Southwest Flight Attendant Raps Safety Spiel

David Holmes, a Southwest flight attendant, likes to give the safety instructions in rap form with lyrics like this:

Federal aviation regulation mean
that you have to comply with the following:
the posted placards and the lighted signs
and the stuff that we told you a hundred times …

A passenger recorded one of his performances, augmented by rhythmic passenger stomping and clapping, on her cell phone, and the videos are getting some traction on YouTube. It makes you wonder why there isn’t more fun in public places.

These videos, by the way, are mainly audio. The visuals aren’t much:

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Airline Apologizes To Passenger Who Threw Fit At Missing Flight

Cathay Pacific has apologized to the woman whose tantrum over missing a flight from Hong Kong was captured on video and became a YouTube sensation. Let’s run that video again and ask who ought to apologize:

The unidentified passenger has complained to the airline that the video embarrassed her. I’m thinking it was her behavior that embarrassed her. The video just spread it around.

Video: Passenger Misses Flight In Hong Kong

A primer, courtesy of YouTube, on how not to behave when you’ve missed a flight:

A Train Video To Remember

My friend Tom showed me this video today. It’s of a train that passes through a market in Bangkok. Pretty wild:

Video: The Highway To Hana

A few months ago, the husband and I drove the Highway to Hana on the gorgeous Hawaiian island of Maui. Or, rather, he drove, as you will see in this video:

Visiting Atwater Market In Montreal

The husband and I drove up to Montreal this summer to celebrate our anniversary, and we stopped at the Atwater Market. We always do:

The View In Goleta

The kid sends this photo from Goleta, Calif, with the note: “It’s orange out:”

Goleta is next to Santa Barbara, which is one of the prettiest cities I’ve ever seen. Unfortunately, Goleta is more or less on fire at the moment.

Here’s a little video clip:

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Jon Stewart On The Staycation

Just found this clip from The Daily Show about the staycation – the stay-at-home alternative to a vacation for those who can’t afford to travel.

The upside? “Paris will always be there,” declares John Hodgman. “But judging from the sub-prime mortgage crisis, chances are your house won’t.”

Stephen Colbert Discusses Private Jets

Stephen Colbert reports on the difficulty of seating the servants on the private jet:

Delta Releases Jazzy Safety Video

There’s a bit of a buzz on the Net about Delta Air Lines’ new safety video, which features a stunning red-headed flight attendant named Katherine Lee, jazzy background music and a few amusing little special effects.

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