{"id":20,"date":"2001-10-14T16:00:30","date_gmt":"2001-10-14T23:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mortie.net\/journal\/?p=20"},"modified":"2008-01-04T16:03:24","modified_gmt":"2008-01-04T23:03:24","slug":"say-youre-canadian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mortie.net\/journal\/index.php\/2001\/10\/14\/say-youre-canadian\/","title":{"rendered":"“Say you’re Canadian!”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sunday, 14 October: At least they’re not showing “The Animal”<\/strong><\/p>\n

I love British Airways, and I’ll never fly non non-stop again. After a hellish journey to and from our nation’s capitol last week, which consisted of one layover to DC, and two (!) layovers back (one on a Buddy Holly-type aircraft), and choice movie selections (in order: The Animal, The Animal and The Animal, Evolution, and The Animal) on said airline (In these difficult economic times, I wouldn’t want to keep anyone from flying this particular airline, so I won’t say it was America West or anything like that), I looked forward to my flight on British Airways.<\/p>\n

I wasn’t disappointed. If America West is a Yugo, BA is a Cadillac, and on the Cadillac of airplanes, the Boeing 777. The stewardess offered my neighbors and I (middle and window seat, respectively) a large bottle of wine, which was really two mini bottles, but made supper oh-so-much nicer. (Mental note: Don’t eat supper while watching ‘Enemy at the Gates’. Should have gone for British film ‘Lucky Break’ with some guy from ‘The Full Monty’ and the breathtaking Olivia Williams, who played the teacher\/love interest from ‘Rushmore’.)<\/p>\n

Mel Brooks’ ‘The Producers’ was one of the selections on the plane. Sweet.<\/p>\n

I recommend only ordering vegetarian meals on flights. Meat looks funny at 35 thousand feet.<\/p>\n

I hadn’t really left Seattle. My neighbor was a Canadian from Toronto who lived in Seattle and worked at Microsoft and regaled me with tales of 50- to 60-hour workweeks and her boyfriend, also a Microsoft employee. The fellow in the window seat was an American staying in London for six months (!) to work at Price Waterhouse Coopers. He didn’t seem to be looking forward to the trip. I doze off to BBC Radio’s John Peel.<\/p>\n

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Sunday, 14 October: At least they’re not showing “The Animal” I love British Airways, and I’ll never fly non non-stop again. After a hellish journey to and from our nation’s capitol last week, which consisted of one layover to DC, and two (!) layovers back (one on a Buddy Holly-type aircraft), and choice movie selections … <\/p>\n

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