May 03, 2006
honky tonk badonkadonk in Tokyo
ah, another united airlines goody.
so, i've boarded my 747 in narita, japan. luckily my upgrade went through and i'm up top in 15d, where they got the music playing before boarding. i grab my blanket and prepare for a 12 hour nap and kirin/sake detox, when i notice what's playing. it's united launching their on-board XM radio featuring the highway 16 channel! woo hoo! and here i am, in tokyo, on a plane with half americans, half japanese people, listening to none other than that trace adkins song about some woman's ass. welcome back to the US of A!
here's a sampling:
Now Honey, you can't blame her
For what her mama gave her
It ain't right to hate her
For workin' that money-maker
Band shuts down at two
But we're hangin' out till three
We hate to see her go
But love to watch her leave
With that honky tonk badonkadonk
Keepin' perfect rhythm
Make ya wanna swing along
Got it goin' on
Like Donkey Kong
And whoo-wee
Shut my mouth, slap your grandma
There outta be a law
Get the Sheriff on the phone
Lord have mercy, how's she even get them britches on
With that honky tonk badonkadonk
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May 02, 2006
the producers...en route to Frankfurt
i've added another category to this blog called "united airlines" simply because i fly them a lot, and i encounter a lot of funny stuff whilst doing so. i want to start documenting such aforementioned funny stuff.
the first being, on my recent trip to milan, i flew through frankfurt on united...from chicago it's really the only way to go. it was the usual mix of americans and germans, stars, stripes, and um-pa-pas.
one of the movies everyone (including me) was watching was "the producers" - the movie version of the nathan lane/matthew broderick broadway show, the storyline which goes like this...
nathan lane plays a aging, womanizing (!), over-the-hill broadway producer and matthew broderick plays his accountant. the matthew broderick character notices that the nathan lane character only makes money when his shows close quickly, so they quickly scheme to get some investment (from bagging little old ladies) and then close the show by picking the worst script they can find.
this script is a play called "springtime for hitler" where the furher himself is portrayed as a limp-wristed, flaming showtunes-loving guy who swishes in front of dancers forming a swastika college football marching band style - but of course the play is a hit, and hilarity ensues.
now as many of you may or may not know...in germany these days, any nazi symbols or other references are strictly <i>verboten</i> - you can't even play such videogame favorites as "castle wolfenstein" or "return to castle wolfenstein" because of the nazi banners that hang on the walls.
at any rate...i'm watching this thinking...."did the person at united who chose this film for a flight from ORD-FRA know what they were doing? is this an elbow to someone's side, or pure ignorance? do the germans who are watching this understand it is all toungue-in-cheek?"
at any rate, i got a good chuckle out of that. i might have even peed a little.
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