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 Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2007 10:43 pm Post subject: The Mile High Pole-Dancing Club |
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Naked lapdancing advert only visible from the air lands marketing firm in trouble
14th June 2007
Visitors to Gatwick Airport are being greeted by a naked pole dancer - but not everyone is happy about it. The giant silhouette of a naked pole dancer painted on a field beneath the airport's flight path could land the marketing company behind it with thousands of pounds' worth of fines. The 100,000 square foot advert advertising a risque website was painted on a field in Surrey at some time last week and was designed by London-based marketing agency Sports Media Gaming (SMG).
Although nearly invisible from the ground, the advert can clearly be seen by thousands of airline passengers flying out of Gatwick each day, which Tandridge Council says is illegal. A spokeswoman for the council said it was painted on the field without proper planning permission and legal action would be taken if it is not removed. SMG is refusing to get rid of it, claiming it can be seen only from the air and so is not subject to council planning regulations. If found guilty the firm faces a fine of up to £2,500 plus an extra £250 for each day the advert remains in place.
Steven Johnson, commercial director of Flightpath Media, a subsidiary of SMG, said the advert had already generated thousands of pounds of advertising and insisted that the firm was not breaking the law. "We are operating quite within our rights. We produce adverts that are only visible by people in the air. If the council own the rights to the airspace then we would be happy to hear from them," he said.
Mr Johnson said SMG was intending to produce similar paintings over the next few days on fields beneath flight paths out of Manchester, Leeds and Stansted airports. This is not the first time that the company's ads have appeared near the airport. In 2005, an ad for Lynx deodorant featuring a man fondling two naked women was washed off a nearby field after Unilever PLC decided to pull it.
The Campaign to Protect Rural England expressed disgust with the ad. "It sets such a nasty precedent, using our landscapes just for advertisement," said Paul Miner, a planning campaigner.
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I'm sure now that the advert's got so much coverage that 2.5 grand a day is worth it! |
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nekokate
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| Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2007 10:53 pm Post subject: |
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I applaud them for doing that. I bet people wouldn't be kicking up such a fuss if it was an advert for a local tyre repair shop or something. I hope it gets on Google Earth before they're forced to remove it  |
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luke
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| Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2007 11:01 pm Post subject: |
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who cares ... i'm just waiting for my lap dancer to arrive 
its not 2.5k a day though, only £250 a day plus the one off fine of up to 2.5k - bargain  |
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Mandy
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Excellent ad .... All that publicity (including on this blog) .. WELL worth it.
I wonder technically how they did it, i.e. if it was smaller, they could paint in the cutouts.
If they had an overhead projector in a Helicopter, they could project the image whilst someone paints it. But that's probably too expensive. |
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| Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2007 9:52 am Post subject: |
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| I'd imagine they'd have painted it using some sort of GPS controlled buggy/paintbrush contraption. |
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Mandy
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| Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2007 9:59 am Post subject: |
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| faceless wrote: | | I'd imagine they'd have painted it using some sort of GPS controlled buggy/paintbrush contraption. |
Imagine the fun you could have with that !!! Any message, any place, any time.
p.s. Is the advert deliberately being crude about "Anyplace, Anywhere" .. in my innocence, I assumed they were synonymous, but now I think "anywhere" might not be referring to a property location. |
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nekokate
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| Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2007 2:54 pm Post subject: |
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| Mandy wrote: | | faceless wrote: | | I'd imagine they'd have painted it using some sort of GPS controlled buggy/paintbrush contraption. |
Imagine the fun you could have with that !!! Any message, any place, any time.
p.s. Is the advert deliberately being crude about "Anyplace, Anywhere" .. in my innocence, I assumed they were synonymous, but now I think "anywhere" might not be referring to a property location. |
The company specialises in sending personalised lapdancing/stripping videos to your mobile phone - they don't actually send a stripper to your door. (I was just too intrigued, so I looked it up! ) |
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faceless
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| Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2007 3:13 pm Post subject: |
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| I just realised the 'any time, any place, anywhere' line was what they used to advertised Cinzano with... |
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luke
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| Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2007 3:22 pm Post subject: |
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| nekokate wrote: | | The company specialises in sending personalised lapdancing/stripping videos to your mobile phone - they don't actually send a stripper to your door. (I was just too intrigued, so I looked it up! ) |
i thought it was actual strippers! i guess i should check my mobile instead of waiting for the doorbell |
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nekokate
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| Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2007 4:37 pm Post subject: |
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| luke wrote: | | nekokate wrote: | | The company specialises in sending personalised lapdancing/stripping videos to your mobile phone - they don't actually send a stripper to your door. (I was just too intrigued, so I looked it up! ) |
i thought it was actual strippers! i guess i should check my mobile instead of waiting for the doorbell |
Hehe. It would be quite cool to be able to order a stripper to your door like ordering a pizza. Maybe there's a gap in the market... |
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Mandy
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| Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2007 5:04 pm Post subject: |
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| nekokate wrote: | | Hehe. It would be quite cool to be able to order a stripper to your door like ordering a pizza. Maybe there's a gap in the market... |
In Washington, there was a drug delivery service like this. For strippers, you just call the "madame" |
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luke
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| Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2007 5:14 pm Post subject: |
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| nekokate wrote: | | Maybe there's a gap in the market... |
are you still looking for a job you and faceless could go into business together, call it couch stripper, you can takes turns between the stripper and the "look but don't touch" bouncer depending on where you're booked watch out for them hen nights faceless
| Mandy wrote: | | In Washington, there was a drug delivery service like this. |
there was one in london according to the independent a few years back, top class weed delivered by moped |
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faceless
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| Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2007 5:28 pm Post subject: |
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| couchstrippers - haha good one |
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Aja
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| Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2007 6:08 pm Post subject: |
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| faceless wrote: | | I just realised the 'any time, any place, anywhere' line was what they used to advertised Cinzano with... |
I think it was Martini I have the stupid song in my head now grrrrr |
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alan1254
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| Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2007 9:01 am Post subject: |
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| I think its pretty clever and imaginative |
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