Fined for opening plane emergency exit
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eccles said:
rpguk said:
Tango13 said:
There has to be a market for airplane slides? Just think, instead of sitting around waiting for your flight you just pay a couple of quid to slide down the emergency exit slide of a clapped out time expired 747 
I've said this to my girlfriend before. Would happily pay a fiver to scratch that itch of curiosity (without actually risking permanent flight phobia by being in a plane crash)
I have an exciting life, a lovely wife, who loves kids, (She's a magnet to them) but doesn't want any herself (She prefers to be able to give them back) we talked about it, and both decided we wouldn't have any.
Boy we're wierd!
Still I guess if you have a boring life, and the excitment of the wedding has worn off, and there's nothing to talk about any more, the arrival of a fat pink thing akin to Churchill, which screams and s
ts it's pants, will give you something to talk about with all the other doting parents.
The thing is, most of the parents of the charming things are also a load that should have been swallowed. Once they have the bloody things, all they want to do is palm them off to the Grandparents, or unsuspecting friends.
Still some folks think I'm up to the job, as I'm a Godfather to two Boys.
One is growing up to be a lovely balanced fellow, due to the fact his parents had time for him and taught him to behave.
The other, the son of my Brother-in-Law is a little st! All I want to do is dink him on the forehead with a stick with a nail in the end.
He has about as much interest in me as I do him, so at least it's mutual.
He'll more than likely take after his father, and be a complete arshole too.
Don't worry about Dawinism, we'll go the same way as the dinasours.
There's too many people in the world already.
Boy we're wierd!
Still I guess if you have a boring life, and the excitment of the wedding has worn off, and there's nothing to talk about any more, the arrival of a fat pink thing akin to Churchill, which screams and s
ts it's pants, will give you something to talk about with all the other doting parents.The thing is, most of the parents of the charming things are also a load that should have been swallowed. Once they have the bloody things, all they want to do is palm them off to the Grandparents, or unsuspecting friends.
Still some folks think I'm up to the job, as I'm a Godfather to two Boys.
One is growing up to be a lovely balanced fellow, due to the fact his parents had time for him and taught him to behave.
The other, the son of my Brother-in-Law is a little s
t! All I want to do is dink him on the forehead with a stick with a nail in the end.He has about as much interest in me as I do him, so at least it's mutual.
He'll more than likely take after his father, and be a complete arshole too.
Don't worry about Dawinism, we'll go the same way as the dinasours.
There's too many people in the world already.
mickrick said:
I have an exciting life, a lovely wife, who loves kids, (She's a magnet to them) but doesn't want any herself (She prefers to be able to give them back) we talked about it, and both decided we wouldn't have any.
Just a shame your parents didn't make the same choice. Oh an by the sounds of it, "your wife who loves kids" will probably want some at some point just not now. So prepare yourself for single life unless you change your attitude.
mickrick said:
Don't worry about Dawinism, we'll go the same way as the dinasours.
There's too many people in the world already.
Yes although as resources run out, the population will level off rather than go extinct. Nature has been trying to do this in some countries for decades but we keep sending them money and food... It's horrifying to today's fluffy PC generation but famine and disease is nature's way of saying 'too many people'.There's too many people in the world already.
Paddy_N_Murphy said:
blueg33 said:
The parent of the screaming child probably hates it at that moment than all of the other passengers on the plane.
Nope.And THAT ^^^^ is what grips my s
t the most.I understand the little monsters / monkeys may kick off and scream, but it the f
king parents who sit there in oblivion ignoring it whilst and entire cabin of passengers swivels the heads, tuts, and stares daggers at them that really make me want to wrap the oxygen mask around their necks.Parents. Please. Take care of screaming kids -
Paddy_N_Murphy said:
andrewrob said:
Yes but the child is probably just sitting there screaming because of the situation. Once they are out of that situation they could be fine, so what would you do?
I am not a parent. Don't fking ask me.Some kids are 'managed', some aren't.
I am not being anti-child, I am being Anti-Ignorant-Thoughtless-Parent.
You will have had a tantrum at some point when you were a child. That's nothing against your parents and their parenting skills its because you were a child.
