“Do You Know Who I Am?”: The Definitive Thread of DYKWIA Stories
Jul 20, 2017, 7:06 pm
#8386
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At times, it's very fashionable for women in Spain to color their hair blond. While I can think of Spanish people I know with blue eyes, it's easy to get blue contact lenses to fake it too.
Jul 20, 2017, 7:22 pm
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When one is in Mexico, in what language would one usually expect to be spoken to?
Jul 20, 2017, 9:40 pm
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Just a quick note to say THANKS!!!!!
I was going to catch up on the Wiki bit, but I ended up reading the last 3 pages of this thread. The series of posts were hilarious. LMAO.
I was going to catch up on the Wiki bit, but I ended up reading the last 3 pages of this thread. The series of posts were hilarious. LMAO.
Jul 21, 2017, 11:01 am
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I love coming in here and finding five pages worth of discussions about the finer points of ethnic division. Come on people, talk about something interesting and on-topic please.
On-topic as to not be a hypocrite: we had an older couple in front of us at the gate for our flight from CDG to AMS as well as a massive line of other people ready to board when a family came crashing through trying to shove to the front of the line, yelling something about having a Delta credit card. Angry and confused looks all around. Eventually they simply got to a point where people refused to move and just loudly talked outrage to themselves until they could finally board.
Some people...
On-topic as to not be a hypocrite: we had an older couple in front of us at the gate for our flight from CDG to AMS as well as a massive line of other people ready to board when a family came crashing through trying to shove to the front of the line, yelling something about having a Delta credit card. Angry and confused looks all around. Eventually they simply got to a point where people refused to move and just loudly talked outrage to themselves until they could finally board.
Some people...
Jul 21, 2017, 11:38 am
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There seems to be enuf of 'em, so, maybe we need a separate thread for Delta Credit Card DYKWIA's.
Jul 21, 2017, 11:48 am
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I love coming in here and finding five pages worth of discussions about the finer points of ethnic division. Come on people, talk about something interesting and on-topic please.
On-topic as to not be a hypocrite: we had an older couple in front of us at the gate for our flight from CDG to AMS as well as a massive line of other people ready to board when a family came crashing through trying to shove to the front of the line, yelling something about having a Delta credit card. Angry and confused looks all around. Eventually they simply got to a point where people refused to move and just loudly talked outrage to themselves until they could finally board.
Some people...
On-topic as to not be a hypocrite: we had an older couple in front of us at the gate for our flight from CDG to AMS as well as a massive line of other people ready to board when a family came crashing through trying to shove to the front of the line, yelling something about having a Delta credit card. Angry and confused looks all around. Eventually they simply got to a point where people refused to move and just loudly talked outrage to themselves until they could finally board.
Some people...
Aug 9, 2017, 8:05 am
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Self reporting a DYKWIA story:
So I was about to board a CRJ-200, and though I was carrying my bag, the GA noticed the wheels and wanted me to gate check it. I had a tightish connection and didn't want to chance it, so I attempted to decline. She was insistent that it wouldn't fit because it had wheels. I then (shame on me!) said something like, "I must have flown twenty segments on the 200s in the last year, I chose this bag specifically because it fits on literally every plane I've ended up on." I swear, it was like I had a momentary OBE and could hear myself being all DYKWIA.
She let me slide, though we ended up getting in a bit early and I could have easily made the connection even waiting for my bag. For the record, my bag fit overhead just fine, as it always does. Waiting for the day where I pull that kind of stunt and it turns out to be some special version of aircraft that *doesn't* fit my bag....
So I was about to board a CRJ-200, and though I was carrying my bag, the GA noticed the wheels and wanted me to gate check it. I had a tightish connection and didn't want to chance it, so I attempted to decline. She was insistent that it wouldn't fit because it had wheels. I then (shame on me!) said something like, "I must have flown twenty segments on the 200s in the last year, I chose this bag specifically because it fits on literally every plane I've ended up on." I swear, it was like I had a momentary OBE and could hear myself being all DYKWIA.
She let me slide, though we ended up getting in a bit early and I could have easily made the connection even waiting for my bag. For the record, my bag fit overhead just fine, as it always does. Waiting for the day where I pull that kind of stunt and it turns out to be some special version of aircraft that *doesn't* fit my bag....
Aug 9, 2017, 8:47 am
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Self reporting a DYKWIA story:
So I was about to board a CRJ-200, and though I was carrying my bag, the GA noticed the wheels and wanted me to gate check it. I had a tightish connection and didn't want to chance it, so I attempted to decline. She was insistent that it wouldn't fit because it had wheels. I then (shame on me!) said something like, "I must have flown twenty segments on the 200s in the last year, I chose this bag specifically because it fits on literally every plane I've ended up on." I swear, it was like I had a momentary OBE and could hear myself being all DYKWIA.
She let me slide, though we ended up getting in a bit early and I could have easily made the connection even waiting for my bag. For the record, my bag fit overhead just fine, as it always does. Waiting for the day where I pull that kind of stunt and it turns out to be some special version of aircraft that *doesn't* fit my bag....
So I was about to board a CRJ-200, and though I was carrying my bag, the GA noticed the wheels and wanted me to gate check it. I had a tightish connection and didn't want to chance it, so I attempted to decline. She was insistent that it wouldn't fit because it had wheels. I then (shame on me!) said something like, "I must have flown twenty segments on the 200s in the last year, I chose this bag specifically because it fits on literally every plane I've ended up on." I swear, it was like I had a momentary OBE and could hear myself being all DYKWIA.
She let me slide, though we ended up getting in a bit early and I could have easily made the connection even waiting for my bag. For the record, my bag fit overhead just fine, as it always does. Waiting for the day where I pull that kind of stunt and it turns out to be some special version of aircraft that *doesn't* fit my bag....
Aug 9, 2017, 9:32 am
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Aug 9, 2017, 9:56 am
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