Posts Tagged ‘Airplane Trips’
Tuesday, August 26th, 2014
After reading about the “Knee Defender” scuffle on board a United Airlines flight, I just had to write a limerick:
The fight started on a United Airlines flight because one passenger was using the Knee Defender, a $21.95 gadget that attaches to a passenger’s tray table and prevents the person in front of them from reclining.
… A flight attendant asked him to remove the device and he refused. The woman then stood up, turned around and threw a cup of water at him, the official says. That’s when United decided to land in Chicago. The two passengers were not allowed to continue to Denver.
Does The “Knee Defender” Have Legs? (Limerick)
By Madeleine Begun Kane
Though I’m short, there’s no room for my knees
When I fly, without paying high fees.
But I’d never react
With a tool to contract
Someone’s space, just to feel more at ease.
So the use of a plane “Knee Defender”
Is offensive to me — a contender
For a selfishness prize.
So women and guys,
If you try it, I’ll bitch. You’ll surrender.
Tags: Air Flight, Airlines, Airplane Humor, Airplane Trips, Flight Humor, Flying Humor, Knee Defender, Transportation, Travel, Travel Humor, United Airlines
Posted in Limericks, Transportation Humor, Travel Humor | 4 Comments »
Tuesday, August 19th, 2014
Limerick Ode To Aviation Day
By Madeleine Begun Kane
On this day, aviation shines bright;
Brother Orville, a father of flight,
Gets a birthday ovation
By prez proclamation.
Those who think today’s special are (w)right.
(December 17 is Wright Brothers Day.)
Tags: Air Flight, Airline Humor, Airplane Trips, August Holidays, December Holidays, Flight Humor, Flying Humor, Odd Holidays, Orville Wright, Pilots, Transportation, Travel Humor, Travel Poetry, Wilbur Wright, Wright Brothers, Wright Brothers Day
Posted in Birthday Verse, Celebrity Humor, Inventions Humor, Limericks, Odd Holidays, Public Figures, Transportation Humor, Travel Humor | Comments Off on Limerick Ode To Aviation Day (August 19)
Wednesday, June 6th, 2012
Miss Rumphius asks us to write about the passage of time:
Time’s “Flight” (Limerick)
By Madeleine Begun Kane
It is said that “time flies,” but that’s wrong,
Cuz the flights I’ve been on take too long.
I think time really flees
In a flash. It’s a tease,
Speeding fast as a dreadful act’s gong.
Tags: Airplane Trips, Flying Humor, Gong Show, Time Flies, Time Humor
Posted in Limericks, Time Humor, Travel Humor | Comments Off on Time’s “Flight” (Limerick)
Thursday, March 24th, 2011
Man In Flight
By Madeleine Begun Kane
A fellow with bus’ness in Rome
Ended up on a plane ride to Nome.
The mix-up occurred
When someone misheard
Him moaning, “I want to go home!”
(Written for Jingle Poetry’s Trips, Travel and Vacation prompt.)
Tags: Air Flight, Airlines, Airplane Trips, Business Travel Humor, Confusion, Flying Humor, Mix-ups, Travel, Travel Humor
Posted in Business Humor, Limericks, Travel Humor, Workplace & Career Humor | 14 Comments »
Wednesday, January 5th, 2011
Airplane Piloting 101: If you must spill coffee, spill it on your co-pilot … and not on the plane’s communication’s equipment.
A United Airlines flight from Chicago to Frankfurt, Germany, was diverted to Toronto this week after the pilot dumped a cup of coffee on the plane’s communication’s equipment. The unwanted liquid triggered a series of emergency codes, including one for a hijacking, according to Transport Canada, the agency that regulates transportation in Canada.
And that brings me to my latest limerick:
Diversion Verse
By Madeleine Begun Kane
A pilot with coffee needs skills
To captain his plane without spills.
So I don’t mean to grouse,
But kindly don’t douse
The controls, cuz that’s flying no-frills.
Tags: Airline Gripes, Airplane Trips, Coffee Drinks Humor, Coffee Verse, Electronic Equipment, Emergency Landing, Pilots, Transportation, Travel Humor, Travel Poetry, United Airlines
Posted in Clumsiness Humor, Food & Drink Humor, Technology Humor, Travel Humor | 3 Comments »
Wednesday, May 23rd, 2007
Airing My Airline Gripes (Limerick)
By Madeleine Begun Kane
To travel by plane was once pleasant,
But flying’s horrific at present.
And that pre-flight routine—
Those airlines must mean
To make everyone feel like a peasant.
(My travel humor is archived here.)
Tags: Air Flight, Airline Gripes, Airline Security Humor, Airplane Trips, Flying Humor, Travel Satire, Vacation Travel
Posted in Limericks, Travel Humor, Vacation Humor | 4 Comments »
