Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 44 From: Áine Date: 17 Aug 01 - 07:15 PM How Much is That Hoggie in the Window Seat by derrymacash has been awarded the coveted(!) The Golden Cow Chip with Harp Ribbon is given for being able to make The Keeper of the Book fall on the floor laughing OR make her short out her keyboard with tears. Congrats, a chara! -- Áine |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 44 From: SharonA Date: 16 Aug 01 - 06:52 PM *refresh* |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 44 From: Jack the Sailor Date: 15 Aug 01 - 10:47 AM Bravo Derry!! |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 44 From: MMario Date: 15 Aug 01 - 09:27 AM applause |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 44 From: Aidan Crossey Date: 15 Aug 01 - 09:19 AM HOW MUCH IS THAT HOGGIE IN THE WINDOW SEAT
CHORUS |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 44 From: MMario Date: 15 Aug 01 - 08:42 AM TGG never sleeps! (Didn't know that came with the territory, now, did you? *smirk* ) |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 44 From: SharonA Date: 15 Aug 01 - 08:33 AM Sure you can! (Wait... she already did) Thanks, Áine! You rock! You rule! Rock and rule!!!! |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 44 From: Áine Date: 15 Aug 01 - 12:25 AM Geez, are you all keeping me busy! OK, here's the awards for the 'latest' and greatest!!:
Winners of the Golden Cow Chip Award with Harp Ribbon (The Harp Ribbon is given for being able to make The Keeper of the Book fall on the floor laughing OR make her short out her keyboard with tears): -- Áine |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 44 From: SharonA Date: 14 Aug 01 - 06:02 PM Trapper sez: "I can't let Sharon and Jack have ALL the fun!" I say, damn straight. The "catch-up club" is growing! Come on in, derrymacash (and everyone else), the water's fine! Trapper, I'm trying to figure out your figures ("53 to go" before I posted my 3rd "catch-up" song today; now 'twould be 52). I agree that, counting my 3 "catch-up" songs, I've answered 12 out of 64 official Challenge!s so far, leaving 52 (I'm not counting my post to "part 55", since I didn't really answer the Challenge! there, so I still need to write a song for that). However, I know of at least one "unofficial Challenge!" (the peacock story) lurking about. Are there more??? SharonA |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 44 From: Trapper Date: 14 Aug 01 - 12:19 PM Oh what the hell... I suppose I can't let Sharon and Jack have ALL the fun! - Al
PIG THAT HELPS AIRPLANE PILOTS STEER |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 44 From: Jack the Sailor Date: 14 Aug 01 - 10:53 AM Please excuse me Sharon whilst I "piggyback" on your quest. To the tune of Back in the USSR Landing in Washington
Flew from Philedelphia, US Airways
Landing in Washinton
Pig stuck in the galley, had to lure her out,
I'm Landing in Washinton
Seeing eye dogs are allowed on a plane
Give me a three hundred pounder, in first Class
Landing in Washinton
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Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 44 From: MMario Date: 14 Aug 01 - 10:21 AM D*mn, girl, you are GOOD! |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 44 From: Trapper Date: 14 Aug 01 - 10:12 AM Rally on Sharon! Only 53 more to go! - Al |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 44 From: SharonA Date: 14 Aug 01 - 09:04 AM Here's my second installment of my attempt to "catch up" on the Song Challenge!s issued before I was a member. As a lifelong resident of Pennsylvania, I feel it is my right – nay, my DUTY – to compose a tender ballad telling the plight of this poor, put-upon porcine Pennsylvanian (Charlotte the pig, that is!), set to the tune of one of the Commonwealth's most stirring anthems... THE PENNSYLVANIA PORKER (Tune: "The Pennsylvania Polka") Fly up there, snoozing, your jet trip's begun (oink, oink, oink, oink) The Pennsylvania Porker Stick out your butt, block the aisle with your bun (oink, oink, oink, oink) The Pennsylvania Porker You started at 13 pounds, now you're a ton (oink, oink, oink, oink) Nobody can restrain ya Larger than the Lusitania, you little porker from Pennsylvania (Porkey change) While they're flying, ev'rybody's scared of pigly brawn, Sheet-white, crying... This goes on