In case you haven't heard, there was a bit of a plot underway, involving the destruction of US airliners flying from London to major US destinations. New York, as usual, was top of the list. This one comes a little too close to home, seeing as I'm going to London in just over two weeks, coming back in early September. How soon they were planning to execute this is unclear, but it's quite possible I've just had my life spared. Thank you MI-5. I've been watching the third series of Spooks on DVD this week. Suddenly it's not just entertainment. These are the people who keep us in one piece. Good work, my friends.
I don't intend to change my travel plans, but I am a little rattled at the moment. I'll tell you one thing though. I'm flying on American Airlines this time (one of the airlines that was targeted), but in future I think I'm going to stick to Pakistan Airlines or Royal Jordanian. I figure I should get myself onto an airplane carrying as many Muslims as possible. I'm sorry if that sounds a bit naughty... but think about it!!! And here's another thought. If some fanatic punk decides to blow up the plane I'm on, guess what, it's me** that's going straight to heaven, not him. SO THERE!!!!
**In the interests of humility, I would like to say that I am by no means sure, merely hopeful that I wouldn't go straight to hell. I try. I have much to improve.
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Yeah, I just read about this. Scary. I was going to ask you how you felt about it. Do they know how many flights they were planning to, um, sabotage?
Just make sure you don't get on a plane with snakes. Having snakes on a plane could be a bad thing.
We actually know someone who took a snake on a plane in her hand luggage. A python now less. She also brought a tarantula into Saudi Arabia in her purse.
Iran Air should be safe! MEA the Lebanese airline would probably be okay as well, not to mention Syrian Air, and I'll bet Syrian Air is a real treat! seats with broken seatbelts, overhead compartments that don't shut, inexplicable delays of 12 hours or more, unscheduled stops, stewardesses who look like Turkish wrestlers on steroids, etc.
These gentleman of dubious parentage are seriously deluded if they think they are going to be instantly transported to heaven, and as for the 70 virgins waiting for them, well, only a deluded idiot would believe that. The truly awful aspect is that they would murder a lovely child like Jonathan without a moment's compuction. Heaven! - eternal torment more likely.
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