News recap
Posted by Michael.
(1) An American Airlines flight was forced to make an emergency landing yesterday… due to farting. Apparently, some (super-smart) woman decided to cover the stink by lighting matches. The smell of sulphur/burning matches somehow worried other passengers. yeesh.
(2) Norway decided that stripping is art, and therefore is not subject to a 25% VAT. let the comments ensue.
(3) There’s water on Mars! Oh wait, actually it could be any liquid, like CO2. Or just really fine dust. dunno.
December 7th, 2006 at 11:58 am Using
Hooray farting in enclosed spaces! Hooray beer!
December 7th, 2006 at 4:42 pm Using
I think the solution is just to build some sort of carbon filter into airline seats. You always smell some rank farts on long airplane rides.
Does anyone find it odd that you’re allowed to carry matches onboard? Admittedly, most of the stuff in an airplane should be pretty fire resistant, but why tempt fate? You could do a lot of damage with 3 oz of gasoline in a saline bottle and a few matches. Besides, if you’re not allowed to start a match onboard, why would you need to carry one.*
*Sure, it would be handy if the plane crashes in the woods and you have to survive until rescue comes. A pocket knife would be handy too.
I don’t understand the temperatures and pressures needed to get liquid CO2.
December 7th, 2006 at 5:48 pm Using
Guess who just got himself flagged for those “random” searches at security.