# Here's a new take on crying kids on airplanes! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 14, 2003, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-new-take-on-crying-kids-on-airplanes/161337 "2003-03-14T14:52:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crankyasanoldman/32/11670_2.png) [@CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrankyAsAnOldMan)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2003, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-new-take-on-crying-kids-on-airplanes/161337/1 "2003-03-14T14:52:18Z")
Well, here’s a new idea. [Flight Attendant Fixes That Kid’s Little Red Wagon!](https://www.mlive.com/newsflash/regional/index.ssf?/stories/news/20030314spiked.html) :eek: Wow. I’d fucking FLIP OUT if this happened to me and my toddler. It’s one thing if _I_ want to spike his juice with something (I never have, but god has the thought crossed my mind!). But a flight attendant doing it? On the sly? With a prescription substance? Not approved for kids of any age? His balls would be served on my dining room table the next evening.:eek: ---
**Author:** ![In\_Conceivable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/4bbf92/32.png) [@In\_Conceivable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/In_Conceivable)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2003, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-new-take-on-crying-kids-on-airplanes/161337/2 "2003-03-14T14:56:03Z")
I wish your link worked! ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2003, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-new-take-on-crying-kids-on-airplanes/161337/3 "2003-03-14T14:56:53Z")
Your link isn’t working for me but I did hear about this this morning. I didn’t, however, realize it was on the sly. He’d be taking a size 12 double E shit if he’d done that to my kid. ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2003, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-new-take-on-crying-kids-on-airplanes/161337/4 "2003-03-14T14:57:23Z")
Yup, I knew exactly what this was before I opened it. Try this link, the other one didn’t work. [http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/Midwest/03/14/spiked.juice.ap/index.html](http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/Midwest/03/14/spiked.juice.ap/index.html) > [@](#): > > Turner later noticed the juice was bitter and foamy and had blue and white specks floating in it. Ten days after the flight, she took the juice to University Laboratories in Novi, which confirmed the presence of Xanax, a prescription medication used to treat panic attacks and anxiety, the FBI said. Did she walk around with the juice for 10 days? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de0a6/32.png) [@carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrot)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2003, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-new-take-on-crying-kids-on-airplanes/161337/5 "2003-03-14T14:59:45Z")
Um…her link worked fine for me. Oh, and: What the fuck is wrong with this idiot? ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2003, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-new-take-on-crying-kids-on-airplanes/161337/6 "2003-03-14T15:08:15Z")
So he also got caught illegally bringing in more drugs in October. He apparently thinks they’re the cure for everything. I wonder if publication of this story will cause any other parents to come forth and say he (Cunningham) tried to get their crying children to drink juice on flights as well. I hope they print his picture as well. ---
**Author:** ![beagledave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@beagledave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beagledave)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2003, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-new-take-on-crying-kids-on-airplanes/161337/7 "2003-03-14T15:10:41Z")
My daughter is 19 months old. We’re planning on travelling east this April. This will be her first airline flight. :smack: Why did I open this thread? ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2003, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-new-take-on-crying-kids-on-airplanes/161337/8 "2003-03-14T15:16:56Z")
Actually **beagledave** , aren’t you glad you did? ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2003, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-new-take-on-crying-kids-on-airplanes/161337/9 "2003-03-14T15:18:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by carrot \* > **Um…her link worked fine for me.** That’s because you’re perfect. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crankyasanoldman/32/11670_2.png) [@CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrankyAsAnOldMan)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2003, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-new-take-on-crying-kids-on-airplanes/161337/10 "2003-03-14T15:25:58Z")
Shit, sorry about the bum link. Dumb ratfucker link. It’s at [www.mlive.com](http://www.mlive.com), at the bottom of the page, if anyone wants the local version. Only it’s an AP story, so it’s probably the same. The guy lives in my town! ---
**Author:** ![lno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2003, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-new-take-on-crying-kids-on-airplanes/161337/11 "2003-03-14T15:27:34Z")
If Cranky’s link doesn’t work for you, then change the start of it from http://// to just http://, and the rest will be fine. Or just click on [Cranky’s fixed link](http://www.mlive.com/newsflash/regional/index.ssf?/stories/news/20030314spiked.html). ---
**Author:** ![CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crankyasanoldman/32/11670_2.png) [@CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrankyAsAnOldMan)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2003, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-new-take-on-crying-kids-on-airplanes/161337/12 "2003-03-14T15:27:36Z")
Thank you, Mr. Comma, for fucking up YET ANOTHER LINK. I really shouldn’t be allowed to post. ---
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2003, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-new-take-on-crying-kids-on-airplanes/161337/13 "2003-03-14T15:38:56Z")
I would hate to be in this situation. I’d probably go mental and hope I have enough for the lawyers to keep me out of jail. Other parents can do what they want. I’m sure as hell not going to mix high altitude (cabin air pressure is IIRC around 8,000-10,000 feet) and drugs with a little kid. Someone else does it and they are risking her life and that happens over my dead body. ---
**Author:** ![belladonna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9fc29f/32.png) [@belladonna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/belladonna)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2003, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-new-take-on-crying-kids-on-airplanes/161337/14 "2003-03-14T15:47:11Z")
How stupid can people be!? What if that baby had had some kind of allergic reaction or was on other medication that reacted badly with xanax? I’m not usually one to toss around the idea of massive lawsuits, but in a case like this I say take 'em for every last penny they’re worth. You don’t fuck with people’s kids. Period. ---
**Author:** ![carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de0a6/32.png) [@carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrot)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2003, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-new-take-on-crying-kids-on-airplanes/161337/15 "2003-03-14T16:06:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by World Eater \* > \*\*That’s because you’re perfect. :rolleyes: \*\* Yeah, that’s probably it. What’s with the roll eyes? Or did you just have to get in your US RDA of snarkiness? ---
**Author:** ![bernse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a9a28c/32.png) [@bernse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bernse)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2003, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-new-take-on-crying-kids-on-airplanes/161337/16 "2003-03-14T16:18:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by World Eater \* > \*\*That’s because you’re perfect. :rolleyes: \*\* :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Neurotik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/91b2a8/32.png) [@Neurotik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neurotik)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2003, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-new-take-on-crying-kids-on-airplanes/161337/17 "2003-03-14T16:27:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by bernse \* > \*\*:rolleyes: \*\* :rolleyes: :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![bernse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a9a28c/32.png) [@bernse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bernse)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2003, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-new-take-on-crying-kids-on-airplanes/161337/18 "2003-03-14T16:37:49Z")
Snatchface, that rolleyes at _Carrot_ was uncalled for. Do you think it was? Why? ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2003, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-new-take-on-crying-kids-on-airplanes/161337/19 "2003-03-14T16:50:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by carrot \* > \*\*Yeah, that’s probably it. > > What’s with the roll eyes? Or did you just have to get in your US RDA of snarkiness? \*\* You’re response seemed a bit pissy to me. Maybe I interpreted it incorrectly, maybe I didn’t, life moves on. ---
**Author:** ![carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de0a6/32.png) [@carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrot)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2003, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-new-take-on-crying-kids-on-airplanes/161337/20 "2003-03-14T16:57:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by World Eater \* > \*\*You’re response seemed a bit pissy to me. Maybe I interpreted it incorrectly, maybe I didn’t, life moves on. \*\* Just relaying some information. And you didn’t. If anyone cares, it seems that Galeon strips out extra /'s when it parses a URL. (Probably Mozilla too, but I’m too lazy to check.) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-new-take-on-crying-kids-on-airplanes/161337.md?page=2)