Roost Air Lounge => General Discussion => Topic started by: rtrhead71 on March 21, 2008, 07:15:32 PM
Title: Top 10 list
Post by: rtrhead71 on March 21, 2008, 07:15:32 PM
Since this is a fun and hilarious site, I have a meager request. I would like to compile a list of the top reasons to be married to a helicopter pilot. Fun, serious, or downright loony is what I'm after here. So if you would all be so kind as to help out, I'll be able to tell my lil lady the benefits of being married to a heli pilot. ::loony:: ::banghead::
Title: Re: Top 10 list
Post by: rtrhead71 on March 21, 2008, 07:33:26 PM
Ok...something like this....
No more traffic problems when going to the mall.
No squabbling on who takes out the garbage. The cans are by the B3!
It's cool!
Stuff like that...have fun with it!
Title: Re: Top 10 list
Post by: Mike on March 21, 2008, 08:07:13 PM
Hey, G-Man. Where is that picture you had about the dad explaining to his son about ".... and these men are called helicopter pilots."
I think it would fit in this thread!
Title: Re: Top 10 list
Post by: rtrhead71 on March 21, 2008, 08:19:39 PM
Wait...is that a good or bad thing Mike? :-\
I'm sporting the "Shallow Approach" shirt right now...all of my fixed-wing buds are jealous. They should be...hehehe!
Title: Re: Top 10 list
Post by: Fabo on March 21, 2008, 08:41:31 PM
Definitely good :)
Weel, for starters, lets try, they can never be uglier than their aircraft ;)
Title: Re: Top 10 list
Post by: TheSoccerMom on March 21, 2008, 10:11:08 PM
Haa Fabo, good one!! ::rofl::
"Honey, your man'll NEVER have to go to the gym.... he gets all the workout he needs, lifting that BIG WATCH...."
;)
Title: Re: Top 10 list
Post by: G-man on March 21, 2008, 10:59:38 PM
Since this is a fun and hilarious site, I have a meager request. I would like to compile a list of the top reasons to be married to a helicopter pilot. Fun, serious, or downright loony is what I'm after here. So if you would all be so kind as to help out, I'll be able to tell my lil lady the benefits of being married to a heli pilot. ::loony:: ::banghead::
Hate to tell you BUT:
17 Reasons why it is easier to live with a helicopter than a woman -
1)Helicopters usually kill you quickly - a woman takes her time.
2)Helicopters can be turned on by a flick of a switch.
3) Helicopters don't get mad if you do a "touch and go."
4)Helicopters don't object to a preflight inspection.
5)Helicopters come with manuals to explain their operation.
6)Helicopters have strict weight and balance limitations.
7)Helicopters can be flown any time of the month.
8)Helicopters don't come with in-laws.
9)Helicopters don't care about how many other helicopters you've flown before.
10)Helicopters and pilots both arrive at the same time.
11)Helicopters don't mind if you look at other helicopters.
12)Helicopters don't mind if you buy "helicopter" magazines.
13)Helicopters expect to be tied down.
14)Helicopters don't comment on your driving skills.
15)Helicopters don't whine unless something is really wrong.
16) A helicopters attitude is easier to adjust!!!
17) However, when helicopters go quiet, just like women, it's usually not good.
Title: Re: Top 10 list
Post by: Mike on March 21, 2008, 11:40:44 PM
wow, what an unexpected change of suspect . . .
or is it?! ::thinking::
I once looked at another helicopter WHILE driving Panaca Jane, . . . and she was totally fine with it! ;D
She also lets me touch 498 which is younger and prettier than her and yet she still takes care of me...... (I guess she knows she is my true love!)
Title: Re: Top 10 list
Post by: rtrhead71 on March 22, 2008, 02:12:44 AM
Very nice...very nice...
Fabo...Mom...excellent, both of them. Funny, I do have a big watch. I'm thinking this could be made into a T-shirt...hmmm....
I like the turn-about too guys. That picture is perfect...I'm sending that right now... ::rofl:: ::type::
Title: Re: Top 10 list
Post by: G-man on March 22, 2008, 03:01:28 AM
I once looked at another helicopter WHILE driving Panaca Jane, . . . and she was totally fine with it! ;D
She also lets me touch 498 which is younger and prettier than her and yet she still takes care of me...... (I guess she knows she is my true love!)
Yep..been there done it..LaFawnduh is full aware that I hang with Lucy and Layla occasionally. She also knows that I ALWAYS come back to her. ::whistle:: ::whistle::
I think I even told her that I flew Panaca Jane two years ago too..although she did have issue with that because Jane is "french" ::unbelieveable:: Why is that women the world over are afraid of "french" women?? ::thinking::
Title: Re: Top 10 list
Post by: rtrhead71 on March 22, 2008, 03:10:04 AM
Why is that women the world over are afraid of "french" women?? ::thinking::
Because french women do what every other woman wishes she could do...get away with not shaving their "pits"! Or am I just generallizing here? ::rofl::
Title: Re: Top 10 list
Post by: TheSoccerMom on March 22, 2008, 03:24:50 AM
Damn it, G-Man!!! That picture of the man reading to his son just about gives me a STROKE every time I see it! It KILLS me. Stop it, Stop it!! ::rofl::
Damn it, G-Man!!! That picture of the man reading to his son just about gives me a STROKE every time I see it! It KILLS me. Stop it, Stop it!! ::rofl::
Why is that women the world over are afraid of "french" women?? ::thinking::
Hmm-mm, is this true, Grasshopper?!
