is it ok to take airline cutlery home with you?

[pat william]

  when i was visiting my scottish friends house  i was making us some coffee in his basement kitchen, and when I went in search of spoons I was not so amazed to find  knifes forks spoons in the drawer that he  had  nicked from  a commercial airlines.when i asked him about it he said everyone does it. is this true or has he a fetish for airline cutlery?

[Crossy]

No, of course not, in the same way it's not OK to take the life vest.

 

Did your friend say he actually lifted the stuff? Airline cutlery does appear on the secondhand / surplus market. I used to own a lot of BOAC and BEA branded cutlery and crockery, acquired just after they merged to become British Airways.

[pat william]

hmmmm

[grollies]

1 hour ago, Crossy said:

No, of course not, in the same way it's not OK to take the life vest.

Surely not?

 

1 hour ago, Crossy said:

 

Did your friend say he actually lifted the stuff? Airline cutlery does appear on the secondhand / surplus market. I used to own a lot of BOAC and BEA branded cutlery and crockery, acquired just after they merged to become British Airways.

 

[colinneil]

OP you bored or something????

Surely you can come up with better things to post about than cutlery.

[Shaksey]

Virgin salt and pepper pots used to say "Stolen from Virgin Atlantic" on the bottoms :)

[chickenslegs]

14 hours ago, colinneil said:

OP you bored or something????

Surely you can come up with better things to post about than cutlery.

Hi Colin.

 

Somebody recently posted a 50+ second video of a wall fan http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/970679-best-fan-is-at-tesco-panasonic-and-i-tell-you-why/  which is still running after 3 pages.

 

In comparison, this airline cutlery topic is 'forking' great. It could really take off.

[chickenslegs]

16 hours ago, Crossy said:

I used to own a lot of BOAC and BEA branded cutlery and crockery, acquired just after they merged to become British Airways.

I hope it wasn't "acquired" off the back of a lorry Crossy.

[Crossy]

4 hours ago, chickenslegs said:

I hope it wasn't "acquired" off the back of a lorry Crossy.

 

Would I do something like that? Actually I don't remember exactly where it came from but it was probably Ringwood Surplus Stores or Alderholt Surplus Supplies.

 

Ringwood is still operating https://www.yell.com/biz/ringwood-surplus-stores-ringwood-61749/

 

Alderholt is now a housing development, shame, even in the 80's it was the only place to get a replacement Avocado bidet.

 

 

 

[sipi]

I knocked off a set of silver breakfast cutlery from the Cairo Hilton in 1986.

Hey I was a young backpacker with hair and I would gladly return them tomorrow if I remembered where I put them.

[champers]

22 hours ago, Shaksey said:

Virgin salt and pepper pots used to say "Stolen from Virgin Atlantic" on the bottoms :)

So did their air hostesses.

[tutsiwarrior]

stealing cutlery is vulgar...

 

I eat wid me fingers...right hand only, of course...

 

 

[Gulfsailor]

I have two business class duck down pillows. A bit small but very comfy. 

[Sandy Freckle]

 Using cutlery to eat is like talking about making love...., maybe not for eating on an airline at 30,000 ft. 

[jobin]

That aforementioned Avocado bidet:  something like a Thai bum-gun but shoots out guacamole?  Cool, but hold the hot sauce.

[grollies]

2 hours ago, jobin said:

That aforementioned Avocado bidet:  something like a Thai bum-gun but shoots out guacamole?  Cool, but hold the hot sauce.