Boo boo of the day
I don’t know how popular Mistral Air was in the past but it sure is now. At least for those people who actually read the papers. It’s the first Vatican-backed chartered airline, recently contracted by the Vatican to fly pilgrims to holy places. So essentially it flies people from Rome to everywhere holy.
That is like so cool. Finally, our very own chartered airline, but I heard it’s a low budget carrier though. So probably nothing fancy but definitely safe, because I’m pretty sure they blessed the aircrafts. Wonder if they conduct masses in there though. Like some in-flight service, maybe?
Anyway, I thought it was a pretty decent idea. Pretty cool, actually, imagine popping into one of those, whenever you are feeling holy, and it’ll bring you to a place where you’ll feel even holier.
Then I read the Straits Times today.
"Airport officials barred several other pilgrims on the Mistral Air flight from taking holy water from the shrine back to Rome, the Italian news agency Apcom reported. The pilgrims protested that they had waited in long lines to fill up their bottles with holy water from the grotto."
Amidst all the excitement, everyone forgot about the strict airport rules. People had to surrender bottles of holy water because liquids weren't allowed on planes. Yes, holy water from Lourdes is considered suspicious liquid as well.
"'All passengers are obliged to respect the rules and not go over the quantities (of liquid) permitted' on flights', said Franck Hourcade, an official at the Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrenees International Airport."
Apparently, some poor man had to surrender his bottle of Lourdes water at the French airport. It’s such a shame because part of the fun at Lourdes is to queue up at the grotto for hours and hours to fill up your bottle and bring it home, after which you can proudly tell everyone you went to get it yourself. I mean, nobody comes home from Lourdes empty handed, right? It's like going to Paris and not buying an LV.
It certainly doesn't make things better that the airline prepared replacement holy water packed in bottles shaped as Madonna for every passenger on board. Well, theun just isn't there anymore, isn't it?
Alright. Enough about Lourdes water and suspicious liquids. Jeraldine, Esther and I went to the Comex Fair today. Jeraldine wanted a laptop, but after viewing like a hundred different models, she still couldn't decide. Esther wanted a new ipod, but didn't even have the chance to view a single one because they were like sold out before we even reached.
Damn.
That is like so cool. Finally, our very own chartered airline, but I heard it’s a low budget carrier though. So probably nothing fancy but definitely safe, because I’m pretty sure they blessed the aircrafts. Wonder if they conduct masses in there though. Like some in-flight service, maybe?
Anyway, I thought it was a pretty decent idea. Pretty cool, actually, imagine popping into one of those, whenever you are feeling holy, and it’ll bring you to a place where you’ll feel even holier.
Then I read the Straits Times today.
"Airport officials barred several other pilgrims on the Mistral Air flight from taking holy water from the shrine back to Rome, the Italian news agency Apcom reported. The pilgrims protested that they had waited in long lines to fill up their bottles with holy water from the grotto."
Amidst all the excitement, everyone forgot about the strict airport rules. People had to surrender bottles of holy water because liquids weren't allowed on planes. Yes, holy water from Lourdes is considered suspicious liquid as well.
"'All passengers are obliged to respect the rules and not go over the quantities (of liquid) permitted' on flights', said Franck Hourcade, an official at the Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrenees International Airport."
Apparently, some poor man had to surrender his bottle of Lourdes water at the French airport. It’s such a shame because part of the fun at Lourdes is to queue up at the grotto for hours and hours to fill up your bottle and bring it home, after which you can proudly tell everyone you went to get it yourself. I mean, nobody comes home from Lourdes empty handed, right? It's like going to Paris and not buying an LV.
It certainly doesn't make things better that the airline prepared replacement holy water packed in bottles shaped as Madonna for every passenger on board. Well, theun just isn't there anymore, isn't it?
Alright. Enough about Lourdes water and suspicious liquids. Jeraldine, Esther and I went to the Comex Fair today. Jeraldine wanted a laptop, but after viewing like a hundred different models, she still couldn't decide. Esther wanted a new ipod, but didn't even have the chance to view a single one because they were like sold out before we even reached.
Damn.
posted by Adelyn @ 11:32 PM
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