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I Am An Idiot

Sometimes I am a bona fide, first class idiot.

On the plane home from holiday I bought a tea and gave the flight attendant a load of spare change. I didn’t think they would mind me offloading some spare foreign coins and I notioned that people did it all the time.

But being a big cause and effect man, I wondered what would be the downside of everyone on the plane doing this. Was it possible that by handing over our loose change en masse, we were increasing the weight of the aircraft and therefore reducing fuel efficiency which was harming the planet?

I considered this for a second, before realising that physics isn’t my strong point.

I mean well, I really do, but my fear is that with such stupidity on tap, a lot of it escapes my attention but not anyone else’s.

OK, maybe not a first class idiot, but possibly a business class idiot. Or at least a member of a frequent stupid points programme which I seem to be amassing quicker than I can use them up.

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6 Responses to “I Am An Idiot”

  1. Ed R Says:
    April 25th, 2006 at 3:04 am

    Did the drinks have little umbrellas in them?;)

  2. GBE Says:
    April 25th, 2006 at 7:55 am

    I don’t think it’s possible, due to that whole ‘not actually increasing weight’ aspect. What is possible is everyone transferring heavy handfuls of change to the centre aisle of the plane (assuming it was a plane with a centre aisle), therefore putting so much weight in the centre that the plane just snaps in half. And then everyone would fall out. Which would be just terrible.

  3. JonnyB Says:
    April 25th, 2006 at 11:26 am

    If you were worried about that, you could always have paid by debit card and asked for cashback, thus redressing the balance.

  4. Katy Newton Says:
    April 25th, 2006 at 3:33 pm

    I try to spend my plane journeys reading, rather than thinking about how flying works. It is more relaxing.

  5. patita Says:
    April 25th, 2006 at 4:20 pm

    Is that why people do stupid stuff? There’s a points program for it?!

    Aw, you’re definitely not a business class idiot–that’s awfully harsh :)

  6. Ed R Says:
    April 25th, 2006 at 4:23 pm

    ALL RIGHT STAND BACK! I’m Taking over control of this plane! ‘

    ‘Oh my GOD! ‘ HE’S GOT ROLLS OF QUARTERS TAPED TO HIS CHEST!’

    ‘THat’s right lady, and I know how to use ‘em!’

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