Funny
 

I know its not relevant to miles and flights, and I am sure I have the numbers wrong but a flight attendant I had a few days ago had a great line upon landing.

"On behalf of the 50,000...45,000...oops, now 40,000 employees, we appreciate you flying Northwest....."

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I'm sure all the people that have lost their job think it's funny too.

sad but true.

One of my favorites was just before landing "Badda Boom, Badda Bing, Theres the Double Ring, Get In Your Seats and Grab Your Things...".

Another (Not on the PA, only heard by those in the vicinity) was shortly before landing on the last flight before retirement of a 747 captain while being vectored for landing "..Looks Like The Old Boy Wants To Take A Victory Lap Or Two..." http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif. I was glad there was no water cannon salute as the ice drops would have hurt http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif.

Not as extreme as the SW standup comedy routines ;(, however bit more light hearted than most http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif.

GS

Humor must run within the NW ranks. My favorite from a few months back was the FA doing the safety demo, who when discussing the oxygen masks, said:

"...the compartment over your head will open. Stop screaming...reach up and grab a mask and place it over your nose and mouth"...

Not everyone on-board caught the humor, but I thought it was cute.

What ever happend to the DC9 pilot who would play the harmonica as part of his PA? Is he still flying or did the TSA confiscate his harp?

On CO earlier this month, the automated safety demo featured the CEO of CO saying "we have the most advanced fleet... with features like this state of the art video system." The problem was that the video feed was broken so we could hear him but not see him http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif

Haven't seen you post in awhile!

I agree 100%.

[This message has been edited by IndustrialPatent (edited 02-28-2003).]

Several years ago, an FA, while taking the time to explain how the emergency exit worked, made me promise to be sure she was with me as I left the plane. I think that was humor!
tom

When briefing the exit rows I like to ask people what they would do with the window exit once they take it out. Of course, the correct answer is, "Take it with you as a souvenir!"

Guess What!

I was reading "Funny" in the LAX Worldclub immediately prior to my LAX/MEM flight yesterday (2/25)and then I packed up my laptop and rushed to the gate.

The Pilot made a pre-flight announcement that included a few bars from a harp!

Seeing that this was a A320 (not a DC9) I asked the FA if this pilot had recently traded up from a DC9 to a A320.

The FA mentioned my question to the pilot later on during the flight and it was the same guy.

Amazing, what a small world we live in.

RC

A harp accompained PA is something you dont hear all the time, good to hear he is still flying.

One evening in January, flying from DTW to MSN on a plane that was 3/4 empty, the pilot came on just before the door closed and announced, "I have an unusual favor to ask of you. If you're sitting in a row where the window seat is unoccupied please move to the window seat. That way the competition will think we have more passengers than we really do."

It's amazing how a little humor brightens up everyone's mood!

I gave the pilot the link to this thread.

He read your post from the cache on my Treo 300 PDA and seemed very impressed that you remembered him from the DC9 days.

RC