1. Not said to me, but overheard at an airport a few years back:

Loud-mouthed drawlin' know-it-all, to his friends and family: "That there's a 7-2-7" (pointing at a 737), "and that-un there is a 7-3-7" (pointing at a 727). "The number in the middle tells you the number of engines," he proudly proclaimed.

I wanted to ask him: "How many engines does a 7-0-7 have?"


2. Not long ago, I'm riding business-class on a DAL 767. A Fran Drescher-ish, whiny high-maintenance type gets on, sits next to me; I smile and say hello.

She looks around, and in a nasally voice dripping with disgust says: "Do you think they could have gotten a bigger plane?!?" (I guess the 767 was cramped for her).