DYKWIA | 2018 edition
Nov 1, 2018, 1:12 am
#856
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6cm metal blade is somehow less dangerous than a bottle of water?
Nov 1, 2018, 1:50 am
#857
Join Date: Jul 2017
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Out of interest, why would you need to carry a pocket knife with a blade of up to 7cm in your carry-on? Genuine question, no criticism implied!
Nov 1, 2018, 2:17 am
#858
Join Date: Jun 2016
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presumably not to actually have on the aircraft...bit if travelling without checked luggage on a trip a penknife might be useful, then obviously it would be in carry on...
Nov 1, 2018, 2:46 am
#859
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I suppose you are right. I wasn‘t sure if it was 7 or 6, but I remembered that my knife was just below the legal limit, which in this case would be just below 6cm.
I will correct this now.
Please give me the benefit of the doubt, typing on a tiny phone at 2am with a german keyboard is not one of my strenghts.
However, I have corrected my post now, just for you. If that is not enough to ease your anger, you may bring forth the lynch mob, purchase some stones and beards and stone me once the official has determined that no women are present.
I will correct this now.
However, I have corrected my post now, just for you. If that is not enough to ease your anger, you may bring forth the lynch mob, purchase some stones and beards and stone me once the official has determined that no women are present.
Last edited by Nick Art; Nov 1, 2018 at 3:00 am
Nov 1, 2018, 2:48 am
#860
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Nov 1, 2018, 2:55 am
#861
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Nov 1, 2018, 2:58 am
#862
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Nov 1, 2018, 2:59 am
#863
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Considering many people on FT have English as their second language I am not sure anyone is made to feel welcome by having their spelling and grammar corrected like a schoolchild. I am a native English speaker and I still get things wrong!
Nov 1, 2018, 5:31 am
#864
Join Date: Nov 2015
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On a LHR - NYC flight recently, a lady was stood right by the start of the group 1 ropes and started getting very huffy when Group 1 was called and people started to move past her to board. ‘But I’m business class’. When someone pointed out she was Group 2, she immediately pushed to the front of the Group 2 line and stood at attention holding her boarding pass out in front of her!! She ended up sat a few seats back from me in CW and was loudly asking a stewardess ‘what’s the difference between Group 1 and Group 2 on this airline?!’ Steward: ‘Group 1 is for First Class and Gold holders’. Lady raised her voice so we could all here how important she was ‘Well I try to avoid flying this airline if I can. I am top tier status with Virgin and Delta don’t you know!’
Nov 1, 2018, 5:35 am
#865
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I wish I could post as well as some people on here in my 2nd or 3rd language.
Nov 1, 2018, 5:38 am
#866
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Nov 1, 2018, 7:06 am
#867
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Nov 1, 2018, 7:59 am
#868
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While I think the explanation: Because I‘m Swiss, would suffice, there are further reasons: A pocket knife is just really really practical and while I do usually put it in the checked luggage, for this trip I had just forgotten about it. So, I don‘t usually take one with me on ths plane (out of fear of having to give it up, for example spain is quite strict).
Nov 1, 2018, 8:05 am
#869
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What could go wrong?
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Nov 1, 2018, 8:17 am
#870
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Would have had a strong urge to walk up to her, fall on my knees and bow in awe....... mumbling, "I am a lowly GCH, just GHC, oh forgive me Ma'am"
On a LHR - NYC flight recently, a lady was stood right by the start of the group 1 ropes and started getting very huffy when Group 1 was called and people started to move past her to board. ‘But I’m business class’. When someone pointed out she was Group 2, she immediately pushed to the front of the Group 2 line and stood at attention holding her boarding pass out in front of her!! She ended up sat a few seats back from me in CW and was loudly asking a stewardess ‘what’s the difference between Group 1 and Group 2 on this airline?!’ Steward: ‘Group 1 is for First Class and Gold holders’. Lady raised her voice so we could all here how important she was ‘Well I try to avoid flying this airline if I can. I am top tier status with Virgin and Delta don’t you know!’