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Friday, October
23, 2015
Somehow while
we were on a long drive between Williston and Bismarck, we got to talking about
different states in the country. The
state of Missouri came up. Emma wanted to
know how far away it was/is and how long it would take to drive there. She asked:
"Does it take years to get there?"
Cute,
right. But really much funnier than her
comment itself was what it reminded me: the
airplanes segment by comedian Louis CK which Amy A introduced me to:
"People
in planes are the worst . . . They complain.
It was the worst day of my life.
I had to sit on the runway for 40 minutes. That's a story in this country. You had to sit on the runway for 40
minutes? Oh, my god. What happened then? Did you soar in to the sky? Did you land softly on big soft tires that
you can't imagine how they could possibly fill with air?!? I had to pay for my sandwich. You're flying. You're sitting in a chair in the sky! You're like a Greek myth! Air travel is too slow. New York to California in six hours? They used to take 30 YEARS to do that. And many of you would die. You'd be a whole different group of people by
the time you got to California." For
the full clip (warning: some foul
language) click here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3dYS7PcAG4