Posted on 04/18/2006 2:27:46 AM PDT by Chairman_December_19th_Society
We will not tire, we will not falter, and we will not fail!
Good morning!!
Do not let the victims of the attacks on New York and Washington, nor the brave members of our Nation's military who have given their lives to protect our freedom, die in vain!!
Will be packing today for vacation, and for the next few days we will have guest ranters. For today, however, I'd thought I'd leave you with some humor to get things rolling...
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Actual occurrences at an otherwise unnamed airline ticket office in Washington, DC:
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1. I had a New Hampshire Congresswoman ask for an aisle seat so that her hair wouldn't get messed up by being near the window.
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2. I got a call from a candidate's staffer, who wanted to go to Capetown. I started to explain the length of the flight and the passport information, then she interrupted me with, "I'm not trying to make you look stupid, but Capetown is in Massachusetts," Without trying to make her look stupid, I calmly! explained, "Cape Cod is in Massachusetts, Capetown is in Africa," Her response - click.
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3. A senior Vermont Congressman called, furious about a Florida package we did. I asked what was wrong with the vacation in Orlando. He said he was expecting an ocean view room. I tried to explain that's not possible, since Orlando is in the middle of the state. He replied, "Don't lie to me, I looked on the map and Florida is a very thin state!"
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4. I got a call from a lawmaker's wife who asked, "Is it possible to see England from Canada?" I said, "No." She said, "But they look so close on the map."
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5. An aide for a cabinet member once called and asked if he could rent a car in Dallas. When I pulled up the reservation, I noticed he had only a 1-hour layover in Dallas. When I asked him why he wanted to rent a car, he said, "I heard Dallas was a big airport, and we will need a car to drive between gates to save time."
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6. An Illinois Congresswoman called last week. She needed to know how it was possible that her flight from Detroit left at 8:30 am and got to Chicago at 8:33 am. I explained that Michigan was an hour ahead of Illinois, but she couldn't understand the concept of time zones. Finally, I told her the plane went fast, and she bought that.
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7. A New York lawmaker called and asked, "Do airlines put your physical description on your bag so they know whose luggage belongs to whom?" I said, "No, why do you ask?" She replied, "Well, when I checked in with the airline, they put a tag on my luggage that said (FAT), and I'm overweight. I think that's very rude!" After putting her on hold for a minute while I looked into it (I was laughing) I came back and explained the city code for Fresno, CA is (FAT), and the airline was just putting a destination tag on her luggage.
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8. A Senator's aide called to inquire about a trip package to Hawaii. After going over all the cost info, she asked, "Would it be cheaper to fly to California, and then take the train to Hawaii?"
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9. I just got off the phone with a freshman Congressman who asked, "How do I know which plane to get on?" I asked him what exactly he meant, to which he replied, "I was told my flight number is 823, but none of these planes have numbers on them."
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10. A lady Senator called and said, "I need to fly to Pepsi-Cola, Florida. Do I have to get on one of those little computer planes?" I asked if she meant fly to Pensacola, Fl. on a commuter plane. She said, "Yeah, whatever, smarty!"
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11. A senior Senator called and had a question about the documents he needed in order to fly to China. After a lengthy discussion about passports, I reminded him that he needed a visa. "Oh, no I don't. I've been to China many times and never had to have one of those." I double checked and sure enough, his stay required a visa. When I told him this he said, "Look, I've been to China four times and every time they have accepted my American Express!"
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12. A New Mexico Congresswoman called to make reservations, "I want to go from Chicago to Rhino, New York." I was at a loss for words. Finally, I said, "Are you sure that's the name of the town?" "Yes, what flights do you have?"replied the lady. After some searching, I came back with, "I'm sorry, ma'am, I've looked up every airport code in the country and can't find a Rhino anywhere." The lady retorted, "Oh, don't be silly! Everyone knows where it is. Check your map!" So I scoured a map of the state of New York and finally offered, "You don't mean Buffalo, do you?" The reply? "Whatever! I knew it was a big animal".
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Thus, the state of our Government.
For AMERICA - The Right Way, I remain yours in the Cause, the Chairman.
LET'S ROLL!!!
Last time posting at Oh Dark Thirty for awhile...
Good morning! Thanks for the eatly start and the chucjle to start the day.
LOL
Good morning.
Supposed to get some more record breaking heat here again today. 92 yesterday and it was still 81 last night at 10:00PM.
Good morning and thank you.
HAVE A WONDERFUL VACATION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I just looked at my previous post. THAT will teach me to post without my reading glasses and without my coffee. Good grief!
It's both frightening and laughable that some of those geography-challenged folks are in government.
Temperatures have dropped here...in 40's...w/thunderstorms promised again. The winds here yesterday blew down an apple tree in the side yard. No tomato planting today.
Same here, although it's supposed to warm up into the high 60's this afternoon. I won't do yardwork until it gets above 50 degrees, so I guess I will find something else to occupy me this morning.
Good morning, LBKQ. Are you in Florida or Illinois these days?
My goodness! You have weather in the 40's! I am amazed at the changes in 'weather' from one day to the next. I am not complaining (yet).
I'm sorry you lost an apple tree. I love trees and hate to lose 'em. The city has one of our 110 year old pecans on their list to cut down --- but this year it is absolutely full of the brightest green leaves, so maybe they'll delete it from the list.
On that horrid placenta thread, I have linked you to an article on Greta which was linked to me the other night on the Art Bell thread.
News to me: Greta is a Scientologist too.
Whatcha doing up so early?
Truthfully --- at 4:00AM my doorbell rang twice and it was a man who gave me a strange story about his wife and children being stuck in a car down the street (ran out of gas he said) but added that he lived only 3 blocks down the street --- I didn;t give him a chance to tell me what he wanted --- I told him I would call the police "for" him and I dialed 911 immediately. He ran off.
I think he's the one my neighbor watch have been complaining about --- a drug addict from NOLA who has been stealing newspapers and bumming around.
Sheesh. Better watch out. Catch up on some sleep!
I'm in Illinois.
There's a different kind of heat here in NC at present...political heat...demand that a legislative leader (a Democrat) step down because of corruption...the Durham DA acting like the Queen of Hearts...and a press conference today from defense attorneys which is bound to curl hair...All that and the promised thunderstorm (both natural and political) make living in NC...well, interesting.
Oops, forgot to mention that tonight there are 2 contestants from NC in the American Idol show as well.
Smart, onyx. Also, smart onyx.
I knew she was a Scientologist, as is her husband. There was discussion of Scientology's position on the Schiavo threads, and that is why I made that comment. I will go check the link. Thanks!
Good morning.
How ARE you???
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