T-shirt intimidates airplane passengers

[Granny square]

I can't imagine being concerned about what someone's tshirt said. People need to mind their own business.

I like the shirt and ought one for my son last year.

 

[mhsjax]

Well I watched the few clips that were posted. I have to say, that if the rest of the movie isn't any better, I won't be wasting another hour and 45 minutes watching it. I wasn't entertained at all. OH well, different strokes for different folks.

 

[Granny square]

Well I watched the few clips that were posted. I have to say, that if the rest of the movie isn't any better, I won't be wasting another hour and 45 minutes watching it. I wasn't entertained at all. OH well, different strokes for different folks.

So true. I hate lots of movies other people love. I was young when I first saw princess bride and it is dear to my heart. It is a bit quirky though.

 

[NotUrsula]

I've never heard of the film despite having been employed by a US company for forty years and working here frequently and now here, after retirement, seasonally.
I guess that makes me an out of the loop fuddy duddy.

Not a film buff, huh?

FWIW, the vast majority of my extended family is in the UK, and I'm there frequently. One of my same-generation UK cousins uses Princess Buttercup as her Facebook avatar. (Based on your self-stated work history, I'd say you must be about 10-15 years older than I am.)

FTR, the film was released in both the US and the UK in the fall of 1987, and was not a big box-office hit in either country at the time. However, it has since become a cult film.

By the way, Tintin is Belgian. But as it is not your culture I wouldn't expect you to know that.

I know it is Belgian, but the popularity of it in France is great enough that most Frenchmen would recognize the character. I never said that Tintin was French, only that a Frenchman who didn't recognize it would be unusual. I used it as an example because it is a popular culture title that might be perceived as aimed at children, but is really fun for all ages, which can also be said of The Princess Bride.

 

[katrina1122]

Inconceivalbe!

 

[phorsenuf]

Well I watched the few clips that were posted. I have to say, that if the rest of the movie isn't any better, I won't be wasting another hour and 45 minutes watching it. I wasn't entertained at all. OH well, different strokes for different folks.

You can't really go by the clips without knowing the context behind them.

 

[mhsjax]

So true. I hate lots of movies other people love. I was young when I first saw princess bride and it is dear to my heart. It is a bit quirky though.

I do like quirky. I have a feeling my DH would love it. I think we will have a movie night and check out the whole thing, give it a fair chance.

 

[Granny square]

I do like quirky. I have a feeling my DH would love it. I think we will have a movie night and check out the whole thing, give it a fair chance.

I wasn't meaning to say yog were boring or anything. . It is a sweet couple movie with true live as the basis. So popcorn and a cozy husband might make it fun for you.

 

[mhsjax]

I wasn't meaning to say yog were boring or anything. . It is a sweet couple movie with true live as the basis. So popcorn and a cozy husband might make it fun for you.

Oh I know you didn't I just meant that I usually do like quirky, funny movies. So I should give this a full run before I decide. I like to watch movies and TV to be totally entertained and to forget about all the ick in the world.

 

[Granny square]

Oh I know you didn't I just meant that I usually do like quirky, funny movies. So I should give this a full run before I decide. I like to watch movies and TV to be totally entertained and to forget about all the ick in the world.

Oh good!

 

[EllaM]

OK, folks, here is your homework. This weekend, find time to either read or watch The Princess Bride.

If you are an adult under 70 and have not seen the film, you are out of the loop, and are teetering on the edge of fuddy-duddy territory. If you have seen the film, watch it again and enjoy the good times. Watch it with your kids -- they will be running around pretending to wield a sword and quoting "prepare to die!" for at least a week.

The film is one of the funniest of all time, and has probably contributed more common catch-phrases to American culture than any other films besides (perhaps) Casablanca, the Wizard of Oz and the original Star Wars trilogy. The performances are classics, and it is on the AFI's list of 100 Best Film Comedies.

For those of you who have not yet done this assignment, THIS is the real Inigo Montoya:

(That would be Mandy Patinkin, age 34, in a really goofy wig and moustache.)

Now that's an order I can follow with pleasure. Just cranked it up on my TV screen. Funniest fairytale movie ever.

I love Peter Falk and a young Fred Savage (during his Wonder Years time) doing their grandfather/grandson asides. (The grandfather reads a fairytale story to his sick grandson. The story of poor farmboy Wesley and Princess Buttercup.) The Grandson: Theyre kissing again. Do we have to read the kissing parts?

 

[kaytieeldr]

"The Princess Bride" is on TVLand at 6:30 PM Eastern, January 27(?). Today .

 

[almburr]

One of the best movies ever!!! our whole family loves it!

Really people get their panties in a bunch over the littlest things.

