Classic Threads
Aug 24, 2016, 1:20 pm
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Classic Threads
I've just spent a happy half an hour reading how printingandbreakfast arrived on the FT scene in 2009 (1), and it made me think about the other classic threads that are out there. I'd put forward the collection of Pucci Galore's Tales From The Galley, the adventures in WT of cws and the Young Cousin (2) and the recent-ish 'rowdy'-guys-go-for-Vegas-weekend-in-F (cf?). Which threads would others nominate? (There was mention in '09 of a stroller thread?)
(1) http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/briti...o-manners.html
(2) Sad News re corporate-wage-slave [He's flying economy for the first time very soon!]
(1) http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/briti...o-manners.html
(2) Sad News re corporate-wage-slave [He's flying economy for the first time very soon!]
Aug 24, 2016, 1:28 pm
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Who can forget the 2015 Kir Royal (Kir Royale) saga
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/briti...rant-kind.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/briti...rant-kind.html
Aug 24, 2016, 1:34 pm
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Aug 24, 2016, 1:51 pm
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Here are three favourites of mine:
- 8 bottles of Dom from LAX-BKK on SQ in F
- SYD to LHR on a Plane
and since the one I though of first was mentioned by an earlier poster, I'll include the legendary trip to Seoul, when 73 Flyertalkers flew from London to Seoul for a BBQ
- 8 bottles of Dom from LAX-BKK on SQ in F
- SYD to LHR on a Plane
and since the one I though of first was mentioned by an earlier poster, I'll include the legendary trip to Seoul, when 73 Flyertalkers flew from London to Seoul for a BBQ
Aug 24, 2016, 1:54 pm
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8 Bottles of Dom is my all time favourite.
On the BA board I recall a classic about a year or so ago about someone not being referred to as a Doctor. I'm useless at searching though so can't provide a link.
On the BA board I recall a classic about a year or so ago about someone not being referred to as a Doctor. I'm useless at searching though so can't provide a link.
Aug 24, 2016, 2:02 pm
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Aug 24, 2016, 2:09 pm
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http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/briti...d-mr-evil.html
Nice lighthearted thread SecondGo ^ , just what the BA Board needs!
Aug 24, 2016, 2:17 pm
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When I first started with FT there was a rumpus at Zurich involving a stroller. That set a certain tone for many things I have subsequently witnessed. In their own way, the Grrr Moscow/Grrr Larnaca threads (FT passim) were to my mind classics, albeit of a kind which represent a previous iteration of this forum.
Aug 24, 2016, 2:33 pm
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Here you go. This was indeed a funny thread
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/briti...d-mr-evil.html
Nice lighthearted thread SecondGo ^ , just what the BA Board needs!
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/briti...d-mr-evil.html
Nice lighthearted thread SecondGo ^ , just what the BA Board needs!
Aug 24, 2016, 2:41 pm
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I'm on the mobile version at the moment, so maybe someone can dig it out, but CWS' 'week in the life of' thread from a couple of years ago was pretty classic.
A business traveller's week on BA and oneworld ...
A business traveller's week on BA and oneworld ...
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Aug 24, 2016, 2:50 pm
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Aug 24, 2016, 2:55 pm
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For me it has to be the Snuffi faux pas, fortunately rectified, that led to my all time favourite FT comment:
"Only on FT could the solution for a husband being in CW and the wife being in WT be the upgrading of the husband to F"
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/briti...down-back.html
"Only on FT could the solution for a husband being in CW and the wife being in WT be the upgrading of the husband to F"
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/briti...down-back.html