Ted Rall for April 18, 1998
Transcript:
Man 1: Coach fare will save you $600 on first-class. Of course, you'll probably break your neck in a crash because there isn't enough room between rows to lean forward and brace for impact. If you wanna save an additional $120, we'll put you in "coach expendable" which is in a middle row near the wings. That's where the plane normally breaks. If you don't have any plans for the rest of this lifetime, you may want to consider our $39 martyr service, in which you get a middle seat wedged between two obese parents holding toddlers on their laps. Man 2: I'll take coach. After all, you can't let the plane crash with first-class people aboard. Man 1: Evidently you haven't heard about the escape pods.