posted by sooyup
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Daily trivia,
Wedded bliss
I’ve never actually been in an airplane, so it may just be sour grapes, but I can’t see the point of the Mile High Club. There may have been some kudos to membership when air travel was the prerogative of the rich and famous, but cheap flights on cut-price airlines have surely taken away its celebrity status. Once you boarded the plane and found the toilet, where precisely is the sense of achievement? You might as well be a member of the Office Stationery-Cupboard Club. If it’s exclusivity you’re looking for, why not Lenin’s Tomb? Emma and I once made love on the bench next to this floral clock in a municipal gardens. It’s about the most unusual place we’ve had so far in our search for novelty. Come to think of it, it wasn’t the result of a search; we simply got accidentally locked in one hour after sunset. I remember we had to force our way through a privet hedge to escape. The criminal damage was minimal, but I had my defence already formulated: “The floral clock was ten minutes slow, your Honour.” [It had hands in those days.] Anyway, it’s not where you do it, it’s who you do it with.
I’ve never actually been in an airplane, so it may just be sour grapes, but I can’t see the point of the Mile High Club. There may have been some kudos to membership when air travel was the prerogative of the rich and famous, but cheap flights on cut-price airlines have surely taken away its celebrity status. Once you boarded the plane and found the toilet, where precisely is the sense of achievement? You might as well be a member of the Office Stationery-Cupboard Club. If it’s exclusivity you’re looking for, why not Lenin’s Tomb? Emma and I once made love on the bench next to this floral clock in a municipal gardens. It’s about the most unusual place we’ve had so far in our search for novelty. Come to think of it, it wasn’t the result of a search; we simply got accidentally locked in one hour after sunset. I remember we had to force our way through a privet hedge to escape. The criminal damage was minimal, but I had my defence already formulated: “The floral clock was ten minutes slow, your Honour.” [It had hands in those days.] Anyway, it’s not where you do it, it’s who you do it with.