That explains some things, anyway... ;)
Sincerely, your French S'Mom** :D
Ahhhh a frech s'mom Oui Oui.. Parles vous francais? like I can speak french..Ha..I heard women fall for the frenc accent..hence I took 3 years of french in school.. ::whistle:: ::whistle::
Title: Re: Top 10 list
Post by: TheSoccerMom on March 22, 2008, 03:43:14 AM
Heh heh, yeah I heard that about the accent, too.... not too sure it works, though! And my French is quite poor, considering I was up to my ears in it growing up..... that lack of brain cells is what steered me into flying, though.... ::)
You see, it all works out mon cher!!! ;)
8)
Title: Re: Top 10 list
Post by: rtrhead71 on March 22, 2008, 04:19:27 AM
So was the "pits" comment in bad taste or what? Didn't seem as bad as "full set of teeth" in Rolla, Mo. ;D
Title: Re: Top 10 list
Post by: TheSoccerMom on March 22, 2008, 04:27:46 AM
Can't say I am much of an expert on anyone's "pits" since I don't make a habit of checking out other women! ;)
But your thread is making me crazy.... I should have a thousand comments about helicopter pilots but can't seem to come up with any that are repeatable..... and No, don't ask..... :D ::loony:: ::banghead::
::silly::
Title: Re: Top 10 list
Post by: rtrhead71 on March 22, 2008, 04:55:40 AM
Awww...come'on Mom! Just one or two... ;)
Came up with a few more...
Blow drying your hair is a thing of the past! 'My other car is a 407' bumper stickers! Ample supply of sunglasses! Jet A cologne! He won't be able to hear you mumble under your breath how much you love him! Spontaneous...what's that?
Title: Re: Top 10 list
Post by: Mike on March 22, 2008, 11:49:44 PM
there is just so many reasons NOT to be married to a helicopter pilot (I am sorry to say, but it's true) ;) it's hard to come up with reasons why you would want to be.....
gotta ask my woman why she is with me come to think of it.... ::thinking::
it's probably the fame and fortune of the Chicken Wings empire rather than my helicopter job :D ;)
Title: Re: Top 10 list
Post by: Oddball on March 23, 2008, 12:23:15 AM
Hmmm speaking as a mech ill keep my thoughts to my self about pilots ;D ;D lol
Title: Re: Top 10 list
Post by: rtrhead71 on March 23, 2008, 01:47:53 PM
Ok...this is the list I compiled. It's a working list...if something should be added and dropped, well, then I guess I'll do that. 8)
Benefits of being married to a helicopter pilot:
10. No squabbling on who takes out the garbage. The cans are by the Bell407!
9. Schedule...what's that?
8. You can never be uglier than their aircraft.
7. Your man will NEVER have to go to the gym...he gets all the workout he needs, lifting that BIG WATCH.
6. 'My other car is a Sikorsky' bumper stickers!
5. Blow drying your hair is a thing of the past!
4. Jet A cologne!
3. Ample supply of sunglasses!
2. No more traffic problems when going to the mall.
...and the best reason to be married to a helicopter pilot...
1. Because it's just so damn cool!
...or all the Chicken Wings t-shirts you can sleep in!
Added that last bit for Mike and Stef ::bow::
Title: Re: Top 10 list
Post by: Mike on March 28, 2008, 04:31:38 PM
hmmmm.... I am just not sure if those are all benefits.... ::thinking::
my ex-wife (yeah....that's right.... almost every helicopter pilot has one of those....) always said "If you smell like jet-fuel, don't even come home!" ::complaining:
which rules out #4 for example.....
And also #9 doesn't seem to go over well with a WIFE (girlfriends are usually ok with it) ::knockedout::
example: wife: when will you be home? pilot: dunno wife: how come? pilot: cause I am on a fire honey! wife: on a saturday?? !!! ?? We had plans!!!! pilot: I know, I am sorry. wife: well, when will the fire be out ?. . . .
you can imagine the rest....... (true story btw) (hence "ex-"wife)
8) ;D
Title: Re: Top 10 list
Post by: G-man on March 28, 2008, 04:49:00 PM
my ex-wife (yeah....that's right.... almost every helicopter pilot has one of those....) ;D
You should say "at least one of these"--I got two.. ::whistle:: ::whistle::
And when I flew on Kauai there was a pilot got married to # 7.. ::eek:: ::eek:: WHat I want to know is HOW do you convince # 7 that you will love them for ever..
Title: Re: Top 10 list
Post by: leiafee on March 28, 2008, 06:37:14 PM
And when I flew on Kauai there was a pilot got married to # 7.. ::eek:: ::eek:: WHat I want to know is HOW do you convince # 7 that you will love them for ever..
Give them one of those "pattern recognition" tests before you get invovlved in the first place...? Don't bother unless they fail?
Title: Re: Top 10 list
Post by: TheSoccerMom on March 29, 2008, 03:45:54 AM
hmmmm.... I am just not sure if those are all benefits.... ::thinking::
...."If you smell like jet-fuel, don't even come home!" ::complaining:
And also #9 doesn't seem to go over .... ::knockedout::
example: wife: when will you be home? pilot: dunno wife: how come? pilot: cause I am on a fire honey! wife: on a saturday?? !!! ?? We had plans!!!! pilot: I know, I am sorry. wife: well, when will the fire be out ?. . . .
you can imagine the rest....... (true story btw) (hence "ex-"wife)
8) ;D
I think we have all "been there, suffered that"..... ::loony::
My best timing of all the screw-ups was the day I spent 30 minutes on the phone to CONVINCE the ex that "YES, YES, c'mon up to the [Idaho] mountains, I'll be off work at 6:00, we haven't flown for 3 days......" blah blah blah.....
And YES, as I started the 2nd engine and was re-reading the fire order to California, I saw him pulling in to the base parking lot... after a 100+-mile drive... I could see the whites of his eyes from the ramp... he drove up to the ramp fence, and I waved as I taxied away....
Don't think he ever got over THAT one..... ::complaining:
