Idle Tower Chatter

'Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit smoking.' ~ Steve McCroskey
'I just want to tell you both good luck. We're all counting on you.' ~ Dr. Rumack
'There's no reason to become alarmed, and we hope you'll enjoy the rest of your flight. By the way, is there anyone on board who knows how to fly a plane?' ~ Elaine Dickinson
'Striker, listen, and you listen close: flying a plane is no different than riding a bicycle, it's just a lot harder to put baseball cards in the spokes.' ~ Rex Kramer
'Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit drinking.' ~ Steve McCroskey
'I know but this guy has no flying experience at all. He's a menace to himself and everything else in the air... yes, birds too.' ~ Controller
'Joey, do you like movies about gladiators?' ~ Captain Oveur
'The tower, the tower! Rapunzel, Rapunzel!' ~ Johnny
'It was a rough place - the seediest dive on the wharf. Populated with every reject and cutthroat from Bombay to Calcutta. It's worse than Detroit.' ~ Ted Striker
'Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue.' ~ Steve McCroskey
'Joey, have you ever been in a Turkish prison?' ~ Captain Oveur
'Do you know what it's like to fall in the mud and get kicked, in the head, with an iron boot? Of course you don't, no one does. It never happens. Sorry, Ted, that's a dumb question - skip that.' ~ Rex Kramer
'This is WZAZ in Chicago, where disco lives forever.' ~ DJ
'I haven't felt this awful since we saw that Ronald Reagan film.' ~ Passenger
'Where did you get that dress, it's awful, and those shoes and that coat, jeeeeez!' ~ Johnny
'Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit amphetamines' ~ Steve McCroskey
'Jim never has a second cup of coffee at home.' ~ Passenger
'Let's see - altitude: 21,000 feet. Speed: 520 knots. Level flight. Course: zero-niner-zero. Trim and mixture: wash, soak, rinse, spin.' ~ Ted Striker
'No - that's just what they'll be expecting us to do!' ~ Rex Kramer
'Auntie Em, Uncle Henry, Toto! It's a twister! It's a twister!' ~ Johnny
'Jim never vomits at home.' ~ Passenger
'It's coming right at us!' ~ Steve McCroskey