Re: On the indignity of flying.

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
 

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I think you are factually mistaken, My uncle claimed to have actually used an outdoor toilet on another plane.
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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.
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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...
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That is genuine story on my part, if my uncle was bullshitting me, or not, I will never know.
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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!