christmas probably hates cops too.

Posted by: Boots at December 26, 2014 01:38 PM (l9mF2)

56 "Felt pretty wallet-raped by the end of the ordeal."

Yep, they are nickle-and-diming passengers to death. On Spriit, for like an extra $100 you can get an extra wide seat. On a $150 fair. After you pay for checked luggage.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at December 26, 2014 01:38 PM (MMWhx)

57 From the ONT last night, "Stories of Choice".

A billion, gazillion, people ride airplanes and one guy makes the news. Well, ok that is the definition of news, I guess. Billions and Billions of airline passengers aren't news, they just statistics.

Posted by: Skandia Recluse at December 26, 2014 01:39 PM (R9IAW)

58 In fairness, his destination was Dallas, so probably wasn't in any hurry.

Posted by: Fritz at December 26, 2014 01:39 PM (dVmLD)

59
My favorite part of "CPR monkey" is when the vile creature was dunking the unconscious monkey under the water and the CNN anchorette said oooh look, he's trying to revive his friend!

Yeah, he was trying to revive his friend.

Posted by: Soothsayer's Imaginary Home For Incorrigible Boys & Girls at December 26, 2014 01:39 PM (XK/4h)

60 I think it is more likely the difficult relative, and anxious flyer, lubricated with booze and rage.

Posted by: ThunderB at December 26, 2014 01:40 PM (zOTsN)

61 @55 Good on AA for siding with the good guys.
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From the sound of things, AA didn't have much choice. The article mentions that after the "Merry Christmas", he started to harangue the entire flight crew. It sounds like he just wouldn't leave the flight crew alone, which means that he was interfering with their ability to do their jobs.

Posted by: junior at December 26, 2014 01:40 PM (UWFpX)

62 I agree that if I'm flying and you cause me to be delayed to my destination that I and every other passenger should get to punch you in the face as we leave the plane.

Posted by: NCKate at December 26, 2014 01:41 PM (Ib+/H)

63 All in all, I enjoyed making it, and I will enjoy drinking it this winter. Every glass is like a little taste of summer in the winter.
Posted by: Citizen X-mas

That makes me want to dust off my hard cider recipe.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 26, 2014 01:41 PM (xgvvD)

64 Yeah, he was trying to revive his friend.

Posted by: Soothsayer's Imaginary Home For Incorrigible Boys & Girls at December 26, 2014 01:39 PM (XK/4h)

****

Heh. Yep, from the party of ~~science~~ ... er ... Disney.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at December 26, 2014 01:41 PM (NeFrd)

65 >>I think it is more likely the difficult relative, and anxious flyer, lubricated with booze and rage.

Yep.

Posted by: Lizzy at December 26, 2014 01:42 PM (ABcz/)

66 Pairs well with pine nuts, I suspect.

Wish I had some of the flower wine while primitive camping in the high desert last year.

Not much wild food available in the Moab desert, but there were Pinyon Pines everywhere so we ate lots of pine nuts!

Posted by: Citizen X-mas at December 26, 2014 01:42 PM (7ObY1)

67 I flew one year on Christmas day. Great flight, not crowded and I think the attendants get double pay.

All drinks were free.

Posted by: Nip Sip at December 26, 2014 01:42 PM (0FSuD)

68 I think that monkey was checking to see if the other one would fight back so it could start gnawing on it.

One of the first things it did was start chewing on it's head.

So let's not ascribe human acts to animals. We have NO idea what was going through that monkey's brain. (and it doesn't either.)

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at December 26, 2014 01:42 PM (RZzX3)

69 Angry, humanistic, and raging is no way to go through life

---- Dean Wormer

Posted by: Foghorn Leghorn at December 26, 2014 01:42 PM (l0lja)

70 See if you can follow this line of logic ...

I am no scientist.
But I am an historian
And I know that the Pesians lost to the Macedonians and one of the reasons was they did not have machine guns.
But the historical data is not that accurate
Therefore

The Macedonians had machine guns

Posted by: Michael Mann at December 26, 2014 01:43 PM (e8kgV)

71 He's lucky the passengers didn't beat some Christmas cheer right into him.

Posted by: Mikey NTH - Viscitudes and Vituperations Half Off at the Outrage Outlet! at December 26, 2014 01:43 PM (g+akU)

72 "They've turned flying into a bus ride from hell."

They essentially are anymore. Most passengers are just trying to get somewhere with as little fuss as possible. Flying use to be an event, an occasion. Not anymore. Get in, sit down, shut up, and, let's get this over with.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at December 26, 2014 01:43 PM (MMWhx)

73 which means that he was interfering with their ability to do their jobs.

Posted by: junior at December 26, 2014 01:40 PM (UWFpX)

Lucky he wasn't arrested.

Posted by: Nip Sip at December 26, 2014 01:43 PM (0FSuD)

74 No one says 'Merry Christmas' in downtown Riyadh, buddy.

Posted by: --- at December 26, 2014 01:43 PM (MMC8r)

75 The Doctor says it's best to just ignore him when he gets fussy.

Posted by: This Guy's Mom at December 26, 2014 01:43 PM (slfhs)

76 Anyone who hates Christmas probably hates cops too.
Posted by: Boots at December 26, 2014 01:38 PM (l9mF2)

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AND voted for Obumbe......twice.

