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You're right, XTW, I looked it up. You lose the last 3 months interest if you cash 'em before 5 years.
 
Very good. You win an arrow-through-the-head hat!
It always amazes me how few people get it.
I guess I'm just getting old.
 
You have to wait for one year from the issue date.I just cashed in 2 of them today. 1 had a face value of $50 the other $100. I got $76.88 for the two of them.
 
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gern_blanston said:
Very good. You win an arrow-through-the-head hat!
It always amazes me how few people get it.
I guess I'm just getting old.

I'm only 34 but my dad had some of the albums. I can still do cruel shoes pretty much verbatim. I memorized it in the 6th grade or so.

(c) Steve Martin:

Anna knew she had to have a new pair of shoes and Carlo had helped her try on every pair in the store. Carlo spoke wearily: "Well that's it, that's every pair of shoes in the place." Anna: "Oh but you must have one more pair." "No, not one more p...well, we have THE CRUEL SHOES, but no one would want to try-" "Yes, let me see the cruel shoes." "No, you don' unnerstand, you see the cruel shoes are-" "GET THEM".

Carlo disappeared into the back room and then reappeared, carrying an ordinary shoebox. He took off the lid, and there was a hideous pair of black and white pumps. But this was not an ordinary pair of hideous black and white pumps. One had a right angle turn in it and seperate compartments that pointed the toes in impossible directions. The other curved inwards, like a rocking chair, with a vise and razorblades to hold the foot in place. Carlo: "Now you see, they're not fit for humans!" "Put them on me". "BUT!--" "Put them on me." Carlo knelt down before Anna and forced her feet into the shoes. The screams were incredible. Anna crawled over to the mirror and held her bloody feet up where she could see. "I like them!" Anna paid Carlo and crawled out into the street. Later that day, Carlo was heard to remark to a new customer: "Well, that's every pair of shoes in the place. Unless, of course, you'd like to try...THE CRUEL SHOES!" <Banjo music>


Thank you, thank you. Do I get the job? What a valuable skill for a co-pilot. Repeating (nearly verbatim) late 70's early 80's vintage standup comedy.
 
I remember it a little differently than the book. The standup routine is what I memorized. I forgot a couple of details:

http://www.aj.cz/celeb/sm3/sm3.htm
(mp3's on this page didnt play quite right for me.)

Anna knew She had to have a new pair of shoes today, and Carlo had helped her try on every pair in the store. Carlo spoke wearily, "Well, that's it. That’s every pair of shoes in the place."
"Oh, you must have one more pair. . . .”
"No, not one more . . . . Well, we have the cruel shoes, but no one would want to try . . .
“Yes, let me see the cruel shoes!"
"No, you don't understand, you see, the cruel shoes are . . .'
"Get them!"
Carlo disappeared into the back room for a moment, and then reappeared carrying an ordi*****nary shoebox. He took off the lid and re*****moved a hideous pair of black and white pumps. But this was not an ordinary pair of black and white pumps; both were left feet, one had a right angle turn with sepa*****rate compartments that pointed the toes in impossible directions. The other shoe was six inches long and was curved inward like a rocking chair with a vise and razor blades to hold the foot in place.
Carlo spoke hesitantly, ". . . Now you see . . . they' re not fit for humans . . ." "Put them on me."
"But... "Put them on me!"
Carlo knew all arguments were useless. He knelt down before her and forced the feet into the shoes.
The screams were incredible.
Anna crawled over to the mirror and held her bloody feet up where she could see.
"I like them."
She paid Carlo and crawled out of the store into the street.
[font=&quot]Later that day, Carlo was overheard saying to a new customer, "Well, that's it. That’s every pair of shoes in the place. Unless, of course, you'd like to try the cruel shoes."[/font]


I'm sure some FA's have felt like they were wearing these shoes. :)
 

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