HAAAAAAAAAA!!!!
I LOVE this strip!!!! I never had anything against the airplane..... but a certain pilot who flew one was standing by when we arrived at a certain Nevada oasis one fire season....
This "gentleman" refused to answer me, or respond in any way, when I told him "Hello", and gave me the BIGTIME EVIL EYE when I went into the so-called "pilot lounge", really just a dirty little closet-sized space that mostly managed to stay under 100 degrees F.... He kept STARING AND STARING at me, his displeasure plain as day.... Finally he was forced to ask "So... are you a SEAT clerk or something?"
Utterly impressed by then, (I was looking for the big watch), I just said "Nope, I'm with the jumpers." He didn't know what to say to that, but let's just say he was certainly showing his overflow of brain cells, not to mention his open-minded outlook on life, and sat there and squirmed in discomfort..... of course, I couldn't POSSIBLY be a PILOT.... sitting in the PILOTS' room.... DUH......
Later on when this "gentleman" had to go fly, the jumpers and I were sitting in the open hangar doorway, and one of them confided to me, pointing at the 337, "That sure is an ugly airplane!" I couldn't resist, and told him I thought the guy flying it was a complete BUTTHEAD as well.
He grinned a huge grin and whispered, "Well, when he gets back, you should tell him: 'Ooo-oo-oooh, look at the little-bitty wheels! At least MY airplane doesn't look like a shopping cart!'"
So, ever since that day, I can't help but think of the Shopping Cart joke..... we laughed and laughed and laughed!
(I'm printing this strip out so I can put it in my gear and show all the guys....
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