In article ,
DevilsPGD wrote:
> In message Brian
> K wrote:
>
> >I once had the misfortune to take Greyhound during a strike of airport
> >ground workers. My trip from Newark NJ bus depot to downtown Pittsburgh
> > was a ride from hell. The bathroom on board the bus was clogged and
> >overflowing. The stop halfway was at some godaweful truck stop. The
> >food makes Taco Bell healthy and nutritious by comparison.
>
> Sounds about right to me. Never had a clogged bathroom to my knowledge,
> but then I've never actually used the bathroom on a bus for anything
> more then a few moments of privacy to fix my underwear.
>
> >As for your girlfriend with a fear of flying, I have one word:
> >Cosmopolitan. Not the magazine but the drink. Tell her you want to
> >toast your trip to the bus station. Keep those Cosmos flowing. Ok you
> >can't bring them through security but plan ahead. Contact the cocktail
> >lounge near your gate and keep 'em flowing. Ok. Not so much that you'll
> >have her puking in your lap. Just enough that she'll be game to do
> >anything. If she asks questions just tell her it's a jet powered super
> >fast bus.
>
> Unfortunately she wasn't much of a drinker, so that wouldn't fly (I made
> a pun. ha-ha-ha)
>
> >Normally, I am not one to encourage dishonesty in a relationship. But
> >hey, girlfriend has got to get over this fear of flying thing. If you
> >have to tell her that her fear is a metaphor for the "Fear of Flying"
> >that Erica Jong wrote about.
>
> If she doesn't want to fly, fine, I could handle that -- Unfortunately
> shortly after we started dating the fear expanded to include when I was
> flying. I travel for business, and although I could avoid it, I rather
> enjoy it.
>
> Since breaking up in September I've put on almost 7,000 personal miles,
> feeling much better now.
Good for you. If you end up with another girlfriend who fears flying,
try looking to the airlines for a referral to a treatment clinic. My
sister's a psychologist, and she told me that fear of flying is one of
the easiest phobias to treat and that treatment has a high success rate. |