NYC777 From United States of America, joined Jun 2004, 5153 posts, RR: 49 Reply 2, posted (7 years 6 months 1 week 1 day 18 hours ago) and read 3089 times:
Fokker70NG From Netherlands, joined Nov 2005, 233 posts, RR: 3 Reply 5, posted (7 years 6 months 1 week 1 day 15 hours ago) and read 2961 times:
I think the soccer nose looks rather good on the 737. Somebody has a picture of the 747 with soccer nose? I'm curious how that will look like.
I think it's a smart move of LH to paint the noses, it's cheap to paint but will certainly attract some attention. But wasn't EK also sponsoring the championship? Isn't that a bit strange, 2 airlines sponsoring the same championship?
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NYC777 From United States of America, joined Jun 2004, 5153 posts, RR: 49 Reply 6, posted (7 years 6 months 1 week 1 day 15 hours ago) and read 2953 times:
Buckieboy From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 7, posted (7 years 6 months 1 week 1 day 15 hours ago) and read 2923 times:
All,
There is neither an S in FIFA nor UEFA, so it is not soccer. .
The 'F' stands for FOOTBALL in English and many European languages adopt a similar word (e.g. Fussball in German).
For the record, "soccer" comes from "Association Football" which will gain you very negative brownie points if you use this phrase in any European village, city or town.
BHXFAOTIPYYC From Portugal, joined Jun 2005, 1644 posts, RR: 0 Reply 8, posted (7 years 6 months 1 week 1 day 15 hours ago) and read 2911 times:
From Airliner World's Nov 2005 issue:
"Lufthansa has introduced what is descibes as a 'football nose' on more than 30 of its aircraft to help promote the World Cup, due to take place in Germany next summer. The first aircraft, an A340-300, was unveiled in late july, and others, including this A320-211 D-AIQP [picture of said a/c] above, have been introduced in past months"
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Jush From Germany, joined Apr 2005, 1636 posts, RR: 4 Reply 9, posted (7 years 6 months 1 week 1 day 15 hours ago) and read 2890 times:
Quoting NYC777 (Reply 6): No no no no...it's soccer!
No it's proper football no discussion about that. This ends here now.
What you mean is American football. Soccer is a name of disgrace for the beautiful game.
Regds
jush
There is one problem with airbus. Though their products are engineering marvels they lack passion, completely.
Sabena332 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 10, posted (7 years 6 months 1 week 1 day 15 hours ago) and read 2876 times:
Quoting Fokker70NG (Reply 5): But wasn't EK also sponsoring the championship?
Emirates is the official sponsor of the FIFA World Cup 2006, Lufthansa is just a sponsor of the DFB (German Football Union) but they pretend to be an official sponsor of the World Cup as well by painting these ridiculous looking football on their planes.
Their newest timetable is even showing a logo that shows a football with the caption "LH2006". That is so pathetic that it is actually quite funny.
BHXFAOTIPYYC From Portugal, joined Jun 2005, 1644 posts, RR: 0 Reply 11, posted (7 years 6 months 1 week 1 day 15 hours ago) and read 2876 times:
Lufthansa later added "we realise that painting this on an Airbus first will probably cause wild speculation on that world famous internet site "notgettingany.net" aka "airliners.net" of favouritism by Lufthansa of Airbus aircraft over our Boeing aircraft, or the fact that we referred to the game as 'football' because it bloody well is 'football' rather than 'soccer', neither would we like to comment on the Wright or Wrong Amendment, whether Ryanair will fly transatlantic, or who really shot JR."
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NYC777 From United States of America, joined Jun 2004, 5153 posts, RR: 49 Reply 12, posted (7 years 6 months 1 week 1 day 14 hours ago) and read 2843 times:
Quoting Jush (Reply 9): Soccer is a name of disgrace for the beautiful game.
It's still soccer.
Football is what is played at the Super Bowl at the end of January.
Buckieboy From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 14, posted (7 years 6 months 1 week 1 day 14 hours ago) and read 2803 times:
Quoting NYC777 (Reply 12): Football is what is played at the Super Bowl at the end of January.
For a relatively small proportion of the globe: correct. Most Asians, Africans, Europeans, South Americans and those from Australasia use a different word, if they can comprehend English.
Some 250 million (tops) out of ca 8 billion people worldwide want to use a different word and certain of these people want to display such quoibles on internet forums. .
When one reads such posts, the US foreign policies immediately become much clearer to me .
Byrdluvs747 From United States of America, joined Jul 2004, 2147 posts, RR: 1 Reply 15, posted (7 years 6 months 1 week 1 day 11 hours ago) and read 2714 times:
Quoting Jush (Reply 9): What you mean is American football.
Which is odd since it doesn't resemble true football at all.
"American Rugby" would be a better description.
The 747: The hands who designed it were guided by god.
TinkerBelle From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 17, posted (7 years 6 months 1 week 1 day 10 hours ago) and read 2667 times:
Quoting Blackhawk144 (Reply 16): Oh yeah? Well Football (Soccer), is better than American Football!
That's your opinion.. Mine is it's kinda boring to watch 22 men chasing a dead cow's skin only to have a score of 0-0 after 90 breathless minutes .
