Local Council Orders Racy Ad Removed From Beneath Airport's Flight Path


	Local Council Orders Racy Ad Removed From Beneath Airport's Flight Path

Newfman

6-16-2007 5:18 AM

272 views

tags:

odd

Add a Comment

Login to Comment. Not a member yet? Sign up

McCain To Katrina Victims In 2005: You're...

Sarah Palin and the Jewish community

NJ cops kick in door over bird's cries for...

Man Of The Year!

People once conquered by Rome at greater r...

Animal Kingdom's Odd Couples

More clips from Newfman

Least Competent Criminal

Lost baby whale thinks yacht is mom

Spray-On Condoms: Still a Hard Sell

Today's Top Clips

visit the Top Clips page

View the Top Clips from June 16, 2007

Embed This Clip In Your Site...

<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/e1a46027-be3f-4cf0-987c-d39378f6fd87/BA0A2B54-256C-43D9-B6F3-0E85246F47EE/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,282592,00.html" href="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,282592,00.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.foxnews.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,282592,00.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.foxnews.com/img/CF6AD67B-5C4E-4BC0-97E0-963A5D07E363" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,282592,00.html">A giant silhouette of a naked pole dancer painted on a field beneath <A href="javascript:siteSearch('Gatwick Airport');"><B>Gatwick Airport</B></A>'s flight path is disturbing the British countryside.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,282592,00.html">The 100,000 square foot advertisement is nearly invisible from the ground, but can be seen by airline passengers, Tandridge District Council spokeswoman Giuseppina Valenza said Thursday.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,282592,00.html">She said the ad was painted on the field without proper permission and that the council would take legal action if it was not removed.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,282592,00.html"><P><A href="javascript:siteSearch('Sports Media Gaming Ltd');"><B>Sports Media Gaming Ltd</B></A>, the company behind the ad, said the council had no grounds for removing it. "I think they're unsure about their own regulations to be honest," director Stephen Pearson said. "We're not going to remove it at all."</p> <P>This is not the first time that the company's ads have appeared near the airport.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,282592,00.html"><P>In 2005, an ad for Lynx deodorant featuring a man fondling two naked women was washed off a nearby field after <A href="javascript:siteSearch('Unilever PLC');"><B>Unilever PLC</B></A> decided to pull it, Pearson said.</p> <P><EM>(Story continues below)</EM></P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/BA0A2B54-256C-43D9-B6F3-0E85246F47EE/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

Clipmarks: Home; New Clips; Top Clips; Dashboard

Popular Topics: News; Life; Science; Technology; Entertainment

Get Started: Sign Up; Install Clipping Tool; How Clipping Works; Clip-to-Blog™; ClipSearch

Tools and Resources: FAQ; ClipWeek; Top Clippers; Top Tags; Site Map

About Clipmarks: About Us; Contact; Blog; Copyright; Privacy; EULA

Search Options

Related Clips

More clips from Newfman

Today's Top Clips