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| Posted by: supersi |
Monday, January 08, 2007 |
The flight back to London was pretty uneventful. As we sat awaiting take off I had a snicker as a guy a few rows in front of us jumped to his feet as liquid started to drip out of the overhead area and onto his head. Man, that would really stink, wouldn’t it? You should be settling in for a long, overnight flight, but instead your seat is getting all wet as some unknown substance leaks from the overhead bin. The amusement wore off as soon as the first drip landed on my lap.
My initial instinct was to stem the tide of water (I hope it was water) by pressing my pillow to the ceiling. Well that didn’t work, and soon the liquid was dripping over the sides of the pillow. I became aware that now both me and buddy were the source of amusement for the other passengers. Mel instructed me to run to the toilet and get paper towels. That did work, but against the towel I could see that the substance was yellow, and well, that bothered me a bit.
Turns out that the lady a few rows in front of the guy had spilled a water bottle into the overhead compartment and now it was slowly making its way towards the back of the plane (yellow from the dirt inside the overhead panelling). A maintenance crew was called onboard, and as me and the guy stood there holding paper towel to the ceiling (again, very amusing), they checked the electricals. After we got the all-clear, we were given some masking tape to keep the paper towel in place, and promptly took off. It left me wondering, are all Air Canada 767s held together by masking tape?
Anyway, other than that the flight was uneventful. Especially missing was the event where they put our bags onto the plane. However, I’ve thought of three reasons why it’s good to lose your luggage on the way home:
1) When you get to customs, you can confidently stride through the line that says, “Nothing to declare”.
2) The trip from airport to home is much, much easier. Especially when you have to take the tube from Heathrow through central London... and especially when two of your four suitcases are 70 lbs (overweight charge not refunded, though).
3) You don’t have to unpack when you get home! ‘Nuff said.
Oh, and bro Simon Brown, thanks for introducing yourself to us in Halifax airport, it was great to meet you. Funny that you would recognize us from our website photos. For a split second I felt like a celebrity ;-) We hope to make it up to Belfast one of these days. Best wishes to you and your Canadian fiancé Catherine!
Bon Voyage. |
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