Agreed some kids are complete a
holes and are like that constantly, but that's normally down to bad parenting, good parents still have kids that will tantrum every now and again though, no matter how good the child is in other situations.Link from that article -
http://travel.aol.co.uk/2011/02/02/airlines-under-...
Wouldn't that keep everyone happy?
http://travel.aol.co.uk/2011/02/02/airlines-under-...
Wouldn't that keep everyone happy?
Paddy_N_Murphy said:
andrewrob said:
Right so if you're not a parent and you haven't got the answer you obviously don't realise that every single child on the planet has had a tantrum at some point. That kid might have been an absolute angel normally but threw a wobbly at that point for some reason.
You will have had a tantrum at some point when you were a child. That's nothing against your parents and their parenting skills its because you were a child.
Agreed some kids are complete aholes and are like that constantly, but that's normally down to bad parenting, good parents still have kids that will tantrum every now and again though, no matter how good the child is in other situations.
ok, you win.You will have had a tantrum at some point when you were a child. That's nothing against your parents and their parenting skills its because you were a child.
Agreed some kids are complete a
holes and are like that constantly, but that's normally down to bad parenting, good parents still have kids that will tantrum every now and again though, no matter how good the child is in other situations.11 hour flight. Screaming all the way. Parents sitting there reading a book. FFS.
In your example above on an 11 hour flight with a kid screaming all the way and the parent doing nothing, that would annoy me too. If it was my kid I would be doing everything I could to make sure that the people around me didn't have to hear my kid screaming.
Don't get me wrong I'm not some parent, bashing people that don't want to have kids, just don't be so harsh on other people who have them without understanding how kids are (apart from your example of course).
Thank the gods it's not just me. There is nothing as tedious as listening to new parents coo about their sprogs as if it was some miracle that they bore fruit from their loins. Kids do my head in and luckily my mrs can't stand em either! There are far to many oxygen thieving fks on this rock as it is. Having my own would not make a speck of difference to the human race!
ks on this rock as it is. Having my own would not make a speck of difference to the human race!andrewrob said:
That would be an example of bad parenting. The one in the article sounds like the kid was having a paddy when they were waiting to exit the plane.
As opposed to Paddy not wanting to have a kid at any time. Tee hee.As someone who was happy with no kids for 12 years of a relationship then had two kids, twelve years further on (in same relationship) I would say kids get better as they become closer to humans as they develop.
Lived overseas when the kids were young and only once had the flight from hell on first flight with 1 year old son. Tempted though I was to smother him there and then; singing to him, cuddling and reading stories seems more effective. On balance, kid screaming may be preferable to my singing to him, I didn't take a vote.
Though to be fair to kids, you take them out of home environment at some ungodly hour, break their routine, stick them in a cramped metal tube with a few hundred other people who all smell funny (well most of them, it was ryanair), the tube makes a huge amount of noise and then the pressure hurts their ears - and you wonder why they are a bit upset.
Paddy_N_Murphy said:
Nope.
And THAT ^^^^ is what grips my st the most.
I understand the little monsters / monkeys may kick off and scream, but it the fking parents who sit there in oblivion ignoring it whilst and entire cabin of passengers swivels the heads, tuts, and stares daggers at them that really make me want to wrap the oxygen mask around their necks.
Parents. Please. Take care of screaming kids -
And what the fAnd THAT ^^^^ is what grips my s
t the most.I understand the little monsters / monkeys may kick off and scream, but it the f
king parents who sit there in oblivion ignoring it whilst and entire cabin of passengers swivels the heads, tuts, and stares daggers at them that really make me want to wrap the oxygen mask around their necks.Parents. Please. Take care of screaming kids -
k do you expect the parent to do about it? - Moron.It is ignorant fools like you that are either thick as f
k because you think children have a mute button or you are that self absorbed that you believe the parents deliberately make their babies cry.t
tbigbubba said:
Paddy_N_Murphy said:
it is just fecking rude to not consider others and do what is possible (incl Drugs btw) to make live more bearable for the rest of society.
What drugs would help a child who's ears are hurting due to the pressure differential?Gassing Station | Boats, Planes & Trains | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff