I was listening to National Public Radio's Savvy Traveller here in the USA and they were asking people to send in their weirdest flight experiences of 2000.

I think this is a great question. I was trying to think if I had any "weird" experiences in flight in 2000.

Recently I was on the way to Vancouver via SEA for a meeting with a prospective client in a certain very specialized business. I won't discuss the business of this prospective client because it isn't relevant, except to say that probably nobody's heard of it, it is extremely small as an industry, and incredibly specialized.

I started talking to my seatmate as I normally do, and it turns out that

1. he is an expert in this esoteric, specialized business

2. he works for a huge government agency and is a key player worldwide in this field

3. he knew everything about this product, obviously, and had even helped a certain government purchase a million of them.

Very weird.

Now, what's your weirdest experience in flight for 2000?

I thought that was very weird.