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Friday, October 26, 2007 12:00 AM

Ask the pilot

Do airplanes make you fart more? What happened to the dog hair on my suitcase? The pilot lets us in on readers' probing questions.

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  • Friday, October 26, 2007 12:41 PM

    Not a near miss

    Unless they hit and it's a horrible accident, a "near miss" is actually a "near hit" and a complete miss. That always interests me. But then, like George Carlin has pointed out, he doesn't care to get ON the plane, he'd rather get IN the plane.

    This was a great column. Many laughs. Thank you.

    A serious question - so who is going to read all the tons of data that is being accumulated about passengers from the US or those going to the US? While the sex habits of foreigners entering the US might be really compelling reading I have to wonder if it is the TSA or Homeland Security or just who the heck does the reading and where are the results reported?

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