My flight to Paris was not at all like this [1]. It was disagreeable but quite unexciting. The ticket seemed very cheap until they weighed my luggage and got me to understand how much there was to pay. Then I wished I was going by train.
Evelyn Waugh, 1930.
As the good people at Ryan Air might say, should they stumble across this quote, Plus ce change plus ce la meme chose.
[1] this being 'if the Protestant God had asserted supremacy in a fine Old Testament manner'. Don't ask.
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