Mmmm - I have to get to BRU one of these days. Beer, chocolate and fries - what could be better? :D I also hear they actually make really good waffles as well.

No, but you can find such plates all over Houston and Atlanta too.

Mmmmm, Czech beer. I still have foggy memories of a friend and I drinking gallons of Staropramen (and others) over the course of a long weekend in PRG.

NEIN! NEIN! NEIN!

Agreed. I don't see what the draw is on that show. A bunch of people stuck on an island. Okay. What else? How do new people get added on? More plane crashes?:eek:

It's not something that lends itself to explanation in a single FT thread. There are entire FT-like message boards dedicated to unraveling the multiple layers of nuance and subterfuge that is Lost. I liken it to a cross between the X-Files and a Trashy Soap-Opera. It's great :D

I thought the same thing and did not watch when it first came out on tv.
Then i bought the season 1 dvd at LAX and watched it while on a flight to PPT 2 years ago and i was hooked.

LOL.

There was severe turbulence on the flight, I was a little scared .

I used to agree with you and couldn't convince myself to watch the show for a long time. But about a year ago I got disc 1 of season 1 on DVD and after watching that was totally hooked. Watched the whole thing in order from then. It really is fantastic.

As for your questions:

What else? lol, quite a lot else. Can't really say much without spoiling it for those who haven't seen it yet. There's a real air of mystery that pervades the show, and this is very much heightened by the way every episode mixes in scenes from life on the island with scenes from off the island that take place at different points in time.

How do new people get added on? In a variety of interesting ways. Many of which add to the mystery of the show. But no more plane crashes (well, there is a helicopter crash at one point, but I don't think that counts).

I'm avoiding doing something, so this is a good segway into a classic (and by that I mean oft-repeated) belynch story.

I was flying on QF (in C ;) ) a few years ago and I was sound asleep after the meal service. I woke up, and, after the usual few disoriented moments of trying to figure out where I was and then where I was going, I realized that my 9 VB's had finally come a knockin'.

So I upright myself and start finding my way back to the lav. A panic-stricken FA stops me halfway and says "sir, we're in the middle of severe turbulence, please take your seat" (in retrospect, this is probably what had woken me up in the first place). Realizing my bladder was firmly pushing against my spleen and was due to erupt at any second I proclaimed "I'll risk it" and darted into the loo.

About 10 seconds into relieving myself the plane hit a doosey of a bump and, in attempt to brace myself, I leaned forward against the wall. Unfortunately, and unbeknownst to me, I had leaned against a "pressure point" which opened a storage cabinet.

"The scene" can only be described as sitcom-esque as hundreds of dixie cups, 3 fold paper towels, and various other lav accessories begin to rain down on me as I'm trying to steady myself as I'm still urinating. The FA, hearing the commotion, knocks on the lav to see if I'm okay. I start panicking as I'm looking around at the mess I've made. In an attempt to quickly clean up I managed to knock the bottle of lotion onto the ground, which promptly burst open spewing lotion everywhere.

The FA is now saying "sir, please, let me know you're okay or I'm going to force the door open." I unlock the door, still shell-shocked by the experience, and the look on the FA's eyes was priceless.

We stood there looking at each other, me, like a child who had just been caught stealing a cookie, and her, in fear that I was some sort of raging lunatic. A few moments later another FA came up behind her, took one look into the lav, with the dixie cups, lotion, paper towels all over the place, and a blushing me standing in the doorway and proclaimed "oh my, this is what I imagine a sperm bank looks like."

Priceless! :D :D :D

Packing everything for a move sucks.

Looks like CO actually sold 3 last minute F tickets on my flight to LAX tomorrow. There are still 3 up front and no one else in the emergency exit rows, so I am keeping my fingers crossed for a +24 hour upgrade. :D

I'm going to be doing that within the next 2 months. :(