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Post by driveby on Mar 25, 2006 22:04:13 GMT -6
“Children today are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble their food, and tyrannize their teachers" - Socrates (470 BC - 399 BC). Interesting. Thanks, I enjoyed that little tid-bit.
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Post by Exildo Wonsetler Briggs III on Mar 25, 2006 22:12:41 GMT -6
And so TURN the WORLDS of lunacy that is IRISH EYES!!!!!
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Post by The guest on Mar 26, 2006 0:01:35 GMT -6
“Children today are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble their food, and tyrannize their teachers" - Socrates (470 BC - 399 BC). Simon ;D ;D ;D
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Post by edie2u on Mar 26, 2006 10:56:13 GMT -6
hangs head in shame> the portable dvd player WITH headphones so no one else has to hear it. Deb There is nothing wrong with keeping the kids occupied with DVD's, especially on a trip. It helps keep everyone in a better frame of mind. ;D I do hate to see parents let there kids stay in the house watching the "boob tube" or playing XBox, when the weather is good and they can be outside playing (getting exercise) on a regular basis. JMHO
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Post by Chicago Jake on Mar 26, 2006 12:03:27 GMT -6
THAT is the problem with kids these days! No more razor straps around to scare them straight......Jake
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Post by Ardbeg... innit on Mar 26, 2006 13:04:06 GMT -6
THAT is the problem with kids these days! No more razor straps around to scare them straight......Jake Thats the problem with grown men today... they require 5 blades to do what their fathers did with one!!
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Post by Chicago Jake on Mar 26, 2006 14:10:03 GMT -6
Actually, my father always used a Norelco (I never could, I'd have a five o'clock shadow by noon). When he started developing melanomas on his face, he theorized that they might have been caused by all the electric fields, and decided to switch to a blade. I had to teach HIM how to shave like a real man!......Jake
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Post by Christinko on Mar 26, 2006 16:38:03 GMT -6
Just as a point of curiosity....isn't a razor STROP, not strap? I think I remember that word from my Girl Scout camp days' rendition of "Three Jolly Fisherman who went to Amster-SHhhhhh" Or is this another case of "Chris is caught champing in the 11th Century"?
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Post by Exildo Wonsetler Briggs III on Mar 26, 2006 19:22:47 GMT -6
Well we're back to square one. FUCK KIDS!!!!! And DOUBLE FUCK'EM when they FLY!!!! AM I WRONG!!! ?
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Post by Merlot Joe on Mar 26, 2006 21:09:24 GMT -6
THAT is the problem with kids these days! No more razor straps around to scare them straight......Jake But they still make belts!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Joe.
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Post by justheidi on Mar 27, 2006 5:07:44 GMT -6
i agree that it sux when fussy kids are on a flight.....................BUT i could use a vacation so badly right now not even that would bother me right now!!!!!!
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Post by Tex on Mar 27, 2006 11:01:21 GMT -6
The worst situation I had dealing with this was on a flight from Atlanta to Dallas. There was a Mexican family behind me in the exit row. There were three seated (two adults and one larger child) and three that were supposed to be sitting in the laps of the others (six people in three seats). They had obviously lied about the ages of the children. As soon as the plane took off, they set the children down. I bet my seat back got shoved 546 times. The adults and the children were filthy. One little girl with two inch snot trails kept peeking around the seat. The children had sticky hands and kept putting them up on my arm rest. I talk to the flight attendent who spoke to them. They couldn't understand English so I helped translate. My wife finally lost patience and stuck one of the hands reaching around with a plastic fork. That worked as well as anything. There was a stop in Birmingham and I hoped they would get off but no such luck. Who said flying wasn't fun anymore?
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Post by Christinko on Mar 27, 2006 13:12:33 GMT -6
Just adore the vision of your darling wife's face as she stabbed the child with the fork--that's a keeper!
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Post by Chicago Jake on Mar 27, 2006 14:11:39 GMT -6
Now we know what the two asterisks stand for in F**K KIDS on PLANES.......Jake
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Post by Deb not logged in on Mar 27, 2006 20:52:54 GMT -6
That actually made me laugh out loud...too funny.....
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Post by debandbrian on Mar 28, 2006 8:28:02 GMT -6
THAT is the problem with kids these days! No more razor straps around to scare them straight......Jake But they still make belts!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Joe. Yep and a hand on bare skin works just as well. The boys hate that. <yes, I'm mean mom> Deb
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Post by Merlot Joe on Mar 28, 2006 13:49:34 GMT -6
But they still make belts!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Joe. Yep and a hand on bare skin works just as well. The boys hate that. <yes, I'm mean mom> Deb It has that sting factor to it. Joe.
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Post by Tex on Mar 28, 2006 16:17:23 GMT -6
Just as a point of curiosity....isn't a razor STROP, not strap? I think I remember that word from my Girl Scout camp days' rendition of "Three Jolly Fisherman who went to Amster-SHhhhhh" Or is this another case of "Chris is caught champing in the 11th Century"? I believe that you are right, but if you started correcting misnomers here in Texas you wouldn't know where to start and where to stop.
