Comments on Flying with the 'shanti-shanti' crowdTypePad2009-08-12T08:22:10ZDavid Bognerhttps://www.treppenwitz.com/tag:typepad.com,2003:https://www.treppenwitz.com/2009/08/the-shantishanti-crowd/comments/atom.xml/Imshin commented on 'Flying with the 'shanti-shanti' crowd'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c581e53ef0120a4fa98f5970b2009-08-16T13:42:00Z2009-08-16T13:42:00ZImshinConsidering the place I was staying in Delhi (Main Bazaar), the photo below of a hotel pool seems as disconnected...<p>Considering the place I was staying in Delhi (Main Bazaar), the photo below of a hotel pool seems as disconnected from the Delhi I experienced. Since then I've been in Ladakh, which is probably the nearest place to heaven I've ever been (literally - at one point we were at 18,000 feet above sea level, and the rest of the time pretty high as well). Maybe next time you come, you could take some for a visit up here, David. Leave time for altitude sickness - no rush visits here... Anyway, tomorrow we're back to Delhi, hopefully to a slightly better hotel, just off the Main Bazaar. Who knows, we might even have hot water this time (just kidding - it's so hot, who needs hot water)</p>Fred commented on 'Flying with the 'shanti-shanti' crowd'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c581e53ef0120a5484087970c2009-08-13T21:11:41Z2009-08-13T21:11:41ZFred"...in their attempted non-conformity" How do you know they were attempting not to conform?<p><b>"...in their attempted non-conformity"</b></p>
<p>How do you know they were attempting not to conform?<br />
</p>Mrs. S. commented on 'Flying with the 'shanti-shanti' crowd'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c581e53ef0120a4eea4e5970b2009-08-13T13:09:48Z2009-08-13T13:09:48ZMrs. S.http://ourshiputzim.blogspot.com/LOL! I think you should've introduced this post with a warning about reading while drinking... :-)<p>LOL! I think you should've introduced this post with a warning about reading while drinking...<br />
:-)</p>Noa commented on 'Flying with the 'shanti-shanti' crowd'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c581e53ef0120a4eb2c25970b2009-08-12T19:09:20Z2009-08-12T19:09:20ZNoaSolution to bothersome seatmates who want to chat. Learn a very long sentence in Icelandic and shrug shoulders. It works...<p>Solution to bothersome seatmates who want to chat. Learn a very long sentence in Icelandic and shrug shoulders. It works like a dream. NO ONE speaks Icelandic on long haul flights:-)</p>QuietusLeo commented on 'Flying with the 'shanti-shanti' crowd'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c581e53ef0120a4eb23ce970b2009-08-12T18:55:51Z2009-08-12T18:55:51ZQuietusLeohttp://quietusleo.blogspot.comWelcome back to the dust bowl!<p>Welcome back to the dust bowl!</p>Barzilai commented on 'Flying with the 'shanti-shanti' crowd'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c581e53ef0120a4eacf8a970b2009-08-12T17:29:28Z2009-08-12T17:29:28ZBarzilaihttp://www.havolim.blogspot.comDavid, I am very grateful that I have never had your experience with seat'mates'. It reminds me of Tolkien's line,...<p>David, I am very grateful that I have never had your experience with seat'mates'. It reminds me of Tolkien's line, "Do not come between a Nazgul and its prey." My strangest flight had a woman from Tennessee sitting next to me. She decided that it was a good time to 'visit,' i.e., to spend the long hours shmoozing about her life. I learned a great deal about her life, including that she sang in a bluegrass band and was a professional taster, and got zero sleep. </p>Jack commented on 'Flying with the 'shanti-shanti' crowd'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c581e53ef0120a541c28f970c2009-08-12T16:35:40Z2009-08-12T16:35:40ZJackhttp://wwwjackbenimble.blogspot.com/I once flew from Israel to the states with a church group. For the first seven hours the lovely grandmother...<p>I once flew from Israel to the states with a church group. For the first seven hours the lovely grandmother on my right thanked me: for letting her visit G-d's home, for giving her the chance to tell me how lucky I was to be chosen and asking me to participate in her in-flight bible study group.</p>
<p>And did I mention that she kept asking me if she could practice speaking Hebrew with me. She knew about eight words. For a short while I wondered if I was going to be arrested for responding to "Shalom and todah rabah" with a mighty blow to the head. What a painful experience.</p>
<p>Just one more reason why I have come to dislike flying.</p>Marsha in Englewood commented on 'Flying with the 'shanti-shanti' crowd'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c581e53ef0120a4eaa3ba970b2009-08-12T16:23:59Z2009-08-12T16:23:59ZMarsha in EnglewoodTo Baila: LOL! My son went on Mach Hach many years ago. I can only imagine To Trep: You know,...<p>To Baila: LOL! My son went on Mach Hach many years ago. I can only imagine<br />
To Trep: You know, there is a solution for all this travel agita. It's called Business Class....</p>Baila commented on 'Flying with the 'shanti-shanti' crowd'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c581e53ef0120a4ea5953970b2009-08-12T14:53:57Z2009-08-12T14:53:57ZBailahttp://www.illcallbaila.blogspot.comReminds me of when my husband flew to America from Israel and was on a plane with 200 teenagers returning...<p>Reminds me of when my husband flew to America from Israel and was on a plane with 200 teenagers returning from the Mach Hach Ba'aretz Summer Program. The pilot threatened to stop the plane mid-flight and throw the kids overboard.</p>Albert commented on 'Flying with the 'shanti-shanti' crowd'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c581e53ef0120a5412de4970c2009-08-12T13:11:38Z2009-08-12T13:11:38ZAlbertWow. Groooovy man. Real groovy. I'm glad you didn't harsh their mellow.<p>Wow. Groooovy man. Real groovy. I'm glad you didn't harsh their mellow.</p>ED commented on 'Flying with the 'shanti-shanti' crowd'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c581e53ef0120a4e9e3f9970b2009-08-12T12:11:48Z2009-08-12T12:11:48ZEDThink the Shanti avoid the Thurs flights,just as you avoid the Mon ones? I think the mix of the Shanti...<p>Think the Shanti avoid the Thurs flights,just as you avoid the Mon ones? I think the mix of the Shanti with the business comuters on Mon would make for some interesting scenes.</p>treppenwitz commented on 'Flying with the 'shanti-shanti' crowd'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c581e53ef0120a540d27c970c2009-08-12T11:31:34Z2009-08-12T11:31:34Ztreppenwitzhttp://www.treppenwitz.comzahava ... Honey... I wish I could say that it was only the young women's lack of underwear I noticed....<p>zahava ... Honey... I wish I could say that it was only the young women's lack of underwear I noticed. My seat was the aisle seat on the right hand side of the centere section. To my distress, there was a tall, lanky young man standing next to my seat on the right, carrying on a hopeful (and it later turned out, sucessful) courtship of the young woman sitting to my left for the first 30 minutes of the flight. His amorous interest in this young woman was impossible to miss at a range of less than 8 inches from my face.</p>zahava commented on 'Flying with the 'shanti-shanti' crowd'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341c581e53ef0120a5409482970c2009-08-12T10:24:44Z2009-08-12T10:24:44ZzahavaStrangely, they all seem to have lost or discarded their undergarments somewhere during their travels. Not that you were looking...<p><i>Strangely, they all seem to have lost or discarded their undergarments somewhere during their travels.</i></p>
<p>Not that you were looking too closely, mind you.....</p>
<p>[ducks and runs!]</p>
<p>In all seriousness, you have done such a wonderful job describing the sound effects, the view, and the [ermmm] <i>aroma</i> I feel like I flew with you! :-)</p>