Posted by: Soona at December 26, 2014 01:44 PM (z9qsk)

77 YAY!!! AtC finally got a new step stool custom fitted to accomodate Stompy Boots????

Posted by: Dennis at December 26, 2014 01:44 PM (6rLSO)

78 His family is prolly massively relieved he didn't come

Posted by: ThunderB at December 26, 2014 01:44 PM (zOTsN)

79 I flew once on Thanksgiving Day. The plane semi-crashed, we were all lucky to be alive..., but the drinks were free.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 26, 2014 01:44 PM (l1zOH)

80 Yeah, he was trying to revive his friend.
Posted by: Soothsayer's

Sounds like he was trying to reduce the competition.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 26, 2014 01:44 PM (xgvvD)

81 74
No one says 'Merry Christmas' in downtown Riyadh, more than once buddy.

Posted by: --- at December 26, 2014 01:43 PM (MMC8r)

FIFY

Posted by: Nip Sip at December 26, 2014 01:45 PM (0FSuD)

82 #48 I like that book & all, but oh my goodness do not make poke salad.

Yeah, Pokeweed scares me. Maybe it's because I'm a northerner where poke salad is not common, but anything that comes with that many precautions isn't for me.

May Apples are one thing, you can strain out the poisonous seeds easily with a food mill. But Poleweed seems too dangerous to mess with.

Posted by: Citizen X-mas at December 26, 2014 01:45 PM (7ObY1)

83 I'll give him something to fuss about when we get home.

Posted by: This guy's Dad, if he had a pair at December 26, 2014 01:45 PM (4nR9/)

84 " The plane semi-crashed"

Isn't sorta like "semi-pregnant?"

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at December 26, 2014 01:45 PM (MMWhx)

85 The plane semi-crashed but the drinks were free.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 26, 2014 01:44 PM (l1zOH)

There. That makes more sense.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at December 26, 2014 01:45 PM (RZzX3)

86 His family is prolly massively relieved he didn't come
Posted by: Thunder
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" We just a call from Uncle Jerk. He's in jail and won't be able to make it here. Let's eat!"

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 26, 2014 01:46 PM (l1zOH)

87 Monkey pushing a hand cart: "Bring out yer dead"

Monkey on top of pile: "I'm not dead yet."

CPR monkey: "Bonk"

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at December 26, 2014 01:46 PM (NeFrd)

88 BBL off to drive my old Porsche!

1987, 930 Turbo Slant Nose.

Posted by: Nip Sip at December 26, 2014 01:46 PM (0FSuD)

89 Yeah, he was trying to revive his friend.

He was just checking to see if his buddy was conscious enough to make raping him worthwhile.

Posted by: garrett at December 26, 2014 01:46 PM (jFOOq)

90 They essentially are anymore. Most passengers are just trying to get somewhere with as little fuss as possible. Flying use to be an event, an occasion. Not anymore. Get in, sit down, shut up, and, let's get this over with.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at December 26, 2014 01:43 PM (MMWhx)

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It used to be a very pleasant experience. Young, good-looking stewadesses too.

Posted by: Soona at December 26, 2014 01:46 PM (z9qsk)

91 Trying to wind up an LLC in CA. Right now figuring out how many people I have to blow to do that.

Pray for me.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at December 26, 2014 01:46 PM (oKE6c)

92 Don't you all just love holiday leftovers?

(And I'm not talking about the posts)

Posted by: Foghorn Leghorn at December 26, 2014 01:46 PM (l0lja)

93 Keep in mind that the FAA considers a landing as a controlled crash.

Posted by: Old Blue at December 26, 2014 01:47 PM (vVSOO)

94
Next time I see an unconscious person I'm going to bite them several times about the head and neck, rifle through their pockets for loose change and credit cards, then throw them in a pool of water. If it's good for CPR monkey then it's good for me.

Hahaha, exactly!

Finally, someone gets it and sees monkeys for what they truly are.

Posted by: Soothsayer's Imaginary Home For Incorrigible Boys & Girls at December 26, 2014 01:47 PM (XK/4h)

95 This is why I used to hate that expression "The customer is always right".

Umm....no.

Posted by: eleven at December 26, 2014 01:47 PM (kKokP)

96 It used to be a very pleasant experience. Young, good-looking stewadesses too.

Posted by: Soona at December 26, 2014 01:46 PM (z9qsk)

They've got the same stewardesses. They're just 40 years older, that's all.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at December 26, 2014 01:47 PM (oKE6c)

97 I and every other passenger should get to punch you in the face as we leave the plane.
Posted by: NCKate at December 26, 2014 01:41 PM (Ib+/H)

I'm visualizing the scene in Airplane with the passengers lined up to administer punishment to the hysterical lady.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at December 26, 2014 01:47 PM (W5DcG)

98 They essentially are anymore. Most passengers are just trying to get somewhere with as little fuss as possible. Flying use to be an event, an occasion. Not anymore.

Get in, sit down, shut up, and, let's get this over with.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill

And let the TSA anal probing heal.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 26, 2014 01:47 PM (xgvvD)

99 Macedonians with machine guns are
pretty bad-ass.

Posted by: eleven at December 26, 2014 01:48 PM (kKokP)

100 Afternoon all.
Joined a Gun Range today.

Why must liberals mess up everything that's fun

Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 26, 2014 01:48 PM (nzKvP)

101 So I take it the ACLU and some other douchebag atheist prick organizations are planning on suing American Airlines.

Posted by: buzzion at December 26, 2014 01:49 PM (zt+N6)

102 They was going from NYC to Dallas

So. Idiot son, moves to Brooklyn to embrace full progtard.

Daddy insists precious snowflake come home to Dallas and see meemaw an pawpaw cause they are getting old.

Snowflake doesn't want to come, but daddy bought the ticket. And maybe everything else

Snowflake has his fit. Meemaw and pawpaw prolly better off without seeing his irritating ass

Posted by: ThunderB at December 26, 2014 01:49 PM (zOTsN)

103 Monkey pushing a hand cart: "Bring out yer dead" Monkey on top of pile: "I'm not dead yet."
CPR monkey: "Bonk"
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon

Monkey Python and the Holy Grail.

