{"id":8767,"date":"2011-02-11T00:01:36","date_gmt":"2011-02-11T08:01:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/?p=8767"},"modified":"2011-02-02T21:27:35","modified_gmt":"2011-02-03T05:27:35","slug":"airline-travel-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/2011\/02\/airline-travel-story\/","title":{"rendered":"ODAY\u2019S TRAVEL WOES #104: A Problem With My Mouth At 30,000 Feet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/MouthOnFire.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8781\" title=\"MouthOnFire\" src=\"http:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/MouthOnFire.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"306\" height=\"157\" srcset=\"https:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/MouthOnFire.jpg 665w, https:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/MouthOnFire-300x154.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 306px) 100vw, 306px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>June, 1997<\/strong> (continued)<strong>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Thursday began a brief yet busy European seminar trip. I was to arrive in Nuremberg on Friday, and on Saturday I would present a full-day <em>Air Personality Plus+<\/em> seminar for clients of the <strong>BCI<\/strong> consulting group.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday evening I&#8217;d fly from Nuremberg, Germany, to Frankfurt, then from Frankfurt to Oslo, Norway.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday again I would present a full-day air talent seminar, this time for my friends at <strong>Radio 1<\/strong>. (A couple of their jocks had attended one of my seminars in the States a few years earlier.)<\/p>\n<p>As soon as that seminar ended I&#8217;d rush to the airport to fly to Vienna, Austria, where the following day I would work with <strong>\u00d63&#8217;s<\/strong> morning show, developing comedy and feature ideas, etc. (This was a return trip; I had worked with their air staff the previous autumn.)<\/p>\n<p>If I was exceptionally lucky, I might have a few hours to walk around Vienna (unlike the previous visit) before catching an evening flight to London.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;d be met at Heathrow Airport and driven the hour or so to Brighton, where the following day I would present <em>How To Create Maximum Impact Radio Advertising<\/em> for the staff and clients of <strong>Southern Radio<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Then it would be back to Heathrow, fly to Frankfurt, maneuver my bags across the several yards that separate the hotel and the Frankfurt Sheraton Airport hotel&#8230;.go to sleep&#8230;.get up the next morning&#8230;.and fly home to Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p>Just another typical, glamourous European trip.<\/p>\n<p>The 11-hour flight from Los Angeles to Nuremberg was uneventful&#8230; with one small exception.<\/p>\n<p>After the on-flight dinner, I went into the restroom to wash up and brush my teeth.<\/p>\n<p>Doing so, I noticed a small bottle of &#8220;Elkadaent&#8221; mouthwash on display for use of customers.<\/p>\n<p>Hmmm&#8230;.Well, I wasn&#8217;t going to floss my teeth before going to sleep, so I figured perhaps a little mouthwash wouldn&#8217;t hurt.<\/p>\n<p>I checked the directions on the bottle: <em>&#8220;Four squirts into a cup. Then gargle or rinse.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Easy enough.<\/p>\n<p>I pulled down a paper cup, emptied four squirts of mouthwash into it, and poured the contents into my mouth.<\/p>\n<p>I remember thinking as I emptied the cup onto my tongue, <em>&#8220;Should I just rinse, or should I actually gargle? I mean, wouldn&#8217;t gargling make a lot of noi-&#8220;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>My mouth was on fire. Raw, burning, aflame.<\/p>\n<p>What was this, some super mouthwash, a challenge to only to the most machismo of airline passengers? <em>Oh God, it burns! Drink some water, quick! No! That makes it worse! Now it&#8217;s twice as painful!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I grabbed the bottle and checked those directions once more. Yep, just like I thought: <em>&#8220;Four squirts into a cup&#8230;&#8221;<\/em> Um&#8230;. <em>&#8220;&#8230;of water.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Ah. Uh-huh.<\/p>\n<p>I was supposed to dilute that stuff by a few thousand percent.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>How&#8217;s my breath smell?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>June, 1997 (continued): Thursday began a brief yet busy European seminar trip. I was to arrive in Nuremberg on Friday, and on Saturday I would present a full-day Air Personality Plus+ seminar for clients of the BCI consulting group. Saturday evening I&#8217;d fly from Nuremberg, Germany, to Frankfurt, then from Frankfurt to Oslo, Norway. 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