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So, I've had this great new idea for what they should do on planes

Basically, it is that they should offer an optional 'affable companion' option on their flights, under which you would pay a sum of money to be sat next to an actor, who would then play an 'affable plane companion' type role and regale you with small talk and/or tales from their colourful life throughout the flight. So far I have come up with the following basic character types:

- alcoholic aristocrat
- uptight, virginal woman detective
- war-scarred soldier who "saw god and spat in his face" in [insert war here]
- high-stakes gambler (who will actually gamble with you ON THE PLANE!)
- retired secret agent
- embittered former post-independence president of African country

So, what do you all think? Should I patent it before all the big plane companies go hounding me and such?

Oh and also if you pay more the character will follow you off the plane and have adventures with you in your destination and such.



  • do frequent flyers get discount?

    • No, but they can choose from a wider range of character sets

  • this is a terrible idea.

    id prefer to fly american and have a pervert jizz all over my hair. its validation of sorts. and a funny anecdote to tell when you arrive at your destination.

  • you should have a

    jolly black uncle character type as well

    also you need more female characters

  • i'd just settle for more legroom

    kthxbye

  • How much for a tedious Danish IT consultant?

    Or grossly overweight American woman (who takes and eats the meal of the passenger sleeping next to her)? I've had to endure both of these on flights.

    • If you don't pay, you get them

      see also: inconsolable toddler.

    • I might have flown with that woman

      On my flight to Sea-Tac she kept asking me whether I was gonna eat certain parts of my meals.

      I wasn't so she took them.

      • sea-tac

        is that seattle? we got driven around that airport on one of those cool buggies because my mum had twisted her ankle or something, every cloud...

        • Yeah

          Seattle-Tacoma

          • cool

            i knew i remembered it from somewhere :D

  • - tyler durden

  • let's check its rating on the Radiohead-o-meter:

    1/10. environmental waste.

    shame.

  • - veteran with PTSD turned horse whisperer

    - motivational speaker with terrible disability
    - celebrity psychologist shunned by his/her profession
    - mysterious bearded figure fingering small vial in left hand
    - distant eastern european man, possibly cyborg sent from future

  • - Ted Striker

  • - samuel l jackson

  • - crusty sex tramp with ideas

  • - blind 'wolfman'-type radio personality

  • .

    - an eccentric, retired broadway actor
    - a handsome rogue who plays by his own rules
    - an old chinese woman in a large straw hat

    • id like to apply for number two please

      • Hi!

        I'll leave now...

        • dont go

          • i play by my own rules dammit.

            • but are you a good looking rebel

              thats the question

              • well i've been using an expired student bus pass for the last year.

                that covers rebellious at least.

                • thats just immoral

                  • i blame the bus drivers

                    for ignoring the massive '2007' written on it. it's like their ASKING me to break the rules.

  • - professional darts player with secret

    (killed wife in 1987; entombed in conservatory wall)