Your point being?
Posted on 11/14/2008 10:20:19 AM PST by WesternCulture
Low-cost airline Ryanair has responded to 'anti-fun' opponents of its advertising by sending its raunchy 2009 cabin crew calendar to select Swedish politicians.
Top of their mailing list is feminist Liberal Party politician Birgitta Ohlsson, who last month urged consumers to boycott the budget carrier over its “old-fashioned” response to complaints about an advert featuring a young woman in a skimpy school uniform.
"We're expecting her usual 'anti-fun' response,' Ryanair spokesman Stephen McNamara told The Local.
Entitled 'The Girls of Ryanair', the airline's new 2009 calendar features liberally oiled and scantily clad female cabin crew.
"I can't see what the problem is, there are a huge number of similar calendars on the market and it's raising money for charity. I don't think it's any different to a calendar showing firemen or rugby players."
McNamara continues: "I'm sure Birgitta will hate it - she probably has pictures of pussy cats and dogs running through fields up on her walls. However, it would be pretty difficult to shift that sort of calendar on our flights."
"We're just giving people what they want".
Also on their list of high profile recipients is the ERK, the Swedish advertising industry body which focuses on regulating sexist advertising.
"I haven't actually received the calendar yet, but I can make a guess at what it will look like," explains ERK secretary Tobias Eltell.
"It's very kind of him to send a copy, but I can't really see why he has done so as it doesn't change the ERK's criticisms of Ryanair's advertising policies."
"It is sad for him that he doesn't seem to understand the meaning of the council's expression in this matter. He seems to think that naked girls and his air company have a connection," says Eltell.
McNamara refused the possibility of a new, male version of the calendar:
"Quite simply, our male staff aren't good looking enough and it wouldn't really appeal to our target audience."
"I certainly won't be making an appearance on a Ryanair calendar anytime soon. The only place I expect to get pinned up is on Birgitta Ohlsson’s dart board."
When questioned, Ohlsson declined comment on the new calendar, stating: "I think I have said all there is to say on the subject of Ryanair."
(sigh...)
Snorkeling while getting... er... doing the breast stroke!!
“This is really worthless without pictures.”
“- No, actually, the article is rather interesting even without the aid of images.”
If you’re a woman or gay, yes.
- I was under the impression only nerds bother about learning how to post pictures in forum threads:)
“Your point being?”
- My point is that you and I fail to pretend to be communicating.
But at least, we’re not Liberals.
I’d buy YOU and all of your Bulgarian relatives a drink if you were here right now!
Accept?
Cheers/Nazdrave!!
Ryanair ‘defends right of Swedish girls to take their clothes off’
Now that's a right worth fighting for!!!!!
I’m overly convinced extremely sexy women and smart Irish businessmen could do a lot to make America and Europe come together more.
Long live cheap Irish airlines!!
(I’m actually sincere, although I’m drinking cheap Spanish wine at the moment)
LOL. Now that promises the kind of “trans-Atlantic cooperation” we need ..... :^)
“Now that promises the kind of “trans-Atlantic cooperation” we need .....”
- Way to go, fellow freeper! Long live true love between the two continents who truly love freedom!
Besides that, Nothing could make our common enemy more nervous than a renewed joint Western pact!
I’m only 39, but I’ve talked to brave, older members of my family who fought the Russians during the Finnish Winter War and they don’t regret anything.
I’m getting inspired!
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