"Ken Fortenberry" wrote in message
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Larry L wrote:
... As I watched them, I was able to mumble under my breath a long string
of " numbnut, dickwad, ****head putz" style comments on their
intelligence that I might never have known without roff "culture" ....
long live roff culture
...

It's quite possible that learning roff "culture" could lead
to a rewarding career in the airline industry.

SWMBOs plane left Monterey, CA behind schedule due to fog on
Thursday morning. However, when they finally got to LAX she
and the others who were connecting to Chicago discovered that
they could JUST make their flight. So they hustled to the
counter where they were told, yes, your plane is still boarding
but you can't get on it because we've already given your seats
away. Why did you give our seats away, they asked, because we
didn't know you were coming.

So the lady in line right in front of the wife goes ballistic.
WE WERE ON A %$#$*&^ AMERICAN CONNECTING FLIGHT YOU *&^$^*)(!!
SON OF A ^%$#@#%& , HOW IN THE *&*(*&^ COULD YOU (*&^%$#%&
*&^%$#@!! (*&^%$#@!!! )(****&^%$#@!! IDIOTS HAVE NOT KNOWN
WE WERE COMING!! And on and on at high volume and in high
dudgeon until there were three airline people at the counter
and mention was made of calling security. The wife turned to
the guy behind her and said, you know I feel the same way,
but she said it so perfectly I don't have to.

So I'm thinking, what if ballistic lady wasn't a fellow
passenger at all but a roff trained plant hired by the
airline ?

Even more to the point, did they call security and did or did not SWMBO and
BL get on the flight? Or at least get a good room, a nice meal, a bump up to
Republican Class and some rather trite apologies?

--riverman