Aeroplanes: Crying

A friend of mine made an admission yesterday. I won't give his name, because the "wolf pack" would tear him apart. Yes, the pack would.

He was trying to admit that he had bought an AC/DC record (nothing shameful in that, surely) but worked his way up to the "bombshell" by admitting that he cries easily on aeroplanes. He felt that he would be less likely to cry if he was listening to "Let There Be Rock". After admitting that he cried watching "Ice Age" ("Toy Story 2" I could understand, but "Ice Age"?), my friend claimed that everyone gets more emotional at altitude, due to the rarified air. That theory doesn't fly ("cabin pressurisation", says Jim) but here are some more theories:

• Fear of flying = fear of death = raw, raging emotions.
• Close proximity to others leads sensitive souls like S.P. to pick up their emotions like a baby monitor eavesdropping on the neighbors' cordless phone.
• Separation from loved ones at Boardpoint + anticipation of loved ones at Offpoint.
• Vibration of plane in flight stimulates the hippocampus and amygdala, releasing pent-up emotions.
• Dhrink!

Yes, probably that last one.