Elliott Rodgers

I love this video and it makes me smile every time I see it.

Possibly NOT SAFE FOR WORK.

Enjoy.

Kulula is a low-cost South-African airline, with it’s head office in Johannesburg, that doesn’t take itself too seriously. It’s a real shame that Kulula doesn’t fly internationally, they deserve some support if only for their humour, very typically South African (never met a South African I didn’t like).

Flying 101 – Captions

• aircon ducts = not that kulula needs it… they’re already cool.
• avionics = fancy navigation stuff.
• a.p.u. = extra power when you need it most.
• back door = no bribery/corruption here.
• black box = which is actually orange.
• boot space
• cockpit window = sun roof; co-captain and big cheese.
• first class windows = throne zone (more leg room baby!)
• engine #1 and #2 = 26 000 pounds of thrust.
• front door = our door is always open … unless we’re at 41 000 feet.
• fuel tanks = the go-go juice.
• galley (front of plane) = cuppa anyone?.
• galley = food, food, food, food….
• landing gear = comes standard with supa-fly mags.
• loo = or mile-high club initiation chamber.
• nose cone = radar, antenna, and a really big dish inside.
• rudder = the steering thingy.
• seats = better than taxi seats.
• stabiliser = the other steering thingy.
• some windows = kulula fans = the coolest peeps in the world.
• tail = featuring an awesome logo.
• windows = best view in the world.
• wing #1 and #2
• plane’s registration = ZS-ZWP – OK-PIK. = secret agent code

Kulula airline attendants make an effort to make the in-flight “safety lecture” and announcements a bit more entertaining. Here are some apparently genuine examples that have been heard or reported:

On a Kulula flight, (there is no assigned seating, you just sit where you want) passengers were apparently having a hard time choosing, when a flight attendant announced, “People, people we’re not picking out furniture here, find a seat and get in it!”

On another flight with a very “senior” flight attendant crew, the pilot annouced, “Ladies and gentlemen, we’ve reached cruising altitude and will be turning down the cabin lights. This is for your comfort and to enhance the appearance of your flight attendants.”

On landing, the stewardess said, “Please be sure to take all of your belongings.. If you’re going to leave anything, please make sure it’s something we’d like to have.”

“There may be 50 ways to leave your lover, but there are only 4 ways out of this airplane.”

“Thank you for flying Kulula. We hope you enjoyed giving us the business as much as we enjoyed taking you for a ride.”

As the plane landed and was coming to a stop at Durban Airport , a lone voice came over the loudspeaker: “Whoa, big fella. WHOA!”

After a particularly rough landing during thunderstorms in the Karoo , a flight attendant on a flight announced, “Please take care when opening the overhead compartments because, after a landing like that, sure as hell everything has shifted.”
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The photo from the last post of Sheppie climbing the tree is is now on Cheezburger Network LOLdogs – http://cheezburger.com/View/3831496704

Sheppie needs your vote!

This is such an amazing photo of Sheppie, I decided it deserved a post all of it’s own. While playing with Sheppie and his tennis ball, throwing it for him to catch I managed to land the ball in a tree which leans at an angle and has low branches. The local children love climbing it, little did I expect Sheppie would climb the tree and make himself at home! He climbed by himself, unaided and under his own initiative. No Border Collie’s were harmed… one owner was left a bit surprised and shocked.

Sheppie climbed up a tree to retrieve his ball

Before someone screams “photoshopped” it is genuine (I’ll upload some video at some point).

This movie has to be seen to be believed, it must have taken this guy weeks to do, I am in awe! It also makes me really, really tempted to have a go at doing one myself…. I realise of course I could never make it as good and don’t have anywhere near the patience needed!

Enjoy!

If that all seems like a lot of effort you could try this

This was originally posted in my blog on 18th October 2009

Another classic short film by Jim Field Smith always cheers me and makes me laugh every time I watch it… caution contains use of swear words which may make it NSFW. You need to watch it right to end for the absolutely stunningly brilliant punchline.