Flights are becoming absurd nowadays, with their new charges for luggage, pillows / blankets, and other previously included items. But alas, the 5-hour flight from Detroit to San Francisco holds strong with their free peanuts, pretzels, and / or cookies.
But I found the packaging a little strange. Not only was it probably more expensive than either the 20 peanuts or 12 pretzels inside, it also advertised hamburgers and eggs. For the next few moments, my brain and mouth collided: were these egg-flavored peanuts? Or peanut-flavored eggs? If neither, it’s still ridiculously hard to imagine eating eggs when you’ve got a mouth full of peanuts.
We always talk about how it’s hard to think of a song while listening to another one, but does that apply to taste as well? Can any of our sensory functions become overloaded to the point where we can’t fathom another scenario while engulfed in the current one?
Needless to say, I didn’t sleep much on the flight.
