C J Campbell wrote:
On 2008-01-14 11:58:30 -0800, Jim Stewart said:

Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
Mxsmanic wrote in
:

Alan writes:

Several times for the past few years, while on a transatlantic flight
aboard a KLM 747-400, I begin to hear what sounds like a turbine
spinning up, almost like an engine start, but higher pitch...
Anyone know what it might be?
At what point in the flight? And in which seat?


Why, you going to book next to him and whine the whole way?

What's the difference between a jet engine
and Anthony?

A jet engine actually produces useful energy?

Well, that too. I was thinking of the flight attendant
punchline. Which is the whining doesn't stop when
it's shut down.