and on, and still you yawn.. They're so wary, saying you might crap and you might flee And slop their in-flight beer. Then your owners start to jeer. They hiss – and then – The plane starts to descend. (Porker time! Wheee... wheee... wheee... wheee...) Touch-down's confusing, your good nature's done (squeal, squeal, squeal, squeal) The Pennsylvania Porker Kick out the cockpit door, turn tail and run (squeal, squeal, squeal, squeal) The Pennsylvania Porker You fart and you shoot Number Two like a gun (squeal, squeal, squeal, squeal) Did no one potty-train ya? These cross-country flights can drain ya, so says the porker from Pennsylvania. Ev'ryone on earth is pray'n' ya stay grounded, porker from Pennsylvania! |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 44 From: GUEST,Rowana (at work shhhhh!) Date: 29 Nov 00 - 03:30 PM Here I sit in the office (in Philadelphia!) laughing my head off and trying to be discreet about it. Why oh why did I open this thread?! Thanks for turning my day around. Can we expect a K-Tel album - not available in stores - of greatest flying pig hits? Kisses to all you brilliant songwriters. Rowana |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 44 From: MMario Date: 29 Nov 00 - 02:59 PM update...t's Official: FAA Says Pigs Can Fly — and First Class, at That The Associated Press P H I L A D E L P H I A, Nov. 29 — USAirways did nothing wrong when it allowed a pig to fly first class from Philadelphia to Seattle in October, the Federal Aviation Administration found. Maria Tirotta Andrews, the pig's owner, brought the 300-pound Vietnamese pot-bellied pig named Charlotte onto the Boeing 757 on Oct. 17, saying it was a therapeutic companion pet. "USAirways and its personnel acted in a reasonable and thoughtful manner, based on a legitimate request to transport a qualified individual with a disability and her service animal," said FAA spokesman Jim Peters. Andrews said she has a heart condition so severe that she needs the companionship of her pig to relieve stress. "I have said all along Charlotte was a service animal, allowed to travel with me," said Andrews, who recently moved to Everett, Wash., from New Jersey. The FAA found USAirways "acted in a reasonable manner. It was a legitimate request from a passenger with a disability. We consider the matter closed," Peters said. Under federal regulations, airlines must permit a service animal to accompany passengers to their seats. Did Charlotte Really Go Hog Wild? The airline filed a report with the FAA that said the pig acted up when the plane landed, tried to enter the cockpit and refused to leave the galley until a passenger tossed food at her. Andrews denies that her pig behaved badly. "My pig did not run around the plane's aisles. My pig did not run around anywhere," Andrews said. Andrews told the airline ahead of time that she would have the pig on the plane, but said it only weighed 13 pounds. "When they saw it in Philadelphia, they said it was OK to load it on the airplane," Andrews said. The airline allowed the pig into first class for free.
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Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 44 From: Áine Date: 11 Nov 00 - 05:32 PM Hey Challenge!rs -- Yes, I've been 'off-lined' again by those wonderful folks at AT&T again. But I'm back again on my low tech modem until the DSL gets hooked up. Lucky you! Jeri -- Great song! Sorry that it's taken so long to present your award to you, but here it is. From A Distance has been awarded The Golden Cow Chip Award with Harp Ribbon. Thanks so much for the entry, which proves that it's never too late for good song! -- Áine |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 44 From: Jeri Date: 04 Nov 00 - 03:46 PM I somehow missed this one. Better late than never. (With apologies to Julie Gold - and this great song has already been parodied to pieces.)
From a distance the world looks very small and I look very big
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Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 44 From: Áine Date: 04 Nov 00 - 11:45 AM Here are the Golden Chip Awards for this Challenge! -- and may I say that you all keep impressing the Keeper of the Book with your collective talent! Cudos, Congrats and many, many Thanks for each and every entry. Keep your eyes peeled for the next Challenge! coming soon . . .
