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[onager]

...replaced it with one of the pix from that Boston meetup! ;-)

People with the same plumbing kissing! That should've been good for at least one or two Fundie heart attacks.

I've heard of the airline that does this, but can't remember which one it is. Dammit. If they're dirt-cheap, I'm sure my employer has booked me on them.

I once had a woman ask if I would pray with her before we took off. When I told her I was an atheist and didn't do praying, she called the flight attendant and asked to change seats! I bit my tongue, but I was dying to say: "Hey bitch, this is an airplane. You better be worrying about physics more than metaphysics."

But some of my really fun airline experiences occurred flying in and out of Saudi Arabia, especially on Air France...which lands in Paris.

Leaving Saudi Arabia, you'd see these pious married couples praying on takeoff. The guy would be wearing the traditional Saudi dress of thobe and ghuttra (the white one-piece male garment and the head-dress with "fan belts"). The woman, of course, would be wearing an abaya which only showed her eyes.

As SOON as that frigging airplane cleared Saudi airspace, they would be lined up to hog the bathrooms. And when they came out, the guy would be wearing an Armani suit or something comparable. The woman would be dolled up in a nice Chanel or Versace number and Full Battle Make-up. Give her an ill-tempered poodle and she could have passed for an expensive Parisian hooker.

Flying back in, I got to watch the opposite. Off came the decadent Western garb, and back came the traditional clothes and dour, weaned-on-a-pickle expression.

I guess what I'm saying here is: religion mostly sucks. Or something.