Posts Tagged ‘msp’

  • I Love Them

    Date: 2008.05.25 | Category: all | Response: 0

    Very Old Black Woman #1:  And you know, you know what they did? They took my apple juice.  They wouldn’t let me take my apple juice.
    Very Old Black Woman #2:  They let me take my booze, because I’m diabetic.
    Very Old Black Woman #1:  They took my apple juice.
    Very Old Black Woman #2:  You gotta tell ‘em you’re diabetic.  They let me keep my booze, you gotta tell ‘em.
    Very Old Black Woman #1:  I told them I was diabetic! They took it.  It had a little, a little straw coming out.  (To gate attendant) Did you know they took my apple juice?  It had a straw.
    Gate Attendant (who has been listening to the exchange):  I will go right now and buy you a  bottle of apple juice.
    Very Old Black Woman #2 (to gate attendant):  She’s diabetic.
    (A few minutes later)
    Gate Attendant:  They didn’t have apple juice, is cranberry juice okay?
    Very Old Black Woman #1:  Did you really go get that?
    Very Old Black Woman #2:  Did he really get it?
    Very Old Black Woman #1:  Well, he’s my friend.  Course he did.
    Very Old Black Woman #2:  Ohhh my goodness.  You GIRL.  You still got it.

    Humphrey Terminal, MSP
    Overheard by waiting to board.

  • Honey, Grab The Video Camera!

    Date: 2008.04.19 | Category: all | Response: 0

    Lady in Line at TSA Checkpoint: Excuse me where is the bathroom where is the bathroom where people get all the ‘special encounters’.
    TSA Guy: It’s the next bathroom, past the other bathroom over there. [points in direction of restroom]
    Lady: Okay… Thanks!

    Minneapolis Airport
    Overheard by Larry Craig Made our Airport Famous.

  • That Would Be A Much Better Game

    Date: 2008.03.25 | Category: all | Response: 0

    Chick: (looking at video arcade) Aurora Borealis? What’s that?
    Guy: Um, I think it means Northern Lights.
    Chick: Oh. For a minute I thought it said ‘Areola’.

    MSP Airport, C terminal
    Overheard by the night sky just got more interesting…

  • No, And You Lose 10 Points. Thanks For Playing

    Date: 2008.03.12 | Category: all | Response: 0

    Man: So, you from around here?
    Woman: No, I’m from Belgium.
    Man: Belgium… that’s in England, right?

    Humphrey Terminal

    Overheard by So close!

  • Shh! They Can Hear You!

    Date: 2008.03.05 | Category: Uncategorized | Response: 0

    Woman on cell phone: Well, the security threat level is… (lowers her voice) orange.

    MSP
    Overheard by oh no! not orange!

  • I Don’t Know, Will You Be Crying?

    Date: 2008.02.26 | Category: Uncategorized | Response: 0

    Four-year-old in 14F: Mama, when we finally get up in the air, can I roll down my window?

    NWA #1495
    Overheard by someone eyeing the oxygen masks.

  • I Never Win That Battle

    Date: 2008.01.22 | Category: Uncategorized | Response: 0

    Cocky Airline Representative: Alright, folks, it’s 20 below outside, so we’re gonna need you to board when and only when your row numbers are called. We don’t want people to freeze in the jet way. And please–don’t lick any metal in there. Your tongue WILL stick, and it will not be fun. Even if it looks tasty.

    MSP International
    Overheard by missed the first flight, just get me the fuck out of here.

  • Just Dial Up

    Date: 2008.01.11 | Category: Uncategorized | Response: 0

    50s-ish woman on airplane: None of my emails are sending. Do you have service up here?
    Man sitting next to her: [loooooooong silence] No.

    airplane from MSP to San Diego
    Overheard by do you have any idea how far away from ground we are?

  • Now You’ve Hurt Their Feelings

    Date: 2008.01.02 | Category: Uncategorized | Response: 0

    Really loud woman in the seat in front of me: Honey, what was the name of that 70s club? You know, the one with all the Saturday Night Live music?

    New Year’s Day flight from Orlando to MSP
    Overheard by sparklegirl.