Winners of the Golden Cow Chip Award with Shamrock Cluster: |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 44 From: Amergin Date: 03 Nov 00 - 12:06 PM Yeah this topic has hogged Old Aine's time long enough.... |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 44 From: MMario Date: 03 Nov 00 - 11:52 AM I'd say we've been on this loin enough. |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 44 From: Dharmabum Date: 03 Nov 00 - 11:43 AM I vote for the next one. DB. |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 44 From: GUEST,Bardford Date: 03 Nov 00 - 11:41 AM I can't speak for anyone else, but personally, I don't think I have the chops to continue. |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 44 From: Áine Date: 03 Nov 00 - 11:10 AM What do you all think -- have we explored the flying habits of the porcine population fully? Is anyone working on an entry still? Shall we move on to the next Challenge! (I've got a great suggestion from MMario ready to go)? Let me know if we're coming or going . . . -- Áine |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 44 From: Áine Date: 02 Nov 00 - 08:11 AM Excellent entry, Amergin! Here's your Silver B.L.O.B. for:
They say I'm a pig, they say I'm therapeutic, Well done! And I loved The captain was stewed that I was lookin for food, too. -- Áine
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Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 44 From: Amergin Date: 02 Nov 00 - 04:49 AM Now I'm Hidin (tune: Now I'm Easy)
For nearly six whole hours I've been sleepin,
They say I'm a pig, they say I'm therapeutic,
It took four struggling men to wheel me on board,
From Philly onto Seattle we all flew,
I woke from my dreams and I was hungry. Amergintheinsomiac
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Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 44 From: Áine Date: 01 Nov 00 - 06:57 PM I don't know, Leo, The autumn goos brings down the snow evoked some interesting pictures in my mind . . . ;-) Thanks for the song anyway (goos or no goos), Áine |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 44 From: Bradypus Date: 01 Nov 00 - 06:22 PM Alex, Bardford, I really enjoyed these. Good strong words to good strong tunes Bradypus |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 44 From: MMario Date: 01 Nov 00 - 04:46 PM autumn GOOSE....when will I learn to prufred? (tho the image of autumn goos flowing slowly down the hills...) |
Subject: ADD: PIGS CAN SEE THE WIND From: MMario Date: 01 Nov 00 - 04:30 PM I just got around to opening a CD I got at old songs - only 4 months...and one of the songs needs to be posted here...A Folk Legacy CD - I ran out of money before I got the 10 feet further to CAMSCO
PIGS CAN SEE THE WIND |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 44 From: MMario Date: 01 Nov 00 - 01:06 PM *grump,grump* dagnabit, I *said* I was quibbling! donknow what this place is comin' to; canna even moan and groan and complain no more...you'd think they'd let a guy use somma that book-learnin' he's still paying for twenty-mumble years later.... |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 44 From: mousethief Date: 01 Nov 00 - 12:48 PM Oh, MMario, since when has folk music been precise?
Alex |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 44 From: Áine Date: 01 Nov 00 - 12:22 PM Wunnerful, wunnerful, wunnerful!! Here are your well-earned Silver B.L.O.B.s: To Bradypus for:
And why, you may ask, a sanglochon To Dharmabum for:
Said goodbye to Philly & I feel like a schmuck To Bardford for:
Now, I'm not so different from the pigs back in the sty To mousethief for:
The folks in Philadelphia
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Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 44 From: MMario Date: 01 Nov 00 - 11:28 AM *ahem* as a graduate of the Cornell University School of Agriculture, might I say this thread is fantastic! But just to quibble (I've got a sugar hangover you wouldn't believe) I'd probably subsitute "sow" for the above "hog" *grin* (ow! that hurt....) |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 44 From: mousethief Date: 01 Nov 00 - 11:22 AM What a lot of great songs! What a talented crew we have! Here's my attempt:
A Great Big Hog is Flying to Town
You better watch out
She's running amok
She was okay when she was sleeping
She's taking a shit
The folks in Philadelphia
So you better watch out ©2000 Alex E. Riggle. All Rights Reserved |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 44 From: Dharmabum Date: 01 Nov 00 - 06:33 AM Exelent Bardford, Stan would've been proud. DB. |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 44 From: zonahobo Date: 01 Nov 00 - 03:14 AM Pigspirational masterpieces all!! Great fun. When I jump in these things I feel I'm bringing a sligshot to the OK corral. Treasures of the mudcat for sure. |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 44 From: GUEST,Bardford Date: 01 Nov 00 - 01:17 AM This is a bountiful banquet of porcine poetry! You people feed me! For sharesies, here's my ham sandwich. Parishioners of the church of Stan Rodgers, please believe that no malicious intent was, uh, intended. Sung to the tune of Northwest Passage. First Class Passage (Chorus) Ah for just one time I would fly up there in comfort Postpone for six short hours my future as a roast Transcend this hopeless life amid the muck and mire and pig dirt And take a First Class passage to the coast Westbound from Philadelphia with attendants both in tow Pig with ticket, front of line, three seats in the first row Squeal for attendant, warm towel please, just put it on my snout Single malt as well, I think, if any is about. As I sleep upon the floor the aircraft lowly hums Dream of transport trucks below crammed full with all my chums To market, fated for breakfast plates, wallets, or gloves I'm temporarily blissful, just six miles up above Yet through the flight I battle guilt, conscience will not rest Better to fly or to fry I ask, only partially in jest. Then through coastal fog a light glows strong and shows a path for me Seattle- my soul sings, you are my destiny Now, I'm not so different from the pigs back in the sty Except I left a certain death, to Seattle I did fly A humble pig, a First Class passage airborne epiphany A new life in Seattle, as a Starbucks franchisee Peace, Bardford Copyright 2000 the author. You know, I was trying to come up with some kind of Oedipal/dirt/cleanliness/pig/father/ thing that ends with "It's a long way from Pa. to Wash.", but I was not up to the task. Sanglochon blue,everybody knows one... |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 44 From: Dharmabum Date: 31 Oct 00 - 10:18 PM GOOD ONE BRADY!!!!!!
