I had to laugh when I recently learned that the chain of ‘family restaurants’, Hooters, have started an airline. My first thought came from the rather base instinct behind the male appreciation for ‘lovely lady lumps.’ However, on a more considered reflection I thought to myself that flying Hooters Air might actually be a pretty crass affair.
I’ve only been to Hooters once in my life. My friend Missy insisted that I needed to try this (just as she insisted she take me to a strip bar a couple of years earlier when I was, believe it or not, a strip bar virgin!).
“Hot girls in tight t-shirts serve you.” She explained to me as if I had been born on a turnip truck the day before. “You’ll love it.” Missy assured me as she speculated that Hooters may well be some guys idea of heaven.
‘Love it’ was perhaps overstating how I felt about Hooters. Yes I do like chicken wings, and yes I do like boobs, and a combination of the two wasn’t something I was about to object to, would it be enough for me to want to fly Hooters Air? Not really.
As much as I like chicken breasts, I’m not enough of a breast man for it to make me decide that I want to fly with an airline that is all about them. Plus the prospect of sitting next to a man who has isn’t real exciting to me.
The airlines inaugural flight ended in “a big guy in shorts” being arrested for making an “unsuitable comment.” Which left me wondering, when an airline sells itself on boobs, how unsuitable does a comment have to be in order to have someone arrested?
Of course in these tough economic times for airlines, the possibility that this venture won’t work is a very real one indeed. If that happens you can be assured that it would be headline news. Not because it would be big news, but because the temptation to come up with some witty headline about Hooters Air going bust would surely be an opportunity to good to pass up.
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Hooters Air
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Wrote the following comment on Mar 14, 2006 at 9:31 am
Hey Sommer, it’s America, sue them! In the most litigeous country in the world you’re bound to have a case. Imagine the headlines when your lawyer files a case arguing Hooters is more ass than tits. Fan-titty-tastic! :-D
Wrote the following comment on Mar 14, 2006 at 11:16 am
I’m waiting for the gay male equivalent airline. Although the wings were good, I felt uncomfortable with the environment in Hooters.
Wrote the following comment on Mar 14, 2006 at 8:12 am
ive been to hooters maybe 3 times in my life, and the thing that gets me is that its really more ass than tits there. most of the girls dont really have boobs (or pretty faces for that matter) and theres more emphasis on their asses. which im sure is totally fine with the men, but it seems like false advertisement to me. haaha. what do i know?
Wrote the following comment on Mar 14, 2006 at 9:35 am
All I can imagine is how awkward the lone grandmother would feel; using the ticket her grandson purchased for her visit.
Wrote the following comment on Mar 15, 2006 at 5:39 am
And what will the in-flight movies be :o) ??