About 10 years ago on a flight home from Newcastle (after a stag weekend, so we were all worse for wear), the plane had a very heavy landing with a loud bang, followed by a smell of burning rubber.

There were a few nervous looks around the cabin, before the captain came over the intercom and said "Sorry about that ladies and gentlemen, that was, quite frankly, appalling" - cue massive laughter.

The cabin crew followed it up with something like "Now that Captain Kangaroo has finished bouncing us to our destination, we will be disembarking from..."