It's all about the odds.

Lost, driving through Rutgers campus a few weeks ago before I fell deathly ill and tried to die in Alice's guest bedroom.

Susan: "Weren't a group of students from Rutgers on the Lockerbie plane?"

Me: "I'm dying."

Chris: "Hmm...I don't know. Actually I went to Africa in college and one of the girls on the plane had a sister who died on that flight. Her parents were terrified for her."

Susan: "Oh God, that would be so scary."

Me: "I'm dying."

Chris: "Sure, but I was really soothed by it, I wanted to sit right next to her. Because really what are the chances one family would lose two daughters in international plane wrecks? There was no way our plane was going down with her on board."

Susan: "It's true. I mean kind of sad, but true. Their loss, your gain."

Me: "I'm dying."

Comments

[Christy Cegelski]

that is comical! You can always count on your friends, huh?

[navelgazingsue]

It's all about beating the odds. Screw good pricing - I always fly the airline that had a recent crash.

[HouseofJules]

You were sick? (Just kidding... hope you're better now. The great thing is that your sense of humor remained intact! YAY for you!)
Jules
House of Jules

[Nicole at MommyWarriors]

As a white knuckle flier I so relate to this story. I always do the "flight risk assessment" when I board the plane. I look around to see if there are enough people that God for sure wouldn't allow to die and then I feel better. On that list are babies, happy people, and those with extremely tragic pasts.

[Geeky Mom]

I know a woman who was supposed to be on that plane. Her decision to wait the next flight changed her life. She broke off her engagement and went on to become a professional chef, working for a large corporation as a traveling chef and seeing the world. She is now a professional photographer, living in NYC.

[chris]

And then Susan and I dropped you off and said, "Thank God Melissa caught the plague. Odds are we won't get it now."