World Hum’s Most Read: May 10-16

What We Loved This Week: ‘The Zen of Bobby V,’ ‘When the Levees Broke’ and Arriving With Our Baggage

How Bad is the Violence in Mexico?

Tony Horwitz Blogs From the Road

Tony Horwitz: Rediscovering the New World

Ben Keene talks to the author of the new book “A Voyage Long and Strange” about travel, American myths and the importance of visiting places where “history happened”

In Patagonia, In Patagonia

Tim Patterson packs his fleece and long underwear, and enters the Twilight Zone where corporate branding meets the multilayered reality of place. 

Should I Quit Law School so I can Travel the World?

Vagabonding traveler Rolf Potts answers your questions about travel

‘The Worst Guidebook Writer Ever’?

Lonely Planet author Robert Reid reviews Thomas Kohnstamm’s “Do Travel Writers Go to Hell?” and weighs in on the controversy surrounding it

Have a Hockey Night in Canada

From Montreal to Sault Ste. Marie, the sport is the country’s greatest passion. Eva Holland explains where to go to indulge—and who you need to know.

Promised Land Closed

And other odd and unlikely signs from around the world. Aficionado Doug Lansky, editor of the book “Signspotting,” recounts his 10 favorites.

10 Sizzling Hot Travel Tips From Sir Francis Bacon

Rolf Potts repackages the 17th century philosopher’s ‘Of Travel’ essay in the manner of a 21st century magazine feature

Woman Sues American Airlines For Not Protecting Her From Masturbating Man

So much to say.  Here’s a list:
- Michael was too proper to mention the “in her hair” part. $200,000 seems quite reasonable for that. 

- But how about suing the masturbator, not the airlines.

- The Star-Telegram article mentions that she could not get the attention of the flight crew.  How is that possible?  If that happened to me there isn’t a soul on the plane that wouldn’t know it.

- What would she spend the money on? Imagine if she won and went out and bought a shiny red convertible with the money.  Her friends ask: “Is this the car?” Major ewwww factor there.

"Her friends ask: “Is this the car?” Major ewwww factor there.”

True AND hilarious.

She is suing the airlines because they have more money than the masterbater.  I can’t imagine her not being able to attract attention of the crew or other passengers by screaming “Stop jacking off you pervert”, “Bomb!” or “Hijack!” Maybe she isn’t competent to walk around without a nanny.
When I was 105 pound, naive, 18 year old in the Air Force one of my superiors thought it would be funny to stick his finger in my ear.  Without thinking, I kicked him in the shin as hard as I could with my heavy army shoe.  (Sigh!  I can still hear the satisfactory loud thunk of leather against bone.) I could tell that it hurt so bad he wanted to cry, but all of HIS superiors were watching.  No one every touched me again.  Payback is a dish best enjoyed publicly.

Man, I knew there were some juvenile, sigh-inspiring puns we were missing.  I think Grizzly by accident might have stumbled upon the best of them all:

High-Jacking

Mile-high Jacking

(I’ll stop now)

Grizzly, my inner 13-year-old thanks you from it’s hormone-ridden heart.

That is one sick man, and Grizzly is right. The only to deal with such sickos is not through a lawsuit, but to deck them right then and there.