OT: Need Advice - Airline Etiquette a la Buckeye
Dad is all decked out - hat, watch, jacket. Baby has a Scarlet and Grey blanket. AND Dad's got biceps bigger than my thigh.
Need advice - what's appropriate behavior? Share my ringtones? Watch video from The Game? Sing The Victors over and over? The possibilities are endless!
December 3rd, 2011 at 4:21 PM ^
December 3rd, 2011 at 4:22 PM ^
You just stepped into a situation in which the possibilities are endless! Wifi on the plane?
December 3rd, 2011 at 4:21 PM ^
say good game and acts classy
December 3rd, 2011 at 4:22 PM ^
Leave them alone. The kinds of people who'd wear US college stuff to Europe aren't the most rational types.
December 3rd, 2011 at 4:25 PM ^
:( I always wear Michigan stuff when I travel. I like meeting other fans wherever I am. Fist pumps at the airport are awesome.
December 3rd, 2011 at 4:33 PM ^
I love wearing Michigan stuff at the airport. I tend to either get a bunch of "Go Blue" chants or haters who stare at me.
December 3rd, 2011 at 6:12 PM ^
I was on my honeymoon wearing a Cincinnati Reds hat in the San Juan, PR airport and a dude walked by me and said "O-H!"
I looked at him and said, "Go Blue!"
/cool story bro
December 3rd, 2011 at 4:24 PM ^
Question--Do you also have your Michigan gear on?
December 3rd, 2011 at 4:25 PM ^
Hoody and ballcap!
December 3rd, 2011 at 6:49 PM ^
you should probably casually walk up to the head stewardess and mention you overheard some "terrorist activities" coming from the people with ohio gear on.
December 3rd, 2011 at 4:28 PM ^
Ask if they went to the game, or just watched it. If he/they are alums. Where they're from. Ask what they think about Tatgate. Cars. Pryor. Tressel. Fickell. Meyers. Their recruiting class. What the NCAA will do. People always like to talk about their hobbies. Let them. Don't be an Asshat. And, if you're a good listener, you might just give him enough rope to show he (or family, or all) are low class. Let them either prove or disprove the theory about Ohio students and alums.
December 3rd, 2011 at 4:32 PM ^
December 3rd, 2011 at 5:46 PM ^
December 3rd, 2011 at 4:33 PM ^
Ask to see their tattoos.
December 3rd, 2011 at 4:37 PM ^
This is why Americans get such a bad rep in foreign countries...
December 3rd, 2011 at 6:21 PM ^
Why? Because we tip, stand in lines, and go out of our way to be polite?
Americans abroad are 10000% more polite than your typical Russian/German/Chinese tourist.
December 3rd, 2011 at 7:05 PM ^
these statements are generalizations and are not entirely true.
December 3rd, 2011 at 7:34 PM ^
and Germany now for 2 and counting, I can tell you that generalizations are often times there for a reason.......and in his post, he's right......Europeans don't tip (not rude--service peeps actualy make a real wage), Italians don't know what lines are and Germans are the most unhappy group of people I've ever met........
December 3rd, 2011 at 8:00 PM ^
Xenophobic much?
December 3rd, 2011 at 11:30 PM ^
A tour guide said the top three worst Tourists were 1) Italians, 2) Australians then 3) Americans. Italians are the worst because the THINK they can drink.
However I truely think Americans get a bad rep in general because when guys like those described above come visit, foreign countries think we are all arrogant Bucknut fans XD
December 3rd, 2011 at 4:38 PM ^
You better taunt the hell out of that baby so he/she knows what's in store for him/her the rest of his/her life
December 3rd, 2011 at 4:39 PM ^
Time to turn off all electronic....
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<br>"Staying Classy at 35,000 feet"
December 3rd, 2011 at 4:39 PM ^
Commence drinking
December 3rd, 2011 at 4:43 PM ^
he is prolly still salty
December 3rd, 2011 at 4:43 PM ^
Run up to them and yell "O - H - N - O , you lost!"
