May 13 2007
Germany Is A Good Country For Business
posted by Ana Samways at 8:43 pmWe’re used to the ad campaign slogans that tourism throws our way: “100% Pure New Zealand”, “Clean and green” as well as Australia’s “Where the bloody hell are you” and Norfolk Island’s “See you in the courthouse”. But here’s a very different approach –a 1970s TV commercial from German airline Lufthansa trying to lure international businessmen to their permissive society for a few drinks and a spot of philandering…
May 13th, 2007 at 11:07 pm
No, duh. That’s why I go to Germany.
May 14th, 2007 at 6:07 am
Back in the day, before faxes were ubiquitous, I worked as a courier transporting documents around the globe. Lufthansa was held to stand for “Let Us F[ornicate with] The Hostess And Not Say Anything”; Qantas was “Queers And Nymphomaniacs Travelling As Stewards”. I flew mostly between Brazil and the then West Germany, and so was usually on “Varias Aeromocas Sao Putas”, which I leave untranslated.
May 14th, 2007 at 8:13 am
whoa … was that a nipple?
May 14th, 2007 at 1:04 pm
@Shandyman
And were they really?
May 14th, 2007 at 5:32 pm
It says video is no longer available.
Love Across Borders
May 14th, 2007 at 11:31 pm
Any link to another location where we can see it?
May 15th, 2007 at 7:14 am
Already looked, can’t see one. A shame it was taken down, it wasn’t that racy and it was a great time capsule…