If you have no ears to pop, altitude induces gigantism

OK, I know I said no posts for a fortnight but this news nugget was too quote-stuffed and vacation-topical to resist. A US Airways flight was forced to return to Atlanta airport after maggots started dripping from an overhead luggage locker. The cause: spoiled meat. No liquid containers greater than 150ml but rotting flesh, have a nice flight. Nobody tell Ryanair or next time you fly to an airport in a different time zone from your desired destination, you’ll have to opt out of the ‘maggot charge’. Notwithstanding the ridiculousness of this cargo passing security unchallenged, the passenger quotes were priceless:

“felt like they were crawling all over me because it only takes one maggot to upset your world”.

“I see a maggot looking back at me and I’m thinking, ‘These are anaerobic, flesh-eating larvae that the flight attendants don’t have to sit with.’”

Perhaps I’ll try to smuggle my inevitable hooker-bride back from Vegas in my checked baggage.