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I hate flying, but I would kill to have been on this plane.

post #1 of 45
8/9/10 at 7:10pm
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*Looks at those around him bewildered by what just transpired.*

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A JetBlue flight attendant apparently upset with an uncooperative passenger on a just-landed flight unleashed a profanity-laden tirade on the public-address system, pulled the emergency-exit chute, slid off the plane and fled Kennedy International Airport, a law enforcement official said.
Okay....
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post #2 of 45
8/9/10 at 7:13pm
That almost sounds like a Simpsons gag.
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post #3 of 45
8/9/10 at 7:17pm
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No shit. The first thing I thought of was Mayor Quimby escaping his office via horse onto the waiting jet.

Faaaster your moron.
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post #4 of 45
8/9/10 at 7:19pm
Sorta sounds like this.
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post #5 of 45
8/9/10 at 7:23pm
Two quick things:

1. I love the idea of Criminal Mischief. The generic charge you slap on people who do things that people want them arrested for but you have no idea what crime they actually committed. Perfectly suited for bizarro lunacy like this, and all the other random things people do in comedies but would never get away with in real life.

2. Is it just me or is it a little disquieting that as soon as somebody is noteworthy for some reason or another the media instantly delves into their Myspace/Facebook as a source of file photos. It just seems damned wrong.
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post #6 of 45
8/9/10 at 7:23pm
I actually like flying (though I've only ever been on an airplane six times in my life), and I think the airlines would win over alot more fans if they routinely gave people the option to deplane via inflatable insta-slide. Those look like great fun

As for this guy, what can you say. He probably had some issues.
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post #7 of 45
8/9/10 at 7:24pm
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Originally Posted by TzuDohNihm View Post
Sorta sounds like this.
I also would have accepted this:

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post #8 of 45
8/9/10 at 7:26pm
At least he didn't do it mid-flight.
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post #9 of 45
8/9/10 at 7:27pm
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Originally Posted by Stormin View Post
2. Is it just me or is it a little disquieting that as soon as somebody is noteworthy for some reason or another the media instantly delves into their Myspace/Facebook as a source of file photos. It just seems damned wrong.
You don't have to be noteworthy, just stupid enough to post anything on those damn sites.
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post #10 of 45
8/9/10 at 8:50pm
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According to NBC, the guy stole some beers before sliding to freedom. When the cops went to arrest him at his home, they walked in on him having sex with his partner.

This story is a bit strange.
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post #11 of 45
8/9/10 at 8:55pm
I <3 NY!
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post #12 of 45
8/9/10 at 9:09pm
That guy had the best day ever.
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post #13 of 45
8/9/10 at 9:09pm
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Originally Posted by The Closer View Post
According to NBC, the guy stole some beers before sliding to freedom. When the cops went to arrest him at his home, they walked in on him having sex with his partner.

This story is a bit strange.
Wat?
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post #14 of 45
8/9/10 at 9:23pm
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Originally Posted by joeypants View Post
Wat?
You can't make this stuff up:

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When his tirade was through, he then took a some beers from the galley and pulled the emergency chute and slid off the Embraer 190 plane. According to police sources, he threw his luggage down first and said something to the effect of "there goes 28 years," before he took the plunge.


Slater was later arrested at his home in Belle Harbor, Queens by Port Authority officials. He was found by police in a sexual embrace with his partner, sources said.
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post #15 of 45
8/9/10 at 10:59pm
Legal Defense Fund
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post #16 of 45
8/9/10 at 11:05pm
This guy is simultaneously a stupid douche with a horrible sense of entitlement and a temper not suitable for living in a civilized world, and a completely awesome hero.
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post #17 of 45
8/9/10 at 11:15pm
Is this guy pinging on anyone else's gaydar, or is it just me?
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post #18 of 45
8/9/10 at 11:20pm
Not that it matters whether he is gay or not, but they do say "partner" in the articles, so it's probably a good bet.
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post #19 of 45
8/9/10 at 11:25pm
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Originally Posted by Sherman Davies View Post
Is this guy pinging on anyone else's gaydar, or is it just me?
Yeah, the needle on my gaydar snapped off and hit me in the ass while making a tuning fork sound that was a cover of an Erasure song.
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post #20 of 45
8/9/10 at 11:26pm
You're right, his sexuality is irrelevant, but I was just wondering if him being a flight attendant and head of JetBlue's uniform redesign committee was screaming "gay" to anyone else, or if I was just a profiling homophobe.
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post #21 of 45
8/9/10 at 11:37pm
"Uniform redesign committee"

You'd hope he was gay. Otherwise he'd be the saddest straight guy ever.

