You look out the window, down at all the utility vehicles drivin' around the plane, and that's where things get weird:
These trucks aren't just modified Fords and Chevys: They're weird, squished, alternate-universe permutations of normal road vehicles. Ain't nobody at an airport driving anything approximating a "car" or a "truck": These are vehicles that look like they should be drivin' around the town of Stumpyville. Like they should be driven by Gimli, son of Gloin.
The dwarves fled the fires of Smaug, my friends, and are now baggage handlers.
YOU CAN NOT UNLEARN THIS FACT.
The principal reason that airport vehicles are squashed and misshapen is because the staff in the airport vehicles parking area are mostly women.
Actually the vehicles are designed to fit under and around aircraft. Also, any which move aircraft must have as low a center of gravity as possible, and all vehicles should have a low center of gravity to keep from being blown over by winds or accidental jet wash. In the case of airport vehicles, function determines form.
But the part about Gimli's descendants is also pretty much on track. After all, outside of a circus or the VERY rare movie role, what else can they do for a living?
