# Witty Things to Say While the Plane is Going Down **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 21, 2003, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witty-things-to-say-while-the-plane-is-going-down/196621 "2003-08-21T07:16:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2003, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witty-things-to-say-while-the-plane-is-going-down/196621/101 "2003-08-23T16:56:03Z")
One of **Monstre’s** postings made me think of this Blackadder quote: “Sir, I have a cunning plan.” “As cunning as a fox who is professor of cunning at Oxford University?” ---
**Author:** ![Atreyu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@Atreyu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atreyu)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2003, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witty-things-to-say-while-the-plane-is-going-down/196621/102 "2003-08-23T21:01:04Z")
“Airbags. That’s what we need right now. Airbags.” ---
**Author:** ![Atreyu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@Atreyu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atreyu)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2003, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witty-things-to-say-while-the-plane-is-going-down/196621/103 "2003-08-23T21:05:11Z")
“I wonder if we’ll be on the news tonight.” ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2003, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witty-things-to-say-while-the-plane-is-going-down/196621/104 "2003-08-23T21:26:06Z")
Jane, stop this crazy thing! ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2003, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witty-things-to-say-while-the-plane-is-going-down/196621/105 "2003-08-23T21:33:51Z")
Damn! Now I wish I’d paid attention to that pre-flight safety spiel ! ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2003, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witty-things-to-say-while-the-plane-is-going-down/196621/106 "2003-08-23T21:41:36Z")
Wait a minute! I was supposed to board at Gate A-5, not A-6 !! ---
**Author:** ![Blackeyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f6c823/32.png) [@Blackeyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackeyes)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2003, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witty-things-to-say-while-the-plane-is-going-down/196621/107 "2003-08-31T04:13:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Johnny L.A. \* > \*\*I can meet you half-way. \*\* HII-OOOOOHHHH!! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2003, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witty-things-to-say-while-the-plane-is-going-down/196621/108 "2003-08-31T04:30:11Z")
“oh stewardess? I speak jive…” ---
**Author:** ![zoogirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b9bd4f/32.png) [@zoogirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoogirl)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2003, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witty-things-to-say-while-the-plane-is-going-down/196621/109 "2003-08-31T05:03:32Z")
I can’t believe no one thought of this… “I’m leaving, on a jet plane Don’t know when I’ll be back again…” Oh, and slight hijack (Hijack? Um, I might wanna rephrase that) . After the Seattle earthquake, which we felt quite strongly here in BC, I walked out into a street full of people singing “Shake, Rattle And Roll”. Loudly. It was worth it! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Juniper200](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@Juniper200](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Juniper200)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2003, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witty-things-to-say-while-the-plane-is-going-down/196621/110 "2003-08-31T06:42:29Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by mrblue92_ > **"Everybody remain calm… I’ve seen Titanic twenty-seven times, so I know what to do. Now, to the lifeboats!"** I may have said this before, but if I have, it bears repeating: mrblue, will you marry me? ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2003, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witty-things-to-say-while-the-plane-is-going-down/196621/111 "2003-08-31T11:29:34Z")
To my good-looking seat mate: “Uh, I’ve never really _been_ with a woman before…” Stolen from **Airplane!** 😉 Q ---
**Author:** ![spogga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ab097/32.png) [@spogga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spogga)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2003, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witty-things-to-say-while-the-plane-is-going-down/196621/112 "2003-08-31T13:43:11Z")
“Fuckin’ Wright Brothers” ---
**Author:** ![mrblue92](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@mrblue92](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrblue92)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2003, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witty-things-to-say-while-the-plane-is-going-down/196621/113 "2003-09-07T04:19:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Juniper200 \* > I may have said this before, but if I have, it bears repeating: mrblue, will you marry me? Now I’m trying to remember if you’ve proposed before or not. Of course, since the plane _is_ going down… why not? ---
**Author:** ![Satisfying\_Andy\_Licious](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Satisfying\_Andy\_Licious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satisfying_Andy_Licious)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2003, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witty-things-to-say-while-the-plane-is-going-down/196621/114 "2003-09-07T04:52:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by mrblue92 \* > \*\*Now I’m trying to remember if you’ve proposed before or not. > > Of course, since the plane _is_ going down… why not? \*\* Yeah. After marriage, that’s the only thing going down. ---
**Author:** ![Extraneous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/0ea827/32.png) [@Extraneous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Extraneous)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2003, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witty-things-to-say-while-the-plane-is-going-down/196621/115 "2003-09-07T05:27:30Z")
I’m comin’ Elizabeth! ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2003, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witty-things-to-say-while-the-plane-is-going-down/196621/116 "2003-09-07T05:43:01Z")
Woo-hoo! I just won my bet with the pilot that he could not successfully roll a 747! Now he owes me $50! ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2003, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witty-things-to-say-while-the-plane-is-going-down/196621/117 "2003-09-07T07:13:25Z")
What the fuck do you mean, you’re still charging for the alcohol? ---
**Author:** ![js\_africanus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/87869e/32.png) [@js\_africanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/js_africanus)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2003, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witty-things-to-say-while-the-plane-is-going-down/196621/118 "2003-09-07T18:56:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Cervaise \* > \*\*What the fuck do you mean, you’re still charging for the alcohol? \*\* Put it on my tab. ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2003, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witty-things-to-say-while-the-plane-is-going-down/196621/119 "2003-09-07T21:46:22Z")
People! Stop screaming! I’m trying to watch the end of the in-flight movie! ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2003, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witty-things-to-say-while-the-plane-is-going-down/196621/120 "2003-09-07T23:05:10Z")
Gosh, they’re really **strict** on that No Smoking in the Lavatory rule! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witty-things-to-say-while-the-plane-is-going-down/196621.md?page=5)