Power to Burn (2013)
“A window seat. That’s a good sign, I told myself.
The stewardess was now showing us the exit doors and demonstrating how to pull the oxygen mask down from the ceiling. I wish they wouldn’t do that. Don’t they realise there are people on board trying to be optimistic? I did a quick check around to see who would help me if I got the mask tangled.
Seeing the oxygen mask made me think of Virginia Westhead. When Virginia heard that I was going to Italy, she brought out her piece on aeroplane... disasters. ‘Two years ago,’ she said grimly, ‘312 people were killed when the same plane as you’re taking crashed in the Pennine Alps. They recovered all the bodies except one, and they found him six months later, all in one piece except for the wolf bites. It was the ice of course that kept the body intact. Have a good time, Roberto, and why don’t you lose your red socks while you’re away?’ For the twenty-sixth time I reached into my pockets and felt for my passport, my wallet, travellers’ cheques, rabbit’s foot (you never know), and my keys.MoreLess
The stewardess was now showing us the exit doors and demonstrating how to pull the oxygen mask down from the ceiling. I wish they wouldn’t do that. Don’t they realise there are people on board trying to be optimistic? I did a quick check around to see who would help me if I got the mask tangled.
Seeing the oxygen mask made me think of Virginia Westhead. When Virginia heard that I was going to Italy, she brought out her piece on aeroplane... disasters. ‘Two years ago,’ she said grimly, ‘312 people were killed when the same plane as you’re taking crashed in the Pennine Alps. They recovered all the bodies except one, and they found him six months later, all in one piece except for the wolf bites. It was the ice of course that kept the body intact. Have a good time, Roberto, and why don’t you lose your red socks while you’re away?’ For the twenty-sixth time I reached into my pockets and felt for my passport, my wallet, travellers’ cheques, rabbit’s foot (you never know), and my keys.MoreLess
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