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HughBeaumont

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15. Don't expect me to be sympathetic. Whitney's rendition is horrendous to the point of torture.

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Mon May 13, 2013, 12:29 PM

May 2013

And yes, you'd be able to tell between Dolly's sweetness and the ruined air-raid siren annoyance.

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A Woman Was Kicked Off A Plane For Belting Out Whitney Houston's 'I Will Always Love You' [View all] FarCenter May 2013 OP

At least they landed first NoPasaran May 2013 #1

lol! HappyMe May 2013 #9

Thread win on first reply... SidDithers May 2013 #16

I just thought of this scene (with apologies to the VAWA) hfojvt May 2013 #36

Off key or not sharp_stick May 2013 #2

How do they know she was not doing Dolly Parton's original version? CBGLuthier May 2013 #3

If she had been doing Dolly Parton's version, Jamastiene May 2013 #24

Mom...is that you? peace13 May 2013 #4

Maybe the Dolly Parton version would have been a better idea? Smarmie Doofus May 2013 #5

I felt like belting out in agony on a flight from upaloopa May 2013 #6

Oh come on now ...there are far worse songs to sing on a jet. L0oniX May 2013 #7

"Midnight at the Oasis" enlightenment May 2013 #21

Ya know, I feel a lounge thread coming on, liberalhistorian May 2013 #39

"Someone left the cake out in the raaaiinnn.. riqster May 2013 #52

Chuggo would win with 99% of the vote Blue_Tires May 2013 #66

I dunno-I really can't think of liberalhistorian May 2013 #38

Johnny Horton enlightenment May 2013 #50

"99 bottles..." WinkyDink May 2013 #61

In fact, Dolly Parton wrote it DevonRex May 2013 #8

I'm the same way about country music. Jamastiene May 2013 #22

We have similar tastes then. There's one more DevonRex May 2013 #26

First time I've heard this version napkinz May 2013 #34

And the meaning isn't sappy at all, now I know the back story. DevonRex May 2013 #37

The song was also incorporated into the "Best Little Whorehouse in Texas" soundtrack. MADem May 2013 #53

Eight Miles High pinboy3niner May 2013 #10

The Byrds were flying back from London where they got to meet the Beatles... DreamGypsy May 2013 #35

That's what she gets for flying American Idol Airlines KamaAina May 2013 #11

HA! pinboy3niner May 2013 #13

Good thing she wasn't on Survivor Airlines pinboy3niner May 2013 #19

LMAO L0oniX May 2013 #28

I'd have fucking flushed her. alphafemale May 2013 #12

I'd fly with you any time. Jamastiene May 2013 #18

I remember reading something about someone playing the song repeatedly Jamastiene May 2013 #14

Don't expect me to be sympathetic. Whitney's rendition is horrendous to the point of torture. HughBeaumont May 2013 #15

Agreed. DevonRex May 2013 #23

I don't mind the singing so much hfojvt May 2013 #25

Wow. Orrex May 2013 #51

Part of her punishment should be to buy headache medicine for each and every Jamastiene May 2013 #17

coming this fall hfojvt May 2013 #20

LOL! Well... pinboy3niner May 2013 #27

The mental image of a bunch of snakes . . . Brigid May 2013 #58

One can only imagine... pinboy3niner May 2013 #63

LOL deutsey May 2013 #31

I would have kicked Whitney Houston off the plane for that. sofa king May 2013 #29

Let Me Happily Add To This Thread - I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THE WAY WHITNEY HOUSTON SANG THIS SONG onpatrol98 May 2013 #30

Just keep us apprised of your travel shedule, will you? pinboy3niner May 2013 #32

They would definitely toss me onpatrol98 May 2013 #54

my favorite Whitney Houston song hfojvt May 2013 #33

"No photos are allowed to be taken on the aircraft" - huh? DrDan May 2013 #40

Right after 911 nadinbrzezinski May 2013 #42

have flown many many times since then - never once heard announcement re no photos - and my wife DrDan May 2013 #43

I have been told this on flights with nadinbrzezinski May 2013 #48

this seems to be American's policy DrDan May 2013 #44

apparently SW's policy is ok for digital and video above 10K feet DrDan May 2013 #46

I took a bunch of photos on the plane about 2 years ago AA, I think it was. DC to Vancouver, CA. Nay May 2013 #55

I agree - probably an individual airline policy DrDan May 2013 #65

It is prob how she coped with the stress of flying.. Tikki May 2013 #41

Did you annoy everyone on board? demosincebirth May 2013 #45

I just know I have been scared out of my wits before and I have a strategy... Tikki May 2013 #49

Good. I HATE that song. ChairmanAgnostic May 2013 #47

She is diabetic and "her behavior was a result of her condition." ecstatic May 2013 #56

There is an ad at the bottom of this thread . . . Brigid May 2013 #57

Has she been in her 80's & singing gospel it would have been equally annoying Generic Brad May 2013 #59

If it had been "We Built This City"... Bonobo May 2013 #60

I wonder if anyone has ever belted 99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall on a plane? LeftInTX May 2013 #62

She's lucky they didn't just pscot May 2013 #64