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Post by ♥ COVID-19♥ on Mar 28, 2006 16:23:07 GMT -6
Just as a point of curiosity....isn't a razor STROP, not strap? I think I remember that word from my Girl Scout camp days' rendition of "Three Jolly Fisherman who went to Amster-SHhhhhh" Or is this another case of "Chris is caught champing in the 11th Century"? I believe that you are right, but if you started correcting misnomers here in Texas you wouldn't know where to start and where to stop.Isn't that supposed to be "where to stort and where to stap"?
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Post by Dan on Mar 28, 2006 16:57:49 GMT -6
]Isn't that supposed to be "where to stort and where to stap"? Careful there BB - ya gotta remember roun' these here parts the movie Deliverance isn't just entertainment - it's a field training film! ;D
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Post by waterdweller on Mar 28, 2006 17:00:55 GMT -6
All is not lost... Flight attendants aren't universally wimping out when it comes to dealing with obnoxious kids. Take the following case:
Returning from a recent trip to Asia, I had been unable to get British Airways to upgrade me from Calcutta to London, and was sitting in the first coach section behind Business Class, really gloomy about the prospect of spending 12 hours cramped into a seat apparently designed for people with no legs.
Things quickly got worse when a young mother boarded with a screaming (and I mean SCREAMING!) child about two years old, and sat in the row immediately in front of me. The noise was about like that nails-on-the-blackboard thing, except at eardrum-splitting volume. And it kept on going, and going, and going.
The senior F/A started to make the safety belt announcements, but it was impossible to hear anything over the din coming from the seat in front of me.
In fairness, this harried young mom was trying to calm the child down, but the rugrat from hell wouldn't have anything to do with that. Mom tried juice, toys, pleading, but nothing worked. The screaming continued.
Part of the problem may be that the BA flight to London leaves Calcutta at 7:05 am, meaning that you've got to be at the airport about 4:30, which means you've got to leave the city at 3:30 - the math is ugly. The kid was probably exhausted, but that didn't make the screaming any easier on the other passengers.
7:05 came and went. We're still at the gate. A group of flight attendants has now formed around Mom and hellion. Now the kid refuses to allow Mom to buckle her seat belt - and every attempt to do so is met with louder screams. They try for about 15 minutes to make it happen, but the child-spawn of Satan is getting hysterical.
The other passengers in the immediate area are all, like me, reflecting on how we would weather a 12-hour flight with this banshee without taking her to the bathroom and dismembering her, and stuffing the bits in the towel disposal.
The senior flight attendant looks around and, I think, sees the panic in our eyes. One more attempt at the seat belt, one more deafening scream. The F/A turns to Mom, and in that very stiff-upper-lip British accent announces, "Madam, I have spoken with the captain. As we are unable to quiet your child, and as we are unable to get her to keep her safety belt buckled, we have determined that she is a safety hazard to herself and to other passengers. We have no option but to ask you to leave the airplane. Our ground staff will assist you with alternate reservations."
Bang. Done. Evicted. Screaming child exits with mortified Mom. We hear her screaming all the way down the aisle, through Business Class, and even out into the jetbridge.
Seems to me that if that rule were invoked more often, other parents might be a little more careful about letting Junior run wild.
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Post by Exildo Wonsetler Briggs III on Mar 28, 2006 17:07:06 GMT -6
Bang. Done. Evicted. Screaming child exits with mortified Mom. We hear her screaming all the way down the aisle, through Business Class, and even out into the jetbridge. THAT had to be a thing of beauty!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by Irish Stu on Mar 28, 2006 17:38:58 GMT -6
Great story Waterdweller!! British Airways is always our airline of choice and this is a good example why.
Simon
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Post by Chicago Jake on Mar 28, 2006 17:57:51 GMT -6
I can almost hear the thunderous applause that must have broken out......Jake
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Post by Tex on Mar 28, 2006 18:07:06 GMT -6
Just dope the kid and do everyone a favor. If benadryl makes you feel guilty, old fashioned dramamine works just as well. Your plane mates will thank you.
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Post by waterdweller on Mar 28, 2006 18:14:46 GMT -6
I can almost hear the thunderous applause that must have broken out......Jake You know, it was weird... I was in the seat right behind, so I heard what the F/A said, but perhaps nobody else really grasped what had happened. As the woman and her baby walked forward, I don't think anyone realized they were leaving for good - and we were all enjoying the silence way too much to interrupt it with applause!
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Post by Chicago Jake on Mar 28, 2006 19:54:08 GMT -6
Ah, that's different. I was kind of picturing Leo Durocher getting tossed out by the home plate ump.... "You... are... OUT OF HERE!!!"
.....Jake (dating myself)
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Post by Irish Eyes on Mar 28, 2006 20:17:30 GMT -6
And so TURN the WORLDS of lunacy that is IRISH EYES!!!!! {sigh} I thought it was common knowledge that driveby was a completely different troll?
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Post by PattyD on Mar 28, 2006 22:18:15 GMT -6
[sigh] SSDD
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Post by Ardbeg... innit on Mar 29, 2006 6:15:20 GMT -6
Bang. Done. Evicted. Screaming child exits with mortified Mom. We hear her screaming all the way down the aisle, through Business Class, and even out into the jetbridge. Seems to me that if that rule were invoked more often, other parents might be a little more careful about letting Junior run wild. The irony of this is that with the early wake up and all that screaming the kid was probably on the verge of crashing and probably would have slept the entire trip. BUT I know I would have been relieved to have that off the plane.
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