THIS LITTLE PIGGY WENT TO SEATTLE
Bought me a ticket for an aeroplane
Said goodbye to Philly & I feel like a schmuck
(chorus)
The guy that sold the ticket said it was all right
Next time I'll be flyin with cattle
This little piggy went to Seattle. DB. |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 44 From: MMario Date: 31 Oct 00 - 09:44 PM weeehhooo! yea, BradyPus! a two-fer! |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 44 From: Bradypus Date: 31 Oct 00 - 06:54 PM I suspect this was no ordinary pig - I think he was a sanglochon, as featured here Sanglochon Aerial The patron and I, we got talking 'Do your family all cook ?' I enquired. 'Mais non, I've a brother in America Where his skills are so often required My brother's a therapeutic companion With two ladies rich he does dwell He accompanies them off on their journeys They don't seem to mind the odd smell Some people have guide dogs to lead them Some dogs for the deaf act as ears My brother's employed as a taster He's been with those ladies for years And why, you may ask, a sanglochon To taste for these ladies their food? Everyone knows the sanglochon Always tastes so very good! One day on an air flight they took him First class, the best food, the best wine But champagne at twenty thousand metres Doesn't agree well with swine And so to the cockpit he staggered The cabin crew wrestled him down And merde! At twenty thousand metres Made all the passengers frown But why did he go to the cockpit? He told me, with wink in his eye He wanted to pilot the airplane For everyone knows pigs might fly!
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Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 44 From: Áine Date: 31 Oct 00 - 09:00 AM refresh |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 44 From: mousethief Date: 30 Oct 00 - 12:58 PM Oh, my what good songs! Way to go, everybody! I especially liked the "afterburners" reference, that was a winner! And the cork, and the flyyyyyyyying. But all of them were great! I see I have my work cut out for me! But I'll be back!
Alex |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 44 From: Áine Date: 30 Oct 00 - 12:46 PM That's a wonderful twist on the proverbial pig's tail, MMario! Well done, sir. I don't know whether to laugh or cry, so I guess I'll do both. Here's your Silver B.L.O.B. for:
But when she sings -- Áine |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 44 From: MMario Date: 30 Oct 00 - 12:25 PM Sometimes a challenge just wants to go in some other direction...I'm not sure what direction this one took, but here it is...
A COLD DAY IN HELL |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 44 From: Áine Date: 29 Oct 00 - 06:37 PM Welcome to the Challenge!, Siren Poet. Here's your Silver B.L.O.B. for:
Man has always dreamed of flight Congrats! -- Áine |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 44 From: The-Siren-Poet Date: 29 Oct 00 - 12:47 PM Not a guest. Just registered don't know why it showed up as guest... should be all set now. |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 44 From: GUEST,The-Siren-Poet Date: 29 Oct 00 - 12:36 PM When Pigs Fly
Man has always dreamed of flight
Someone told a lie you see
300 pounds called 13
This pig most remarkable
Now I don't understand it
So the pig was on the plane
It wasn't until the landing
He ran about the aircraft
300 hundred pounds of pig, squealing
Being dragged from the aircraft
A passenger he suggested
The pig kept squealing loudly
The entire terminal heard--
Man has always dreamed of flight |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 44 From: Áine Date: 29 Oct 00 - 10:03 AM Brilliant, both of you, zonahobo and Dharmabum!!! Here are the first round of Silver B.L.O.B.s for these brave first entries: To John Hardly for:
Well they pushed and squeezed it up the aisle, To Dharmabum for:
It was alright To zonahobo for:
He bolted to the front, then he spun at the cockpit, building up a little more steam Way to go, Challenge!rs!! |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 44 From: zonahobo Date: 29 Oct 00 - 04:50 AM US Airways.. "We can take you places" but we may not let you come back! (we can guess the parody this parodies) The Pig that never returned They stood in line, at the Philadelphia airport, a grandma with a real cute lass Coach tickets to Seatlle, was all booked solid, so they had to fly first class But Grandma couldn't fly, without her traveling companion, but it only took a little twist Of the rules of flight, for US Airways, and boy was that old airline pissed
(chorus) Dave