I kinda like the idea that he suddenly decided to have a "Bucket List" day and after many years on the straight and narrow path, decided to curse out 200 people at once, pop the escape chute, get drunk on stolen beer, have sex with a man, get arrested by the cops and become a national hero.
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post #22 of 45
8/10/10 at 12:01am
I actually assumed the asshole customer called him a fag and that's what set him off. If that's the case, I'm rooting for him. "Call me a fag? Fuck you, I'm taking this beer and I'm out asshole."
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post #23 of 45
8/10/10 at 12:02am
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Originally Posted by Chris Miller View Post
I actually assumed the asshole customer called him a fag and that's what set him off. If that's the case, I'm rooting for him. "Call me a fag? Fuck you, I'm taking this beer and I'm out asshole."
Hence why the article screamed for Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas to me.
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post #24 of 45
8/10/10 at 3:46am
I'm rooting for this guy either way, all the way.
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post #25 of 45
8/10/10 at 4:11am
He called him a motherfucker.
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post #26 of 45
8/10/10 at 3:57pm
How is this guy ever going to get another job doing anything for more then minimal wage ever again?
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post #27 of 45
8/10/10 at 3:59pm
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Im sure he'll have his own reality show by Thanksgiving.
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post #28 of 45
8/10/10 at 4:01pm
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Originally Posted by Chris Miller View Post
"Call me a fag? Fuck you, I'm taking this beer and I'm out asshole."
And then he was in asshole. Presumably.
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post #29 of 45
8/10/10 at 4:03pm
Did anyone else envision a Half Baked-esqe "Fuck you, fuck you, fuck you, you're cool, fuck you I'm out" thing with this?
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post #30 of 45
8/10/10 at 4:05pm
Steven Slater is just such a perfect name for this guy.
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post #31 of 45
8/10/10 at 6:38pm
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Originally Posted by Master Shake View Post
Did anyone else envision a Half Baked-esqe "Fuck you, fuck you, fuck you, you're cool, fuck you I'm out" thing with this?
That's the first thing that popped in my head when I heard about this story yesterday.
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post #32 of 45
8/10/10 at 7:21pm
Holy hell, i cant believe the newspapers just went ahead and used his myspace photos on the articles:



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post #33 of 45
8/10/10 at 8:51pm
This guy looks eerily like Johnny in the control tower from the original AIRPLANE.
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post #34 of 45
8/10/10 at 9:06pm
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Originally Posted by Ratty View Post
This guy looks eerily like Johnny in the control tower from the original AIRPLANE.
Holy crap...nearly identical names as well

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post #35 of 45
8/10/10 at 9:15pm
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Holy shit!
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post #36 of 45
8/11/10 at 1:54pm
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Originally Posted by The Closer View Post
Holy shit!
that is funny
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post #37 of 45
8/11/10 at 2:02pm
That is fucking eerie.
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post #38 of 45
8/11/10 at 8:19pm
The news in Hong Kong shits all over American news.

Video from Incident
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post #39 of 45
8/11/10 at 8:32pm
That was beautiful.
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post #40 of 45
8/11/10 at 8:37pm
Slater's stumbling gay lover is beautifully animated.
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post #41 of 45
8/11/10 at 8:48pm
I laughed. Loud.
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post #42 of 45
8/12/10 at 10:26am
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Originally Posted by wadew1 View Post
Slater's stumbling gay lover is beautifully animated.
Not sure if that was a loving embrace or a shambling zombie attack.
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post #43 of 45
8/12/10 at 10:37am
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I cant stop watching that video.

I love the attention to detail. The fact that his seat belt is securely fastened as he's driving home cracks me up for some reason.
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post #44 of 45
8/12/10 at 11:09am
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So apparently the police have interviewed 80% or so of the passengers, and it looks like the rude passenger + him getting hit in the head with a bag never even happened. In fact, a lot of passengers claim Slater was acting erratic and rude the entire flight (refusing service, rolling his eyes and saying "Oh God" at simple requests, etc).
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post #45 of 45
8/12/10 at 11:15am
Stephen Stucker was the first thing I thought of when I saw this guy on the news.

"and Leon's getting LLLLAARRRGGGER."
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