ghost_light | Karma (Reply)

Flying home from Tacoma, a good samaritan popped open the overhead compartment to help a shorter lady get her bags down. When he moved things, he just started to grin and hollered "Who has the light saber?!?" I immediately put my hand up. "Me! That's my nerd badge," and there was much hilarity.

This reminded me of a story my mom still tells:

When I was very small we were flying to or from visiting my family in Iowa. A woman boarded the plane carrying a standard-size kitchen broom. The whole plane watched her tuck it up in the overhead compartment and no one said a word.

At the end of the flight, she takes the broom down and is standing there with it, waiting to deplane. I cannot take it a moment longer. I blurt out "Mommy, why is that lady flying with a broom???"

Everyone on the plane burst out laughing, she stormed out without a word. A guy behind us patted my shoulder and said, "Oh, Honey, we've all been wanting to ask that!"

I like to think the woman would get a good laugh at my expense now.