During WW2 at my prep school a bunch of us were sitting around talking about aeroplanes when some junior snotty nose piped up to tell us that he had seen a plane fly over with no wings.Nobody likes a liar especially a junior one so he was beaten up. Couple of weeks later one of these to our amazement flew over the playing field during a game of soccer and even hovered overhead for a while,a plane without wings!.
We never did apologise to that snotty junior sprog, a fact that has haunted me ever since.
Quite the anecdote! I especially loved the amusingly matter-of-fact way you described the cause and effect of his actions.
ReplyDeleteAllow the dictionary to assuage your guilty conscience. The definition of airplane is contingent on the presence of fixed wings. ;)
Thank God for that... I can sleep easy now.
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