re: Airport Madness......Weirdest thing you've ever seen at the airport/while flying

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Honestly the weirdest one for me was these seemingly normal guys going to Thailand to frick some kids. I wished that they'd catch the worst most painful VD as possible as punishment for that.

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They were talking about doing this on the plane?

What do you mean by "kids?"

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They were talking about doing this on the plane?

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The airport bar in Chicago

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What do you mean by "kids?"

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7 and 8 year olds. I had to clarify myself hoping they were going for teenagers, but they verified my suspicion when they said it was actual kids. Their defenses were "don't knock it til you try it" and "someone is going to be fricking them anyway, and it may as well be me."

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So you had a conversation about this with them and they pretty much bragged about it? And you were still in the US?

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The thing you learn at an airport bar (especially one that you don't often fly out of) is that people will tell you anything. I've heard enough fricked up, ridiculous, and creepy things in airport bars, but this is near the top. Granted talking about fricking kids isn't illegal, so what was I and the bartender supposed to do about it? Talk to enough people in airport bars, especially people on international flights, and they'll tell you anything.

Had a guy tell me he was flying across country to frick his closet gay lover while his wife was home with the kids. Someone else told me they stole 20k from a woman he was fricking and never saw her again. People who know they will never, ever see you again will say anything. How much of it is truthful is unknowable, but still fascinating on what they'll tell a complete stranger.

On a flight from MSY to Vegas had a very drunk guy with a thick New York accent yell "VIVAAAAAAA LAS VEGASSSS!!" for almost the entire flight.

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plane and train experiences

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I couldn't even begin to imagine sitting on a train for 2-3 days. I think I'd rather be on a Greyhound bus.

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I couldn't even begin to imagine sitting on a train for 2-3 days. I think I'd rather be on a Greyhound bus.

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Had a 28 hour one once. Almost without question the single most miserable experience of my life. It was in China, and the train involved hot beer, a socially awkward 18 year old who only wanted to practice his English with me non-stop, and the absolute crown jewel, a heavily unstable retard. She assaults a toddler, an 80 year old, assaults others, bites people, throws bottles of water and ramen on others, threw a shoe at my head, spits all over the place, and screams non-stop bloody murder for 28 straight hours. I was being completely sincere when I say that I wake up in a cold sweat when I have nightmares from that experience.

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I recently picked up DC-NYC in my territory. Ideally they want me to commute via train between the two. I may just drive.

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They have that new bullet train on the East Coast, the Acela. Penn Station - Union Station in like 3 hours.

Hey, it's the company dime. I wish my company would let me drive, I'd probably get where I'm going faster considering all the shite I run into. They won't let me drive more than like 2 hours, too dangerous they say.

It was 2005. I was flying home from DLI for Christmas exodus. The airline screwed us all over when we were flying out of Monterey, and I had to catch a different flight to Dallas from a layover in Vegas. So, I end up on the same plane as the LSU basketball team. I just checked the 2005 schedule to be absolutely sure, and they had their last game in Vegas on the 23rd, so it checks out.

I remember John Brady being kind of arrogant. His wife was really hot.

I also had the privilege of sitting next to some really top-class tail on the flight. I don't know if the dance team accompanies them on road trips. I think it was them. No pics, soz.