Every time you tell one of your horror fellow passenger stories, I am reminded of being stuck from London to Sydney beside a little Asian guy who was looking at pornographic comics and then pulling up his little airplane blankie for a spank, then going back to his book, and back under the blankie... repeat disgustingly for a couple of hours. I was totally grossed out but what can you do but edge as far away from the offensive little man as possible, make an ally of the guy sitting on your other side and try to get as drunk as possible. There truly are people who have no right to be allowed amongst regular people, and for some reason... we usually find them on trains, planes and buses :S
Robyn

Hi,

The scary man in plane story was soooo funny!

Airplane farts should be punishable by death.

I think this is the second time I've de-lurked (ever) to comment here....

I would definitely lost my mind had I been on that plane when the man farted. That's just...ummm well tasteless and disgusting! sheeesh!

You're right, some people just don't deserve to be among us. That's just sick. LOL

Funny that you mentioned Britney Spears: while in the local Walgreen's yesterday the headline on one of the tabloids was "Britney's pregnancy confirmed". I suppose if you can't see the kids you already have you just start over...

I know what you mean about the weather. On my one and only trip to California I was there for what was described as one of the coldest springs in memory. We must both have the bad weather gene.

That is so disgusting. So disgusting.

Dave, some sort of Holiday THERAPY is needed...quickly! You're in need of a stiff drink, a good bout of hard core perverted raunchy sex, or a giant Christmas present under the tree....I hope you get 'em all!

AIRPLANE FARTS !!!!!!! I'm surprised that the oxygen masks didn't all drop down from the ceiling of the plane. Merry Christmas, Dave, and I can't wait to try that " Do you scare easily" on my Grandchildren....LOL

I'm not a fan of fart humor HOWEVER, if you haven't heard Scottish comic Billy Connolly's routine on the man who farts next to him on a plane, you cannot understand the true meaning of "laughed till I cried."

Seriously, what the HELL? Who DOES that? I can't imagine someone even SORTA thinking that farting on a plane is okay, let alone making a joke about it.

I'm somewhat flabbergasted and I don't flabbergast easily ;).

did they know one another already? not that it would make it any less gross but EWWWW. who does that?! yeah, i'm almost glad i am semi-confined to my house right now. . . i get to avoid the weirdos.

NO! That's what's so astounding about it!! They were complete strangers! Ack!

Oh my, maybe in some weird way he uses that as a pick-up line!

Wow, I can't believe you were sitting right in front of me on my flight! What a small world!

btw, do you frighten easily?

They were STRANGERS?

*faints*

I'm trying to convince myself that you made that story up. Otherwise, I can never go out into the world again.

You should have asked for some hot coffee from the flight attendant, then poured it on scary man. Of course, you could then say it was an "accident" and didn't mean to scare him.

He sounds like a real charmer. It's a wonder she didn't invite him back to the lav to join the mile high club. And then rip his johnson off for being a total asshole, figuratively and literally.

What a fucktard. She should have puked on him.

This is magical. Something similar happened to me in Philadelphia, although thank God it was in the terminal. A guy standing and looking at the flight status screens lifted his leg and then proceeded to produce the most forceful fart I have ever heard in my entire life. It sounded like a cannon firing a bowling ball.

The best part was the reaction of everyone around him. Three people recoiled in shock and horror. A guy working at a deli several feet away started laughing so hard he was crying and could not stop. The guy who farted just started walking like nothing had happened. It was epic.

That fart story is funny. Like something that would happen at my parents' house with family around. Horrified but terribly amused that this man did it on the plane.