As takers of frequent perilous motor journeys, we’ve oft thought of what fate could befall us if, while motoring across the middle of nowhere, we were to somehow get stuck there for a few days.

Good news, then, that $25 can buy you a pretty handy 10-day car survival kit. Well, 10 days worth of stuff you can get from the supermarket, at least. The rest of the big stuff you’ll need to provide yourself, but should already have.

The food is all either dehydrated or non-perishable, and some basic medications, water purification tablets, clothing, cooking utensils and the like make up the basics of what you should be carrying around in your trunk.

The only thing we disagree with, however, is the inclusion of disposable razors. What’s the point of being rescued after a week in the wilderness if you can’t grow one of those wicked Castaway beards?

10 day survival pack for your vehicle for just $25 [Backwoods Home Magazine via Life Hacker]

We’ve often complained after a long flight that “economy air travel is just death”, but never realized that the death we were craving would have seen us upgraded to first class.

So goes the story of disgruntled passenger Paul Trinder, who awoke on his British Airways flight between Delhi and London to discover a corpse sitting in the first class cabin beside him.

An elderly woman who passed away not long after take-off had been carried to the front of the plane by quick-thinking cabin crew. Paul awoke to see the woman’s body being strapped into one of the £3,000 seats, wedged with pillows to prevent turbulent slippage.

As anyone in a similar situation would be, Paul was affected by the tragic situation:

“… the relatives were allowed to sit in First Class and spent the next five hours wailing and weeping. When I complained, I was told to ‘get over it’. I was also told BA’s corpse policy would remain ‘unless I’ve got any better ideas’. In future, if I have a choice of airlines on a particular route I’ll choose anyone but BA.”

He’s right. What the world needs is perspective. This corpse ruined his trip – the nerve! The dead don’t deserve champagne, stationery and complimentary slippers.

On an unrelated note, I was meant to fly into Heathrow last week with BA. But he was like “I ain’t gettin’ on no plane, fool.”

BA upgrades corpse [The Register]

We’d like to think that we’re blessed with a good weekend every weekend. And we probably are, they’re just not always that interesting to read about.

Did any of the Sporting Life faithful have a remarkable weekend tale with which to regale the rest of us?

Timeliness isn’t even a concern, we’re happy to hear about something that happened decades ago if it’s still a good story…

Shoot through your tales to nic(at)thesportinglife(dot)net.