Airport Amusement

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I’m heading back home for the holidays, and I am dreading the torturous 14 hour flight across the Pacific.

To make the whole experience even sweeter I have an 18 hour stop-over in Los Angeles. (6:30pm-12:30pm)

I am a cheap bastard and don’t wanna dish out the $75 for a hotel. So I am planning on spending my time at LAX.

Can anyone give me some ideas on how to pass the time in an airport? And perhaps more specifically LAX airport.

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18 hours?

Nothing to do at LAX. Believe me. I forked out $40 for a day room at the Ramada or some or other mid-range.

Shit those are crappy times unless you want to spend the night in a night club.

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and the airline wont shell out for a hotel??

i would head into town and go out…

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I think the first decision will be whether it is worth it to you to go through the hassle of leaving the terminal (and having to do the security screening again the next day).

If you leave the airport you won’t be very far from the ocean. You could put your stuff in a locker and take a walk to the shore. There is a nice oil refinery on the waterfront not far from there.

Another option might be to try and find a convention to crash at one of the hotels nearby. Swipe one of the nametags off the table and then see how long you can enjoy free drinks and finger-food until they realize your not with the convention.

If you’re an art-lover, there is also the Getty Center. The hours might not work out too well for you (the connecting flight leaves at 12:30 right?) but the architecture at that place alone is worth the trip, in my opinion. You could astound the locals by taking the bus! (The bus driver would probably be very happy for the company, being acustomed driving the route for weeks between passengers.)

Of course, if you stay in the terminal then I think the best plan is probably to find a computer connection and just spend the night online chatting with forumosans.

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[quote=“Canucklehead”]I’m heading back home for the holidays, and I am dreading the torturous 14 hour flight across the Pacific.

To make the whole experience even sweeter I have an 18 hour stop-over in Los Angeles. (6:30pm-12:30pm)

I am a cheap bastard and don’t wanna dish out the $75 for a hotel. So I am planning on spending my time at LAX.

Can anyone give me some ideas on how to pass the time in an airport? And perhaps more specifically LAX airport.[/quote]

What the f*ck are you talking about Bubbles? :wink:

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At LAX, there is a nice bar on the second floor. A nice place to watch a Lakers game, get greased, and check out hotties.

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An hour at that bar will cost more than a hotel room.

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Check your bags into a locker, then spend the day collecting those rental carts and returning them. You get a quarter back for every one. You could easily kill a few hours and make some serious bucks.

After you’ve exhausted yourself with that, take your hard-earned coins to the bar that Duris Bane mentioned and buy yourself a beer or two (or whatever you can afford on your earnings), watch a game, check out hotties, and then take a nice nap somewhere.

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Even better, take a look at this list. It can easily be adapted to “50 Fun Things to Do in an Airport,” or find an elevator at LAX and amuse yourself with the following:

50 Fun Things To Do In An Elevator

  1. Make race car noises when anyone gets on or off.
  2. Blow your nose and offer to show the contents of your kleenex to other passengers.
  3. Grimace painfully while smacking your forehead and muttering: “Shut up, dammit, all of you just shut UP!”
  4. Whistle the first seven notes of “It’s a Small World” incessantly.
  5. Sell Girl Scout cookies.
  6. On a long ride, sway side to side at the natural frequency of the elevator.
  7. Shave.
  8. Crack open your briefcase or purse, and while peering inside ask: “Got enough air in there?”
  9. Offer name tags to everyone getting on the elevator. Wear yours upside-down.
  10. Stand silent and motionless in the corner, facing the wall, without getting off.
  11. When arriving at your floor, grunt and strain to yank the doors open, then act embarrassed when they open by themselves.
  12. Lean over to another passenger and whisper: “Noogie patrol coming!”
  13. Greet everyone getting on the elevator with a warm handshake and ask them to call you Admiral.
  14. One word: Flatulence!
  15. On the highest floor, hold the door open and demand that it stay open until you hear the penny you dropped down the shaft go “plink” at the bottom.
  16. Do Tai Chi exercises.
  17. Stare, grinning, at another passenger for a while, and then announce: “I’ve got new socks on!”
  18. When at least 8 people have boarded, moan from the back: “Oh, not now, damn motion sickness!”
  19. Give religious tracts to each passenger.
  20. Meow occassionally.
  21. Bet the other passengers you can fit a quarter in your nose.
  22. Frown and mutter “gotta go, gotta go” then sigh and say “oops!”
  23. Show other passengers a wound and ask if it looks infected.
  24. Sing “Mary had a little lamb” while continually pushing buttons.
  25. Holler “Chutes away!” whenever the elevator descends.
  26. Walk on with a cooler that says “human head” on the side.
  27. Stare at another passenger for a while, then announce “You’re one of THEM!” and move to the far corner of the elevator.
  28. Burp, and then say “mmmm…tasty!”
  29. Leave a box between the doors.
  30. Ask each passenger getting on if you can push the button for them.
  31. Wear a puppet on your hand and talk to other passengers “through” it.
  32. Start a sing-along.
  33. When the elevator is silent, look around and ask “is that your beeper?”
  34. Play the harmonica.
  35. Shadow box.
  36. Say “Ding!” at each floor.
  37. Lean against the button panel.
  38. Say “I wonder what all these do” and push the red buttons.
  39. Listen to the elevator walls with a stethoscope.
  40. Draw a little square on the floor with chalk and announce to the other passengers that this is your “personal space.”
  41. Bring a chair along.
  42. Take a bite of a sandwich and ask another passenger: “Wanna see wha in muh mouf?”
  43. Blow spit bubbles.
  44. Pull your gum out of your mouth in long strings.
  45. Announce in a demonic voice: “I must find a more suitable host body.”
  46. Carry a blanket and clutch it protectively.
  47. Make explosion noises when anyone presses a button.
  48. Wear “X-Ray Specs” and leer suggestively at other passengers.
  49. Stare at your thumb and say “I think it’s getting larger.”
  50. If anyone brushes against you, recoil and holler “Bad touch!”
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Ni9anbo has a good idea. The bar looks like its out of the Jetsons. It was just remodeled last year.

Or you could look for a courtesy bus to some hotel over on PCH…think free ride. Redondo Beach is close and has a cool boardwalk and some nice bars. Ask about the ‘Blue Buses’ and try to get a card. They can be your cheap ride back to the airport. Or…you might make a friend at the beach and get them to drive you back to LAX.

Also…try contacting Jinete Mortal on Forumosa…he is in LA. It might be worth a hook-up.

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You can do as we did in High School, we would go to the Atlanta airport and take acid!!! Or if you are there in peak hours, LAX has some extreme hot women walking through there… OR if it is during the evening hours get out of the airport, you have plenty of time and there are always shady bars, establishments to hang out in and get a cheep beer amongst other things!!!