Great movie.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 26, 2014 01:49 PM (xgvvD)

104 * snaps elbow length rubber gloves on

I wish he'd have come through my line with 'tude.

Posted by: TSA Agent at LGA at December 26, 2014 01:50 PM (l0lja)

105 Congrats, Never'.

You're in NYC, right?

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at December 26, 2014 01:50 PM (MMWhx)

106 Posted by: Jay Guevara at December 26, 2014 01:47 PM (oKE6c)

Hah!

Now that actually makes sense. With the EEOC rules and such that may be what happened. They used to get married and if not they'd get pushed out when they started to wrinkle and sag.

Not anymore. Now anyone can be a flight attendant.

(which is nothing more than a (sometimes) rude wait person working in a metal tube in the air.)

I'm glad I quit before all that happened.

I hate flying enough anyway. I don't need to be humiliated on top of it.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at December 26, 2014 01:51 PM (RZzX3)

107 Social Justice Warriors Protect Poor Ponies!! http://tinyurl.com/nrrcpmu

Posted by: OK, thanks, bye at December 26, 2014 01:51 PM (ucB75)

108 I'm miffed at Drudge:

I scooped everybody when I first posted this report last night:

http://pjmedia.com/tatler/2014/12/25/oakland-protesters-attack-city-christmas-tree-on-christmas-day/

Oakland Protesters Attack City Christmas Tree on Christmas Day

I snagged some photos posted off of twitter and quickly uploaded a rush report -- with photos -- before even any MSM outlets covered it. Then, as the evening progressed, some local media got their versions online, and so to make my report look more "official," I added in links to them, confirming my original reportage.

I first sent the URL of my report to Drudge when I first uploaded it, then resent it when I had fully fleshed it out a while later.

What did he do?

He ignored my scoop -- and then this morning linked to some one-paragraph third-hand report in a Canadian newspaper (with NO photos), headlining it "Anti-police Oakland protesters break windows, trash Christmas tree..." -- a copycat report that came out EIGHT HOURS after mine.

Grrrrr....! What's a person gotta to do get some Drudge love around here?

Posted by: zombie at December 26, 2014 01:51 PM (K4YiS)

109 Aw, he just needed a Season's Beating.

Posted by: wth at December 26, 2014 01:52 PM (wAQA5)

110 The newest issue of Inspire (put out by our friends Al Queda in the Arabian Peninsula) have suggested that suicide bombers place the bomb where the sun don't shine, but can't quite bring themselves to say it explicitly, claiming that the TSA just can't go there. They go on to say to relax, don't tense up. So what are they saying? If you flex your butt muscles the next thing to flash in front of your eyes will be your anus?

Posted by: Old Blue at December 26, 2014 01:52 PM (vVSOO)

111 @ zombie

Is 'Drudge Love' like 'Muskrat Love'?

Posted by: TSA Agent at LGA at December 26, 2014 01:52 PM (l0lja)

112

we'd probably be a lot closer to a cure for cancer today if we still experimented on monkeys

(that's outlawed, right?? because of ethics and shit??)

Posted by: Soothsayer's Imaginary Home For Incorrigible Boys & Girls at December 26, 2014 01:53 PM (XK/4h)

113 100 Afternoon all.
Joined a Gun Range today.

Why must liberals mess up everything that's fun

Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 26, 2014 01:48 PM (nzKvP)

Congrats NGU.

*mental reminder to send in yearly dues*

Posted by: RWC - Almost time for Krampus!! at December 26, 2014 01:53 PM (fWAjv)

114 Police: Cartel claims they have kidnapped Border Patrol agent

Drudge?

No need to go to Syria, just visit our Southern Border. Hey thanks Fredo

Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 26, 2014 01:53 PM (nzKvP)

115 Test

Posted by: votermom at December 26, 2014 01:53 PM (cbfNE)

116 What's a person gotta to do get some Drudge love around here?

Further confirmation that Z is an 'ette.

Posted by: garrett at December 26, 2014 01:54 PM (jFOOq)

117 Posted by: Old Blue at December 26, 2014 01:52 PM (vVSOO)

You'll be wearing your anal sphincter as a collar.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That at December 26, 2014 01:54 PM (RZzX3)

118 The newest issue of Inspire (put out by our friends Al Queda in the Arabian Peninsula) have suggested that suicide bombers place the bomb where the sun don't shine

****

The editors suggested that the writer insert a semicolon for accuracy.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at December 26, 2014 01:55 PM (NeFrd)

119 @ Old Blue

Brings new meaning to the phrase:

"Blow it out your behind"

Posted by: Foghorn Leghorn at December 26, 2014 01:55 PM (l0lja)

120 You'll be wearing your anal sphincter as a collar.
----
Accessorize!

Posted by: Old Blue at December 26, 2014 01:55 PM (vVSOO)

121 I've noticed even here in the deep blue sea that more and more people are saying Merry Christmas instead of the "Happy Holidays" bullshit including businesses and the media. Phony Kwanzaa has also all but vanished. Seems like slowly people are tiring of the PC bullshit at least at an unconscious level.

Posted by: Blue Falcon in Boston at December 26, 2014 01:56 PM (A1Dcl)

122 It used to be a very pleasant experience. Young, good-looking stewadesses too.
Posted by: Soona at December 26, 2014 01:46 PM (z9qsk)

Good looking FAs? Now you have to fly an Asian airline to get that. I highly recommend Korean Air. Its cabin crews are all female, all young and all beautiful.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at December 26, 2014 01:56 PM (8ZskC)

123 Mele Kaliki-Mocha from Trader Sam's, Disneyland

2 oz. Kahlua
1 oz. coconut cream (Coco Lopez or Coco Real)
1 oz. almond syrup (Monin or Torani)
4 oz. strong black coffee

Shake with ice, strain into a tall glass filled with ice cubes. Top with whipped cream.

