This is why we need entities like the Polite Police and Stupid Police. At the first HARRUMPH they would have been taken out for an etiqutte lesson with one of those old fashioned rulers.
I saw a film based on her experience when I was about 8 and the scene of her falling out of the sky in her seat haunted my nightmares for ages. I didn't realise she was only 17 at the time.
I can see why they'd be dismayed in that situation, cos her book was definitely going to overshadow theirs, but please.
Noes, you poor thing D: The Italian one mentioned in the Wiki article? That's terrible. (The fact she was attached to a bank of seats is supposed to have saved her, though; she says they whirled round and round like a sycamore seed and that slowed her descent.)
Yes, it's not pleasant to be overshadowed but it should be endured graciously when it happens. Especially when the overshadowing is the result of a horrific experience.
It was the English remake with Susan Penhaligon, I believe. I credit that film with awakening my morbid fascination with air disasters.
I think all of them were there to talk about books that had to do with the death of a parent. Which is sad, but the next guy wanted to talk about how he'd got over his dad's death by playing golf. Golf. Not quite the same as falling two miles. *Growls a bit*
Oh, you too? I'm terrified of planes; haven't been in one since 1996. *Shivers at the thought*
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I saw a film based on her experience when I was about 8 and the scene of her falling out of the sky in her seat haunted my nightmares for ages. I didn't realise she was only 17 at the time.
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Noes, you poor thing D: The Italian one mentioned in the Wiki article? That's terrible. (The fact she was attached to a bank of seats is supposed to have saved her, though; she says they whirled round and round like a sycamore seed and that slowed her descent.)
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It was the English remake with Susan Penhaligon, I believe. I credit that film with awakening my morbid fascination with air disasters.
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Oh, you too? I'm terrified of planes; haven't been in one since 1996. *Shivers at the thought*
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