# Romney - the problem is that you can't open airplane windows **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [September 24, 2012, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-the-problem-is-that-you-cant-open-airplane-windows/635709 "2012-09-24T21:12:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2012, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-the-problem-is-that-you-cant-open-airplane-windows/635709/61 "2012-09-25T03:26:46Z")
> [@Zebra](#): > > How did this guy become Governor of MA? Long story short, he played moderate Republican in a state with a long history of honorable MR public servants while running against a weak opponent. ---
**Author:** ![AnalogSignal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/analogsignal/32/1085_2.png) [@AnalogSignal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnalogSignal)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2012, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-the-problem-is-that-you-cant-open-airplane-windows/635709/62 "2012-09-25T03:49:05Z")
I am sure he wasn’t joking. Remember he told the press about his secret meeting with the MI6 (UK’s secret service). He is a dummy. Besides Romneybot is not programmed for humor. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2012, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-the-problem-is-that-you-cant-open-airplane-windows/635709/63 "2012-09-25T03:57:35Z")
> [@Simplicio](#): > > Meh, lots of people joke about scary experiences once they’re over. Take my ex. Please. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2012, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-the-problem-is-that-you-cant-open-airplane-windows/635709/64 "2012-09-25T04:01:44Z")
> [@Simplicio](#): > > Meh, lots of people joke about scary experiences once they’re over. That would imply that the R0M-N3 M-Series has a functional humor module. ---
**Author:** ![Enkel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/df705f/32.png) [@Enkel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enkel)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2012, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-the-problem-is-that-you-cant-open-airplane-windows/635709/65 "2012-09-25T04:15:42Z")
> [@cckerberos](#): > > Just to make sure: you know that the Bush scanner story was more or less made up out of thin air, right? Without regard for if the story was true or not, the story had legs because it was about a person who was not in touch with modern retail scanning technologies (that were not overly new at the time). I’d say we’ve had pressurized air planes for quite a bit longer and guess that Romney has logged quite a few hours in them over his years as an executive and independently wealthy person. ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2012, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-the-problem-is-that-you-cant-open-airplane-windows/635709/66 "2012-09-25T04:18:09Z")
> [@Zebra](#): > > How did this guy become Governor of MA? Do you think MA choose their elected officials based on their comedic delivery skills? Pretty obviously that’s [not the case](http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-october-23-2008/gaffe-in) (stats at 3:30) ---
**Author:** ![MandaJo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@MandaJo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MandaJo)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2012, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-the-problem-is-that-you-cant-open-airplane-windows/635709/67 "2012-09-25T10:44:50Z")
As much as he annoys me, it’s entirely possible that Romney is just exhausted past coherence. I’ve said some stupid shit in passing. It’s really things like his politics that bother me, not this kind of stuff. ---
**Author:** ![pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2012, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-the-problem-is-that-you-cant-open-airplane-windows/635709/68 "2012-09-25T10:59:12Z")
Also, wouldn’t MORE oxygen in a cabin-fire act as an accellerent? I don’t see where “more air” is a solution. But maybe I have no more understanding of fire than does Witt Momjeans. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2012, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-the-problem-is-that-you-cant-open-airplane-windows/635709/69 "2012-09-25T11:13:09Z")
> [@AnalogSignal](#): > > I am sure he wasn’t joking. Remember he told the press about his secret meeting with the MI6 (UK’s secret service). He is a dummy. Besides Romneybot is not programmed for humor. Remember that Next Gen episode where Data tried to learn about humor? He went to the holodeck – where he could have created a virtual Aristophanes or Shakespeare or Twain or Wilde or Chaplin or anybody – and summoned up Joe Piscopo? Well, the Romneybot did even worse; he summoned up the post-9-11 George Carlin. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2012, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-the-problem-is-that-you-cant-open-airplane-windows/635709/70 "2012-09-25T11:15:45Z")
> [@MandaJo](#): > > As much as he annoys me, it’s entirely possible that Romney is just exhausted past coherence. I’ve said some stupid shit in passing. It’s really things like his politics that bother me, not this kind of stuff. True, but it is delicious karma for his side clinging to “hurrr, derrrp, Obama said there were 57 states” for years on end. ---
**Author:** ![AnalogSignal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/analogsignal/32/1085_2.png) [@AnalogSignal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnalogSignal)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2012, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-the-problem-is-that-you-cant-open-airplane-windows/635709/71 "2012-09-25T11:45:24Z")
People think the Romneybot wants to be able to roll down plane windows to get oxygen. Not true. In case of engine trouble, he wants people to flap their arms outside the window. He learned this from the Flintstones. Why did the Romneybot cross the road? To get away from the 47%. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2012, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-the-problem-is-that-you-cant-open-airplane-windows/635709/72 "2012-09-25T12:03:30Z")