This is a very sweet drink, strong coffee helps offset the sweetness. You can also dial back the syrups.

Posted by: Top.Man. at December 26, 2014 01:56 PM (YAiVr)

124 No need to go to Syria, just visit our Southern Border. Hey thanks Fredo
Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 26, 2014 01:53 PM (nzKvP)

---------------------------------------------

Just like everything else these next two years, it's going to get much worse before we can even think of things getting better.

The SCOAMT and his minions are going to be doubling down.

Posted by: Soona at December 26, 2014 01:57 PM (z9qsk)

125 The newest issue of Inspire (put out by our friends Al Queda in the Arabian Peninsula) have suggested that suicide bombers place the bomb where the sun don't shine

Yeah so? I saw that movie. it starred denzel Washington

Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 26, 2014 01:57 PM (nzKvP)

126 Grrrrr....! What's a person gotta to do get some Drudge love around here?
Posted by: zombie at December 26, 2014 01:51 PM (K4YiS)

Give Bill Clinton a beejer. Or work for Infowars.

Posted by: buzzion at December 26, 2014 01:58 PM (zt+N6)

127 So, NGU- did something untoward happen at the range?

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at December 26, 2014 01:58 PM (NeFrd)

128 we'd probably be a lot closer to a cure for cancer today if we still experimented on monkeys

In the future monkeys experiment on you.

Posted by: CPR Monkey at December 26, 2014 01:59 PM (W5DcG)

129 " Its cabin crews are all female, all young and all beautiful."

I know AA has a good number of older FAs. The last flight I was on there was one that had to be 60. Not real pleasant or friendly either.

I've heard this about KAL before. But, no need to go to Korea, so.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at December 26, 2014 01:59 PM (MMWhx)

130 100 Afternoon all.
Joined a Gun Range today.

Why must liberals mess up everything that's fun
Posted by: Nevergiveup

Thats what they were born to do.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 26, 2014 01:59 PM (vPh3W)

131 Good looking FAs? Now you have to fly an Asian airline to get that. I highly recommend Korean Air. Its cabin crews are all female, all young and all beautiful.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at December 26, 2014 01:56 PM (8ZskC)

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Garuda Airlines. Stewadesses stayed at our hotel between flights when we were in Bali. Beautiful women.

Posted by: Soona at December 26, 2014 01:59 PM (z9qsk)

132 OBAMA: AFGHANISTAN WONT BE A SOURCE OF TERRORIST ATTACKS AGAIN

yeah and no guy ever came a girl's mouth

Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 26, 2014 01:59 PM (nzKvP)

133
Its cabin crews are all female, all young and all beautiful.

They're robots.

Posted by: Soothsayer's Imaginary Home For Incorrigible Boys & Girls at December 26, 2014 02:00 PM (XK/4h)

134 between flights when we were in Bali. Beautiful women.

Posted by: Soona at December 26, 2014 01:59 PM (z9qsk)

***

Is it true that they fasten their clothing with Bali buttons?

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at December 26, 2014 02:00 PM (NeFrd)

135 the media. Phony Kwanzaa has also all but vanished. Seems like slowly people are tiring of the PC bullshit at least at an unconscious level.
Posted by: Blue Falcon in Boston at December 26, 2014 01:56 PM (A1Dcl)

I said last night on the ONT that the reason Kwanzaa has vanished this year is because all the agitators that demand talk of Kwanzaa are too busy demanding the blood of cops.

Posted by: buzzion at December 26, 2014 02:00 PM (zt+N6)

136 zombie,

Drudge doesn't work weekends. Today is a virtual weekend day.

Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at December 26, 2014 02:01 PM (V70Uh)

137 'SELMA' irks top Lyndon B. Johnson historian...

Says film unfairly vilifies president...

How could it? He was truly one of America's worst.

Posted by: --- at December 26, 2014 02:01 PM (MMC8r)

138 So, NGU- did something untoward happen at the range?
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at December 26, 2014 01:58 PM (NeFrd)

Nope. Signed up. Payed my dues, Got my ID, Met everyone. It was to crowded to shoot today. I'll come back during the week.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 26, 2014 02:01 PM (nzKvP)

139 Should have let the passengers handle the bastard. Sit the fuck down and shut before we pull your asshole over your head! Said very nicely, of course and in the spirit of Christmas.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at December 26, 2014 02:01 PM (TPimP)

140 Really happy the airline didn't take any crap off of him.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at December 26, 2014 02:01 PM (DmNpO)

141
There's probably maybe a dozen or so real human oriental Asians in the world today. The billions of others are all robots. Two dozen or so models.

Posted by: Soothsayer's Imaginary Home For Incorrigible Boys & Girls at December 26, 2014 02:01 PM (XK/4h)

142 http://tinyurl.com/pkv4uuq

It's not Christmas till I hear this.

Posted by: OK, thanks, bye at December 26, 2014 02:01 PM (ucB75)

143 Is it true that they fasten their clothing with Bali buttons?
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at December 26, 2014 02:00 PM (NeFrd)

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??

Posted by: Soona at December 26, 2014 02:02 PM (z9qsk)

144 Really happy the airline didn't take any crap off of him.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at December 26, 2014 02:01 PM (DmNpO)

Amen to that

Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 26, 2014 02:02 PM (nzKvP)

145 OBAMA: AFGHANISTAN WONT BE A SOURCE OF TERRORIST ATTACKS AGAIN

Pretty much the same thing he said while abandoning Iraq.

