More things to do in airports:

Joined: 16 Feb 2005 Posts: 874 Location: Winnipeg, Canada

Ponder how broke you are.

Think about how nice it would be to eat, if only you had money.

Think about how awesome it is, at every airport you visit during connecting flights, how you're one flight/customs clearance closer to being done with flights and customs clearances for a while.

Th-that's about it!

ALSO: I'm back from Japan now. It's kind of good, as I'm out of money with which to live in Japan, but kind of bad, as I miss Japan, and also because I lost my job while I was away! It's cool, though, because I hated my job, and it's not like I needed the fat paycheques it provided or noth-oh, wait. Crap.

Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2005 5:27 am

Don't worry Doug. Jobs come and go, while Japan... just stays there.

I'm not sure that came out right...

Welcome back! Did you walk the streets of Japan till you got lost?

Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2005 9:47 am

-Listen to some Brian Eno.

Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2005 10:09 am

Yay, Doug! How did you enjoy Japan?

Also: why didn't anyone mention reading books? And playing with bored children?

Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2005 11:50 am

Keep those children out of my store and we're all cool.

Joined: 18 Feb 2005 Posts: 351 Location: Desert

And what about checking out attractive members of the opposite sex, writing poetry, drawing portraits of people, changing the ringtone and/or banner on your cell phone, doing jumping jacks and/or pushups and/or sit ups, studying dance, writing music, reading your tarot cards, and masturbating?

Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 2:52 am

shana wrote:

Also: why didn't anyone mention reading books? And playing with bored children?

some parents don't like that. especially when you play "can you fit inside my carry-on luggage."

Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 11:11 am

They specially hate it when they do fit.

But, Doug, don't worry! Think of life the following way: Pre-Japan Doug, and Post-Japan Doug.

Sure, Pre-Japan Doug was invinsible, but it had less character depth than Post-Japan Doug. Now you have a fresh start! And prolly some of those head-bobblers!

Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 12:17 pm

I like playing on my GBA in airports!

ALL THE COOL KIDS ARE DOING IT!

Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 12:25 pm

Cactus wrote:

And what about checking out attractive members of the opposite sex, writing poetry, drawing portraits of people, changing the ringtone and/or banner on your cell phone, doing jumping jacks and/or pushups and/or sit ups, studying dance, writing music, reading your tarot cards, and masturbating?

All at once?

Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 3:33 pm

I think that checking out attractive members of the opposite sex, doing jumping jacks and/or pushups and/or sit ups, studying dance, and masturbating could all go together, but it would be hard.

Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 3:55 pm

Just do that often enough and you will become an infamous, physically fit perv with a profound understanding of modern dance.

Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 11:13 pm

You just posted that because you want to read it as a random quote at the bottom of the page.

Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 11:42 pm

Yell BOMB!

Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2005 12:08 am

Cactus wrote:

checking out attractive members of the opposite sex

This is pretty much the main thing I do at airports, while listening to music. Sometimes I sort of read books too.

Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2005 12:54 am

People, I'm OUTRAGED.

Aren't you supposed to be capitalists?! How come nobody said anything of buying CHEAP electronics on duty free shops?!
Eating tax-free Hebrew National hot dogs?!

When did society start paying more attention to sex rather than consuming?!
WHEN DID WE GO WRONG

Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2005 1:05 am

Eidam wrote:

People, I'm OUTRAGED.

Aren't you supposed to be capitalists?! How come nobody said anything of buying CHEAP electronics on duty free shops?!
Eating tax-free Hebrew National hot dogs?!

When did society start paying more attention to sex rather than consuming?!
WHEN DID WE GO WRONG

I don't fly international much! I don't even have a passport!

Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2005 1:34 am

Man, I don't even have pants!

Joined: 06 Feb 2005 Posts: 21 Location: Hillsboro, OR

Timefishblue wrote:

-Listen to some Brian Eno.

Oh I get it, music for airports, ha ha ha!

Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2005 3:26 am

shana wrote:

You just posted that because you want to read it as a random quote at the bottom of the page.

I didn't. Would be nice though.

Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2005 4:00 am

Airports are a good place to run around wildly indoors because people will think that you're late for your flight. And if you really like running, you just run around back and forth. No one will know. Even if you don't have any suitcases.

Personally though, I stick to buying magazines.

Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2005 6:11 am

IronWokJan wrote:

shana wrote:

You just posted that because you want to read it as a random quote at the bottom of the page.

I didn't. Would be nice though.

I was also kinda maybe being ironic.

Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2005 6:19 am

Sometimes, when I'm tired, irony is completely wasted on me. I know... it's a problem.

Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2005 6:35 am

It's ok. I mean, you prevented me from Burnsauce!!

-ing all over myself. I should thank you.

I was also just trying to compliment your hilarious summation of the proceedings. I was laughing out loud in my office!

Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2005 7:02 am

Laughing out loud for reasons not directly visible to the people around you is very underratted, I think. I like it a lot!

It's also a fun activity while waiting at an airport.

Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2005 8:17 am

INDEED!

Joined: 31 May 2005 Posts: 870 Location: australia

thingummygirl wrote:

Airports are a good place to run around wildly indoors because people will think that you're late for your flight. And if you really like running, you just run around back and forth. No one will know. Even if you don't have any suitcases.

Another thing that's great about that is people who're going the same way as you instinctively think that they must be late for something as well, and start to hurry up, or even start running too.

It works well in train stations. I used to run to my platform when my train wasn't due for half an hour, and then just sit down and listen to music.

Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2005 11:12 am

Make thin lead cutouts of various shape and put them in suitcase linings while they're being assembled. It's not technically in the airport, but it's fun to watch the security people when they see the x-ray scans.

Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2005 11:36 am

i was in airports all weekend long.

i mainly fidgeted and read.

Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2005 1:02 pm

Here is a sort-of serious airport/flying question:

Can someone (possibly me) bring a metal tripod in a backpack as carry-on anymore these days? If you follow the logic that a shoe, nail clipper or lighter is considered dangerous, would they make me check the tripod? I suppose you could bludgeon a plane crew with it.