Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.quux.org!news.nk.ca!rocksolid2!i2pn2.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail
From: D <nospam@example.net>
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: On the indignity of flying.
Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2025 10:15:02 +0100
Organization: i2pn2 (i2pn.org)
Message-ID: <3bc40344-1cba-1fb7-865a-c7bbf43e0674@example.net>
References: <2395b02c-4e69-ee05-bdb0-6da5457f1634@example.net> <vm0890$140hv$11@dont-email.me> <vm1co5$1e0pm$1@dont-email.me>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed
Injection-Info: i2pn2.org; logging-data="3385082"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@i2pn2.org"; posting-account="w/4CleFT0XZ6XfSuRJzIySLIA6ECskkHxKUAYDZM66M";
In-Reply-To: <vm1co5$1e0pm$1@dont-email.me>
X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0
Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:64273



On Sun, 12 Jan 2025, Pancho wrote:

> On 1/12/25 11:15, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
>> On 11/01/2025 23:54, D wrote:
>>> But my 1 hour ride throug hell is now over, and I'm happily back in my 
>>> apartment and not in a long metal tube full of people I do not like or do 
>>> not want to meet! All is good now!
>> 
>> Fuck me - a real misanthrope!
>> 
>> Ryanair is the worst airline except for the legendary Braamfontein Airlines 
>> - "the only planes with outside toilets"
>> 
>> Feast on this
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuLL8g8ena0
>> 
>
>
> I think you are factually mistaken, My uncle claimed to have actually used an 
> outdoor toilet on another plane.
>
> Apparently, he had been on a bombing mission in WW2 and was flying back over 
> the North Sea when he had a desperate need for a shit. So he put the plane on 
> auto pilot, opened the bomb door and took a shit through it.
>
> Much relieved, he returned to base. Whereupon his commanding officer met him 
> in front of his plane, and was congratulating him on a successful mission. 
> Apparently halfway through this chat, his commander looked at the plane and 
> became strangely distracted, it was only then that my uncle realised there 
> were long brown smears all along the fuselage...
>
> That is genuine story on my part, if my uncle was bullshitting me, or not, I 
> will never know.
>

Fascinating! I would have used some equipment or a helmet or equivalent, 
but to each is own. With a helmet, the story would not have been as good, 
so retrospectively, it was the right choice. ;)

On second thought, if someone would have used the helmet, it could have 
made for a nice finish!