Posted by: --- at December 26, 2014 02:02 PM (MMC8r)

146 Oh, shit! Now I get it.

Posted by: Soona at December 26, 2014 02:02 PM (z9qsk)

147 I've heard this about KAL before. But, no need to go to Korea, so.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at December 26, 2014 01:59 PM (MMWhx)

Then how about Bangkok for some New Years Eve fun? KA goes there too.

Posted by: A Thai Ladyboy With A Thin Mustache at December 26, 2014 02:02 PM (8ZskC)

148 The passengers should have started caroling.

Posted by: --- at December 26, 2014 02:03 PM (MMC8r)

149 Yay! Per Drudge, 3 card monte dealers coming back to NYC.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 26, 2014 02:03 PM (xgvvD)

150 So it was MUMR?

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at December 26, 2014 02:03 PM (oFCZn)

151 Posted by: A Thai Ladyboy With A Thin Mustache at December 26, 2014 02:02 PM (8ZskC

Hey, you look like Zombie Freddie Mercury

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 26, 2014 02:03 PM (vPh3W)

152 @129 I've heard this about KAL before. But, no need to go to Korea, so.
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It probably applies to all of the Asian airlines. The local cultures means that the nations in that region are slower to move away from the "hot chicks only!" standard for stewardesses.

Posted by: junior at December 26, 2014 02:03 PM (UWFpX)

153 The trouble with asian airlines are asian pilots. Junior pilots are loathe to correct senior pilots. And sometimes that results in crashes.

Posted by: ThunderB at December 26, 2014 02:03 PM (zOTsN)

154 Seamus Muldoon at December 26, 2014 02:00 PM (NeFrd)

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??

Posted by: Soona at December 26, 2014 02:02 PM (z9qsk)

****

Just me trying to be funny. Move along, nothing to see here.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at December 26, 2014 02:03 PM (NeFrd)

155 There's probably maybe a dozen or so real human oriental Asians in the world today. The billions of others are all robots. Two dozen or so models.

That could explain why all China only has 10 surnames. They're actually model codes.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at December 26, 2014 02:04 PM (8ZskC)

156
It probably applies to all of the Asian airlines. The local cultures means that the nations in that region are slower to move away from the "hot chicks only!" standard for stewardesses.
Posted by: junior at December 26, 2014 02:03 PM (UWFpX

Ro roh
Posted by: Ho Lee Fuk

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 26, 2014 02:04 PM (vPh3W)

157 Imagine being the poor bastard who has to accompany Michelle Obama's daily shipment of lobster on a flight from Maine to Hawaii. That would definitely put the Bah in your Humbug.

Posted by: Fritz at December 26, 2014 02:05 PM (dVmLD)

158 The passengers should have started caroling.
Posted by: --- at December 26, 2014 02:03 PM (MMC8r)

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Ha! Every leftist's hell.

Posted by: Soona at December 26, 2014 02:05 PM (z9qsk)

159 Imagine being the poor bastard who has to accompany Michelle Obama's daily shipment of lobster on a flight from Maine to Hawaii. That would definitely put the Bah in your Humbug.

Posted by: Fritz at December 26, 2014 02:05 PM (dVmLD)

****

Santa Claws.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at December 26, 2014 02:06 PM (NeFrd)

160 141

There's probably maybe a dozen or so real human oriental Asians in
the world today. The billions of others are all robots. Two dozen or so
models.

Posted by: Soothsayer's Imaginary Home For Incorrigible Boys Girls at December 26, 2014 02:01 PM (XK/4h)
*****************************************Number Eight, Sharon? Right? http://tinyurl.com/o5982mx

Posted by: OK, thanks, bye at December 26, 2014 02:06 PM (ucB75)

161 Citizen X-mas @ 82- Poleweed?
That's ubama's favorite brand, amiright?

Posted by: Erowmero at December 26, 2014 02:06 PM (go5uR)

162 Too funny: According to Breitbart site, Maria Shriver banned Miley Cyrus from attending family Christmas celebration in MA, even though Miley is dating her son. Shriver thinks Cyrus is a bad influence.

A Kennedy who thinks an *outsider* will be a bad influence on her son.

Posted by: Lizzy at December 26, 2014 02:06 PM (ABcz/)

163 Okay, when I start irritating the locals it's probably time to step away. Later gators.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at December 26, 2014 02:06 PM (NeFrd)

164 Thanks, Thai ladyboy, but, er, no.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at December 26, 2014 02:07 PM (MMWhx)

165 A Kennedy who thinks an *outsider* will be a bad influence on her son.

Posted by: Lizzy at December 26, 2014 02:06 PM (ABcz/)

Yeah but Miley Cyrus might be the one person worse than a kennedy.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 26, 2014 02:07 PM (nzKvP)

166 Santa Claws.
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at December 26, 2014 02:06 PM (NeFrd)

Not the craw. The CRAW.

http://tinyurl.com/q8rn9t8

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at December 26, 2014 02:08 PM (8ZskC)

167 Good looking FAs? Now you have to fly an Asian airline to get that. I highly recommend Korean Air. Its cabin crews are all female, all young and all beautiful. Dude , they are trannys

Posted by: Velvet Ambition at December 26, 2014 02:08 PM (R8hU8)

168 Close to 60 degrees here today. Supposed to snow tomorrow.

Posted by: Soona at December 26, 2014 02:08 PM (z9qsk)

169 "The trouble with asian airlines are asian pilots"

It has been a bad few years for Asian airline pilots. Some just the odds catching up with you and others incompetence.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at December 26, 2014 02:08 PM (MMWhx)

170 @165 Yeah but Miley Cyrus might be the one person worse than a kennedy.
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You poor, innocent dupe...

