A French Woman tried to open the door of a jet in flight so that she could smoke a cigarette:
http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/11/21/australia.tourist.ap/index.html
Reactions:
1.) well, at least she was considerate enough of her fellow passengers to want to open the door
2.) Don’t let this woman aboard your submarine
3.) Interesting that it was a French woman
4.) Quitting cigarettes is evidently much harder than I’d realized.
I’ve never had anywhere near that much of a problem quitting cigarettes. The only time I have a problem is when I walk by someone and I smell a clove they’re smoking. Makes me want to claw my eyes out and then go buy a pack of Djarums–for about three seconds, then the feeling passes and I forget all about it. I’ve never actually gone and done it, or really even put myself in a position where I could’ve.
Evidently, though, some people have a worse time with it than I do. Looks like she was on an international flight, which was probably most of the problem; international flights can take a long, long time. Hong Kong to Brisbane probably isn’t as long as the only international flight I’ve taken – New York to Tel Aviv – but I’m sure it’s long enough to have any smoker twitching and quivering in their boots at some point in the flight.
A smart traveller, of course, can buy some Nicorette for the flight. Yeah, it’s expensive, but I’m sure it’s better than cravings.
You know, a smart airline would have Nicorette on hand for just such occasions …
Too bad. For a moment, I was hoping her name was Danielle Rousseau. It would go so far in answering some unexplained questions… 
Jeeze, isn’t that what killed Marilyn Monroe?
Where was her husband in all of this? Mine would try to stop me if I said I was going to step outside for a smoke at thirty thousand feet.
The plane wasn’t really in danger. The differential in air pressure makes it nearly impossible to open the plane’s doors mid-flight.
Without being too snarky, I would like to point out that some of us are single and enjoy traveling by ourselves. Or it may have been a business trip.
Regarding the difficulty of opening the doors, isn’t the air pressure inside the cabin significantly greater than that outside, thus making it easier to open the door? Or does the speed of the air moving past the plane inhibit opening them?
Oh, and alcohol + sleeping pills = baaaaad idea
In Lissa’s defense, the article said the lady was travelling with her husband.
Airliner Doors must be pulled into the cabin before they can be opened so you do needed to fight the greater airpressue in side
Reminds me of the last Southwest flight I took, when giving the safety lecture the flight attendant said “There is no smoking inside this aircraft. The smoking section is out on the wing. If you can light it out there, you can smoke it. The in flight movie will be Gone With The Wind”
If you had read the article, you’dve noted that her husband was mentioned as being with her in a courtroom in her destination country–a continent or two away from her home country–at her trial. Do you think he swam?
Nicorette doesn’t work. It doesn’t matter how much flam I apply to them, they just will NOT stay lit.
Flam? Or flan? Either way, I can’t see it.
Oh, I can burn flans without even meaning to. Boiled eggs too.
OK, Celyn scurries away fast.
Nawwww, let me scurry away fast.
Personally, I’ve found than flan makes 'em even harder to light.
Flam, though, might make 'em pretty good to eat…but I think it neutralizes the nicotine even if you manage to light them.
Glad my typo was of some use, though!
Um, maybe I got that backards…
Bsckwards. I meant.
Heck with it. I’m just gonna slink out of here. I can’t freaking believe it…
Let me try.
sdrawkcaB.
I am now growling at my screen because if I attemtped to move from “flan” puns to one involving quicke/keech, it wouldn’t work on this board. 
LiveOnAPlane - My guess is that you are using my old keyboard that I spilled coffee on. Sure you are.
This lame excuse brought to you by Celyn.
Oops, my apologies. I did read the article, but I missed the mention of her husband.