Drunk Astronauts??? Fuck yeah...they expect anythying else?? There is no way ya gonna get me to fly

opihimoimoi

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Fri Jul-27-07 12:10 PM
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Drunk Astronauts??? Fuck yeah...they expect anythying else?? There is no way ya gonna get me to fly

that shuttle straight....knowing there are good odds I gonna fuckin DIE...I wanna fly loaded...

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quinnox

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Fri Jul-27-07 12:12 PM
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1. Its unbelievable

Edited on Fri Jul-27-07 12:12 PM by quinnox

Astronauts are supposed to be the best of the best- the cream of the crop -the top 1% and they have been flying drunk, what is wrong with NASA?

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opihimoimoi

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Fri Jul-27-07 12:15 PM
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5. NASA recognizes them folks need a belt or two since they might never come back in one piece

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Virginia Dare

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Fri Jul-27-07 12:17 PM
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6. Bushy probably never got through one of his flights without..

a snort.

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opihimoimoi

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Fri Jul-27-07 01:41 PM
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15. I would bet on it...LOL

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Virginia Dare

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Fri Jul-27-07 12:12 PM
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2. LOL, I was thinking the same thing!...

understandable that they'd need a few belts before take off. Anybody who's ever been to an airport bar can contest to that!

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zanne

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Fri Jul-27-07 12:14 PM
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3. I'd have to be heavily medicated. nt

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opihimoimoi

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Fri Jul-27-07 12:14 PM
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4. same reason for drunk pilots for the 747s etc...airplanes...its a place to die en mass

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cboy4

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Fri Jul-27-07 12:19 PM
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7. I wonder if this means Lindsay Lohan qualifies for the space program?

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BlooInBloo

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Fri Jul-27-07 12:37 PM
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11. Nah - no black kid to blame it on up there.

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opihimoimoi

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Fri Jul-27-07 08:32 PM
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16. Does her mommy know where the daughter is??? she looks 14...

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Alexander

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Fri Jul-27-07 12:20 PM
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8. I need to get hammered before I can even fly on an airplane.

Heights bother me.

Flying death-trap sardine cans bother me.

The two combined?

:scared:

Get me a drink.

:beer: :beer: :beer:

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opihimoimoi

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Fri Jul-27-07 08:32 PM
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17. Me too

:beer: :toast:

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Annces

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Fri Jul-27-07 12:30 PM
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9. Very strange

There must be unbelievable stressors or something.

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alfredo

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Fri Jul-27-07 12:36 PM
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10. Bill Dana "Jose Jimenez" joked about it. Photo with his famous line.

"I always take a blast before I take off."

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DemoTex

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Fri Jul-27-07 12:38 PM
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12. Reminds me of a line (on flying hungover) from Tom Wolfe's book "The Right Stuff"

"I wouldn't recommend it, but it can be done."

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tammywammy

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Fri Jul-27-07 12:39 PM
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13. If you're going to strap me to a giant rocket

I'll be loaded up first too.

Plus, these two incidents, they weren't the one actually "flying" the shuttle anyways.

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opihimoimoi

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Fri Jul-27-07 08:34 PM
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18. I am suprised they only caught 2 of them...ya would think the entire crew be loaded...

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Tierra_y_Libertad

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Fri Jul-27-07 12:44 PM
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14. I strapped in more than one drunk fighter pilot when I was a plane-captain.

Hell, some of them even begged us to "down" their planes because they thought themselves to drunk to fly. Which we would do..for a price.

But, most of them started sucking oxygen while they were still taxiing to sober up enough to get the plane off the ground.

However, a good portion of the plane captains (glorified gas station attendants) were also drunk when we were heroically "serving" our country.

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