http://www.inactualfact.com/2007/02/02/what-you-were-thinking-of-leaving/ ... This Wasn't What I Expected Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:45:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 http://www.inactualfact.com/2007/02/02/what-you-were-thinking-of-leaving/#comment-9873 Sun, 04 Feb 2007 16:47:20 +0000 http://www.inactualfact.com/2007/02/02/what-you-were-thinking-of-leaving/#comment-9873 <strong>MountPenguin: </strong>Arriving at US Customs is great fun, too. I can only recommend that if you must fly across the Atlantic, to choose El Al. Now, the check-in might take 6 hours in a special, sealed off area, but if the plane <strong>is </strong>taken over by hi-jackers, they're going to shoot the Israelis first. Compare and contrast with say a Lufthansa plane where there are far fewer Jews, and it's the Brits and Americans at the top of the list. Plus, there's the entirely valid excuse for turning up a whole day late that "the plane didn't manage to take off before sundown and it was Shabbat and what can you do?" MountPenguin: Arriving at US Customs is great fun, too. I can only recommend that if you must fly across the Atlantic, to choose El Al. Now, the check-in might take 6 hours in a special, sealed off area, but if the plane is taken over by hi-jackers, they’re going to shoot the Israelis first. Compare and contrast with say a Lufthansa plane where there are far fewer Jews, and it’s the Brits and Americans at the top of the list.
Plus, there’s the entirely valid excuse for turning up a whole day late that “the plane didn’t manage to take off before sundown and it was Shabbat and what can you do?”

]]> http://www.inactualfact.com/2007/02/02/what-you-were-thinking-of-leaving/#comment-9852 Sat, 03 Feb 2007 10:43:51 +0000 http://www.inactualfact.com/2007/02/02/what-you-were-thinking-of-leaving/#comment-9852 Ah, never been west of Kyle of Lochalsh, but have heard dire stories about the US airlines. I once sat next to an American lady on a BA flight to Germany (this was before the advent of RyanJet and Co.) and she was cooing and cawing at the little tray of toy food they dished out for lunch, and how nice the airplane was. Ah, never been west of Kyle of Lochalsh, but have heard dire stories about the US airlines. I once sat next to an American lady on a BA flight to Germany (this was before the advent of RyanJet and Co.) and she was cooing and cawing at the little tray of toy food they dished out for lunch, and how nice the airplane was.

]]> http://www.inactualfact.com/2007/02/02/what-you-were-thinking-of-leaving/#comment-9843 Sat, 03 Feb 2007 00:22:47 +0000 http://www.inactualfact.com/2007/02/02/what-you-were-thinking-of-leaving/#comment-9843 Haddock: and this really isn't for the eyes of any future UK employers. I don't care so long as I can afford to pay the leaving tax and get the hell out of here Haddock: and this really isn’t for the eyes of any future UK employers. I don’t care so long as I can afford to pay the leaving tax and get the hell out of here

]]> http://www.inactualfact.com/2007/02/02/what-you-were-thinking-of-leaving/#comment-9842 Fri, 02 Feb 2007 23:43:34 +0000 http://www.inactualfact.com/2007/02/02/what-you-were-thinking-of-leaving/#comment-9842 <strong>Sin: </strong>Our domestics are awful - my breakfast this morning was cold when served and I find myself increasingly having to instruct her in German. Don't they teach English in Romanian schools? One <em>really </em>can't get the staff nowadays..... Sin: Our domestics are awful - my breakfast this morning was cold when served and I find myself increasingly having to instruct her in German. Don’t they teach English in Romanian schools? One really can’t get the staff nowadays…..

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