Write Lightning is a blog from writer Deb Thompson.
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(Some links or topics may not be completely kid-appropriate.)
Everyone is welcome here.
(Some links or topics may not be completely kid-appropriate.)
Tue, Aug 15 2006
Flying not for sissies
I'm a few days late pointing to it, but Eric over at Fire Ant Gazette showed us a tongue-in-cheek look at what could be a whole new type of urgency in an air terror alert.
Remember when air travel was new, fun and something to look forward to? Then came regulations, de-regulations, cost-cutting measures, rising ticket prices, carry-on limitations, the horrors of 9-11, highjackers, metal detectors, the need for air marshalls and pistol-packing pilots, scaled-back snacks and meals, passenger profiling and the indignities of shoe surveillance and x-ray exhibition. And now the females (and perhaps a few males) among us are having to publicly declare that our bosom is precariously cradled above just enough underwire that one wrong move could cause us to be responsible for puncturing one of the life-saving oxygen masks that drop and dangle in front of us in the event of a fall in cabin pressure. Come to think of it, drop and dangle is a good way to describe what our anatomy will be doing if they decide to ban bras on flights.
posted at: 11:17 | category: /Playing | link to this entry
I'm a few days late pointing to it, but Eric over at Fire Ant Gazette showed us a tongue-in-cheek look at what could be a whole new type of urgency in an air terror alert.
Remember when air travel was new, fun and something to look forward to? Then came regulations, de-regulations, cost-cutting measures, rising ticket prices, carry-on limitations, the horrors of 9-11, highjackers, metal detectors, the need for air marshalls and pistol-packing pilots, scaled-back snacks and meals, passenger profiling and the indignities of shoe surveillance and x-ray exhibition. And now the females (and perhaps a few males) among us are having to publicly declare that our bosom is precariously cradled above just enough underwire that one wrong move could cause us to be responsible for puncturing one of the life-saving oxygen masks that drop and dangle in front of us in the event of a fall in cabin pressure. Come to think of it, drop and dangle is a good way to describe what our anatomy will be doing if they decide to ban bras on flights.
posted at: 11:17 | category: /Playing | link to this entry
