Posted on 11/27/2014 10:36:39 PM PST by dennisw
Uh, does she have a psychiatrist's prescription "take one potbellied pig, and call me in the morning for emotional support," to back-up that claim? If not, it sounds like a short pig story to me, intended to get her pet on the plane without paying for pet conveyance fees. . . and having it ride in the luggage compartment.
Funny, I feel safer flying with pigs than with muslimes!
They stink less, are better company, and 100x smarter too!
This just in: Jonathan Skolnik is a sissy little girlie man who is terrified of pigs.
I don't see where the pig actually caused a disruption but I do see where an overly emotional wussy had a meltdown and should have an emotional support animal of his very own. I suggest a stuffed pink rabbit as anything else would probably cause hysterics.
“the woman had the pig as an emotional support animal”
As an airline lifer, I can honestly state that 99%+ of the “Emotional Support Animals” are simply a bull***t way of getting around the pet carriage fees.
Been going on for better than a decade, ever since USA Today did an article about it, but it has really exploded in recent years.
Man terrified of pot-bellied pig. That’s what I got out of this story.
Sounds like the bus to Kathmandu.
Agreed! Pigs are for food, not pets. Slow cooked.
If not checked, wonder if it would have found its way to a BBQ grill out back at one of the airports they were traveling through.
Punch line: “Well, you know Sir, a pig this special you don’t eat all at once.”
Private mail me if you want the full joke...
I always felt bad for the dogs, cause I know keeping a dog can be expensive, and there’s no way these people took proper care of their animals. Or so I suspected.
On the other hand, if they get hungry, like Obama when he was young, they could simply eat their dog for dinner.
Evidently the emotionally challenged woman was not a Muslim. I move we put a pig on every flight.
Every cloud..... ;-)
Be it bomb sniffing, landmine sniffing, or listening to some banshee complain about life for eighteen out of 24 hours, they all deserve medals.
On the flip side, my dog has never understood women. She doesn't like them one bit. She has suggested that women flip-flop too much. One day they want to be dominant. Next day they want to be submissive and whiney and back again. It's all way too confusing. The only exception was my mom. My dog worshiped my mom. When my mom developed ALS, she would go straight to my mom and never leave her side the whole time we stayed.
As for the airlines and fees, my dog sits right seat or stretches out in the club seating in the back of my plane if it's a long trip. She went deaf a few years back, but still knows the change in engine and prop pitch vibration when we drop the gear. She also knows the marker beacons.
Cheaper than air marshals. No government pensions either.
*rimshot*
Tough crowd, tough crowd tonight.....
Opening line: A curious city-slicker sees a farmer with a one-legged pig on a leash...
"Marauding pig and its woman owner forced off US Airway flight"
Funny, I thought Bill and Hillary took private jets.
YES, I know. I live in Las Vegas. Where I worked (hint: public service) we say a sudden spate of 'em over a period of several years. Many of the people had a hint of Berkeley about them--be it accent, dress, or manner.
I was wondering just what was going on during that time. I knew it was a ruse to angle for some advantage.
Emotional support pets, indeed!
>>No. And I bet that 9 times out of 10 the “emotional support animal” is a ruse to take their pets with them everywhere they go.
Now we’re getting somewhere. Bingo!
A couple years ago, we were at a concert at a large amphitheater, and there was a commotion across the way before the show. A couple had a large pony with them as a “service animal.” The thing was 200# if it was an ounce, perhaps more like 250#. Talking to one of the ushers we know, apparently this wasn’t the first time they were there.
I still think it was your case, a “let’s see what we can get away with” sort of thing.
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