-The Promised Story

Here is the story that I promised you yesterday....This happened back in 2006, and ever since then I have been wary of who gets seated next to me on a plane.  This is the excerpt from the post that shows up when those scary people search for something about bomb on a plane.....

    I have a special story to tell you, a true story--here is the title: "Don't say B___ on the Plane!" Are you intrigued? I know I would be............... On the way to Arizona, we had to sit next to this guy on the plane...
 

    First he tried to get me to sign up for his natural home health care pyramid business-I declined as nicely as possible. 

Then he took a nap. 

    After he woke up-he had burning, itchy eyes from his contacts. It was just a couple of days after the new no liquids rules so he didn't have any contact lens solution with him (which I think you can actually bring, but he didn't know that at the time) So he proceeded to complain about how much his eyes were bothering him. I was sympathetic-we still had two hours to go..........

   Then all of the sudden the pain in his eyes must have affected his brain because he decided to come up with an idea how he could sneak contact lens solution on the plane when he traveled home in a couple of days. He told me that what made sense was to just put some in a plastic bag and tape it to his leg. Because the metal detector wouldn't pick up on it and he could easily sneak it on. 

    At this point I was already looking nervously around to make sure that no flight attendants were standing nearby hearing this, because I was sure it was a forbidden topic---And then.....you guessed it he started saying "Of course I don't understand why those guys who were making the bombs didn't do that. You could easily go into the bathroom and untape the bags and mix the stuff together to make a bomb. If you wanted to bomb a plane that is all you have to do. In fact it would probably only take a couple of bags of stuff to make a bomb. Really bombing a plane probably isn't that hard" 

   I told him to shut up!  He just kept going!    I promise you that man said the word "bomb" at least thirteen times before Katarina saved me by wanting to ask for some of my Sprite....and then I pretended to sleep, because "Bomb Boy" was sure to get us all arrested if he was allowed to continue talking like that on the airplane! What an idiot! Don't say bomb on a plane!!  I'm glad that we weren't sitting behind an Air Marshall!! 

   
    I did ask the guy if he thought it would help to go to the bathroom and stick his head in the sink to try to get some water in his eyes.....he wasn't impressed with my idea. I was just hoping that if he stuck his head in some cold water he would come to his senses and stop saying "bomb" on the plane.
   
    For all of the people who are searching for bomb on a plane and come here--I want to be sure to tell you,  I am decidedly anti-bombing planes. I just want to make that clear.

There it is folks, the thing that is always in the back of my mind when I fly....will "bomb boy" be seated next to me on this flight?