Is this really a problem?
Posted by: Peter Abraham - Posted in Misc on Sep 21, 2009 
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So I hopped a flight from Seattle to Orange County after the game on Sunday. After going to the bathroom, I noticed this sticker on the toilet seat:
Look over to the right side of the warning. It’s a comb.
Is there really an issue of people throwing combs in airplane toilets? It seems hard to believe you’d get up during the flight, feel a need to comb your hair, do so in the bathroom then decide to chuck the comb into the crapper and flush it away with that blue water.
I get a buzz cut every three weeks or so and have not used a comb since seventh grade. Have combs become disposable and I missed it? I don’t get this. Of course I also don’t understand how having your seat reclined two inches is somehow unsafe for landing.
Alaska Airlines gave me something called “Jones Sugar-Free Cola” when I asked for a Diet Coke. Had I been allowed to flush that, I would have.
Pete -
I can only imagine what some people have tossed in there! No, wait, I don’t even want to imagine that. But I’d bet they’ve found a comb or two over the years. Still…
Thanks for the giggles this morning.
Just wanted to say, during our tour of Petco Park this weekend, they allowed us to sit in the press box there. Have to say – best seats in the house! They also called our attention to a divot in the wall behind the second row of seats left by a foul ball hit into the press box. All I can say is, maybe they should supply helmets up there!
I voted for Ian Kennedy in the poll. Heck, why not??
I know it won’t be Joba.
Jones Cola is an absolutely delicious independent Soda company that uses more natural sugars in their sodas instead of the poison used by Coke and Pepsi. Although Jones may still be considered poison, it’s slightly less poisonous.
But sugar free… I don’t think Jones would taste very good without its natural sugar. Sucralose and dextrose. If they start using that new one, astuvia? then I’m more likely to drink soda gain. It’s all natural and not bad for the body.
Doreen-
Did you get the DVR yet? Nice to have for these late night games.
re: Poll
Nick’s Peripherals aren’t good, but you can’t deny that he gets the job done. He has the type of grit and guttyness we need from our 4th starter. He’ll throw strikes, unless he throws balls.
Tseng-
not to mention Nick has the best ERA of any Yankees pitcher
LOL I don’t know when Pat M starting calling Phil “Young Master Phil”, but everytime he does, he makes me think Phil should be wearing a robe and carrying a light saber…..
LOL! It’s becoming more apparent every day that you’re leaving soon.
upstate Kate -
No on the DVR!
It’s on my to-do list for the week, though. 
Betsy-
that is the secrest of Phil’s success this year, he has masterd the Jedi mind tricks.
Jones soda rules!
I like how Swish is 3rd in the poll.
If you are only allowed to put toilet paper in the toilet, where do you actually go to the bathroom, the sink?
Pretty sad that Joba can’t even get more votes than the Swish-man. Then again, Swisher was dominating.
Even creepier about that picture is the hand.
Maybe they have problems with creatures from space throwing stuff down their toilets.
LOL Kate…….no wonder the kid has such great command. Does he close his eyes when he pitches to let the Force flow through him?
It must be a slow baseball news morning.
I move to wipe this particular thread out.
It is either that or Pete is sharpening up his story lines for Red Sox fans
It’s like the old Seinfeld joke “who is throwing razors into an airline toilet? who is shaving? who is using multiple razors? who are these people?”
I’m going to miss this posts.
I fear there will be a picture of this blog up there after Pete leaves.
Jones Soda is the official soft drink of the Seattle Seahawks….GO HAWKS!!!
Jennifer & Tom in NJ -
I’m not looking forward to that. No one does a blog like Pete. Agree or disagree with the specifics of what he writes. But it’s informative, entertaining, amusing, and incredibly up-to-the-minute. He’s set a standard that is almost impossible to duplicate, especially with regard to keeping the content fresh and the conversation moving along.
Looooong sigh. He’ll surely be missed.
Another example of why there will be a hole in my day when Pete leaves for the enemy territory of Boston…
HAHA, this post cracked me up, yeah I never get the reclining seat thing either. That being said, Jones is excellent, do they not have that over on the Least Coast either? lol. I don’t like anything sugar free so I’m sure it’s not very good, but regular Jones is made with pure cane sugar, it’s a lot better than anything else you can get. Jones makes some of the best products around, like rarely seen (nowadays) Blue Bubblegum, Green Apple, etc. It’s a very cool company, and Alaska, through Horizon, carries Jones soda exclusively since they are based in the Pacific Northwest.
Jonathan B -
I’ve seen Jones soda at Panera Bread restaurants. I don’t drink any kind of soda, so have no opinion of it, except to say I’ve noticed the interesting flavors available.
I’m surprised there wasn’t a picture of a screaming child in that toilet warning. There’ve been a few times when I….
The seat up requirement is for easier evacuation if needed. It has nothing to do with takeoff/landing safety per se
Besides, only selfish jerks recline airplane seats. There’s so little room for each passenger as it is. For the record, I’m a big guy and never recline except in first class where space is not an issue.
good for you 86w
I am a small woman, but generally get the middle seat between my husband and son. It is confining enough w/o the person in front reclining the seat.
“Besides, only selfish jerks recline airplane seats. There’s so little room for each passenger as it is. For the record, I’m a big guy and never recline except in first class where space is not an issue.”
if everyone reclines isn’t it the same as if everyone doesn’t?
pete, would this post have been worth it if you dropped your iphone on accident in the toilet? …this message sent from the bathroom
Hmmm, no picture of condoms for all those people joining the Mile High Club.
It’s “humor” like this that is earning you the big bucks in a market where the average sports fan stopped education in the fourth grade. Seriously, airline jokes, Pete? You’re an embarrassment. I can’t wait until someone better replaces you.
I would say the #1 concern of airline toilet personnel would be tampons, #2 would be condoms. combs a distance third
Combs have been known to fall out of back pockets during the down n up pants phase of sitting on the toilet. Has to do with pure physics. You could look it up.
Nice Pete. As usual, you are ALWAYS thinking about the blog.
PETE YOU ARE SO FUNNY!!!! I am going to miss you so much
pete be careful…taking pictures in an airplan bathroom is strictly prohibited by the FAA!!!
just kidding
Too funny. I flew back to Albany, NY from Anchorage yesterday. The first leg was on Alaska Airlines. I used the can, saw this label, and had the SAME EXACT THOUGHT about the comb.
As a Yankee fan living in the Pacific Northwest, it was tough to sit through Joba’s stinker of an outing yesterday. I’m one of the growing list of people who think that he should be shut down for the rest of the year. I hated moving him into the rotation to begin with. On another note, being a frequent flyer on Alaska, I have to agree that Jones diet soda is horrible. But, as you’ve probably seen, ragging on Jones is akin to trying to cut down a tree out here. Not popular.
The only thing I put in toilet bowls are big dumps.
LOL. This post was very, very funny to me.