Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Martians vs. airplanes

At work today, there was quite a bit of air traffic.  And on my lunch, I noticed several Air Force planes coming and going over my place of employment.  You see -- we are right in line with the runway of the Rockford Airport.

Sooo imagine planes landing every 20 - 30 minutes...

The names have been changed to protect the innocent.

Meredith:  "Do you ever think about how soon it will be before..."  (Pauses and tries to conjure up the wording for the end of the sentence.)

Angelina:  "Martians will attack us?"

Meredith:  "Nooo...."

Angelina:  "A plane will mis-judge the runway and crash into our building?"

Meredith:  "Yes -- and no to the Martians but yes to the plane crash."

Angelina:  "Sometimes...especially today because there are alot of planes..."

Meredith:  "I think it could happen."

Angelina:  "I cannot believe this is what we are talking about...at work!"

Meredith:  "It's what we do.  It's the afternoon.  We need a little mental vay-cay!"

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