Upvote/Downvote: Jonas, Pony Rides and More Crazy Travel News

<p><em>Photo courtesy of Thinkstock</em></p><p>This week has been nuts, and we are talking ponies-causing-airline-delays nuts.</p><p>And that's just one of the stories we are covering in this our latest breakdown of the week that was.</p><p>Here are just a few of the news items we thought were pertinent to your travels, because you can never have too many implanted chip stories to read at the airport.</p><p>And, of course, feel free to upvote or downvote across our various social media channels or offer up any stories you think got lost in the bedlam of the latest winter storm.</p><p><strong>What Year Is This? </strong></p><p><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ezSkydWGsHs" width="640">##</iframe></p><p>The advent of sticking presumably uncomfortable chips under your skin has arrived in the travel industry as <a href="http://www.travelpulse.com/news/airlines/are-implanted-chips-the-future-of-boarding-passes.html" target="_self">TravelPulse's Josh Lew</a> found this week.</p><p>Downvote: I've seen "Total Recall" and removing any kind of chip implanted into your body can be, well, painful.</p><p>But in all seriousness, I have been poked, prodded, felt up and scanned by TSA. I draw the line at sticking anything in my body just because going through the airport is inconvenient.</p><p><strong>Jonas!</strong></p><p><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/4xaT6ulEl6Y" width="640">##</iframe></p><p>Like a grumpy old relative, <a href="http://www.travelpulse.com/news/impacting-travel/thousands-of-cancellations-delays-already-stacking-up-from-winter-storm-jonas.html" target="_self">Winter Storm Jonas</a> has entered town only to mess everything up and make everyone around it miserable.</p><p>Downvote: We aren't in the habit of upvoting anything that makes our lives more inconvenient, especially when it comes to giving airlines an excuse to be delayed.</p><p>The only caveat is when the excuse is unbelievably adorable. Which brings us to:</p><p><strong>Oh, Shet: </strong></p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Airport chaos as 6 planes unable to land because of SHETLAND PONY on the runway <a href="https://t.co/6OnEbHYo01">https://t.co/6OnEbHYo01</a> <a href="https://t.co/M7mpwGDEwf">pic.twitter.com/M7mpwGDEwf</a></p>- Daily Mirror (@DailyMirror) <a href="https://twitter.com/DailyMirror/status/689554262477651968">January 19, 2016</a></blockquote><p><InvalidTag async src=" " charset="utf-8">##</script></p><p>We will let <a href="http://www.travelpulse.com/news/airlines/shetland-pony-shuts-down-traffic-at-british-airport.html" target="_self">TravelPulse's Donald Wood</a> take it away: "This past Tuesday at Goucestershire Airport in England, several flights were unable to land or take off due to a Shetland pony wandering on the facility's airstrip."</p><p>The sound you hear is my screaming from how cute this is. Or it could be the passengers yelling from frustration. It's best to wait and see on this one.</p><p>Upvote: We are usually delayed for unforgivable and rather frustrating reasons. I am far more inclined to forgive the airline if I hear there is a precious animal running around causing a scene. In fact, where can I go to see this scene?</p><p><strong>Uber Cool: </strong></p><p><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/IGEDl521aUM" width="640">##</iframe></p><p>Uber understands us. Sometimes a car just won't cut it and something far noisier must be employed, <a href="http://www.travelpulse.com/news/business-travel/uber-teams-with-airbus-for-helicopter-rental-service.html" target="_self">like a helicopter</a>.</p><p>Upvote: I don't even care if this, like UberLUX, is out my price range. It's still pretty darn cool.</p><p>More power to you people with mountains of cash. Perhaps sprinkle some down on us on your next Uber ride in the sky.</p>

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