Wednesday, 11 February 2009

Forgot to mention my morning in Heathrow

So this is not chronologically new, but I forgot that when I was half delirious at Heathrow airport around 4:30am I wrote some notes to myself about seemingly hysterical things. And I want to share that list:

1. There was a man in cult pajamas. Matching pants and top, the top was very long, sleeping shirt long. And they were teal with planets all over them. There was another man with him. He was wearing the same style, but they were plain beige.

2. Monochromatic Asians. I have a theory on this one, that the color you where is determined by your age or status of some kind...there were girls in solid green and men in solid blue. My favorite was the man in a bright blue puffy shiny jacket.

3. There was a man in a "Massachusetts: The Bay State" t shirt, who I am almost positive was not even American by a long shot going around the airport taking all kinds of pictures.

4. I choked on my coffee and found it hysterical. I cannot perform normal functions at 4:30am.

5. I came to immigration and was just on autopilot so I handed my boarding pass, passport and landing card over and that was that. He asked me how long I was staying and what for so I told him to study abroad for the semester and he stamped me. Why was this made out to be such a problematic process needing a proof of return ticket, acceptance letter to university, blah blah blah. Apparently at 4:30am no one cares.

6. The British Pound is monopoly money. Why are there so many coins? American knows where its at with the bills.

7. While I was on the computer at the airport, I stopped at a kiosk where you paid 1 pound for 20 minutes, I took about 4 of those minutes to find the @ symbol.

The monochromatic Asians were my favorite.

2 comments:

  1. Hahaha...Are you sure the men in cult pajamas weren't just nurses? Also, the Asian thing is pretty funny (and probably true). You should look into whether puffy and shiny are status related symbols too. Was the man in the "Massachusetts: The Bay State" shirt Asian by any chance? That would make the story even better.

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  2. I am positive they weren't nurses. The outfits were way too strange. And as for the man in the MA shirt, unfortunately he was not Asian, I agree it would have made the story even better.

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