What's a Kettle?
Nov 30, 2010 | 11:26 am
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Kettle is short for "Ma and Pa Kettle," i.e. a naive and uninformed casual traveler, as in, "I heard a Kettle with an economy ticket tell an FA, 'But I thought we could just sit anywhere. Aren't all the seats the same?'"
Related term: Gomer, short for "Gomer Pyle," meaning a louder and stupider Kettle, as in, "This Gomer boarded and said, 'Well, Golly, I wish I had a seat by the window because I like to keep it rolled down to get me some of that fresh air.'"
Related term: Gomer, short for "Gomer Pyle," meaning a louder and stupider Kettle, as in, "This Gomer boarded and said, 'Well, Golly, I wish I had a seat by the window because I like to keep it rolled down to get me some of that fresh air.'"
Nov 30, 2010 | 11:54 am
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More than anybody would want to know about the Kettles
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ma_and_Pa_Kettle
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ma_and_Pa_Kettle
Nov 30, 2010 | 12:10 pm
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Nov 30, 2010 | 12:25 pm
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I've been Platinum on Delta for 3 years and Gold for about another three and I still don't know what people are talking about half the time on this board. Thanks for cluing me in.
So many acronyms too, I don't know what half of them are either.
Are you a snob if you call someone a Kettle and am I one?
So many acronyms too, I don't know what half of them are either.
Are you a snob if you call someone a Kettle and am I one?
Nov 30, 2010 | 12:29 pm
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Nov 30, 2010 | 12:30 pm
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The appropriation of Kettles as a descriptor is a stroke of genius though. ^ A lot of their movies (No, I haven't sat through any of them
) are based on travel, and the Kettles were the Beverly Hillbillies of their time.
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Nov 30, 2010 | 1:32 pm
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kettles r us lately....bw will end up the yr w/4 trips, me w/6....not like the good old days when we did 4-5 intl trips/yr, wouldn't buy unless we were ug'ed....now, just hope i can make it to the gate....good luck to all...
Nov 30, 2010 | 1:44 pm
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Nov 30, 2010 | 1:50 pm
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It seems like anytime I talk to a FF under 35 they have no idea of the originality of the Kettle theme (in other words, they have never heard of the series I guess back from the 1930s.)
My favorite are the ones that get on the plane and see the F seats and get excited (usually because those seats will house their 350 pound body much easier) only to realize that after that partion the seats become much different.
My favorite are the ones that get on the plane and see the F seats and get excited (usually because those seats will house their 350 pound body much easier) only to realize that after that partion the seats become much different.