Dude, I'm all for irreverant comedy, but I think that crosses a line. I don't think I've ever been offended by anything on IMAO, but this is pretty close.

Okay, so it goes a little too far.

Maybe "Skid off the runway and around the neighborhood" ?

I would have to agree with the previous poster. Not in good taste friend.

That's more like it.

yes, it was wrong. but funny anyway. something equally wrong on my own site, if i may pimp my blog.

Wrong. Definitely.

Chill out, people.

Not in good taste? Yes. Funny? Very yes. That's the first time I've laughed at IMAO since Frank got on his Boston Legal soapbox.

Okay. I chuckled. Does that make me as evil as Mr. Simon?

Probably does. Next I'll be watching George Clooney movies. Eep!

Its because of the jooooooos!

Why hammer Southwest for it? There's no indication their aircraft or pilot was at fault.

How about "*BING* you're now free to Jimmy Dolittle a 154,000lb airliner down onto a snow-covered postage stamp smack in the middle of a residential area."

As a once frequent flyer into that airfield (and many others), I'd say that landing is a pucker factor 9.5 on a good day.

The boy's name is Joshua Woods.

Tailwind, they said here on the local Chicago news - the controllers sent they plane up in a FREAKING TAILWIND, which anyone who has ever flown a plane knows is a really bad idea. In snow, on a really big plane, in a residential area. Granted, the pilot can say no, but I'm sure he assumed the pattern was correct (demanding that the airport change the pattern can be a safety issue in its own right). So this poor pilot has this to live with for the rest of his life.

What makes Laurence's joke funny in a heart-stopping sort of way is that it's true - one really stupid mistake and BING, extreme tragedy. There is a class of humor where you laugh at the absurdity and then realize a half second later "Oh, sh*t, it's completely true and we are so doomed!" A form of gallows humor, I guess. You laugh because it's preferred to crying and you have to vent.

Sadly, the libs will love to put this one on their sites and talk about how evil and uncaring conservatives are.
I'm not easily offended either, but perhaps this was a little soon after the fact, imho.

I'm not one who is afraid of graveyard humor, which is why I wondered about commenting in the first place. Maybe I've gotten soft since having my own kids.

And I agree about Midway. It sucks. I bet the tower / airport management is more responsible than the pilot. What do you do when you touch down on a slippery runway that isn't properly maintained?

I'm sorry but I must be a sick bastard, but I got a funny out of your post. Was it sick? Yup! Humor is humor because it takes us by surprise...this one took me by surprise...

You are now free to be yourself.

Saw this on the tvspy.com site:

"[BONG]. You are now free to skid across the highway."

Television people come up with the grimmest, sickest stuff. If you heard the gallows humor of a newsroom, you'd think twice about those folks.

No doubt this one's over the line.

For chrissakes, it's DING, not BING!!

Nah... it's a little softer, like a bing, not a ding.

I know I'm wrong for saying this, but I heard the kid was singing 'Santa Claus is Coming to Town' Now, don't get me wrong, it's tragic, and definitely ruined a happy occasion, but imagine if that plane were the one that looks like it nailed Santa.

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Was it wrong, yes.
Did it make me laugh, yes.

Will I regret it later ... well, that isn't really your concern is it?
/TJ ... and yes, it is more of a bing

For once, I agree with the trolls.

Sorry Laurence!

This is why you have to have the tray table in the upright position. They never tell you, but if you don't, the plane will careen out of control.

Bad Lair. No biscuit.

I can't help but that think someway, somehow, Daley's closing of Meigs killed that little boy. Atrocity upon atrocity!!

Yup, that's just plain wrong, Lair. Clearly, the obvious and correct gag is: "Wanna get away?"

the boy was singing christmas songs before it crushed there car. It sounds like the should have never let them try to land in that weather.

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FYI...The Pilot-in-Command (aka The Captain) is the FINAL authority as to the safe operation of the aircraft. It is his duty and responsibility to tell the air traffic controllers if he can't accept the conditions of their request. (i.e. to land on a very short runway, in a residential area, that has snow all over it!!) Don't forget their accident in Burbank, CA several years ago. Off the runway into the gas station!! Southwest Airlines killed that little boy because they have a cavalier attitude towards safety. Period. It just finally caught up to them.