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Things You Hear Around Airplanes

12 March, 2019

  • This announcement will serve as your final boarding call… (Why “Serve as?” Is the actual final boarding call on a bathroom break?)
  • The flight attendants will be passing through the cabin… (I hope somebody opens the door for them first or it will be a very messy business.)
  • Please place your carrion items in the overhead compartment… (Yes, please do, before they draw flies.)

… And so many others. I love to take a step back and listen to the “routine announcements” as though I had never heard them before. It’s amazing how funny they are.

Filed Under: Cars, Boats, Airplanes

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