(Could she have taken Febreze or Oust onto the plane?)
I did send a letter to American Airlines telling them I thought it was cruel to treat a woman with a disability as a criminal rather than trying to help her overcome her problem and give her a more socially acceptable resolution (such as a can of Febreze or Oust) because she is a human being who deserves compassion, of which the world is in dire need.
(Could she have taken Febreze or Oust onto the plane?)
I did send a letter to American Airlines telling them I thought it was cruel to treat a woman with a disability as a criminal rather than trying to help her overcome her problem and give her a more socially acceptable resolution (such as a can of Febreze or Oust) because she is a human being who deserves compassion, of which the world is in dire need.
I would completely agree with you, Kit, if the woman had gone sought help for her problem before creating a huge problem for so many others, but she didn't. Instead, she violated the law, caused the airline great expense, delayed all the other passengers, inconvenienced people who were waiting for passengers at their destination, probably cost several passengers quite a bit of money, caused a team of inspectors to inspect the plane and FBI investigators to question the passengers and crew, and only admitted what she did and why when she was interrogated. I sympathize with her problem, but that doesn't excuse what she put so many others through.
I agree with LG. There are other ways to handle the problem and, while I'm sorry that she has to deal with it, there are many, many alternatives to breaking the law. One would have to live in a cave to not realize that you don't get away with anything even remotely similar to what she did.
Now I'm sorry for the many people who were inconvenienced and for the woman, that she didn't have the common sense or forethought to come up with a better alternative.
I have to agree with you TheEvan... I just let 'em fly (though I do try to do it silently)... I figure it's payback for the guy in front of me who wants to lean back in my lap and the guy behind me thinks I need a lower back massage with his knees...
Y'all are soooo wrong!! You do it while you're walking down the isle so nobody can tell for sure where it came from. Even better, while everyone is in the aisles trying to maneuver their overhead luggage.
Y'all are soooo wrong!! You do it while you're walking down the isle so nobody can tell for sure where it came from. Even better, while everyone is in the aisles trying to maneuver their overhead luggage.
At least, that's what I hear. :unsure:
hmmm... Belle... I think I was on a flight with you one time!
Y'all are soooo wrong!! You do it while you're walking down the isle so nobody can tell for sure where it came from
Belle, that's what we call "crop dusting".
Not that anyone's keeping score, but I realized this week that it just takes some good old "fart talk" to bring me out of lurk-dom. What does that tell you about my in-depth spiritual perception and awareness?
Tonto, I've always been been impressed with your in depth spiritual perception. After all, I wouldn't know the proper terminology to use when "witnessing" proper "crop dusting" techniques if it weren't for you.
I humbly thank you and am ever so grateful for your willingness and ability to come out of lurkdom to offer expertise to the discussion.
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Kit Sober
Poor woman.
(Could she have taken Febreze or Oust onto the plane?)
I did send a letter to American Airlines telling them I thought it was cruel to treat a woman with a disability as a criminal rather than trying to help her overcome her problem and give her a more socially acceptable resolution (such as a can of Febreze or Oust) because she is a human being who deserves compassion, of which the world is in dire need.
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I would completely agree with you, Kit, if the woman had gone sought help for her problem before creating a huge problem for so many others, but she didn't. Instead, she violated the law, caused the airline great expense, delayed all the other passengers, inconvenienced people who were waiting for passengers at their destination, probably cost several passengers quite a bit of money, caused a team of inspectors to inspect the plane and FBI investigators to question the passengers and crew, and only admitted what she did and why when she was interrogated. I sympathize with her problem, but that doesn't excuse what she put so many others through.
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TheEvan
I just let them fly. Nothing compares to a fresh I-just-left-Africa fart.
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GarthP2000
Medical condition? ... You sure it wasn't due to a family sized can of pork n' beans?
Evan, man what _do_ they feed you in Africa down there dude?
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Belle
I agree with LG. There are other ways to handle the problem and, while I'm sorry that she has to deal with it, there are many, many alternatives to breaking the law. One would have to live in a cave to not realize that you don't get away with anything even remotely similar to what she did.
Now I'm sorry for the many people who were inconvenienced and for the woman, that she didn't have the common sense or forethought to come up with a better alternative.
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coolchef
hell i don't feel too sorry for her
when cut a good one,smile and proudly claim it! yep that was me!
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tonto
OMG Evan! That one brought tears to my eyes!
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TheEvan
It sure would, tonto.
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I have to agree with you TheEvan... I just let 'em fly (though I do try to do it silently)... I figure it's payback for the guy in front of me who wants to lean back in my lap and the guy behind me thinks I need a lower back massage with his knees...
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Y'all are soooo wrong!! You do it while you're walking down the isle so nobody can tell for sure where it came from. Even better, while everyone is in the aisles trying to maneuver their overhead luggage.
At least, that's what I hear. :unsure:
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GarthP2000
Even better than that Belle, is to cut a 'Silent but Deadly' in the elevator right as your getting off, ... and the doors quickly close, ...
... and the poor victims only then realize who did it, but are *trapped* with no way out!
Oh wait! This is in regards to being in the _plane_.
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Tom Strange
hmmm... Belle... I think I was on a flight with you one time!
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waysider
I can just hear the conversation now.
"Can I get you anything Ma'am?"
"Why yes, an industrial size can of Febreeze." "OOPS! never mind."
And like the kids say: If you protest you smelt it, you probably dealt it.
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Tom Strange
down south (and in Texas) we say "the smeller's the feller"...
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Belle
"he who smelt it dealt it" - that's what we say.
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tonto
Belle, that's what we call "crop dusting".
Not that anyone's keeping score, but I realized this week that it just takes some good old "fart talk" to bring me out of lurk-dom. What does that tell you about my in-depth spiritual perception and awareness?
Carry on.
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Belle
Tonto, I've always been been impressed with your in depth spiritual perception.
After all, I wouldn't know the proper terminology to use when "witnessing" proper "crop dusting" techniques if it weren't for you. 
I humbly thank you and am ever so grateful for your willingness and ability to come out of lurkdom to offer expertise to the discussion.
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T-Bone
The following is a modified chorus from a popular Paul Simon tune that has been approved for all audiences by the Department of Public Transportation:
50 ways to clear a room [chorus]
Let it slip out the back, Jack
Sans Port-a-San, Stan
Don't need a bidet, Oi vey
Just let one go free
But not on the bus, Gus
Folks'll be disgusted much
Grab the bathroom key, Lee
Please do it for me
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