Some years ago I was on an evening flight from New York to Miami, during the time when "Bird flu" was in the news. A passenger was carrying a small transport cage; it was allowed in the cabin. During the flight a small green lovebird escaped from within and flew from one end of the aircraft to the other. Of course it knew exactly where it had to land.....on the headrest of a bloke (probably in his late thirties) who was probably absolutely petrified of birds at the best of times. He jumped out of his seat and ran down the aisle, screaming like a girl about bird flu and saying he was goddam well going to sue everyone for endangering his life!
To be fair, I probably didn't help by laughing uncontrollably at him; I thought he was pathetically hilarious.