Anyone else read this and immediately think of Eric Burdon singing "sky pilot"?
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Sky pilot
Category: Humor
Posted on: January 30, 2008 7:05 PM, by John S. Wilkins
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So, what happened to the rules about keeping the cockpit doors locked at all times in the flight?
Stephenk
Posted by: stephenk | January 30, 2008 8:49 PM
Why should immediate involuntary psychiatric confinement for calling upon imaginary entities be limited to commercial aircraft personnel?
Posted by: Pierce R. Butler | January 30, 2008 10:50 PM
It isn't. It is limited to when your mental problems are a direct threat to yourself or others.
Posted by: hej | January 31, 2008 4:50 AM
How DO you differentiate between a fundamentalist Christian and someone having a psychotic break? Well, obviously you can't.
Posted by: Paul T. | January 31, 2008 1:14 PM
Yes, John, I did think of Sky Pilot. And as I recall the refrain goes like this:
"Sky Pilot,
Sky Pilot.
You'll never, never, never
Touch the sky."
Posted by: Crudely Wrott | January 31, 2008 8:47 PM
War Eric Burdon or The Animals Eric Burdon lol
At least it wasn't the song Spill the Wine
"Spill the wine, not my blood"
Posted by: kevin z | February 3, 2008 3:33 PM