Five Cool Things That Happened On My JetBlue Flight to Vermont

Call me crazy, but I love just about everything to do with flying. I can’t stand security, but I love sitting in airports, wandering around overpriced gift shops, and watching all the various characters that end up in the terminals.

I even love airplane food because it reminds me of TV dinners. I swear, one of the best meals I’ve ever had was on an Air France flight to Paris. Maybe it was all the wine, beer, and cheese I had, but that was one of the most satisfying pieces of plain old chicken I’ve ever been served.

And just today, I flew to Vermont to visit my main squeeze, who is recovering from knee surgery up in the beautiful Green Mountain State. As is usual with domestic flights, I took JetBlue (JBLU), which won me over a few years go by returning a lost necklace to my mother. They actually looked us up from the seat number, and called me less than an hour after we landed to tell us they would hold it. That really impressed me.

I have a lot of great memories from flying, and today’s trip gave me a few more.

So without further delay, here are five cool things that happened on my JetBlue flight to Vermont:

1) I Learned About Captain Hook

I sat next to a mother with two young children, a three-year-old boy and a one-year-old girl. The elder of the two was watching Peter Pan on a portable DVD player, and took it upon himself to explain to me that “Captain Hook is a bad guy” and that “you should never trust him because he’s mean!” Hey, the kid’s three years old, but he’s right.

2) A Baby Pulled My Finger

The aforementioned one year-old kept pointing at me, so I had no choice to point back. It’s only fair, right? Well, she didn’t flinch one bit, and grabbed my finger and pulled it. I thought to myself, “this baby thinks I’m afraid to fart in front of her.” Well, she was right. Score one for the baby.

3) I Heard a Twenty-Minute Version of Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star

This kid was no Smokey Robinson or Pavarotti, but I have to say, it was the most charming rendition of “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star” I’ve ever heard. He was a little hoarse and a tad off-key at times, but his stamina is worthy of praise. I bet we’ll see this kid on “American Idol” one day – after all, he just wouldn’t give up.

4) I Came Closer to Beating Bubble Bobble

You could say I have a slight obsession with Bubble Bobble. Yes, a grown man playing a game featuring little dragons blowing bubbles, but what can I say? I played it as a kid at the Lee Mark Lanes in Brooklyn and on the original Nintendo, and now I play it on the DS. I am determined to beat this game on single player, and am willing to ride the emotional rollercoaster it takes to win at Bubble Bobble.

5) The Flight Attendant Couldn’t Stop Laughing

Now I don’t know what was going up in front of the plane, but when the flight attendant came on the mic to give the “welcome to Burlington…” speech marking the end of the flight, he was laughing so hard that he couldn’t make it through. Maybe the pilot was tickling his butt or something, but the guy just couldn’t hold it together.

However, there couldn’t be a more perfect end to a flight. Well done, passengers and crew of JetBlue Flight 66 to Burlington, VT!