#10: Finding fun things to do while on planes.
While in a plane, you’re virtually trapped for the next X amount of hours, so why not make the most of it, instead of complaining about your middle seat, the lack of leg room, the smell of urine in the teeny tiny bathroom (though, don’t worry, I do that too….)? Here are just a few of the most recent “fun with flying friends” activities via the highway in the sky.
- Taking pictures of people sleeping. It happens to all of us. You’ve had a long day yesterday. You’ve got an early morning call time today. You take your seat on the flight and can’t take out any electronics until you’re above 10,000 feet, which means that you have at least 20-30 minutes to…. fall asleep. And thanks to good “friends” and their iPhones, you can have a lasting memory of what you really look like as you sleep sitting up.
- Making puppets out of barf bags. What are those paper white bags in every seat back really for? Puking after a bit of turbulence and a case of air sickness? Not anymore! How about borrow that crayon some screaming kid left in your seat and draw a face on it? Then, simply *put your hand in the bag, hold it up to the seat in front of you, and wah-lah: instant hand puppet.
*fair warning: make sure the bag is unused before you put your hand in it!
- Having the flight attendants announce a birthday. Only a few minutes left until you land and the flight attendant announces which baggage claim your luggage will (hopefully) be… and your touring compadre's birthday. Technically, his real day of birth isn't actually for another six months, but who’s counting. Today, a plane full of strangers are singing “happy birthday” to him. And, if you’re lucky enough to be on a certain Southwest flight, they will ask everyone to turn off turn on their flight attendant call button, and present to him a plane full of birthday candles.
