B6FA4ever From United States of America, joined Aug 2003, 813 posts, RR: 12 Posted (6 years 3 months 2 weeks 3 days 18 hours ago) and read 7212 times:
as i was reading the Feb. '07 issue of Airways magazine i'm looking through the "Debrief" section. Found a rather hilarious story i thought i'd share. did a search and didn't see anything related to it. here it is...
~B6FA4ever
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"Little Boys Talking Dirty"
Attempting to maintain an edge in the competitive Hong Kong market, Virgin Atlantic Airways emphasizes the 9.5in (24cm)-wide seat-back screens of its IFE (In-Flight Entertainment) system. Unfortunately, the airline chose to go down the adolescent humor path, with ads headlined "Play With Yourself" and "9 Inches of Pleasure". Memo to the 20-something Marketing Virgins: You're so last-century. Winston cigarettes beat you in 1963 with "It's Not How Long You Make It; It's How you Make it Long".
FlyDreamliner From United States of America, joined Jan 2006, 2759 posts, RR: 15 Reply 2, posted (6 years 3 months 2 weeks 3 days 12 hours ago) and read 6700 times:
It's exactly the kind of interestingly distasteful advertising that would catch your attention... the kind you would never find on Singapore or United.
But point taken, they could be more tasteful - like the good tobacco folks, and include some taste in the ad.
"Let the world change you, and you can change the world"
Sparklehorse12 From Australia, joined Feb 2007, 869 posts, RR: 2 Reply 3, posted (6 years 3 months 2 weeks 3 days 11 hours ago) and read 6622 times:
Your right flydreamliner, you would never find it on UA or SQ but I guess they are a different type of airline. The patrons of UA would try to sue for being 'oh so horrified' by it or something silly like that
ATAIndy From United States of America, joined May 2004, 579 posts, RR: 4 Reply 6, posted (6 years 3 months 2 weeks 2 days 19 hours ago) and read 4733 times:
I remember reading that and chuckling myself. That aside, the add doesn't make me want to fly Virgin anymore then UA or SQ. It's like what Ghost77 said, the add is designed to attract attention and it did just that.
B707Stu From United States of America, joined Feb 2005, 918 posts, RR: 4 Reply 7, posted (6 years 3 months 2 weeks 2 days 19 hours ago) and read 4342 times:
IT's all good until you fly them. I prefer UA, LH, DL, or even BA, yuch, across the water.
Bimmerkid19 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 8, posted (6 years 3 months 2 weeks 2 days 19 hours ago) and read 4165 times:
Quoting Sparklehorse12 (Reply 3): The patrons of UA would try to sue for being 'oh so horrified' by it or something silly like that
Well it comes from America's idiotic horror of their bodies and not accepting that your body is just something that is... Dang those pilgrims with their puritan views on life. The #1 thing in life is to respect your own body.... and the way that the pigrims thought about their bodies.. it was like that it was an icky topic to talk about... Some people just need to get up off their closed-minded ideals and realize that many places in the world are far more open about things like this.
September11 From United States of America, joined May 2004, 3623 posts, RR: 23 Reply 9, posted (6 years 3 months 2 weeks 2 days 17 hours ago) and read 3262 times:
Virgin Atlantic, what's next? Adult magazines on board? Can I apply to be one of Virgin Atlantic's boys and get paid for talking dirty?
UALFAson From United States of America, joined Mar 2004, 582 posts, RR: 4 Reply 10, posted (6 years 3 months 2 weeks 2 days 16 hours ago) and read 3222 times:
I liked the ads Virgin ran in bus shelters when the second Austin Powers movie came out. It was a photo of Austin straddling a gigantic Virgin Atlantic 747 (an obvious phallic symbol) and the tag line read "There's only one Virgin on this poster, baby!"
Not the classiest route, but a bit of tongue-in-cheek, double-entendre humor that only Virgin could get away with.
"We hope you've enjoyed flying with us as much as we've enjoyed taking you for a ride."
ORDRyan28 From United States of America, joined Jul 2006, 988 posts, RR: 17 Reply 11, posted (6 years 3 months 2 weeks 2 days 16 hours ago) and read 3215 times:
B6FA4ever From United States of America, joined Aug 2003, 813 posts, RR: 12 Reply 12, posted (6 years 3 months 2 weeks 2 days 15 hours ago) and read 3119 times:
Quoting Bimmerkid19 (Reply 8): Well it comes from America's idiotic horror of their bodies and not accepting that your body is just something that is... Dang those pilgrims with their puritan views on life. The #1 thing in life is to respect your own body.... and the way that the pigrims thought about their bodies.. it was like that it was an icky topic to talk about... Some people just need to get up off their closed-minded ideals and realize that many places in the world are far more open about things like this.
thats my thoughts exactly. why does the USA have to be so closed-minded when it comes to the body (or anything for that matter). we should get w/ the program like the majority of other countries and actually be human.