Posted by: Lindsay Lohan, Madonna, etc... at December 26, 2014 02:09 PM (UWFpX)

171 Hurray for American!

When will we free ourselves from this PC tyranny?

Posted by: PJ at December 26, 2014 02:09 PM (cHuNI)

172 >>It probably applies to all of the Asian airlines. The local cultures
means that the nations in that region are slower to move away from the
"hot chicks only!" standard for stewardesses.

Not just stewardesses. Went to Thailand for business in the late 90's. Read the English language paper Help Wanted sections and the job posting regularly specified age and sex of desired applicants. And these were not all customer-facing jobs, either.

Posted by: Lizzy at December 26, 2014 02:09 PM (ABcz/)

173 What's a body got to do to get some lobster ribs up in here? This dumb bitch on the phone just told me lobsters ain't got ribs, like she's some kinda scientist.

Posted by: Michelle Robinson's Prominent Adams Apple at December 26, 2014 02:09 PM (MbqmP)

174
Not anymore. Now anyone can be a flight attendant.

You misspelled "sky waitress".

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at December 26, 2014 02:10 PM (OMTVG)

175 @169 It has been a bad few years for Asian airline pilots. Some just the odds catching up with you and others incompetence.
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The problem is that the countries in the region vary widely in some key areas - such as, say, technical proficiency of the base civilian population. That tends to affect important things like the quality of maintenance...

Posted by: junior at December 26, 2014 02:11 PM (UWFpX)

176 "And these were not all customer-facing jobs, either."

No sometimes......

Wait. Forget it.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at December 26, 2014 02:11 PM (MMWhx)

177 There's probably maybe a dozen or so real human oriental Asians in the
world today. The billions of others are all robots. Two dozen or so
models.

Do their spines light up during sex?

Posted by: Blanco Basura at December 26, 2014 02:12 PM (UVfht)

178 My favorite Christmas Time-Airport happening.
I was on a ladder repairing a difficult emergency light, listening to a "fluffy" woman bitching away at the poor old guy cleaning all the glass here in sunny Florida. Many flights were late because of snow storms in the Northeast.
After a half hour, the old boy slowly turned around, looked the "lady" straight in the eye and loudly asked her: "What do you wanna do, lady? Fly up there and crash?"
She shut up and a number of other waiting people clapped loudly.

Posted by: Kafiroon at December 26, 2014 02:12 PM (oOXKj)

179 You misspelled "sky waitress".

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at December 26, 2014 02:10 PM (OMTVG)
-------That's sexist. It should be sky waitron.

Posted by: Old Blue at December 26, 2014 02:12 PM (vVSOO)

180 >>Yeah but Miley Cyrus might be the one person worse than a kennedy.

Last time I checked Miley hadn't drowned, beaten to death, or raped anyone.
That whole twerking incident wasn't rape-rape, amirite?

Posted by: Lizzy at December 26, 2014 02:12 PM (ABcz/)

181 "That tends to affect important things like the quality of maintenance..."

AA sends their 777s to Hong Kong for extended maintenance.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at December 26, 2014 02:12 PM (MMWhx)

182 163 Okay, when I start irritating the locals it's probably time to step away. Later gators.
Posted by: Seamus Muldoon

Santa Claws cracked me up

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at December 26, 2014 02:13 PM (vPh3W)

183 Flying lets us go from Boston to San Francisco in six hours.

That is something that was impossible 100 years ago.

And the level of discomfort we experience during those six hours is tiny.

Plane travel is a modern miracle, not a pain in the ass.

Posted by: eman at December 26, 2014 02:13 PM (MQEz6)

184 And these were not all customer-facing jobs, either.
Posted by: Lizzy at December 26, 2014 02:09 PM (ABcz/)

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There's a bj joke in there somewhere.

Posted by: Soona at December 26, 2014 02:13 PM (z9qsk)

185 There is strong social pressure in Asian societies to not correct an elder or someone senior to you. Accident reports have cited it as a significant contributing factor to some pretty terrible crashes

Posted by: ThunderB at December 26, 2014 02:13 PM (zOTsN)

186 @180 That whole twerking incident wasn't rape-rape, amirite?
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I thought the rule of thumb was, "If brain bleach is required, then it's rape."

I've mentioned it before, but I once saw a picture of Miley Cyrus with her arms arranged to cover her chest. It took me a moment to realize that I wasn't looking at Justin Beiber.

Posted by: junior at December 26, 2014 02:14 PM (UWFpX)

187 >>Wait. Forget it.

Yeah, I walked into that one, huh?

Posted by: Lizzy at December 26, 2014 02:14 PM (ABcz/)

188

The kids always try to warn the adults of Rodan, etc.

Posted by: Soothsayer's Imaginary Home For Incorrigible Boys & Girls at December 26, 2014 02:15 PM (XK/4h)

189 @181 AA sends their 777s to Hong Kong for extended maintenance.
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And Hong Kong's probably one of the areas in the region with a civilian population that has a higher technical proficiency.

Indonesia, on the other hand...

Posted by: junior at December 26, 2014 02:15 PM (UWFpX)

190 Oh lookie,
A use for that gift card.

http://tinyurl.com/neztsmx

Posted by: DaveA at December 26, 2014 02:16 PM (DL2i+)

191 That idiot NDT made a dick of himself again.His fanboys think he is teh awesome.

Posted by: steevy at December 26, 2014 02:16 PM (v5UtH)

192 Plane travel is a modern miracle, not a pain in the ass.
Posted by: eman at December 26, 2014 02:13 PM (MQEz6)

Yep. Building a modern airliner is about the most complex organizational task faced by humans.

