Did I ever tell you all about the time there was a kid seated next to me who’d never flown before, and he was asking his parents all kinds of questions about the plane. He was so chill and curious. And we get up in the air and the captain turns off the seatbelt sign. And this kid (looked to be about 7) so calmly goes, “So do we jump out now?”

@dramypsyd What? Oh no no no... We wait until we're over our destination!

🪂

@catsalad He was remarkably chill for a child who apparently thought he was about to skydive
@dramypsyd @catsalad He’d probably been looking forward to the jump for months
@dramypsyd
No, after they distribute the parachutes.

@dramypsyd

Better than asking "When do we start fighting for the last parachute?"

@dramypsyd Traveling with our kid some years ago, I think he'd have been 5, we explained that we were going to head to a ferry terminal wait to board, ride the ferry to Vancouver Island, etc.

He was very disappointed when he learned that a ferry was just a kind of boat - he was looking forward to getting a piggy back from a winged fairy.

@dramypsyd

That kid was a paratrooper in last incarnation.
Past lives bleed into current ones sometimes, esp in younger people.

@n_dimension
Well he ain't gonna jump no more
@dramypsyd

@dramypsyd sounds like he played too much of these battle royale games like Fortnite and made the obvious conclusion that that's how airplane travel works: airplane goes up, people jump off and paraglide to their destination

"what do you mean EVERYONE in this plane is going to get out on the same place?" says the 7yo

@dramypsyd Please don't give the airlines any bad ideas; they might start handing out parachutes.
@Meowthias “Sorry, exiting via the jet bridge is reserved for our economy plus passengers. You get out here.”
@dramypsyd

Kids say the darndest things

The Linkletter version.

I looked darndest up for spelling, there is a version of this show from the late nineties that I did not know about
@dramypsyd
This kid sounds like someone really interesting to sit near on an airplane, Dr Amy.

@dramypsyd

when i was a kid i thought we were on holiday in the sky, and the pool was a hole in the ground above the clouds.

being a kid is confusing and it hasn't got better tbh.

also kids cry to equilibriate air pressure so give them a break.

@amiserabilist
You were the cutest little baby, Paul. 🥰
This reminds me of when I was little and we flew to visit my cousin. She asked me if the pilot parked the plane on the cloud so we could all get out and talk to Jesus. 😂

@Suzdal92

"I was born good but have grown progressively worse every year"