Love Thursday: Trashed and Graffiti’d

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First, I have to tell you, I have the. best. readers.

No really. The best.

Yeah, I know, you think all the blogs say that to their readers.

That very well may be true, but I really mean it!

They send me handmade cards, or agree to interviews and book give-aways, or send me Travel Tips or Travel Photos.

And I am eternally grateful for each and every one of you!

The other day, when I talked about Travel Bordering on the Ridiculous, (which incidentally got picked up by BootsnAll Today and featured on their front page and from there, WorldHum grabbed it for their Travel Blog Morning Links feature) reader Marsi made a comment about something *ridiculous* that she had seen. She lamented about not being able to post a photo in the comments section.

She wrote:

On our flight home from Paris four years ago, a man and his teenage daughter were seated in front of us. The man suddenly slumped into the aisle. Alarmed, we asked his daughter if he was all right. She said, "Oh yeah. He just took a sleeping pill with Jack Daniels. He's fine."

A few minutes later, she took out a red Sharpie and her video camera and started doodling all over her father's face and filming it! Everyone was laughing, including us, because he was passed out through the whole thing. I have a picture of her work, which I must say is QUITE good, and that is what I wish I could post.

Hours later, we finally land and disembark. We see the father and daughter shortly thereafter, a good dozen or so people ahead of us in the line at Customs. No one has said a word to the man; his daughter is gesturing to everyone behind his back to keep it quiet. He is walking through the airport with graffiti all over his face!

Finally, he and his daughter get to the front of the Customs line and the official takes him out of line and back into an office. He finally emerges, laughing and scrubbing his face while his daughter is nearly doubled over in hysterics.

That is the funniest thing I've ever seen while traveling!

Well, because it is Love Thursday, and because I love my readers and because I love a good laugh- of which I had a long hard one after seeing the photo that I asked Marsi to forward, I present to you:

Trashed and Graffiti'd

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If that is not some funny father-daughter prankster love, I don't know what is!

Thanks Marsi!

And Happy Love Thursday everyone!

erin :: the olive notes
March 5th, 2009
ha! I’m glad he had a good sense of humor about it…that makes it that much better of a story

Marsi
March 5th, 2009
Memories … like the corner of my mind … misty water-colored memories … of the way we were!
There he is, resplendent in glorious Technicolor! Isn’t it amazing to think that he was so conked out that he couldn’t feel the pen scratching across his face? It certainly taught me a lesson: pharmaceuticals and liquor do not go together, ever.
Thanks for the fun post! )

My Melange
March 5th, 2009
Erin, I don’t know if I would have had ANY sense of humor about it, so yes, kudos to him for being so easygoing

My Melange
March 5th, 2009
Thank you for being a reader…and contributor
xo

maryann
March 5th, 2009
I love the red bottom lip LOL

Milanese Masala
March 6th, 2009
Hee hee! I love the “L” for “loser” on his forehead!! Or is it for “love”? Anyway, that father is a really good sport. I wonder how long it took him to wash off the ink?
Oh, congrats on your story getting picked up. You are a travel power house!

meredith
March 6th, 2009
oh no! I feel bad for that guy, even if it was a joke.

My Melange
March 6th, 2009
I know- I hope it came off easily for his sake Aw, your are too kind Linda. I kinda like the sound of Travel Powerhouse though!!
xo

My Melange
March 6th, 2009
Could you imagine? I’m guessing he won’t combine JD and sleeping pills again, huh?

casalba
March 7th, 2009
Jack Daniels and a sleeping pill is the best way to get through a flight even if a little humiliated at the end. Good on him for taking it on the chin… well, all over the face, really.