Despite their complexity, those planes fly day in and day out, often 15 hours at a stretch over thousands of miles of water in extremes of heat and cold, with near total reliability. They really are a miracle.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at December 26, 2014 02:17 PM (8ZskC)

193

Airliners are, what, 50 year old technology?

Posted by: Soothsayer's Imaginary Home For Incorrigible Boys & Girls at December 26, 2014 02:18 PM (XK/4h)

194 Asshole was probably a manspreader too.

Posted by: Thin veneer of civility at December 26, 2014 02:18 PM (XzRw1)

195 The problem with Asian airlines is that their planes are always in ultra-humid conditions... When they come in for heavy maintenance, they look like lawn furniture in the back of a redneck's yard. (same thing with USAF KC135's that sit on Guam and Okinowa)

Posted by: Curtis LeMay at December 26, 2014 02:18 PM (LoIJo)

196 185
There is strong social pressure in Asian societies to not correct an
elder or someone senior to you. Accident reports have cited it as a
significant contributing factor to some pretty terrible crashes

Posted by: ThunderB at December 26, 2014 02:13 PM (zOTsN)
-------Actually, this isn't confined to just Asians. It's been a problem in the airline industry for a while.

Posted by: Old Blue at December 26, 2014 02:19 PM (vVSOO)

197 Airplanes are a miracle, but the service has gone in the shitter. It used to be enjoyable to fly. Now, not so much.

Posted by: Infidel at December 26, 2014 02:19 PM (q8+L+)

198 Even in the military. Never go on an aircraft that is the farewell flight for a retiring general

Posted by: ThunderB at December 26, 2014 02:19 PM (zOTsN)

199

Posted by: Curtis LeMay at December 26, 2014 02:19 PM (LoIJo)

200 Airplanes are a miracle, but the service has gone in the shitter. It used to be enjoyable to fly. Now, not so much.

Posted by: Infidel at December 26, 2014 02:19 PM (q8+L+)

You're welcome

Posted by: TSA at December 26, 2014 02:20 PM (LoIJo)

201 "Despite their complexity, those planes fly day in and day out"

They really are. NRT to ORD. Sit a couple of hours. ORD to LHR. Sit a few hours. LHR to DFW.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at December 26, 2014 02:20 PM (MMWhx)

202 "Mr. Dawkins please take your seat!"

Posted by: WinLinBSDAdmin at December 26, 2014 02:21 PM (Epl5q)

203 Yep. Building a modern airliner is about the most complex organizational task faced by humans. Despite their complexity, those planes fly day in and day out, often 15 hours at a stretch over thousands of miles of water in extremes of heat and cold, with near total reliability. They really are a miracle.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at December 26, 2014 02:17 PM (8ZskC)

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I agree. And that consistancy in reliability has made air travel relatively cheap and very safe.

Posted by: Soona at December 26, 2014 02:22 PM (z9qsk)

204 Where's our poetry morons rewriting Twas the night or Hark, Harold from the TSA adding someone to the no-fly list.

Posted by: DaveA at December 26, 2014 02:22 PM (DL2i+)

205 I'd think the passenger from hell was Bill Maher but they specifically said 'man.'

Posted by: --- at December 26, 2014 02:23 PM (MMC8r)

206 Kitty Hawk to the Boeing Dreamliner in just over one hundred years with many of the advances made in modern aeronautical engineering lead by need to build better, faster, more effective fighters and bombers.

Posted by: Old Blue at December 26, 2014 02:23 PM (vVSOO)

207
I sense a pointless internet argument brewing...

Posted by: Soothsayer's Imaginary Home For Incorrigible Boys & Girls at December 26, 2014 02:26 PM (XK/4h)

208
206 Kitty Hawk to the Boeing Dreamliner in just over one hundred years with many of the advances made in modern aeronautical engineering lead by need to build better, faster, more effective fighters and bombers.
Posted by: Old Blue at December 26, 2014 02:23 PM (vVSOO)

War!

Huah!

What is it good for?

Absolutely nothing, say it again!

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at December 26, 2014 02:26 PM (OMTVG)

209 Kitty Hawk to the Boeing Dreamliner in just over one hundred years with many of the advances made in modern aeronautical engineering lead by need to build better, faster, more effective fighters and bombers.
Posted by: Old Blue at December 26, 2014 02:23 PM (vVSOO)

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This is true. War does enhance innovation. That and the American space program when it existed.

Posted by: Soona at December 26, 2014 02:27 PM (z9qsk)

210 Most of us have relatives (similar to that) we wish we could get escorted away.

Posted by: Evi. L. Bloggerlady at December 26, 2014 02:28 PM (4kTo2)

211 Kitty Hawk to the Boeing Dreamliner in just over one hundred years with many of the advances made in modern aeronautical engineering lead by need to build better, faster, more effective fighters and bombers.

Kitty Hawk to the B-58 in 53 years.

Posted by: Anderson Cooper's Smoked Sausages at December 26, 2014 02:28 PM (MbqmP)

212 Talking about people spazzing out over nothing, a friend of mine (schoolteacher) has his arm in a sling. Turns out he has a gentle giant student (19 yrs. old, 250 lbs.) who goes nuts when someone says "Happy Birthday" to someone (although that wasn't known at the time to the people involved).

My friend enters the classroom on ... you got it ... his birthday, and the class chirps "Happy Birthday" and starts singing. Gentle Giant goes ape-shit, my friend has to subdue him, and in the ensuing melee tears his rotator cuff, which he just had surgically repaired.

