Okay, so I clearly cannot remember the directions since I wrote a ridiculous poem, see below. Now I will go back and write my six sentence story and adhere to the guidelines!
The pilot turned on his microphone and started talking to the passengers of the airplane.
“We will be landing in a few days, we have enough gas to last us nearly a week!”
Everyone was bewildered to hear this as there has never been an airplane that can fly for that long without running out of gas.
Suddenly, people began to panic and the murmurs turned into louder comments and eventually most passengers were beginning to scream!
The stewards on the plane tried to calm everyone down telling them “the pilot is a pro and has never estimated wrong on his fuel tank!”
That was when the plane began plummeting toward the ground and the pilot reported that his gas gauge was broken!
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Just a silly rhyming poem. My mind is in rhyming mode…
Mr. Pilot?
Pilot, pilot, will I die?
I am so afraid to fly!
What will happen if we crash
What if I cannot act rash?
What if we can’t safely land?
What if we land in quick sand?
I cannot handle this much stress
My make-ups mussed, my hair’s a mess!
But walking will not get me far
I’d like to drive if I owned a car!
But flying now will get me there
You obviously do not care!
©2025 CBialczak
Now looking at my poem I could have combined lines into a six line poem! My mind is like that spinning airplane with no gas!
Stine Writing 
Yikes! Sounds like a nightmare or a Twighlight Zone episode. I’d rather fly than ride in a car for more than a few hours, but my honest preference (reinforced by your story) is to just stay home.
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I saw some sort of reel or something where a pilot was talking like that to the passengers and they didn’t know what to think of it. I will look for it and post it if I find it as “Funny Pilot”.
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Thanks!
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I’m with Frank. Flying scares me, I’ll take my chances on the ground.
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Well, that gave me a right good chill! 🤣
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Very Scary!!
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(I’m with murisopsis… rather cool doing a prose/poetry pair in a Six format)
You, of course, pose a secret question that many who find themselves emigres in this virtual world of blogs, “How would I react in such a situation?”
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I have to admit- I would definitely begin to panic if the pilot told me we had a week’s worth of fuel! And probably take off in a rant similar to your poetry!
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I thought of this because a friend of mine went to visit her sister and she rarely goes on any sort of trip. She told me that they made such good time back to the airport that the pilot had to keep circling until he got the okay to land because they were so early and the airport was busy!
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I love how we catalogue little incidents for further use!
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without our subconscious even telling us what to remember and what to forget!
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Both were great! Well done, Christine.
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Love them both Christine! 🙌
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I did enjoy both versions Christine 😀
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Thanks!
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I love both efforts! I sat next to a young woman who was flying for the first time – she was a nervous wreck when we hit some turbulence! I got her talking and she calmed down…
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I guess I always figure once you are in the air its all up to a higher power. You just have to hope the pilot is determined to survive!
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What an intriguing take, Christine! I don’t know if it was your intention for this story to be a comedy (really, it could be interpreted either way) but I must admit, you made me laugh! Very entertaining.
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Sometimes I have no intentions at all and that works! lol
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Another good reason not to fly.
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