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Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 44 From: John Hardly Date: 28 Oct 00 - 04:54 PM Orbison got nothin' on you! John |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 44 From: Dharmabum Date: 28 Oct 00 - 04:36 PM FLYING (sung to Crying by Roy Orbison)
I booked a flight
It was alright DB. |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 44 From: Dharmabum Date: 28 Oct 00 - 02:26 PM I LOVE IT !!!!!!!!!!!!!! DB. |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 44 From: SINSULL Date: 28 Oct 00 - 02:23 PM I don't believe you are John. Whole new approach to This little piggy went to market". |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 44 From: Áine Date: 28 Oct 00 - 02:21 PM Excellentaymundo, John!!! Now, do you have a title and a tune to go with that (or just a side order of BBQ sauce)? A fantastic start for this Challenge! -- Áine |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 44 From: John Hardly Date: 28 Oct 00 - 02:12 PM Well, first I noticed the dark glasses, And I expected to see the dog, But when I looked down at the harness, What I saw there was a hog.
Well, I tried to act so cool,
Well they pushed and squeezed it up the aisle,
Well, to it's credit the trip went smoothly,
It went pounding after the food trays,
You can bet the smell was enormous,
Y'know DOGS are made to guide us, |
Subject: RE: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 44 From: Uncle_DaveO Date: 28 Oct 00 - 12:50 PM I'll do that "when pigs fly"!!! Dave Oesterreich |
Subject: SONG CHALLENGE! Part 44 From: Áine Date: 28 Oct 00 - 12:11 PM I must admit that I had another Halloween Challenge! all lined up; but, Dear Hubby showed me this story in this morning's paper, and I just couldn't wait to let you all have a go at it (haha). It put me in mind of those great spoofs of the 70's disaster movies . . . so, let's see what kind of theme songs you all can come up with. Go For It, Challenge!rs!! When Pigs Fly OR Never Say Never Again (Philadelphia PA) In a bizarre episode that rattled flight attendants and embarrassed airline officials, a 300-pound pig was put in the first-class cabin of a US Airways Boeing 757 and flown with 200 other passengers on a nonstop six-hour flight across the country from Philadelphia to Seattle. All went well, for most of the flight. Somehow, the pig's owners, described as two women, one in her 30s, the other a senior citizen, convinced the airline that it was a "therapeutic companion pet," like a guide dog for the blind. "I guess it was supposed to be a Seeing Eye pig," a witness aboard the flight said. "Frankly, I couldn't tell what kind of therapeutic service it was providing. All I know is, it was ugly, and it pooped." A chagrined airline spokesman provided few details. "We can confirm that the pig traveled, and we can confirm that it will never happen again," US Airways spokesman David Castelveter said. "Let me stress that. It will never happen again." An internal report said the owners said they had a doctor's note that required them to fly with the animal, and that they described pig as weighing only 13 pounds, so based on this info, authorization was given," the report said. Witnesses said the pig's owners exhibited no obvious impairments. "I'd estimate 300 pounds," one source aboard the flight said. "It took four people to wheel it in, past security and to the gate. And they were struggling." Though flight attendants objected, the pig was cleared for takeoff and seated on the floor, in the first row of first class. It was so big, much of its bulk extended into the aisle, according to the report. "It didn't smell; it was a clean pig," a witness on the flight said. "It slept almost the whole time." Few passengers complained. It wasn't till the aircraft taxied into Seattle that the pig wreaked havoc. Squealing loudly, it ran loose through the aircraft and tried to enter the cockpit. It finally found refuge in the food galley, where it refused to budge. Finally, the pig was lured from the galley with food. Then, the owners -- struggling to control the pig -- dragged it out of the aircraft and into the Jetway. That's where it left its mess. "Another passenger on the flight advised pig owner that she picked up her pig's feces and she was not happy about that," the report stated. "Once the pig was off aircraft, another passenger had to push while the two women pulled to get it in the elevator. "The whole time, the pig was squealing so loudly everyone in the terminal heard it." Federal Aviation Administration officials in Seattle said they were unfamiliar with the incident, but said they would investigate.
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