Tuesday, January 6, 2009

In which Emily sits in the airport.

12:39 pm -- Portland, OR

I read in the Rick Steve's Europe through the Backdoor (which sounds kind of naughty to me, but oh well) book that those who are scared of flying should think of a plane through the air like a boat on the water, the idea being that air has mass just like water does, and the feeling like there's nothing between you and the ground is ill-founded.

He has clearly not seen Titanic.

3 comments:

  1. Nice reference to Titanic, loves it (and I think you are trying to make your journal sound like...what is that TV show again? Oh yeah, Friends).

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  2. Oh yeah, cause all of their episodes start with "the one where..."

    Well, one can't always be original.

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  3. Reminds me of a great line from Family Guy:

    "He's knocking at the back door...Should I let him in?"

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