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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 02:40 PM Original message |
Gas Prices Cause Airline to Remove Life Vests |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
1. S. S. Titanic with wings waiting to happen. |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
2. But... your seat cushion still functions as a floatation device! |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 09:54 PM Response to Reply #2 |
21. i think i'd rather drown than get my face anywhere near a nasty airline seat cushion... |
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RantinRavin (423 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
3. Actually the tower has no say so in the matter |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 02:46 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Agreed. The tower just had to play moderator |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
5. I've often wondered anyway that when hitting the water at several hundred mile an hour... |
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geomon666 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 02:59 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. No need to wonder, because you wouldn't survive that. |
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screembloodymurder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 03:21 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Has any airline passenger ever been saved by a PFD? |
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Doctor Cynic (965 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 03:31 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Yes. |
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ailsagirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 03:43 PM Response to Reply #5 |
14. Exactly-- when I was a kid I took solace in them. Now, obviously, |
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dbonds (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 03:05 PM Response to Original message |
7. Every plane I ever was on, you are supposed to use the seat as a flotation device. |
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BrotherBuzz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 03:34 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. Half a kilo - the vest is a blow up device - the seats remain... |
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Gamey (421 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
8. or roughly what Rush Limbaugh eats for lunch. ROFLMAO! |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
11. What's next? The bathroom door? |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 03:39 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. The entire bathroom |
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geomon666 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 06:56 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. Passenger seats will just have holes cut in them. |
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ailsagirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 03:43 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. LOL!! |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 03:46 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. The seat backs. |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-29-08 02:13 AM Response to Reply #16 |
22. Plus, without seatbacks passengers have more room to work the slave oars after a water landing |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 05:25 PM Response to Original message |
17. A great marketing slogan: With fuel prices and airline services as they are, ... |
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Flagrante (104 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 05:25 PM Response to Original message |
18. Where the hell is my parachute? |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-29-08 05:50 PM Response to Reply #18 |
24. "On a low-flying mission over a WAC" (NT) |
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fudge stripe cookays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 08:42 PM Response to Original message |
20. Water is worse than land. |
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Thothmes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-29-08 07:00 AM Response to Original message |
23. Really don't see this as a problem on a flight |
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mnhtnbb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-29-08 09:41 PM Response to Original message |
25. Won't they charge extra? |
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