Oooh....I mean 23 guys including the streaker dude
Revelation From United States of America, joined Feb 2005, 10463 posts, RR: 20 Reply 18, posted (7 years 6 months 1 week 1 day 8 hours ago) and read 2616 times:
Quoting BHXFAOTIPYYC (Reply 11): Lufthansa later added "we realise that painting this on an Airbus first will probably cause wild speculation on that world famous internet site "notgettingany.net" aka "airliners.net" of favouritism by Lufthansa of Airbus aircraft over our Boeing aircraft, or the fact that we referred to the game as 'football' because it bloody well is 'football' rather than 'soccer', neither would we like to comment on the Wright or Wrong Amendment, whether Ryanair will fly transatlantic, or who really shot JR."
... or why Boeing doesn't number their planes sequentially, (nor does Airbus, for that matter), or why Air Canada can't polish aluminum properly...
MarshalN From Hong Kong, joined Sep 2005, 1521 posts, RR: 0 Reply 19, posted (7 years 6 months 1 week 1 day 7 hours ago) and read 2585 times:
Quoting TinkerBelle (Reply 17): That's your opinion.. Mine is it's kinda boring to watch 22 men chasing a dead cow's skin only to have a score of 0-0 after 90 breathless minutes .
Oooh....I mean 23 guys including the streaker dude
So you prefer a game where you spend 3/4 of the time watching men walking around, doing nothing, drinking gatorade, and generally hanging out instead of playing the game?
AirIndia From United Arab Emirates, joined Jan 2001, 1546 posts, RR: 1 Reply 20, posted (7 years 6 months 1 week 1 day 7 hours ago) and read 2572 times:
Quoting MarshalN (Reply 19): Quoting TinkerBelle (Reply 17):
That's your opinion.. Mine is it's kinda boring to watch 22 men chasing a dead cow's skin only to have a score of 0-0 after 90 breathless minutes .
Oooh....I mean 23 guys including the streaker dude
So you prefer a game where you spend 3/4 of the time watching men walking around, doing nothing, drinking gatorade, and generally hanging out instead of playing the game?
TinkerBelle From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 21, posted (7 years 6 months 1 week 1 day 7 hours ago) and read 2546 times:
Quoting MarshalN (Reply 19): So you prefer a game where you spend 3/4 of the time watching men walking around, doing nothing, drinking gatorade, and generally hanging out instead of playing the game?
Did I mention anything about any game I enjoy in my post? In case you're talking about what they call 'American football', sory mate, I think it's worse than soccer. I don't fancy watching 50 guys in skin tights really. If you ask me, women beach volleyball is the best game out there. Can't get me off the TV when some hot, tall chick is running and falling all over the place while wearing a bikini
TriStar500 From Germany, joined Nov 1999, 4685 posts, RR: 47 Reply 23, posted (7 years 6 months 1 week 1 day 5 hours ago) and read 2486 times:
While LH is somewhat jumping the bandwaggon of the World Championship 2006 with their football(!) nose design, one has to admit that this is typical LH management style: maximum positive return with a minimum of investment.
Homer: Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true!
Fraport From Germany, joined Jul 2005, 137 posts, RR: 0 Reply 24, posted (7 years 6 months 1 week 1 day 5 hours ago) and read 2479 times:
Quoting TriStar500 (Reply 23): one has to admit that this is typical LH management style: maximum positive return with a minimum of investment.
Which is not a bad strategy, is it? I don't understand what's so bad about these football noses. Yes, they are butt ugly but I think they will profit from that campaign. No one (except Sabena 332) cares if they are an official sponsor. It's just clever. If it was O'Leary's idea Sabena332 (and some other LH haters) would be the first to jump up for a big hooray.
[Edited 2005-11-17 08:22:28]
25 Columba: Having watched 3 Super Bowl Games, various College Football Games (one Live at the Rutgers Stadium in New Jersey) I still do not think that football
27 Lp0815: Actually it is German Football Federation. It is certainly not a "union" as in trade union. But since the topic is about LH, it is my guess that you,
28 Mucflieger: Can we finally make this an A vs B thread, please
29 Fraport: Yeah it's time! And why didn't anybody complain about missing PTV onboard LH's planes, yet?
30 Bretts1983: I feel the football (soccer, to keep our fellow American friends happy.) noses are a fantastic addition to the LH fleet. On the topic of special nose
31 EI747SYDNEY: I dont like em........ Just my Rob
32 Breiz: Football is also the word used in French speaking countries around the world. Definitely not soccer.
33 EI747SYDNEY: Oh yeah its FOOTBALL. FAI- Football Association Ireland FA- Football Asocciation DFB- Deutsche Fussball Bund And so on.......... Rob
34 Racko: And I thought the Super Bowl was the event where ugly women showing half of their breast are causing an uproar in a 300 Million people country, only
35 NYC777: All...it's still a soccer nose on the LH plane!!!!! Amazing how easy it is to get under the skin of some of those Euros! [Edite
36 Sabena332: Good idea. Does anyone know why this piece of crap airline doesn't offer PTV's in Eco? The FIFA maybe also? You're right, maybe I didn't find the cor
37 474218: I think it turned in to a F vs S thread.
40 EI747SYDNEY: Cheap ass management who dont care how comfortable their pax are in economy.... Rob
41 Startknob: No, we're turning this into an B/S vs. A/F thread - with high security : So, you all still simply think all this all about Fussball, Football, Soccer?
42 Airmaxfra: Just as an addition: not being an official sponsor of that FIFA-event LH (nor any other company) are allowed to use the logo or wording "WM2006" in th
43 Concentriq: thats awesome!!!! i love it. Some references: http://www.faqfarm.com/Q/Why_is_US_f..._it_has_little_to_do_with_the_feet http://www.answerbag.com/c_vi
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