Something subliminal about my boarding pass jumped out at me…
I understand I Robot, but this just begs me to reach out and touch someone.
So as I was boarding, I asked the Southwest pilot what their motto is. “LUV – The Love airline.” Then I showed him my boarding pass and confirmation code. He cracked up. “That’s a different kind of love!”
You don’t get that on Virgin.
And if that wasn’t good enough, the ad on the bottom of the boarding pass page was for Avis:
“We try harder!”
which? Babylon Sisters, or Hey Nineteen?
Oh, As we were taxing out, the steward started on the microphone: "My name is Bingo". I laughed out. "It really is." And he holds up his badge. "My folks had 4 girls, and then Bingo! A boy. True story."
Then Bingo told us: “For those of you sitting near children or people who act like a child — ladies I’m talking to you — please assist them with their mask before adjusting your own.”
I prefer the approach on Estonian Air:
Hilarious!
I flew Aeroflot once… Coming back from Moscow with 200+ passengers who obviously have never flown before there was lots of Vodka flowing. The minute the wheels touched down they ALL stood up. We were barreling down the runway at hundreds of miles an hour and everyone is standing in the aisle. Will never forget that.
OK… after the amusing reading, I want to say that I love that in the boarding pass it shows your name as Stephen Jurvetson.
Appppsolutely great! Love it.
some marketing… sex sells, i guess. and hate vodka… some poison. i flew Aeroflot and did not notice anything unusual, nothing terribly exciting or different – quality was not that great though.
yes, Stephen sounds interesting. Uff, and Russian news lately are a bit worrisome. There are great people everywhere and they are minority in all countries given. Great that majority does not always rule, especially if this majority drinks some strong drinks or eat too much hamburgers with French fries and love watching TV all the time (zombie-land). I guess, I am off subject here, sorry.
Sounds cool – I have never been there, my dad was – remember his trip to Sakhalin and around… when i was a kid. I was in Siberia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Armenia, Georgia, Belarus, Ukraine, of course Moscow, Saint Petersburg and many other cities in Russia.
China is expending into Russian Far East faster than Russians from what i have heard.
In days of olde (the glorious 70s), when PSA flew the SJC-LAX corridor, they had the greatest Hot Pink and Orange outfits for the hostesses… er, Flight Attendants… the golden age of air travel… when we didn’t have to show the holes in our socks. sigh…. sorry, strayed off-topic…. 😉
http://www.jetpsa.com/stewgrad/stewgrad/7301.jpg
Now, I just want to be anesthetized….
>FYI: Just heard YOU speaking on NPR this morning! You must have great stories about the robot car! Well done.
aww! missed it!
yes, i too remember PSA’s colour scheme fondly.
and of course Braniff!
You can catch it here (and transcript).
I am amazed at how many people have pinged me about this story from across the country. I guess people still listen to radio. =)
Actually, it’s a great sample selection bias – the people who heard it were caught in long commute time traffic !
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@jgury – How is that iProng working for you? I’m partial to JimmyJane
Back in the day there were conferences on teledildonics. I chose to not attend them.
@Steve Jurvetson Was it Werner von Braun who said one real mission is worth 1000 test runs, or maybe that was his relative who invented the vibra shaver…. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QN0DnBRO1bs&feature=player_em...
Unless the software is screening certain words out, there could have been quite a variety of such occurances by now, eh?
I guess better a confirmation code that says idildo than ihijack. That might not have blown over so easily.
Can we guess that by now the iDildo product name has been trademarked by someone? Is Apple going to claim it?
Hilarious! I’ve been going through your images and comments and enjoying each and everyone. But this one….I just had to leave a comment.
I mean I’ve heard of flying the friendly skies, but perhaps this is a little too friendly!
"Meet Jimmyjane’s Mile High Club:
The perfect traveling companions for your summer adventures."
From the vibrant expose in The Atlantic, May 14, 2012.
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