The last time I fly, guy sat down next to me, said "Looks like we're going to be roommates for this flight." I looked up from me book and said, " If we survive." and went back to reading.
Old trusty soda machine. I push you for root beer, you give me Coke.
Willow ,'End of Days'
Natter 67: Overriding Vetoes
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, nail polish, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Sue - Dec 13, 2010 5:56:25 pm PST #10883 of 30001
hip deep in pie
sarameg - Dec 13, 2010 5:57:43 pm PST #10884 of 30001
Sue, I would have started laughing hysterically and YOU WOULD NEVER BE SAFE FROM ME. But that's cause that's my humor too...
§ ita § - Dec 13, 2010 6:08:29 pm PST #10885 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
ita, I'm so curious - what made her a great conversationalist in your eyes? Tone? Content?
Content. She never ran out of really good, on topic questions, and they were all about him, but not in a pushy way. Anything he said, she had a good question about it. How the fuck she could keep doing that is beyond me.
I have only had one guy hit on me on a plane. He actually left his seat to come sit near me, to tell me he'd noticed me laughing in the departure lounge over something I was reading. Another flight-long conversation, with the ultimate end that he sent me the Book of Mormon.
Yeah.
I had a cousin start up a conversation with a guy (now famous, then no one) in the departure lounge, and then he said he'd see her on the plane. She said "No, not unless you're in first class!" and then upgraded him before he boarded and got him the seat next to her.
I don't think she got laid out of it, but I did (NOT WITH HIM--with his friend), so it's one of my favourite meet cutes. I remember when he came over to visit, her mother just stared at him and said "Well, he's goodlooking." He took it pretty well.
Sue - Dec 13, 2010 6:08:36 pm PST #10886 of 30001
hip deep in pie
You underestimate my powers of repellant, sara.
sarameg - Dec 13, 2010 6:11:59 pm PST #10887 of 30001
You talk to me now...
Sue - Dec 13, 2010 6:13:03 pm PST #10888 of 30001
hip deep in pie
Well, I know you here. As a strange person on a plane...
sarameg - Dec 13, 2010 6:14:07 pm PST #10889 of 30001
Watch, we'll end up on the same plane...
§ ita § - Dec 13, 2010 6:14:10 pm PST #10890 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Sara's on fire when she travels. I wouldn't bet against her, seriously.
sarameg - Dec 13, 2010 6:15:39 pm PST #10891 of 30001
I don't mean to be. It just happens. It's the no commitment clause or something. Caution, meet wind.
meara - Dec 13, 2010 6:19:43 pm PST #10892 of 30001
I'm with java on the not talking to seatmates until the end, if at all. The other day I had a crazy lady taking up all my under seat space and when I ahemed, she said something about how it was pillows...and HER DAD. WTF? then she muttered at me the whole flight and I pretended not to hear her (I only heard bits of it? At one point she was saying something about "well i don't know what YOU do but I have a good job (blah blah crazycakes)"). Luckily it was only a 30 minute flight!!!