 

[muffyn]

I am more amazed at all the people on here that do NOT know the movie

 

[disykat]

IMO, what was inappropriate was doing anything more than saying "Oh, I'm sorry it never occurred to me people wouldn't know the reference" and then putting on a jacket, a blanket, or turning it inside out and having a good laugh about it. (I would assume he knew how to read and would recognize that he had the words "prepare to die" on his shirt)

Going to the press with a comment from another passenger relayed by a flight attendant? Really? Talk about a drama king who wants his 15 minutes of fame!

 

[pixiewings71]

I see that and raise you one ORANGE MOCHA FRAPPUCINO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (hold the freak gasoline fight)

"Rufus, Brint, and Meekus were like brothers to me. And when I say brother, I don't mean, like, an actual brother, but I mean it like the way black people use it. Which is more meaningful I think.
If there is anything that this horrible tragedy can teach us, it's that a male model's life is a precious, precious commodity. Just because we have chiseled abs and stunning features, it doesn't mean that we too can't not die in a freak gasoline fight accident."

You can't really go by the clips without knowing the context behind them.

Oh I know you didn't I just meant that I usually do like quirky, funny movies. So I should give this a full run before I decide. I like to watch movies and TV to be totally entertained and to forget about all the ick in the world.

 

[TifffanyD]

"Rufus, Brint, and Meekus were like brothers to me. And when I say brother, I don't mean, like, an actual brother, but I mean it like the way black people use it. Which is more meaningful I think.
If there is anything that this horrible tragedy can teach us, it's that a male model's life is a precious, precious commodity. Just because we have chiseled abs and stunning features, it doesn't mean that we too can't not die in a freak gasoline fight accident."

That was a pretty good eugoogaly


Do you understand that the world does not revolve around you and your do whatever it takes, ruin as many people's lives, so long as you can make a name for yourself as an investigatory journalist, no matter how many friends you lose or people you leave dead and bloodied along the way, just so long so you can make a name for yourself as an investigatory journalist, no matter how many friends you lose or people you leave dead and bloodied and dying along the way?

 

[declansdad]

IMO, what was inappropriate was doing anything more than saying "Oh, I'm sorry it never occurred to me people wouldn't know the reference" and then putting on a jacket, a blanket, or turning it inside out and having a good laugh about it. (I would assume he knew how to read and would recognize that he had the words "prepare to die" on his shirt)

Going to the press with a comment from another passenger relayed by a flight attendant? Really? Talk about a drama king who wants his 15 minutes of fame!

What is amazing is that people would actually take a message written on an oversized name tag on a t-shirt as an actual threat.

 

[Ceila]

IMO, what was inappropriate was doing anything more than saying "Oh, I'm sorry it never occurred to me people wouldn't know the reference" and then putting on a jacket, a blanket, or turning it inside out and having a good laugh about it. (I would assume he knew how to read and would recognize that he had the words "prepare to die" on his shirt)

Going to the press with a comment from another passenger relayed by a flight attendant? Really? Talk about a drama king who wants his 15 minutes of fame!

In all fairness, we don't know that he ran to the press, do we? Maybe he tweeted and it got picked up. Of course, if you have a link showing that he contacted the press, then I have no problem admitting that I'm wrong.

As for the rest of your post, you are basing your opinion on some inaccurate information. He didn't just pass on a "comment from another passenger relayed by a flight attendant." He was actually asked by him/her if he could remove it. And, since he didn't have another shirt with him, he did ask to borrow one but the flight attendant never brought one. I think trying to cover up with a blanket during the entire flight is unreasonable, although I do think he could have just turned the shirt inside out, but maybe nobody thought of that.

 

[disykat]

In all fairness, we don't know that he ran to the press, do we? Maybe he tweeted and it got picked up. Of course, if you have a link showing that he contacted the press, then I have no problem admitting that I'm wrong.

As for the rest of your post, you are basing your opinion on some inaccurate information. He didn't just pass on a "comment from another passenger relayed by a flight attendant." He was actually asked by him/her if he could remove it. And, since he didn't have another shirt with him, he did ask to borrow one but the flight attendant never brought one. I think trying to cover up with a blanket during the entire flight is unreasonable, although I do think he could have just turned the shirt inside out, but maybe nobody thought of that.

As I read it, yes, the flight attendant asked him to change his shirt but based on a comment from another passenger. She did not enforce him changing it, even when he told her he'd change it if he could have the pilot's shirt. IMO, clearly at that point she knew HE was more of a cooperation problem that the original passenger that complained and decided not to pursue it.

Whether he tweeted it or whatever, he was the source. The airline hadn't pursued it. I hope he sees it as an amusing anecdote. IMO that's all it is. Making more of it is way too much drama IMO.

We're all basing our opinions on a short article. My opinion is different than yours.