Discussion: Flight Delayed After Woman Brings An 'Emotional Support Squirrel' Onboard

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Let squirrel fly. Kick woman off.

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FIGHT THE POWER!!!111111!!!

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When will emotional support squirrels be fully recognized and not regarded as second-class support animals!

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How in the Hell did she get Trump.on that Plane?

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If you need an emotional support animal to fly, don’t fly. Walk.

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My dad, a rather lonely and bored widower, has hated squirrels since a juvenile one he tried to rescue from the road bit him. (He’s a city boy.) Regards them as ingrate rodents now. This was like 40 years ago. So imagine the fun my sister and I can have with the concept of an emotional support squirrel. This is a gift from heaven (Thank you heaven).

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With all due respect to my sciurid friend @squirreltown:

Emotional Support Peacock, I’d like you to meet my Emotional Support Goshawk…

Emotional Support Squirrel, I’d like you to meet my Emotional Support Lynx.

I swear, people are f****** stupid.

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That’s a dastardly insult to squirrels!

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It was later reported the woman say’n, “Thank goodness I left Bullwinkle at home.”

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Not feeling it. I’d like you to meet my emotional support Wolverine.

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I guess I can’t fly Frontier with Stuart Little, my emotional support white mouse.

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Aw, no rodents, therefore no cute little support bunnies? (No, I’m not suggesting they should allow rabbits in the passenger area either.)

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You might get by with a rabbit – rabbits are lagomorphs, not rodents.

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I was once on a flight and a hamster ran up my leg. Ten seconds later, the college student in the seat in front of me starting looking around frantically. Turns out, she was transporting it in the front pocket of her backpack. Flight attendants were not amused.

Good times…

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And lagomorphs are traditionally welcome everywhere? Say, where’s Ralph von Holst today?

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I’ve been on some long flights. While most squirrels would prefer to just sip their drink and watch the movie, rabbits are nuts! A few of them running around ( and I mean running) would really help pass the time.

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The New Yorker wrote a hilarious article on this subject several years ago. The author tried bringing all kinds of animals to various places. It’s still on line if you want to read it.

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TSA Agent: “Pardon me Mr. Zippy, but you’ve been randomly selected for a security screening”

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I googled “emotional support squirrel” because of course I did. Just this news story and one other about a guy in a condo who has one and the other condo people think it’s not quite the thing. So I guess it’s not like they get special training. You just go out and get yourself a squirrel and if you find it emotionally supportive then great.

I noticed this was a flight between Orlando and Cleveland. Personally if I had to make that flight in either direction I’d need as much emotional support as I could get. They really should make an exception.

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