The next decade....what's in store?

How NOT to steal an airline blanket!

A Trinidadian friend introduced me to airline blankets while we were at university in the Bahamas. I had always admired them as being useful for things other than keeping you warm on those cold flights.

So I 'took' my first blanket many years ago. Cold sweat I am sure was washing me, but since then it's no biggy. I have a collection which spans British Airways, American Airlines, and of course the airlines in the Caribbean. Just carry a big enough, empty enough bag on board with you.

I was tempted to give these two girls some tips as they looked at the blanket and looked at each other....

So we coming out of the plane, they obviously wanted it and I thought they were going to stuff it into the bag they were carrying. It had oodles of space. I was going to tell them to do that, but then I say lemme shut my trap. The silly girls take up di blanket, walk with it IN DEM HANDS up to the front of the plane and says to the purser "can we take this?"

Of course, the purser says "no, sorry, it's airline property" and takes it from them. Tut tut. Meanwhile in the cold of the night here on the rock, I wrap up in my soft, warm airline blanket. I can pick, choose and refuse which one I sleep with!