Turns out Gentle Giant is a returning letterman, having been kicked out of half a dozen schools for attacking people, and he assaulted a bus driver for good measure.

So the Merry Christmas asshole could've been worse. At least nobody mentioned "Niagara Falls."

Posted by: Jay Guevara at December 26, 2014 02:28 PM (oKE6c)

213 Sounds like the gentile giant should be incarcerated.

Posted by: Infidel at December 26, 2014 02:30 PM (q8+L+)

214 "Niagara Falls."

Slowly I turned, inch by inch, step by step.......

Posted by: Old Blue at December 26, 2014 02:30 PM (vVSOO)

215 opps, gentle.

Posted by: Infidel at December 26, 2014 02:31 PM (q8+L+)

216 Kitty Hawk to the B-58 in 53 years.
Posted by: Anderson Cooper's Smoked Sausages at December 26, 2014 02:28 PM (MbqmP)

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The "Hustler" is one of my all-time favorite aircraft.

Posted by: Soona at December 26, 2014 02:31 PM (z9qsk)

217 >>>I sense a pointless internet argument brewing...

You're a Jedi now?

Posted by: Bigby's Helpful Hands at December 26, 2014 02:31 PM (3ZtZW)

218 Sounds like the gentile giant should be incarcerated.
Posted by: Infidel at December 26, 2014 02:30 PM (q8+L+)

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Or committed.

Posted by: Soona at December 26, 2014 02:33 PM (z9qsk)

219

yes, insofar as I sense disturbances in the internet forces

Posted by: Soothsayer's Imaginary Home For Incorrigible Boys & Girls at December 26, 2014 02:33 PM (XK/4h)

220 185 There is strong social pressure in Asian societies to not correct an elder or someone senior to you. Accident reports have cited it as a significant contributing factor to some pretty terrible crashes
Posted by: ThunderB at December 26, 2014 02:13 PM (zOTsN)

Whereas in American society there is strong social pressure to not correct or in anyway criticize anyone darker than you. If they're merely older, but not darker, feel free to tee off on them.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at December 26, 2014 02:34 PM (oKE6c)

221 Giada needs a camera inside her oven for maximum melon exposure.

Posted by: Garrett at December 26, 2014 02:34 PM (nDU7D)

222 @212 Turns out he has a gentle giant student (19 yrs. old, 250 lbs.) who goes nuts when someone says "Happy Birthday" to someone (although that wasn't known at the time to the people involved).
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Jehova's Witness? I can't think of anyone else who ignores birthdays. Though I've also never heard of them going nuts over someone else's birthday, either.

Posted by: junior at December 26, 2014 02:34 PM (UWFpX)

223 It would have been a better ending if they had tossed him off the plane after takeoff.

Posted by: West at December 26, 2014 02:34 PM (BnXVY)

224 Uh-oh.

We got us a Mexican stand-off?

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at December 26, 2014 02:34 PM (MMWhx)

225 218 Sounds like the gentile giant should be incarcerated.
Posted by: Infidel at December 26, 2014 02:30 PM (q8+L+)
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Or committed.
Posted by: Soona at December 26, 2014 02:33 PM (z9qsk)

Yeppers.

That, or declare his candidacy for state office. As a Democrat, of course.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at December 26, 2014 02:34 PM (oKE6c)

226 Nood little corgis

Posted by: Old Blue at December 26, 2014 02:36 PM (vVSOO)

227 Posted by: Ricardo Kill at December 26, 2014 01:59 PM (MMWhx)

I can second the KAL recommendation. Was worth the extra money for direct(ish) flight (Houston-to-Inchon-to-Ulaan Batar) as opposed to flying through Detroit on a national airline and almost certainly missing our connection to Beijing and then to Ulaan Batar. Way more leg room than a domestic flight and much friendlier staff.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at December 26, 2014 02:36 PM (GDulk)

228 Jehova's Witness? I can't think of anyone else who
ignores birthdays. Though I've also never heard of them going nuts over
someone else's birthday, either.

Posted by: junior at December 26, 2014 02:34 PM (UWFpX)

I believe he was of a certain ethnicity more likely to be in the Nation of Islam than a Jehovah's Witness, if you get my drift.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at December 26, 2014 02:36 PM (oKE6c)

229 >>>We got us a Mexican stand-off?

I'll take a carnitas burrito

or whatever you call your mystery meat with beans thingers

Posted by: Bigby's Helpful Hands at December 26, 2014 02:36 PM (3ZtZW)

230 >>>I believe he was of a certain ethnicity more likely to be in the Nation of Islam than a Jehovah's Witness, if you get my drift.

Not really.

Posted by: Bigby's Helpful Hands at December 26, 2014 02:37 PM (3ZtZW)

231 " as opposed to flying through Detroit"

I'll do just about anything to avoid Detroit.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at December 26, 2014 02:37 PM (MMWhx)

232 Jehova's Witness? I can't think of anyone else who
ignores birthdays.

I thought the Middle Eastern chaps with the beheading fetish were against them, as well.

Posted by: --- at December 26, 2014 02:40 PM (MMC8r)

233 Posted by: --- at December 26, 2014 02:40 PM (MMC8r)

Believe so. I think there were reports within the last couple of years that (Iran?) was shutting down stores that sold birthday party stuff. There is no fun in Islam. Anything that looks like it *might* be fun has to be destroyed.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at December 26, 2014 02:43 PM (GDulk)

234 nood.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 26, 2014 02:47 PM (xgvvD)

235 Hey you said "sp@zz" and "M3rry Ch***mas". I'm calling the ACLU.

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