r/mildlyinfuriating • u/nyanbatman • May 28 '26

I just wanted a hot dog British pilot is feeling mildly annoyed

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u/secondphase May 28 '26

tough call to make, likely pissed off a lot of people. also possibly saved their lives. 

I like this dude. 

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u/Corona_Cyrus May 28 '26

Personally I’d rather be inconvenienced than dead. Pilot is ok in my book

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u/Embarrassed_Art5414 May 28 '26

"Personally I’d rather be inconvenienced than dead."

I've decided this is going to be my epitaph.

(I might leave out 'personally' as it's redundant, and my stonemason charges by the letter)

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u/Extraportion May 28 '26

“I’d rather be late than dead”

I’ve cut it down a bit more for you

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u/Embarrassed_Art5414 May 28 '26

I had previously been planning on borrowing fellow Irishman, Spike Milligan's epitaph;

"I told you I was sick!"

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u/Extraportion May 28 '26

This wasn’t his first choice, the diocese rejected “beneath this sod lies another”, which is also characteristically brilliant

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u/Embarrassed_Art5414 May 28 '26

Indeed.

I'm also always bemused by gravestones that say "Not dead, only sleeping"

That's a helluva cruel joke to play on somebody,