Nov 23, 2005 15:39
So there's this woman, and she was um… (clears throat) …on an airplane, and she's flying to meet her fiancée, sailing high above the - (swallows) - the largest ocean on planet earth, and she was seated next to this man who, er, you know, she had tried to start conversations…and, only - really the only thing she’d heard him say was - just to order - is…is “Bloody Mary”, and…and she’s sittin’ there, and she’s readin’ this…really arduous magazine article about…a third world country that…she couldn’t…even pronounce the - the name of, and…she’s feeling…very bored, and…very…despondent, ‘n… And then, uh… …suddenly… …there was this huge mechanical failure and - one of the - the engines gave out… (swallows) …and they started just ffffalling - an’…thirty thousand feet, the, uh…pilot’s on the… (inhales) …on the microphone and he’s - (swallows) he’s saying um, ”I’m sorry, I’m sorry, oh my god, I’m…I’m sorry,” and apologizing and… (inhales) …and she looks at that man, and she - and she says…She says wh- she says,"Where are we going?"... and uh... an he looks at her.... and he says, "We're going to a party... it - it's a birthday party.... it's your birthday party, happy birthday, darling. We love you very,very,very,very,very,very,very, much."