Friday Humor:The Screaming Child

I like kids as much as anyone and think the word of the children of friends and family, but when it is on an airplane and I want to sleep, I get much less tolerant.

One morning I was on a long flight back to Houston. There was an attractive middle aged lady sitting next to me. We got a conversation going well before take off.

We were sitting in first class and a couple of rows behind us there was a young mother with a child that was throwing a temper tantrum. It was getting worse and worse as we got closer to take off. I looked over at the lady sitting next to me and she was getting equally annoyed with the screaming child.

I leaned over to her and said” I think children like that should be checked as baggage and not be allowed as a carry on.” Well, I thought it was funny, but she said,” I used to think that way” At this point, I started to think that I really put my foot in my mouth. I am wondering what she meant for a split second. After a short pause, she said, “Now, I think they should be sent ahead by FedEx or UPS”

That had to be the best one liner I ever heard… It made my day.

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