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    Procreation and Existence

    Originally posted by Gibbon View Post
    One day it will hit you, and it will be too late.

    Procreation is the only real reason for existance, the rest are just illusions.
    How very sad if you think that your life is only worth that.
    Spelling properly is important too ("existence" not "existance")

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      #id
      Originally posted by rsingh View Post
      The cruelty of it. Making them slum it in Business Class while you quaff diet coke in First Class. You're lucky I don't call social services...
      When I was younger, my dad used to get a free upgrade on most flights as a frequent flyer.

      So he'd go and sit in business class, leaving my mum and the three of us (9, 14, 16) in economy.
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        #id
        Originally posted by TheFaQQer View Post
        When I was younger, my dad used to get a free upgrade on most flights as a frequent flyer.

        So he'd go and sit in business class, leaving my mum and the three of us (9, 14, 16) in economy.
        Smart bloke.
        What happens in General, stays in General.
        You know what they say about assumptions!

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          #id
          Originally posted by elojpx View Post
          How very sad if you think that your life is only worth that.
          Spelling properly is important too ("existence" not "existance")
          Why do silvery salmon leap
          and turtles rise from the deep?
          Why do delightful daffodils flower
          and rutting stags not fear or cower

          I’ll tell you why my unknowing friend,
          why all this effort has but only one end.
          It’s the ruthless, selfish, cunning gene,
          right down to the last Pythagorean bean.

          BTW you forgot a full stop after your close bracket.
          But I discovered nothing else but depraved, excessive superstition. Pliny the younger

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            #id
            Originally posted by TimberWolf View Post
            Okay, you get the seat next to the crying kid.
            i used to feel that way until i went through the experience with my own kids - now it doesn't bother me at all. in fact if i'm sitting near i'll offer to assist. being less selfish will immediately lessen the irritation.

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              #id
              Originally posted by DS23 View Post
              i used to feel that way until i went through the experience with my own kids - now it doesn't bother me at all. in fact if i'm sitting near i'll offer to assist. being less selfish will immediately lessen the irritation.
              It's hardly selfish on the part of the person being irritated by a screaming kid. At least in a restaurant you can move or leave the premises, try leaving a plane and everyone starts screaming.

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                #id
                Originally posted by TimberWolf View Post
                It's hardly selfish on the part of the person being irritated by a screaming kid. At least in a restaurant you can move or leave the premises, try leaving a plane and everyone starts screaming.
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                  #id
                  Originally posted by DS23 View Post
                  i used to feel that way until i went through the experience with my own kids - now it doesn't bother me at all. in fact if i'm sitting near i'll offer to assist. being less selfish will immediately lessen the irritation.
                  I'd be v grateful of that!
                  Practically perfect in every way....there's a time and (more importantly) a place for malarkey.
                  +5 Xeno Cool Points

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                    #id
                    Originally posted by TimberWolf View Post
                    Okay, you get the seat next to the crying kid.
                    Preferable to the slightly tipsy middle age business woman in the window seat who insists on holding a conversation with her mate across the aisle and putting her hand on my knee.
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                      #id
                      Originally posted by doodab View Post
                      Preferable to the slightly tipsy middle age business woman in the window seat who insists on holding a conversation with her mate across the aisle and putting her hand on my knee.
                      Practically perfect in every way....there's a time and (more importantly) a place for malarkey.
                      +5 Xeno Cool Points

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