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dc_dux · 06-06-2008, 11:12 AM

This is my kind of airline.....Derrie Air

I'm environmentally conscious and lightweight!

Pack Less....Weigh Less....Pay Less

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Welcome to Derrie-Air, the world's only carbon-neutral luxury airline, where you don't have to choose between living the high life and saving the planet....

But not only will we do our part to protect the environment, we will expect you, our passengers, to do your part as well. The magic comes from our one of a kind "Sliding Scale"—the more you weigh, the more you'll pay. After all, it takes more fuel—more energy—to get more weight from point A to point B. So we will charge passengers based on how much mass they add to the plane.

About Dick Derrie:
Dick Derrie was born in Salamander, Missouri, a tiny hamlet on the banks of the Mississippi. (Salamander is small, so small that you won't find it on any map.) His father was a fisherman. As a child, Dick ate nothing but line-caught Mississippi fish. This unusual diet flooded his brain with Omega-3 fatty acids, to which he credits his remarkable business acumen.

Note: The Derrie-Air campaign is a fictitious advertising campaign created by Philadelphia Media Holdings to test the results of advertising in our print and online products and to stimulate discussion on a timely environmental topic of interest to all citizens. All names, identities, characters, persons, whether living or dead, companies, situations, offers, products, services, and other information appearing in this campaign and the associated website are fictitious. Any resemblance to real or fictitious names, identities, characters, persons, whether living or dead, companies, situations, offers, products, services, or other information, is purely coincidental and unintentional. In other words, smile, we're pulling your leg.

highthief · 06-06-2008, 01:14 PM

Even though it's a bit of a spoof - it might be fun to see it happen! I'm 160 lbs, the wife is 120 lbs - we could have a nice holiday!

uncle phil · 06-07-2008, 02:25 AM

"sounds" like something out of the onion...

Destrox · 06-07-2008, 07:25 PM

Sad its not real, I'd make out so well with this. The gf and I could fly more.

blahblah454 · 06-07-2008, 07:31 PM

This does indeed sound like something from the onion. Could make for an interesting airline though. Maybe it would give some incentive for some people who travel lots to lose a few pounds.

06-06-2008, 01:14 PM	#2 (permalink)
highthief Junkie Location: Ontario, Canada	Even though it's a bit of a spoof - it might be fun to see it happen! I'm 160 lbs, the wife is 120 lbs - we could have a nice holiday! __________________ Si vis pacem parabellum.

06-07-2008, 02:25 AM	#3 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	"sounds" like something out of the onion... __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

06-07-2008, 07:25 PM	#4 (permalink)
Destrox Metal and Rock 4 Life Location: Phoenix	Sad its not real, I'd make out so well with this. The gf and I could fly more. __________________ You bore me.... next.

06-07-2008, 07:31 PM	#5 (permalink)
blahblah454 Let's put a smile on that face Location: On the road...	This does indeed sound like something from the onion. Could make for an interesting airline though. Maybe it would give some incentive for some people who travel lots to lose a few pounds.