tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36592052.post8489013314983713385..comments2023-10-26T20:40:47.532+11:00Comments on opɯdʒɯlɯklɑr: HELP BANKRUPT OLYMPIC AIRWAYSopoudjishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02106433476518749382noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36592052.post-47353080932352732912011-03-15T19:04:40.027+11:002011-03-15T19:04:40.027+11:00"Fuck my Whore"
Literal translations ar..."Fuck my Whore"<br /><br />Literal translations are great.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36592052.post-5764951287658330512011-02-02T19:18:34.846+11:002011-02-02T19:18:34.846+11:00Here's Tom Paxton's 1985 Bardic Curse on a...Here's Tom Paxton's 1985 Bardic Curse on another airline:<br /><br />Flying through the Michigan skies<br />with a song in my innocent heart<br />I placed myself in professional hands<br />Masters of the traveler's art<br />When I opened my guitar case<br />at the end of a beautiful flight<br />I'm sure you can imagine my feelings<br />as I beheld this beautiful sight<br /><br />Thank you Republic Airlines<br />for breaking the neck on my guitar<br />I arrived to do a concert with the Kingston Trio<br />opened my guitar case with a smile <i>con brio</i><br />Thank you Republic Airlines<br />What a joy to a musician you are<br />What a zest you've added to pedestrian skies<br />It was boring to be flying where the wild goose flies<br />But the tedium was broken by your wonderful surprise<br />when you broke the neck on my guitar<br /><br />Thank you Republic Airlines<br />for treating my instrument with care<br />There can be no greater happiness for a musician<br />than to find his instrument in this condition<br />Uh-oh, Republic Airlines<br />in the firmament of travel, you're a star<br />for you treat each piece of baggage like a child of your own<br />When you come across an instrument, it's dropped like a stone<br />May you waken every morning with a new broken bone<br />like you broke the neck on my guitar<br /><br />Now I've been traveling most of my life<br />and the thrill is a long time gone<br />and the sight of another DC 10<br />just fails to turn me on<br />But I feel my heart start pounding<br />when I get to the baggage claim<br />and when I see how you handled my instrument<br />the thrill is still the same<br /><br />Thank you Republic Airlines<br />for splintering the neck on my guitar<br />My guitar case was so strong that nothing could go through it<br />Way to go Republic, only you could do it<br />Crash bang Republic Airlines<br />in the field of demolition, you'll go far<br />for you took it as a challenge when I turned in my case<br />and you saw the fragile stickers glued all over the place<br />May a team of mad flamingo dancers do to your face<br />what you did to the neck on my guitar<br /><br />There could no satisfaction greater than if<br />you should be the next to go the way of Braniff....<br /><br />[Braniff had gone bankrupt three years before; Republic was bought out the very next year]John Cowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11452247999156925669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36592052.post-31181435014283395542011-01-21T00:33:59.138+11:002011-01-21T00:33:59.138+11:00Olympic Airways sound like a nightmare. Companies ...Olympic Airways sound like a nightmare. Companies should be held accountable for putting customers through terrible situations like the ones that you guys speaks of. At the end of the day you're paying for a service and if they're not delivering it in a satisfactory manner, you should be entitled to some compensation or cashback.Help with bankruptcyhttp://www.moorheadsavage.co.uk/helpwithbankruptcy.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36592052.post-19360849812527692762009-03-07T12:41:00.000+11:002009-03-07T12:41:00.000+11:00Hmm, sounds like my experiences when going through...Hmm, sounds like my experiences when going through Toronto Pearson International Airport, mainly with Air Canada (which is generally reliable on the main routes), where every flight that goes through Toronto is either delayed, cancelled, or left before I arrived at the airport.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36592052.post-7684669591544716542008-07-04T23:09:00.000+10:002008-07-04T23:09:00.000+10:00I don't remember - a week or so after I got back? ...I don't remember - a week or so after I got back? I don't even remember whether they initially tried to forward it on to Greece or whether I manged to get them to send it straight to Germany since I was only going to be in Greece for three or four days anyway.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36592052.post-20720098108244719792008-07-02T01:54:00.000+10:002008-07-02T01:54:00.000+10:00The guy in the blue shirt, in the foreground of th...The guy in the blue shirt, in the foreground of the first photo (the one with the ten-line-deep queue) turned out an hour later to be the Hero that exclaimed "No bastard's boarding before me." <BR/><BR/>Oh. and HELP BANKRUPT OLYMPIC AIRWAYS.opoudjishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02106433476518749382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36592052.post-79987613316967898832008-07-01T05:04:00.000+10:002008-07-01T05:04:00.000+10:00Philip: Ouch. How long till you were reunited with...Philip: Ouch. How long till you were reunited with your luggage? I recently posted a flashback from a Greyhound trip where I was parted with my luggage; fortunately I was visiting friend near the end of the line for the buses, so I got it back after 3 days. I'd imaging Alitalia would take longer. <BR/><BR/>Alitalia is of course the next target for elimination...opoudjishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02106433476518749382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36592052.post-39144533120959024722008-07-01T04:58:00.000+10:002008-07-01T04:58:00.000+10:00I've had hauntingly similar experiences with Alita...I've had hauntingly similar experiences with Alitalia, flying through Milan, which I'd rather not repeat.<BR/><BR/>At least I didn't have to worry about my checked luggage since they had already lost it for me on the outward leg of my flight. (I had 45 minutes to connect at Milan. My plane was 45 minutes late. I made it to the connecting plane, just after they had closed the door - which they reopened after the gate lady rapped on the cockpit window -, but my luggage didn't.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36592052.post-50280844893044518532008-06-30T23:53:00.000+10:002008-06-30T23:53:00.000+10:00Don't judge a man by his cap!Don't judge a man by his cap!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com