Flying is Exciting
Corny, old joke, but it makes me laugh.
A man is traveling by air for the first time. He gets to the gate and sees an aircraft at close range for the first time in his life. It has "Boeing 747" painted near the nose. He gets very excited and starts shouting "Boeing, Boeing...", creating a commotion.
An airline employee comes up to him and says, "Be silent".
So, he starts shouting "Oeing, Oeing...".
I have always liked the boinginess of the Boeing name.
posted by Aviatrix at 00:00
14 Comments:
Controller: Air Force 123, say callsign of your wingman.
AF123: Uh, approach, we are a single ship.
Controller: Air Force 123 you have traffic!
31 March, 2009 01:44
PPRuNe ATC humor thread:
http://www.pprune.org/atc-issues/59309-atc-humour-merged.html
The Flying Pinto's pilot jokes post:
http://www.theflyingpinto.com/2009/02/pilot-jokes.html
31 March, 2009 01:58
I love it! That is funny...thanks for the chuckle: )
31 March, 2009 02:33
remaining anonymous because I dont get it. this is pathetic of me. help please?
31 March, 2009 02:41
The passenger thought that the airline employee was correcting his pronunciation of the word Boeing, telling him that it had a silent B.
He was really telling him to stop shouting.
Also the word Boeing is close to "boing" English onomatopoeia for bouning on springs.
31 March, 2009 02:51
oh, that is clever. thanks for clarifying.
31 March, 2009 03:02
"Also the word Boeing is close to "boing" English onomatopoeia for bouning on springs."
Meh, perhaps closer in Canadian. ;)
31 March, 2009 04:49
"Meh, perhaps closer in Canadian. ;)"
Nah in Canada we say it dee-have-a-land. eh!? ;)
31 March, 2009 18:40
Isn't that pronounced bom-bard-ee-eh now?
31 March, 2009 18:48
The generic pronunciation is:
N T S B
31 March, 2009 19:23
"Isn't that pronounced bom-bard-ee-eh now?"
I guess it is officially but for me that name will always conjure images of yellow snow machines and water craft. Not nearly as romantic as the images of Beavers, Otters and Dash's that the former name brings.
31 March, 2009 20:48
Reminds me of an old MAD magazine of my uncle's. They had an article about onomatopoeic brand names.
Kid hits brother on head with toy truck, making "Tonka!" noise.
Then they had a picture of a plane, engine falling earthwards, and a long, drawn-out "Boeeeeeeeeeeinnnnng..." underneath :P
01 April, 2009 04:59
"If its not Boeing, I'm not going"
( to our European friends, no disrespect. Its just bus-iness. )
Newsflash: Leaked picture of Aviatrix!!!
01 April, 2009 15:34
^^^^ Wrong hair-colour as eny fule noe.
02 April, 2009 09:39
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