Very saddened to hear of the passing of the excellent Anthony Head, who brilliantly brought to life the smooth-talking sky god, Hercules Shipwright.
Keep flying high, captain.
And remember… You simply must have the most awfully lovely, super-scrumptious flight.
The Japanese eat very little fat and suffer fewer heart attacks than the British or Americans...
The French eat a lot of fat and also suffer fewer heart attacks than the British or Americans.
The Japanese drink very little red wine and suffer fewer heart attacks than the British or Americans.
The Italians drink excessive amounts of red wine and also suffer fewer heart attacks than the British or Americans.
The Germans drink a lot of beers and eat lots of sausages and fats and suffer fewer heart attacks than the British or Americans.
Conclusion:
Eat and drink what you like.
Speaking English is apparently what kills you.
Middle-aged men are crap at maintaining friendships, it's true, but the reality is most of us have got pretty close to fuck all of any substance to say to each other. We just want some peace and quiet.
@sniffpetrol It might even be a report generated while booking transactions are in progress - seats will be "held" in the "checkout basket" but are neither sold nor unsold. Schrödinger's seats, if you will...
@sniffpetrol Could be that somewhere in their maths they're generating a %age sold, then converting that back into seats with a rounding error. Either that or something-something-AI...