A Cheap Way To Fly [Archive]

SteveC

09-09-2003, 06:34 PM

NY Man Ships Self in Air Crate to Dallas (http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=578&ncid=578&e=9&u=/nm/20030909/ts_nm/crime_stowaway_dc)

DALLAS (Reuters) - A New York man trying to save a few dollars on his air fare is under investigation for stowing himself in an air cargo crate that was delivered to his parents' home near Dallas, authorities said on Tuesday.

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Tea

09-09-2003, 08:09 PM

But isn't that the normal method?

Buck

09-10-2003, 10:59 AM

But isn't that the normal method?

Not for humans. The, er, luxury of traveling by means of a wooden crate is usually reserved for wildlife that has been, uh, voluntarily put into captivity. Humans are already in captivity, so we have the less fortunate means of traveling packed in close quarters with hundreds of other humans.

Tea

09-10-2003, 11:14 AM

Oh. I guess it seemed like a nice, roomy way to travel to me, compared to what I was used to before - i.e., the inside of Tannin's head. Which was, if I may say so, cramped, overcrowded, frenetic, and (at times) distinctly insalubroius. Or possibly unsalubrious. I get them mixed up.

Buck

09-10-2003, 11:19 AM

insalubrious

Where is the Grammar Police when you need them?