Penny-pinching Irish airline
March 4th 2009 06:16
No! Tell me this isn't true!
The Irish budget airline Ryanair is proposing to charge passengers to use the toilet during flights.
That sucks worse than an aircraft loo. Is this an Irish joke? Is it April Fool's Day?
Okay, so I'm somewhere over Lettermacaward (County Donegal) or Kilmucridge (County Wexford) or Newtownpothouse (County Cork) and I need to spend a penny.
"Sorry, Sir," says the hostess, "but you need to spend two punt."
"I know what I need," I say, "and I need to spend a penny."
"Sir, I don't think you understand. We need two punt before you can visit the lavatory."
"What's a punt?"
"It's the Eireannach currency Sir."
"Oh, I see."
"Would you be having two punt, Sir? That would be about three American dollars. We can take that too, Sir."
"Well, I probably can manage that. But on second thoughts I don't think I'll bother, thank you anyway."
"Is there a problem, Sir? Did you not want to be using the lavatory?"
"Not any more," I said. "It's too late."
Reuters, en.wikipedia.org, www.boards.ie
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