Stone Soup by Jan Eliot for March 29, 2013
Transcript:
Captain: Folks, this is your captain speaking...I hope you're enjoying our flight to Paris tonight...we've reached our cruising altitude with clear skies and - Captain: Uh-oh. Joan: Wally?? Did the pilot just say UH-OH?!? Wally: Ha ha ha! You gotta watch this movie!!
in.amongst about 11 years ago
Oh dear! don’t tell me they are going to turn back for an emergency landing…
cholomanaba about 11 years ago
nope, the pilot just realized he forgot his warm socks on the bed….
Templo S.U.D. about 11 years ago
“Uh-oh” can’t be good.
artybee about 11 years ago
Oh, Lord. I just watched “Flight” last night, a movie almost guanteed to turn you off flying.
Destiny23 about 11 years ago
Professions where you should NEVER say “Uh-oh” out loud: pilot, doctor, hair dresser…
William_Zhu about 11 years ago
The plane might just be dumping or the pilot had a heart attack.
awdunn2484 about 11 years ago
Or. . . he just spilled his coffee in his lap. :-)><>me
JoeStoppinghem Premium Member about 11 years ago
If there are no sudden movements or loud noises coming from the plane, just wait..
JB10000Lakes about 11 years ago
1. No one would be sleeping yet on a flight that is just reaching “cruising altitude” (Joan and the “Z’s”) 2. Wally would not be allowed to be watching a movie at this point as “all electronic devices need to be turned off”—if anything, now that they are at cruising altitude you’d get the “the captain has turned off the…..and you may now use your electronic devices”.
Fogger_man about 11 years ago
Ranks right up there with "Doctor… did you just say ‘oops?’ "
dailyreader58 about 11 years ago
John Baranick, you can watch videos and use other electronics above 10,000 ft. Cruising altitude is 35,000+ on transatlantic depending on the location of the smoothest air and the jet stream. Many people including me often fall asleep before take-off.
angusdad about 11 years ago
The other words you never want to hear on a flight is “Is there a doctor on board?” This actually happened to me once. The guy knew he was having a heart attack but thought that he could make it back to India. We had to divert to Las Vegas where we sat on the ground for 2 hours because they couldn’t find one of the oxygen tanks. Needless to say, we missed our flight to London.
Comic Minister Premium Member about 11 years ago
I think so Joan.
unca jim about 11 years ago
Yup.. It’s tough to call an ambulance at 35,000 feet.
tbritt99 about 11 years ago
Maybe Wally’s the cause of the problem.
mabrndt Premium Member about 11 years ago
Well, at least he didn’t say this or this.
pilks about 11 years ago
@John Baranick1) Actually many people are asleep before the plane lifts off, especially on overseas flights trying to avoid jetlag2) Electronic devices are allowed upon reaching 10,000’ typical cruising altitude is 25,000’ and higher
Bandera_Ken about 11 years ago
I wonder why people can’t understand comics happen in an alternate universe where people can use electronic devices during takeoff if that’s needed to make something funny.
ursen1 about 11 years ago
I actually had a Dr. say “uh oh” in the emergency room once, when I was strapped to a spine board and tubes running in me. Not very pleasant to hear.
Shikamoo Premium Member about 11 years ago
I don’t like to hear “uh oh” by the pilot. “Oh NO!” either.
K M about 11 years ago
I took a flight to Austria almost a decade ago. We were over the Atlantic when the plane was struck by lightning, somewhere along my side of the fuselage in the area of the galley, between coach, where I was sitting in the front row (with my knees up against a bulkhead) and first class. My seatmate asked what happened; I casually told her. She asked if that would be a problem. I told her that if it were going to be a problem, we’d be hurtling nose-first toward the ocean already; modern aircraft had means of dealing with lightning strikes. About five minutes later, a very heavily accented first officer keyed up the intercom and told us what I already knew. I presume the copilot got on the horn because the pilot’s English was even worse. We landed in Vienna without incident.
JB10000Lakes about 11 years ago
1. It didn’t make it funny. 2. Of course I know it’s a comic strip, but that doesn’t give a free pass to just be ignorant of reality. To me, it makes as much sense as if Wally looked up and was in ‘blackface’, or was a cyclops for that frame. It just doesn’t make sense.