I love the USA!
Today I flew to Nashville for my grandmother's 83rd birthday (much more on that later), but I had some fun moments in the early a.m. on Southwest Airlines. First off, thanks to my LYB for giving her sister the hook up with a super cheap round-trip ticket to Nashville. Yes, I should have driven from Birmingham, but my car is in the shop and this ticket was cheaper than renting a car. Enough about all that, now to the humor.
After two hours of sleep last night I boarded a plane this morning got an excellent window seat and sat peacefully with my Diet Coke and the ever frivolous SkyMall magazine. As the plane was turning on its pre-engine switches (you know where the fans come on, but the engine isn't on yet) an older woman, clothed in a bizarre South American dress with an embroidered woman on the front that said "Honduras", raised her hand and said to the flight attendant, "My husband will be here in five minutes." She said this very matter-of-factly like she was describing the day's weather. The flight attendant said, "Excuse me?"
Third world dress said, "My husband is running late, but he will be here in five minutes."
The flight attendant said, "Mam, the gates are closed and cannot be reopened. We are minutes from takeoff." The woman had an "oh well" blank, emotionless look on her face and said nothing else as we proceeded to New Orleans. I had to take a round about way to Music City today.
I laughed to myself and then out loud as I saw the flight attendants hiding behind the partition in the front of the plane laughing. I then busily got back to my SkyMall magazine to look at dog shoes and dog and cat strollers for sale for ridiculous prices. I don't want to ruin the light-hearted tone of this post by mentioning that there are people living in Jefferson County without electricity, but it did cross my mind as I wondered why in the hell would you let yourself be seen with an animal in a stroller (unless it was some old decrepit dog that was hobbling around). That cat looks none too happy and I know our cats would freak if they were placed in a cage with a handle and wheels. A cage in itself is so traumatic so what makes the designers of this product think a cat would enjoy being rolled about in one?
"Crazy damn world. They ought to sell tickets." -- Glen
"I'd buy one." -- H.I. McDunnough
-- from "Raising Arizona" 1987
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PS: Thank you for hating pet strollers. I am not an "animal person," so sometimes I am really freaked out by the lengths peeople will go to. Sheesh.
We had to drive to Atlanta, fly to Houston and then fly to Puerto Rico. And that was the Continental Version.
All of the other airlines? fly to New York or Newark from atlanta or birmingham and then to Puerto Rico.
And how much were these pet strollers? I am very curious.
"Now, what's it gonna be young feller? You want I should freeze or get down on the ground? 'Cause if'n I freeze, I can't rightly drop. And if'n I drop, I'm gonna be in motion. "
"Not unless round is funny."