Quick! Somebody Light A Match!
That's a pretty common expression that gets used when someone produces a particularly offensive bit of flatulence. However, take it from this woman's example, it is not a good idea to do that on an airplane.
Flatulence brought 99 passengers on an American Airlines flight to an unscheduled visit to Nashville early Monday morning.
American Flight 1053, from Washington Reagan National Airport and bound for Dallas/Fort Worth, made an emergency landing here after passengers reported smelling struck matches, said Lynne Lowrance, a spokeswoman for the Nashville International Airport Authority.
The plane landed safely. The FBI, Transportation Safety Administration and airport authority responded to the emergency, Lowrance said.
The passengers and five crew members were brought off the plane, together with all the luggage, to go through security checks again. Bomb-sniffing dogs found spent matches.
The FBI questioned a passenger who admitted she struck the matches in an attempt to conceal body odor, Lowrance said. The woman lives near Dallas and has a medical condition.
The flight took off again, but the woman was not allowed back on the plane.
"American has banned her for a long time," Lowrance said.
It is against Federal law to light a match on an airplane.
By Joab, Tuesday, 5 December , 2006 @ 7:57 pm
And to borrow another expression associated with particularly bad flatulence…”Why don’t you just take a dump next time!”
Or the ever-popular, “What crawled up in you and died?”
By Gaius, Tuesday, 5 December , 2006 @ 8:03 pm
Do NOT pull this woman’s finger, either.
By Quilly Mammoth, Wednesday, 6 December , 2006 @ 6:20 am
Yeah…it’called terminal dumbass.