Quoting ORDRyan28 (Reply 11): seems some could take a slogan like that offensive, though.
i'd explain more about it but i'd probably "offend" some of those people like ORDRyan28 was talking about.
ORDRyan28 From United States of America, joined Jul 2006, 988 posts, RR: 17 Reply 14, posted (6 years 3 months 2 weeks 2 days 14 hours ago) and read 3014 times:
Ikramerica From United States of America, joined May 2005, 21029 posts, RR: 60 Reply 16, posted (6 years 3 months 2 weeks 2 days 11 hours ago) and read 2803 times:
What happens when someone does play with themselves on a flight and gets in trouble. Can they claim that Virgin endorsed such behavior in their ads?
Food for thought...
Of all the things to worry about... the Wookie has no pants.
IAirAllie From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 17, posted (6 years 3 months 2 weeks 2 days 11 hours ago) and read 2802 times:
Quoting Bimmerkid19 (Reply 8): Quoting Sparklehorse12 (Reply 3):
The patrons of UA would try to sue for being 'oh so horrified' by it or something silly like that
Well it comes from America's idiotic horror of their bodies and not accepting that your body is just something that is... Dang those pilgrims with their puritan views on life. The #1 thing in life is to respect your own body.... and the way that the pigrims thought about their bodies.. it was like that it was an icky topic to talk about... Some people just need to get up off their closed-minded ideals and realize that many places in the world are far more open about things like this.
Good grief. If an American company had used those catch phrases you US-haters would be railing on about how immature and low-brow we are. Damned if we do damned if we don't. You haters will always find something to criticize.
Ikramerica From United States of America, joined May 2005, 21029 posts, RR: 60 Reply 18, posted (6 years 3 months 2 weeks 2 days 11 hours ago) and read 2783 times:
Quoting IAirAllie (Reply 17): You haters will always find something to criticize.
It's best to just ignore them...
Of all the things to worry about... the Wookie has no pants.
Detroitflyer From United States of America, joined Oct 2006, 375 posts, RR: 0 Reply 19, posted (6 years 3 months 2 weeks 2 days 11 hours ago) and read 2755 times:
Quoting IAirAllie (Reply 17):
Good grief. If an American company had used those catch phrases you US-haters would be railing on about how immature and low-brow we are. Damned if we do damned if we don't. You haters will always find something to criticize.
another point.... that would NEVER happen in america, by a major aircarrier.
PanHAM From Germany, joined May 2005, 7771 posts, RR: 26 Reply 20, posted (6 years 3 months 2 weeks 2 days 11 hours ago) and read 2703 times:
Quoting Ikramerica (Reply 16): What happens when someone does play with themselves on a flight and gets in trouble. Can they claim that Virgin endorsed such behavior in their ads
No, but they can claim "The devil made me do it, Huhhh".
It's not US hate when some of us aliens make fun about certain behavior in the US. I mean it is funny when drinking in the public is not allowed but a brown bag covering the booze bottle does the trick.
It is funny, when a marketing slogan, which is tongue in cheek, is subject to a discussion.
Us aliens could say, guys, you have a dirty mind. Now, that is something to laugh about, isn't it? Most of us love the States, it's a wonderful country and good advertising needs slogans like the one we discuss here,
There is nothing wrong about that. Virgin was always good in that, I liked a poster I saw in NY some time ago, showing a hippie making the V sign. It said, in the 70s he knew which airline he would take to London in the 90s.
OK, that ad campaign would probably not have worked in Chicago.
Sparklehorse12 From Australia, joined Feb 2007, 869 posts, RR: 2 Reply 21, posted (6 years 3 months 2 weeks 2 days 10 hours ago) and read 2635 times:
Quoting Ikramerica (Reply 16): What happens when someone does play with themselves on a flight and gets in trouble. Can they claim that Virgin endorsed such behavior in their ads?
Food for thought... Wink
HAHAHA - That is exactly my point. Everyones knows playing with yourself is socially unacceptable but in the US someone would try to blame someone else and also try to profit out of it......
Quoting IAirAllie (Reply 17): Good grief. If an American company had used those catch phrases you US-haters would be railing on about how immature and low-brow we are. Damned if we do damned if we don't. You haters will always find something to criticize.
I don't hate America at all. Gosh I went to University there and loved it....I see the paradoxes of America and they make me laugh particulary when plural 'America' is outraged by something so minor yet turn a blind eye when a war is ordered where thousands of innocent people are killed....or where 40 million people have no health care.......that's all I am pointing out...nothing major
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Some people just need to get up off their closed-minded ideals and realize that many places in the world are far more open about things like this.
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