Gone but not forgotten: a supply of fresh air in airplane bathrooms.
Don't worry -- I'm not about to engage in potty humor (but I will restart my Amazing Race Aside* now that the new season is back -- more on that in a minute or so). Instead, it turns out that, due to FAA requirements and their evaluation of potential security risks a la someone using the oxygen canisters that were in the restrooms to start a fire, no more spare oxygen is allowed.
It doesn't affect me so much (I'm not flying until I head to southern Florida to celebrate my 40th birthday in early 2012 [which is one way to get excited about leaving my thirties] -- and I rarely use the facilities on relatively short flights), but it might affect those traveling around the world during this season's Amazing Race (*see below).
For those who want to light a match in the bathroom for nefarious purposes instead of magnanimous ones (ok, a little bit of potty humor had to seep in), a lack of oxygen canisters may be missed.
*One of the best shows on TV just returned to demonstrate why it wins so many Emmys -- because its reality is about the universality of relationships (regardless of the classification and labels of the folks involved), the challenge to display grace under pressure, the celebration of stick-to-it-ive-ness and the embracing of humanity. Here are three things I learned from this week's episode:
1.) The twittersphere can really make things happen in real time. Exhibit A -- the return of the missing passport prior to the departure from LAX.
2.) Some clues are going to be obtuse (like "look up" in Taiwan to find the clue) and some are just about the experience (like the one that allowed Cindy of the Chitown couple to "feel so Asian").
3.) Confucius say ... "In all things success depends on previous preparation and without such previous preparation, there is sure to be failure."
GET IN AND GET OUT -- FOR MORE REASONS THAN ONE:
http://www.nwcn.com/news/Oxygen-masks-secretly-removed-from-all-US-airplane-bathrooms-117829748.html
ESCAPING CHICAGO's WINTER TO PARTY IN FLORIDA IS NOT ON THIS LIST:
http://www.40thbirthdayideas.net/
CONFUCIOUS SAYS JOKES (in today's sensitive world, are these racist? oops if so??):
http://www.humorsphere.com/confucius/confucious_says_jokes.htm
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