I had a chance to win 400 Greenpoints (!) for entering an original poem on poetry.com - thought I'd share this cheesy moment I had yesterday with all of you!

As posted on "SPAM":

Risk and Reward

Enter a metal tube commonly known as aircraft

Risk getting a middle seat in row 125 and having no feeling in your feet by Atlanta

Risk communicable disease from the person in the row behind you

Risk a child in front of you throwing up over the back of his seat - into your lap

Risk missing an important call from a client you've pursued for a year while you're in the tube

Risk getting angry at callous staff who can't find your reservation

Risk being the recipient of anger from jealous passengers who didn't get the last upgrade

Risk spending five hours with the most verbal and most boring person on the planet

Risk your life


Enter a website devoted to those sharing your pain

Reward yourself with new lessons in beating the game

Reward yourself with new friends who share your world

Reward yourself with finding every place known to earn more frequent flier miles

Reward yourself with getting upgraded on every flight you take

Reward yourself with getting a suite at the hotel - with a smile

Reward yourself with free Bailey's with your coffee

Reward yourself with learning the best hotels, the best restaurants, the best routes to anywhere

Reward yourself with a forum and a chatroom full of intelligent, fun people you feel lucky to know!

Enter a mental state filled with awareness that of strife can come triumph, of pain can come pleasure, of loneliness can come community.

Enter FlyerTalk.Com





[This message has been edited by svpii (edited 10-15-2000).]