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10 obstacles

Thursday, Oct. 27, 2005 | 8:19 a.m.

10. Post-9/11 security precautions force removal of chopsticks from Kung Pao chicken in-flight dinners

9. Inadequate aisle room for Tai Chi

8. Jackie Chan holding out for eight-figure deal to be celebrity spokesman

7. Excessive snickering from passengers upon hearing pre-flight announcement that "Captain Wang will be at the controls today."

6. Spicy meals require stocking so much drinking water as to make takeoff impossible

5. Fortune cookie on Beijing-Las Vegas leg says: "Hit on 18, stick on 11."

4. Coach passengers object to having to watch "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" five times during 17-hour flight

3. Just what China needs: Easy access to another place with a lot of cheap trinkets

2. Flight attendants a little too quick to resort to martial arts to control passengers who fail to buckle seat belts

1. You take the flight and an hour later, you feel like flying again

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