Your Flight Attendant Jokes Do Not Amuse JetBlue

Travel Blog  •  Eva Holland  •  08.11.10 | 1:06 PM ET

The airline’s been objecting to cracks about Steven Slater’s infamous emergency chute escapade via its official Twitter account. Of course, this only inspires the tweeting jokers to new heights; here’s comedian Andy Borowitz’s response: “At @JetBlue you have to pay $5 extra for a sense of humor. Exact change, please.”

Meanwhile, the New York Times has unearthed the 1947 story of a Bronx bus driver who got fed up with his job—and took his rig on a 1,300-mile joy ride. That sounds even better than a trip down the inflatable slide, no?

Tags: Air Travel, Bus Travel, Humor, Tres Loco, News and Briefs

Eva Holland is the senior editor of World Hum. Her writing has also appeared in Reader's Digest Canada, NationalGeographic.com, the National Post, the Montreal Gazette, the Ottawa Citizen and WestJet's Up! Magazine, among other publications. She's based in Canada's Yukon territory.


2 Comments for Your Flight Attendant Jokes Do Not Amuse JetBlue

GypsyGirl 08.26.10 | 7:48 PM ET

Sounds like a road trip book to me ;) Much more fun than the slide!

Flight Suit 09.27.10 | 3:16 AM ET

That is really much better, I would also love to to travel when I retire

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