This is an extract from my local gay newspaper. It has * that special feel about it* and I am certain it will start turning up as an Urban Legend any day now.
For some server-related reason I can’t get through to snopes to check if it’s an UL yet. Here is the paragraph which appeared in the Travel column of the paper.
AIRLINE HUMOUR - THE MILE-HIGH CLUB
Two male voices on a plane:
“I think everyone’s asleep.”
sound of steps.
“This one’s empty.”
“You go in first…”
“It’s a bit cramped.”
“Let me sit down.”
“Have you got the condom?”
“Quick, put it on”
Sniff sniff…
“Ah perfume! You think of everything!”
“This is great!”
Long sigh.
Static on the loud speaker - then a new voice:
“This is the Captain speaking to thse two people in the rear toilet. We know what you are doing and it is expressly forbidden by airline regulations. Now put those cigarettes out and take the condom off the smoke detector!”
p 36 B.NEWS issue 17, July 19 2001. (www.bnews.net.au)
Has anyone heard this as a real story? Don’t you think it has the UL touches? Bound to jump from joke to “A Friend Of My Aunt was there when it happened” don’t ya think?
Yeah - what I meant to convey was it’s a joke now, but it has those little details (the condom on the smoke detector, the public humiliation, the seeming plausibility) that often crop up in Urban Legends. I have the feeling the story could jump the rails any minute, and present itself as a real-life story.
Well, it needs to be rewritten, perhaps as a news story someone swears they read on cnn.com before it was pulled.
In its present form, it’s a funny joke (although I can’t figure out what perfume would have to do with having sex in a bathroom. My education is so limited.
has there ever been a flight where everyone was asleep at
the same time?
how does the captain know where the condom is? does the
smoke detector have a condom detector?
hi Opal
It’s a federal offense to “tamper” with the smoke detector,
guess this falls into that category. Where were all the flight attendants? Preparing those delicious airline meals,
perhaps?
MPSIMS: A few years back an Air France crew broke into a toilet and dragged out into the aisle a man with his pants down at his ankles after the smoke alarm went off. But it turned out they got the wrong lavatory and the person smoking was in another one. When the man sued AF they refused to apologize and said it was warranted. (That’s French service for ya!)
Smoke detectors do not always work: In january I was flying from Milano to HongKong and someone smoked a cigarette and threw the butt in the trash. The alarm never went off and by the time the fire was discovered a while later by the next passenger it was big enough to warrant some excitement.
For ambience and to enhance the sexual excitement. Scents have long been used as attractants and mood-setters when indulging in l’amour. Or do you folks not care how your partner smells?
Personally, I respond quite well to attractive scents and perfumes. I often find myself breathing deeply after passing an attractive woman out in public, just to see if I can discern any perfume. It’s a bit of a rush when a delicate scent follows a pretty lady.