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(3,963 posts)It sends this strange vibe that they are not serious?...
hobbit709
(41,694 posts)I'd rather deal with someone with a sense of humor than someone without one.
NJCher
(35,434 posts)That doesn't give me any confidence.
Cher
Orrex
(63,086 posts)We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage far.
Xyzse
(8,217 posts)Orrex
(63,086 posts)Iä! Kulula! Iä!
I did a google search earlier, and I saw that in Swahili it meant, sleeping. Would that be the meaning you were saying?
Since Sleeping, and everything that could relate to it does not bode well for a flight unless it means comfort.
Ok, well now I like it even more.
Orrex
(63,086 posts)We'll see who's scoffing when dead Cthulhu walks again!
Ned Flanders
(233 posts)Considering that the Cthulhu mythos spells HIS dread name in many ways (Tulu, Clulu, Clooloo, Cthulu, Cthullu, C'thulhu, Cighulu, Cathulu, C'thlu, Kathulu, Kutulu, Kthulhu, Qthulu, K'tulu, Kthulhut, Kutu, Kulhu, Kutunluu, Ktulu, Cuitiliú, Thu Thu), this airline's name could certainly be a hidden variant.
Also, Clark Ashton Smith, one of the mythos' contributors, lived most his life in Auburn, CA, and was there when mysterious Hawver Cave was discovered to be full of ancient bones of unknown giant-sized creatures. The local hills are also dotted with strange rock formations and petroglyphs, which the local Native Americans claim were encarved by some older race which came from the stars. In early 1849, when a group of miners were found slaughtered at Murderer's Bar, down on the American River, the Indians again blamed it on those other peoples. The miners had been dismembered, and laid out on a large rock outcropping in some strange pattern never documented by investigating authorities.
Some rocks even have grooves carved into them, possibly for channeling blood, although other archeologists believe they may be just records of long journeys, with spirals representing gateways to other Places. Many outcroppings have cupules, which scholars have matched with the constellations thousands of years ago. I am site monitor of one such site, and have noticed that each winter solstice certain cupules are overlain by a shadow from a prominent rock spur. And each year, one additional cupule is so shadowed, such that in my lifetime I expect them all to be covered by the "pointer" shadow.
Perhaps this is a marker for the star positions, showing us when the time is right to expect HIS return?
Overactive imagination, indeed.
Jim Lane
(11,175 posts)Orrex
(63,086 posts)Jim Lane
(11,175 posts)My fear is that Cthulhu will re-appear and announce his candidacy for the Republican nomination.
Orrex
(63,086 posts)"Why settle for the lesser evil?" was the slogan. Now that's a platform I can respect!
IrishEyes
(3,275 posts)but I just got home from a party. That would't be a good name for an airline.
The stars will become right, R'lyeh will rise!
Ned Flanders
(233 posts)R'lyeh Rising!
jmowreader
(50,453 posts)This is supposedly a no-frills airline, which makes one wonder if, just maybe, tickets on it wouldn't be a bit less expensive if they weren't wrapping their planes at $100,000 a pop.
marble falls
(56,371 posts)be photographed after an accident. Certainly gives me a tad of a pause right now.
Fuddnik
(8,846 posts)First thing they teach you in flight school.
marble falls
(56,371 posts)Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)I like it!
cwydro
(51,308 posts)alcina
(602 posts)A couple of examples of their flight announcements:
"To operate your seat belt, insert the metal tab into the buckle, and pull the belt tight. It works just like every other seat belt; and, if you don't know how to operate one by now, then you probably shouldn't be allowed out in public unsupervised."
"In the event of a sudden loss of cabin pressure, masks will descend from the ceiling. Stop screaming, grab the mask, and pull it over your face. If you have a small child travelling with you, secure your mask before assisting with theirs. If you are travelling with more than one small child, pick your favourite."
After a less than perfect landing on a Kulula flight to Johannesburg, "Ladies and Gentlemen, please remain in your seats until Captain Crash and the Crew have brought the aircraft to a screeching halt against the gate. And, once the tire smoke has cleared and the warning bells are silenced, we will open the door and you can pick your way through the wreckage to the terminal."
If you have a lot of time, here's a long article about them:
http://www.southafrica.to/transport/Airlines/Kulula-flights/Kulula-humour.php5
brett_jv
(1,245 posts)I'd be rollin' if I were on the plane ... esp. that last one.
DFW
(54,057 posts)Halfway over the Atlantic, the pilot came on the PA:
"Ladies and gentlemen, for those fo you seated on the right side of the aircraft, if your look out your windows, you will see.....the Atlantic Ocean. For those of you seated on the left side of the aircraft, if you look out your windows, you will see.....the Atlantic Ocean. For those of you with aisle seats, if you look up the center aisle, you will see a few worried flight attendants who think I have lost my mind." We all laughed. The flight attendants didn't. I still wonder to this day whose response was more fitting.
Capt.Rocky300
(1,005 posts)For those of you seated on right side of the aircraft, if you look out your window you can see Mt. McKinley in the distance. For those of you on the left side, if you look to your right, you'll see the people looking at Mt. McKinley.
DFW
(54,057 posts)Don't recall too many TWA planes flying to Alaska, though maybe they did way back when.
Another incident I experienced was on the tiny commuter plane between Provincetown and Boston. The captain announced that there was a pod of whales below us, and he was taking us on a spontaneous whale watch. So he zoomed down so those of us on the right (all 4 of us) could see the whales, zoomed back up, and back down again so the people on the left (all four of them) could get a look, too. Then he continued on to Boston. The whole detour lasted less than a minute. You can get away with stuff like that in a Cessna. I wouldn't try it in a 737.
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)DFW
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(44,397 posts)MannyGoldstein
(34,589 posts)Capt.Rocky300
(1,005 posts)when Harding Lawrence was at the helm.
JayhawkSD
(3,163 posts)"Ladies and gentlemen, our captain is so happy to be in Kansas City this evening that he landed twice."
oldandhappy
(6,719 posts)Is it real? Thanks for the giggle.