But seriously, don't start anything. We're better than they are.
December 3rd, 2011 at 4:47 PM ^
You should play Yahtzee the whole flight. People love listening to other people play Yahtzee on planes.
December 3rd, 2011 at 5:15 PM ^
That would be horrendous.
December 3rd, 2011 at 4:48 PM ^
It's amazing how many people have no sense of humor. You don't have to be rude, but you don't have to smile and say good game. Have fun with the situation. Maybe he has a good sense of humor and a couple of quick jabs can start a fun conversation. On the other hand, he might kick your ass. Go for it!
December 3rd, 2011 at 4:50 PM ^
I think the consensus so far is to exude "M" class and not be a d-bag. All bets are off, though, if they pull out coolers from the overhead bins.
December 3rd, 2011 at 4:50 PM ^
....but imported drinks only.
December 3rd, 2011 at 4:54 PM ^
or look them in the eye when they poop in the cooler, it makes them freak out. Yes, that and snakes on a plane....
December 3rd, 2011 at 4:57 PM ^
December 3rd, 2011 at 4:57 PM ^
Depends how big your thighs are.
December 3rd, 2011 at 5:11 PM ^
Fart. A lot.
December 3rd, 2011 at 5:21 PM ^
and enjoy your myriad choices of other inflight entertainment. Or tell them (in a fake Brittish accent) that you are a huge fan of Tottenham Hotspur.
December 3rd, 2011 at 5:26 PM ^
No one has asked the larger question: why would you take a baby to Europe?
December 3rd, 2011 at 10:36 PM ^
Drug mule.
December 3rd, 2011 at 7:15 PM ^
You should do the Denard "eat em up/I'm hungry" celebration.
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<br>I'd probably hold off on the bomb celebration, since you're on a plane.
December 3rd, 2011 at 7:31 PM ^
haaa.....yes...no bomb stuff...good times, good memories...my teammate did that one year on the way to Tucson...was scanning a shot put during the first gulf invasion...he was fussing trying to speed it up so he could purchase a mc-fatty burger...then asked something along the lines of 'what's the holdup, not like it's a bomb, cripes'...
OOOOPS...by the time the security finished their anal probes and thourough investigation of his intentions...(sorry Jerry Sandusky fans..) .he missed the flight....OOOPS and a valuable lesson was learned about saying bomb in an airport amid men with M-16s questioning everything =)
December 3rd, 2011 at 10:40 PM ^
Cool story bro
December 3rd, 2011 at 7:56 PM ^
Just spend your time Hoping your plane gets diverted and you don't have to experience the true anus of international airports
December 4th, 2011 at 3:58 AM ^
Have never flown through Paris' Charles de Gaulle.
December 3rd, 2011 at 7:59 PM ^
Who said that Michigan fans weren't classy?
Generally I haven't been accosted by random strangers playing the OSU fight song on a flight, so I afford them the same courtesy. Treat others like you would like to be treated etc.
December 3rd, 2011 at 8:33 PM ^
Two wrongs don't make a right. Two stupids don't make a smart. Don't fire the first shot.
December 3rd, 2011 at 11:12 PM ^
December 4th, 2011 at 4:12 PM ^
Kudos to MGo Travel Agents - full of win indeed!
Family Bucknuts was very well behaved - no Cooler Poopers thank God! Mr. Biceps took a good natured jabs very well. They were returning to Germany, serving their country over here (Army), so maximum points for that. The baby was wearing blue and seemed to be benefiting from not growing up in Ohio. Frau Bucknuts is expecting #2 (another boy).
All in all - a great flight.
Best advice? Stay Classy. That was always the plan.
December 4th, 2011 at 4:18 PM ^
Cool. Glad to hear the flight went well, and thanks for posting again, and yes, stay classy, that's always good advice.