> [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](#): > > Also, wouldn’t MORE oxygen in a cabin-fire act as an accellerent? I don’t see where “more air” is a solution. But maybe I have no more understanding of fire than does Witt Momjeans. Well, he **does** like to “fire people”. > [@Smapti](#): > > That would imply that the R0M-N3 M-Series has a functional humor module. Oh he’s [hilarious](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Vr842TpBWE). ---
**Author:** ![mr.jp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/48db29/32.png) [@mr.jp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mr.jp)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2012, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-the-problem-is-that-you-cant-open-airplane-windows/635709/73 "2012-09-25T13:05:45Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Well, he **does** like to “fire people”. > > Oh he’s [hilarious](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Vr842TpBWE). This is not real, is it? ---
**Author:** ![Enkel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/df705f/32.png) [@Enkel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enkel)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2012, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-the-problem-is-that-you-cant-open-airplane-windows/635709/74 "2012-09-25T13:44:15Z")
> [@MandaJo](#): > > As much as he annoys me, it’s entirely possible that Romney is just exhausted past coherence. I’ve said some stupid shit in passing. It’s really things like his politics that bother me, not this kind of stuff. I agree with the exhaustion… but consider this, Romney has had only one job for the last 18 months. That has been campaigning. It is a pretty straight up job with a pretty singular focus facing essentially a friendly audience and communicating something that he should know pretty well (himself). As POTUS, we are still in Afghanistan. There is most of the continent of Africa to deal with. Israel and Iran want to pick fights (and Mittster wants in on the fight against Iran). He’s claiming to want to pick trade battle with China. Hard to imagine N.Korea sitting quiet through all that. Our debt ceiling will need to be managed (think major negotiations ref cuts to military, ss, etc). We’ll probably get at least one major weather event each year. Oh, and there will be the roll back of Obamacare while he pushes congress to eliminate most of our rights and raises taxes on all the non-47%ers. If this guy can’t take 18 months of selling himself. How the heck can he take 4 years of managing an entire country? Especially right after the 18 months that has done in his brain? Do you really want an exhausted and addled senior citizen going to treaty talks, summits, etc… if this is how he acts? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2012, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-the-problem-is-that-you-cant-open-airplane-windows/635709/75 "2012-09-25T13:48:34Z")
> [@Enkel](#): > > I agree with the exhaustion… but consider this, Romney has had only one job for the last 18 months. Or five or six years. He’s done little in that time other than campaigning in one form or another and write his campaign book. I don’t see this as indicative of anything more than brainlock, really. These guys spend so much time speaking in public it would be very surprising if they didn’t say something dumb from time to time. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2012, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-the-problem-is-that-you-cant-open-airplane-windows/635709/76 "2012-09-25T14:01:48Z")
> [@asterion](#): > > I figure we’re now going to get a week’s worth of Polish jokes reused as Romney jokes. Nah, but we’re busy dusting off the Quayle jokes. . . Asked about his views on euthanasia, Quayle replied, “Youth in Asia are just like kids everywhere else.” Dan Quayle was delighted to visit the Washington zoo “I’ve always wanted to see the Presidential Seal.” Now that he’s retiring, Dan Quayle says he wants to visit Nicaragua… So he can see the falls. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2012, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-the-problem-is-that-you-cant-open-airplane-windows/635709/77 "2012-09-25T14:07:42Z")
> [@mr.jp](#): > > This is not real, is it? It’s a real clip of Romney, although from the look of him it’s several years (possibly decades) old and I don’t know the context. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2012, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-the-problem-is-that-you-cant-open-airplane-windows/635709/78 "2012-09-25T14:14:09Z")
I despise Romney as much as anyone, but when you find out your wife was in a smoke-filled cabin with apparently no oxygen masks it’s hard to fault a guy for not thinking clearly and wondering if the windows should open. I think thing to do is be charitable and chalk it up to normal husbandly concern. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2012, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-the-problem-is-that-you-cant-open-airplane-windows/635709/79 "2012-09-25T14:16:24Z")
> [@DianaG](#): > > I’m just gonna save myself some typing, here… > > [When every word that drools out of your mouth is stupid, it’s hard to tell which ones are sincerely stupid and which ones are ironically stupid.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=15520944&postcount=17) How did that save you any typing? Didn’t you just type your whole comment again? ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2012, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-the-problem-is-that-you-cant-open-airplane-windows/635709/80 "2012-09-25T14:32:02Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > It’s a real clip of Romney, although from the look of him it’s several years (possibly decades) old and I don’t know the context. There are a couple of subtle clues in the video that the context might be Boston’s St Pattys day breakfast. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-the-problem-is-that-you-cant-open-airplane-windows/635709.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-the-problem-is-that-you-cant-open-airplane-windows/635709.md?page=5)