Hah. Yep, 767-300.

When I read the title of the thread I honestly thought it was going to be about flatulence and the low level of noise not providing enough cover.

While the 744 isn't particularly quiet, I've also noticed this problem when flying C on Air New Zealand, always some well-fed guy nearby snoring.

Slightly OT, but your story reminded me of a friend in high school who could sleep with his eyes open. He often did it during class, to the amazement of the rest of us. Problem was, he often snored, which gave the game away

Seriously? Fully open? LOL!

I knew a guy who could sleep with his eyes half open and never got caught in any class or meeting. The reason being that he always drifted off with a question prepared in his mind. So when woken he'd sit back casually and ask this intelligent question

Yeah, eyes wide open, with a slight grin on his face. It was really a remarkable talent. Sometimes I'd just look over at him with awe.

...until the day that the CEO had just finished answering the exact same question....

I used to belong to a committee that had meetings just after lunch, so staying awake was a challenge for all. This one guy was constantly nodding off, then would suddenly snap his head back when he awoke. One day, he was sleeping more soundly than usual when his chair started to tip backwards. It was one of those classic scenes where you seem to be watching in slow motion and know exactly what's about to happen, but can't do anything to stop it. Anyhow, this guy goes down backwards and all you can see are his feet pointed straight up in the air behind the table, until his feet go down and his head pops up. Classic -- Even the Russian judges gave him a 10!^

Me too, but I am pretty sure that half the cabin would be doing that, or at least sometimes it smells like half the cabin is flatulating!

My word for the day. Perhaps an obvious back-formation but I can't tell you how happy it made me to read it

You beat me to it...

I miss the 727s where I could break wind with abandon...

HAHAHAHHAHA thats great!

Reminds me of when I was my boss's assistant ages ago.. he started to nod off in a Board of Directors meeting and at first I didn't notice then I saw him slowing nose over.. i glanced.. SOUND asleep.. but the prob is he kept going nose first toward the ground (aka Mr Bean movie at church) .. but LUCKLY i thought fast and yanked the back of his shirt which threw him back against hte seat.. he woke up all bewildered and gave me the "hmm gez thanks A LOT" look.. I mean if I was more than 1/2 a second slower he would have gone face first forward into the ground!

How can I meet this person and learn his techiques?

Ear plugs are less than $1. I buy the back of light blue ones at the drug store for $4. There's about a dozen pairs of them in there. Properly squished down and inserted into your ear canal, they will block about 30 db of noise. You really have no right to complain about people talking, etc, if you aren't using these in the first place.

Perhaps he should offer classes. There might be a fortune to be made

Just wake the snorer up:
"Excuse me Sir, you are preventing me from sleeping due to your loud snoring, therefore would you please stop ?"