h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Lady C won't fly. I may have to drug her and drag her onto the plane.

I think most of hootoo knows how I feel about flying. When I can drive to London, I might come.

I forgot. Perhaps if we get on to the various governments they'll consider building some bridges.

*pulls out standardized petition*

*briskly*
OK, who do we start with?

Hmm. To minimise the spans, I think it's best to ask for one from Canada to Greenland, then Greenland to Iceland, Iceland to the Faroes and the Faroes to Scotland.

Still no good. It flies in the face of American isolationism. It will never catch on.

Besides, think about how much it would cost. It would be a lot easier and cheaper to just drug Lady C and ship her to Blighty in the cargo hold.

How about a cruise? Isn't there a brand new Queen Mary II? Lady C could drive to New York and hop on the boat.

No, it wouldn't work, the baggage weight limit is around 50 pounds. And even dogs have to be under 100 pounds.


how about ships. Do you do boats, Lady C?

I think Lady C does ships. I, on the other hand, don't do ships. I do airplanes.

Leo you can ship things overweight. You just have to pay extra.

Lady C. doesn't do ships either. Too much water around them. Lady C. does cars or trains.

Lady C has lots of company. I know several people who do not do ships and planes, my dear departed mother in law was one. I am so of all the people who are talking about going to Europe next spring.

I'm sure there's a limit to how much overweight you can pay for planes.
Unless you ship her freight.
For ships, however, there's no limit. But it would have to be a pretty long lasting drug.

Dramamine and Wild Turkey...?

Ewan McGregor and that other guy went from London to New York on motorcycles, surely there must be a way. 'Course, they went the long way.

*waves to Lady C and hmh*

I also hate flying, though I *will* do it when I have to - which thankfully isn't very often. Though obviously my problem is a fear/panic thing, not a full-blown phobia.


Forgot to ask Xantief (from post 119) - had you wanted that photo put up in my photo gallery?


az

*waves to all*

Hi Az, yes, the photo. Please pin it up for me.

Interesting graphic in National Geographic this month -- lifetime probabilities of how an American is likely to die. You have one chance in 84 of dying in a mother vehicle accident. The only ways higher are cancer, heart attack or stroke. Drowning: 1 in 1,008 Air/space accident: 1 in 5,051 No statistic for trains. You are more likely to commit suicide, fall down, get hig by a car, or shot than die by drowning or in an airplane. You are marginally more likely to die by drowning than by fire/smoke (1 in 1,113)

I know, I know phobias don't care about statistics.

Interesting: only 1 chance in 340,733 to die by a fireworks discharge. Why are they billed as so dangerous?

"sneaks in and replaces 'mother' with 'motor'"

Flying is actually a safe form of travel. Safer than driving. And when going overseas in whichever direction, it is so much faster that I can't imagine taking a ship. They taks so long that most of your vacation would be spent just getting there and back.