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Re: 8 Miles HighPosted by Lotg on December 08, 2003 In Reply to: Re: 8 Miles High posted by Walrus of Lurve on December 08, 2003 : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : This expression dates back to the days of the DC 3 and the beginning of private aviation. It refers to someone who has done the deed at altitude and used to be quite rare. Recently, I heard from an International Stewardess (sorry, flight attendant) that it not at all rare anymore -- happens all the time on night flights. Can this really be????? : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : I don't know. The only places I ever get to go are work and church. But I'm interested in seeing who will admit to firsthand knowledge. : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : I've heard it used here in California, not this year but recently enough that I wouldn't say it's obsolete. : : : : : : : : : : : : : : mile high club, the A fantasy club for which the only criterion of membership is that a person has been fortunate enough to have had sexual intercourse whilst flying as a passenger on a plane. First heard during the international flight boom of the early seventies and swiftly picked up by popular newspapers in the US and the UK. Still very popular (presumably people are 'joining' every day as air traffic steadily increases). Gays are also eligible, withh the captain's announcement 'we are now cruising at 30,000 feet' often causing amusement on US flights. One memorable British equivalent is the 'three foot six high club' whose members join by having sex during a British Rail journey (Nic Van Hear, 1980), although this club has as yet escaped the newspapers' attention. : : : : : : : : : : : : : Oh...coupling on private jets doesn't count? Dang. : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : Oh, and do you know there's actually a TV series (English I think) called the Mile High Club. I saw a portion of an episode (it was all I could stand), and it makes Baywatch look intellectual. : : : : : : : : : : : :::Why am I not surprised to see a response from the Goddess to this phrase? Every once in awhile you do get some expert opinion on this site. : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : :::Goddess -- a compliment was intended. And it will be my pleasure to accept the consquences of my actions. : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : Having flown during the last 48 hours amid turbulence over the Irish Sea, it would have been very tricky to complete the act of copulation in a satisfactory manner in such conditions. In fact, joining the mile high club is probably the only advantage that a man with a hair trigger has over the rest of us. As for train toilets - they are almost all unpleasant. Come to think of it, I think I once had my end away in the washroom of a narrow-boat (barge), which was cleaner if no less cramped. : : : : : : : A man of my size and athleticism needs a decent stage on which to perform! : : : : : : : With Love from the Walrus of Lurve! : : : : : : : : : : : : It has changed my perception of the Phrase Finders. I sometimes visualise the people writing this stuff and have often wondered if you all just sit around doing this stuff all day, or have any other life. I'm now in regular email contact with one of the PFs and he's turned out to be a good looking 6'2" yank who's life is extraordinary. : : : : : : And now this... Maybe we're not all nerds after all. : : : : : "...I'm now in regular email contact with one of the PFs and he's turned out to be a good looking 6'2" yank who's life is extraordinary." : : : : : It's just because you were lucky enough not getting me ! 5'7", yuck, lost everything... : : : : Oh Michael, why do you beat yourself so??? At no point did I suggest, nor should I, that under 6'2" was unsatisfactory, and why not also sell all your other redeeming points, which I've no doubt are many? : : : You're right, I've got a lot of coupons left from the San Diego Sundays' papers, but they have no value here in France ! : : Ha ha, you crack me up. But now that you've openly admitted you're in France, well you've got nothing to complain about have you? : "Height isn't everything!", as the vertically-challenged person said when told to keep his nose out of other people's business. : Goddess - at 5'8" I'm used to being looked down upon by tall people, but only literally. I bet you Australians are all over-nourished tall-ies. When my father worked in Oz for 6 months (Sydney) the skinflint company didn't pay for us to go too. I too could have been 6ft2, if I'd been sent to Oz as a teenager... : As for nerds - rock on, baby, rock on! Ha ha, yes indeed you do seem to be right. And I like the mythology you're spreading about us (should that be we?) supposedly tall 'Aussies', but the truth is we do come in all shapes & sizes just like everyone else. My father at 5'7" is shorter than I, my mother's side offers the tall gene to the point of being abnormal even in the land of 'tallies' as you put it. I have uncles on that side who range between 6'5" & 6'8" and aunties between 6' & 6'2", which is bordering on downright silly and at family reunions causes one to contract a severe crick in the neck. Anyway Walrus, Ward started this thread discussing the Mile High club and the credentials you claimed in your earlier response tells me that no woman would even care about your height. (Not that size counts of course, snicker!) |