I'm Home from the Dorm for Two Weeks, But...

[Fiery Phoenix]

Yesterday, I had a flight home at 7:15 PM. I was in agreement with a cab to stop by the dorm gate and pick me up at 5:00 PM. On my way to the airport, I threw up all my lunch -- in the car. My clothes turned into utter and disgusting garbage. The guy asked if he should stop at a gas station for me to clean up, but I told him it was fine as I was afraid I was going to be late. Got to the airport at 5:45 PM, went straight to the restroom, quickly opened my bag and grabbed another shirt and jeans, changed my clothes, then went to the counter from which I was supposed to receive my boarding pass, only to be told that the flight was closed! Pardon me, but I totally felt like I was shot by a sniper bullet right in the head.

So, what did I do now? Went to the other counter, asked if there were any other available flights to my hometown, and of course, there weren't. I ended up paying $100 for a whole new flight to a city close enough to my hometown. The new flight was at 10:45 PM. This meant waiting at the airport for over two hours.

At 12:30 AM, I arrived in that other city. Took a cab home from the airport there, paying another $100. I got home at around 2:40 AM. I'm currently on a two-week break.

I defy anyone to have such a hard life. *blows nose*

[Swift]

Sorry Fiery Phoenix. All I can say is that stinks. How are you feeling now?

[Fazor]

All I can say is that stinks.

Probably literally, for a while there. Sorry Phoenix, hope your feeling better and can relax at home.

[Fiery Phoenix]

Sorry Fiery Phoenix. All I can say is that stinks. How are you feeling now?

It really does. I don't usually experience horrible things like that, but I guess it was just one of those days.

That being said, I'm all fine now. Thanks. :)

[MAPNUT]

The people on the flight you missed thank you for not getting on.

[Fiery Phoenix]

The people on the flight you missed thank you for not getting on.

I imagine. :D

[closetgeek]

Well, you are finally home and can pursue your intellectual pursuits :).

[mugaliens]

I defy anyone to have such a hard life. *blows nose*

I'm so sorry to hear of your ordeal, but "defy?" Is having a hard life something we'd try an achieve?

Chicken noodle soup... :)

[Fiery Phoenix]

I'm so sorry to hear of your ordeal, but "defy?" Is having a hard life something we'd try an achieve?

Chicken noodle soup... :)

Actually, it was only a statement jokingly expressing how I feel. ;)

[mugaliens]

Actually, it was only a statement jokingly expressing how I feel. ;)

Oh. Well, chicken noodle soup STILL works!

[Jeff Root]

This thread is better than it looks.

Not a lot better, but enough.

-- Jeff, in Minneapolis

[Jeff Root]

Oh, wait! How did I miss that???

Not "chicken noodle soup". Just "chickensoup". One word. Chickensoup.
In some things you have to abide by the tradition nomatter how meaningless.

Oh. I just remembered how long Mugs was in Germany. So "chickensoup"
should be kinderspiel for him. Drei syllables. Null.

-- Jeff, still in Minneapolis

[mahesh]

Hey Phoenix...

Just for this once, make it turkey soup. Guys, does that work as well?

I have a vague recollection of throwing up in a brown paper bag. As a little kid.
But I waited until after I had boarded the flight (my first).

Happy Thanksgiving y'all!

[Otherworldly]

I'm not sure where K.S.A. is, but it sounds like you had a better than average flight experience by US standards.

[Fiery Phoenix]

Oh, wait! How did I miss that???

Not "chicken noodle soup". Just "chickensoup". One word. Chickensoup.
In some things you have to abide by the tradition nomatter how meaningless.

Oh. I just remembered how long Mugs was in Germany. So "chickensoup"
should be kinderspiel for him. Drei syllables. Null.

-- Jeff, still in Minneapolis

I totally burst out laughing at that one! :lol:


I'm not sure where K.S.A. is, but it sounds like you had a better than average flight experience by US standards.

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia :)

[mugaliens]

Oh. I just remembered how long Mugs was in Germany. So "chickensoup" should be kinderspiel for him. Drei syllables. Null.

-- Jeff, still in Minneapolis

It was difficult to learn German when every attempt was met with an English response.

Still, huhnersuppe?

[Jeff Root]

I studied German for three years but hardly learned anything. I was told
that my pronunciation was good. That was about it. The course assumed
that I already understood English grammar, which I didn't have a clue about,
but didn't realize until years later. I don't know why the teacher didn't
realize it. Shirley Krogmeier.

Anyway, I had to submit "huhnersuppe" to Babelfish. The Babelfish didn't
translate it, though. But "suppe" looks like "soup", and the fish says it is,
and "huhn" looks like "hen", and the fish says it is "chicken", und mein
English dictionary says "hen" comes from a German word something like
"huhn", und ich suspect that the difference is one of gender und sex.
Sex in the case of the chickens; gender in the case of the words.

I had to substitute "und" for "and" in the above sentence because I
exceeded the limit on the number of conjunctions in one sentence.

-- Jeff, in Minneapolis

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"I'm not off topic, am I?"

[Jeff Root]

Fiery,

I have to ask: Do you know (or suspect) why you lost it?

-- Jeff, in Minneapolis

[Fiery Phoenix]

Fiery,

I have to ask: Do you know (or suspect) why you lost it?

-- Jeff, in Minneapolis

Principally because of the unexpected vomiting; it made things much harder for me. As I mentioned in my original post, I had to change my clothes, which meant going to the restroom and opening my overloaded bag and all that. This may sound like it could be done quickly, but it actually took no less than 30 minutes. The fact that the airport was crawling with people made things even worse as well.

I was honestly expecting to miss the flight at that point, but I kept hoping I was wrong. No luck, though. I guess I was only incredibly unlucky that day.

[Jeff Root]

No, no, no.... I meant, why you lost your lunch. :p

I was wondering if you had that pig flu thingie or were panicking at the
idea of being 30,000 feet above the ground with nothing holding you up
but wind, or if you had been drinking Everclear, or what....

-- Jeff, in Minneapolis

[Fiery Phoenix]

No, no, no.... I meant, why you lost your lunch. :p

I was wondering if you had that pig flu thingie or were panicking at the
idea of being 30,000 feet above the ground with nothing holding you up
but wind, or if you had been drinking Everclear, or what....

-- Jeff, in Minneapolis

Oh, okay. Actually, I can't be sure. But I had Domino's Pizza for lunch, which was good as always. And that was that. An hour or so later, I got in the car, and halfway through I started to get this odd feeling in the gut. It wasn't too bad a feeling, but I ended up throwing up all the pizza, for some reason.

What's funny is the fact that I usually order pizza once a week (when in the dorm), and never have problems whatsoever. That one day, though, things were apparently different. Hence my statement, "I guess I was only incredibly unlucky that day." :doh:

[mahesh]

...But I had Domino's Pizza for lunch, which was good as always...
May be so...but 'good as always' is no guarantee of safe storage/use of ingredients.

Don't get me wrong, I love pizza!
Without further analysis from me - some BAUTzens probably having dinner as I speak - it sounds a likely case of a mild poisoning due to a mishandled pizza.

Hey, may be the chef spun the dough in the air, didn't catch it in time, and quickly forgot that it hit the floor and that may be you'll miss your flight, if he/she didn't hurry up already...Ach...the heat will kill the bacteria anyway...

my first case study of a twice-thrown-up pizza...life is strange!

Happy Thanksgiving guys and gals!