Posted on 12/05/2006 12:10:58 PM PST by OldCorps
"the captain has turned off the no farting sign"
little girl behind us Sunday at church was farting over and over. She kept kicking my hubbies chair as well and he kept looking at me like he wanted to turn around and slap this child silly, but of course we were in church! So we had to sit still all the while with a foul stench in the air!
>>Not to be a wet noodle, but the headline is wrong.
The plane was not grounded due to flatulence. The plane was grounded because passengers correctly identified evidence that matches had been struck on board. Striking a match is illegal, and the passengers should be commended for be cautious.<<
I didn't know it was illegal to strike a match on a plane...
I don't fly that much but I don't remember such a notice.
She probably suffers from Krohn's disease.
A friend of mine's wife had that problem. Very painful at times.
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