To Europe for $19.99

I thought that perhaps finally the airlines were getting their come-ons down to a point where I might be tempted to go somewhere. Then I saw an ad by Fun Airlines about its new plane. Made of a rubber-like compound, called Snap There, the front end took off and reached its destination before the rear end left the ground. Once the front end had safely landed, the rear end was unbolted from the origin airport and, destretching, rejoined the front end. “Snapping you there is, as always, Fun!” the ads proclaimed.

Fun would snap me to Europe and back for $19.99 so long as I went in a group of 503 and didn’t get off the plane at the other end. I had to bring my own picnic lunch, and Fun promised to get me home by dinnertime.

JK

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John Keefauver

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I thought that perhaps finally the airlines were getting their come-ons down to a point where I might be tempted to go somewhere. Then I saw an ad by Fun Airlines about its new plane. Made of a rubber-like compound, called Snap There, the front end took off and reached its destination before the rear end left the ground. Once the front end had safely landed, the rear end was unbolted from the origin airport and, destretching, rejoined the front end. “Snapping you there is, as always, Fun!” the ads proclaimed.

Fun would snap me to Europe and back for $19.99 so long as I went in a group of 503 and didn’t get off the plane at the other end. I had to bring my own picnic lunch, and Fun promised to get me home by dinnertime.