  • What Kind Of Flight Is This?

    Date: 2007.12.15 | Category: Uncategorized | Response: 0

    Middle aged woman to husband: Do you want to stick it in there, honey?

    Flight 853 to Atlanta
    Overheard by Please Don’t.

  • Too Much Drinking Or Not Enough?

    Date: 2007.11.20 | Category: Uncategorized | Response: 0

    College girl #1: I didn’t know New Orleans was, like, part of the United States!
    College girl #2: Yeah, stupid. It’s one of the 50 states!
    College girl #1: Really?! Where is it.
    College girl #2: I think it’s, like, between Texas and Florida.
    College girl #1: Oh. (Pauses) Wait, how can that be when California is next to Texas and Florida is the last state on the right?? Then the bottom of the US would only be 4 states long, and I KNOW that’s not right!
    College girl #2: (wakes up sleeping College Girl #3) Rachel, isn’t New Orleans the state between Texas and Florida??
    College girl #3: Don’t ask me, I failed geometry AND history last semester. (closes eyes again).

    sitting in MSP airport waiting for flight to New Orleans
    Overheard by …history and geometry??

  • Why I Don’t Talk On Planes

    Date: 2007.11.20 | Category: Uncategorized | Response: 0

    Women looking out window of plane: So, which one is Lake Superior?

    united flight from Colorado
    Overheard by umm.. that one.

  • We Know

    Date: 2007.11.20 | Category: Uncategorized | Response: 0

    Complaining 6 million mile passenger: Aw, Come on!
    Very senior flight attendant to entire first class cabin: Welcome to Northwest Airlines. We’re not happy until you’re not happy.

    Airbus just outside concourse C, MSP
    Overheard by an amused 400,000 mile passenger.

  • No, They’re Laughing With You

    Date: 2007.11.08 | Category: Uncategorized | Response: 0

    NWA flight attendant (who has spent the entire flight struggling with the malfunctioning loudspeaker) to chuckling passengers: Don’t laugh at me! I can hear you people out there!

    NWA flight 1263 arriving to the gate at MSP airport
    Overheard by Careswen.

  • Relatively?

    Date: 2007.10.13 | Category: Uncategorized | Response: 0

    20-something man to his 20-something female companion after emerging from the bathroom: Wow! That’s nice, clean, and relatively senator-free.

    MSP Airport
    Overheard by Infrequent Flyer.

  • Phoenix Is Screwed.

    Date: 2007.10.09 | Category: Uncategorized | Response: 0

    Marathoner who probably walked: It was so hot during the marathon. What was the high, 90 degrees? It might have been too hot to be running.
    Marathoner who didn’t finish: Yeah, 90 is really hot. You aren’t even supposed to go outside when it is that hot!

    Airport
    Overheard by What do you do in the summer??

  • Would The Last Person To Use The Bathroom Please Report To The Cockpit?

    Date: 2007.07.27 | Category: Uncategorized | Response: 0

    Flight Attendant doing pre-flight announcements: Please make sure all electronic devices are turned off at this time…(not realizing she still has mic on and broadcasting to the entire plane)…No, when I opened it before it didn’t smell like that!
    (laughter throughout plane)

    MSP Airport
    Overheard by hope I’m not getting that snack…

  • Peering Into The Lives Of Crazy People.

    Date: 2007.07.22 | Category: Uncategorized | Response: 0

    Woman on cell: She killed my fucking cat and now I’ll kill her.

    Minneapolis/St Paul Airport
    Overheard by Jetlagged.

  • Is This What People From LA Really Believe?

    Date: 2007.07.01 | Category: Uncategorized | Response: 0

    Young woman from LA: So, Minnesota is dark for half the year, right???
    Minnesotan couple: …No.
    Young woman from LA: Oh. Well, North Dakota is, right?

    Landing at MSP Airport
    Overheard by L.

  • Cool.

    Date: 2007.06.15 | Category: Uncategorized | Response: 0

    One Northwest flight attendant to another: I don’t mean to alarm you, but last night I went into cardiac arrest.

    Airport