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An Airline with a sense of humor! (pics) (Original Post) A HERETIC I AM Jul 2015 OP
Something incongruous about it... Helen Borg Jul 2015 #1
I like it. hobbit709 Jul 2015 #2
what, they should look conventional? NJCher Jul 2015 #3
"Kulula?" That's too close for comfort, if you ask me. Orrex Jul 2015 #4
What does it mean? Xyzse Jul 2015 #10
You'll understand when The Stars Are Right! Orrex Jul 2015 #11
Um, ok... Xyzse Jul 2015 #12
I also missed the reference, until ChazInAz explained it in #13 Jim Lane Jul 2015 #16
Ahhhh!!!! Xyzse Jul 2015 #17
"Overactive imagination?!?" How dare you, sir! Orrex Jul 2015 #19
Maybe not fiction... Ned Flanders Jul 2015 #21
Should I have inferred "profoundly troubled childhoods" instead? (n/t) Jim Lane Jul 2015 #25
Is there something you'd like to share with the group? Orrex Jul 2015 #30
Since you ask, I will share my own fear... Jim Lane Jul 2015 #36
I purchased the Cthulhu campaign pack in 1992 Orrex Jul 2015 #37
Actually, I was thinking of kahlua IrishEyes Jul 2015 #27
All Hail! ChazInAz Jul 2015 #13
Hail Nyarlethtope Ned Flanders Jul 2015 #14
"It's easy" in the Zulu tongue jmowreader Jul 2015 #40
The "this way up" graphics will really make a terrible statement if the plane were to..... marble falls Jul 2015 #5
Keep the dirty side down. Fuddnik Jul 2015 #8
Sound advice. marble falls Jul 2015 #20
Cool! Sherman A1 Jul 2015 #6
I kinda do too! cwydro Jul 2015 #15
Their sense of humour is definitely edgy alcina Jul 2015 #7
I love it ... brett_jv Jul 2015 #18
I was once on a TWA 707 from Paris to Boston DFW Jul 2015 #22
A variation on that..... Capt.Rocky300 Jul 2015 #32
Had to have been a different airline, though. DFW Jul 2015 #39
At least if it goes into the ocean an orca wont try to mate with it NightWatcher Jul 2015 #9
To find THAT arousing, that would have to be one very nearsighted orca n/t DFW Jul 2015 #23
I prefer the Pokemon Special, myself Art_from_Ark Jul 2015 #26
I'll stick with my usual, more mundane form of jet-setting Joe Shlabotnik Jul 2015 #29
ROFL Auggie Jul 2015 #38
The last two pictures are asking for trouble Renew Deal Jul 2015 #24
love it! Liberal_in_LA Jul 2015 #28
Nice. And... MannyGoldstein Jul 2015 #31
Ah, Braniff International in the crazy days.... Capt.Rocky300 Jul 2015 #33
After a rather rough landing in Kansas City... JayhawkSD Jul 2015 #34
Big Like! oldandhappy Jul 2015 #35

Orrex

(63,086 posts)
4. "Kulula?" That's too close for comfort, if you ask me.
Thu Jul 9, 2015, 07:33 AM
Jul 2015

We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage far.

Xyzse

(8,217 posts)
12. Um, ok...
Thu Jul 9, 2015, 10:23 AM
Jul 2015

I did a google search earlier, and I saw that in Swahili it meant, sleeping. Would that be the meaning you were saying?

Since Sleeping, and everything that could relate to it does not bode well for a flight unless it means comfort.

 

Jim Lane

(11,175 posts)
16. I also missed the reference, until ChazInAz explained it in #13
Thu Jul 9, 2015, 01:24 PM
Jul 2015

Some DUers with overactive imaginations are concerned that the airline name sounds like Cthulhu.

Orrex

(63,086 posts)
19. "Overactive imagination?!?" How dare you, sir!
Thu Jul 9, 2015, 02:18 PM
Jul 2015

We'll see who's scoffing when dead Cthulhu walks again!

 

Ned Flanders

(233 posts)
21. Maybe not fiction...
Thu Jul 9, 2015, 04:12 PM
Jul 2015

Considering that the Cthulhu mythos spells HIS dread name in many ways (Tulu, Clulu, Clooloo, Cthulu, Cthullu, C'thulhu, Cighulu, Cathulu, C'thlu, Kathulu, Kutulu, Kthulhu, Q’thulu, K'tulu, Kthulhut, Kutu, Kulhu, Kutunluu, Ktulu, Cuitiliú, Thu Thu), this airline's name could certainly be a hidden variant.

Also, Clark Ashton Smith, one of the mythos' contributors, lived most his life in Auburn, CA, and was there when mysterious Hawver Cave was discovered to be full of ancient bones of unknown giant-sized creatures. The local hills are also dotted with strange rock formations and petroglyphs, which the local Native Americans claim were encarved by some older race which came from the stars. In early 1849, when a group of miners were found slaughtered at Murderer's Bar, down on the American River, the Indians again blamed it on those other peoples. The miners had been dismembered, and laid out on a large rock outcropping in some strange pattern never documented by investigating authorities.

Some rocks even have grooves carved into them, possibly for channeling blood, although other archeologists believe they may be just records of long journeys, with spirals representing gateways to other Places. Many outcroppings have cupules, which scholars have matched with the constellations thousands of years ago. I am site monitor of one such site, and have noticed that each winter solstice certain cupules are overlain by a shadow from a prominent rock spur. And each year, one additional cupule is so shadowed, such that in my lifetime I expect them all to be covered by the "pointer" shadow.

Perhaps this is a marker for the star positions, showing us when the time is right to expect HIS return?

Overactive imagination, indeed.

 

Jim Lane

(11,175 posts)
36. Since you ask, I will share my own fear...
Fri Jul 10, 2015, 04:55 AM
Jul 2015

My fear is that Cthulhu will re-appear and announce his candidacy for the Republican nomination.

Orrex

(63,086 posts)
37. I purchased the Cthulhu campaign pack in 1992
Fri Jul 10, 2015, 08:18 AM
Jul 2015

"Why settle for the lesser evil?" was the slogan. Now that's a platform I can respect!

IrishEyes

(3,275 posts)
27. Actually, I was thinking of kahlua
Thu Jul 9, 2015, 10:29 PM
Jul 2015

but I just got home from a party. That would't be a good name for an airline.

jmowreader

(50,453 posts)
40. "It's easy" in the Zulu tongue
Sat Jul 11, 2015, 02:09 AM
Jul 2015
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kulula.com

This is supposedly a no-frills airline, which makes one wonder if, just maybe, tickets on it wouldn't be a bit less expensive if they weren't wrapping their planes at $100,000 a pop.

marble falls

(56,371 posts)
5. The "this way up" graphics will really make a terrible statement if the plane were to.....
Thu Jul 9, 2015, 07:52 AM
Jul 2015

be photographed after an accident. Certainly gives me a tad of a pause right now.

alcina

(602 posts)
7. Their sense of humour is definitely edgy
Thu Jul 9, 2015, 08:36 AM
Jul 2015

A couple of examples of their flight announcements:

"To operate your seat belt, insert the metal tab into the buckle, and pull the belt tight. It works just like every other seat belt; and, if you don't know how to operate one by now, then you probably shouldn't be allowed out in public unsupervised."

"In the event of a sudden loss of cabin pressure, masks will descend from the ceiling. Stop screaming, grab the mask, and pull it over your face. If you have a small child travelling with you, secure your mask before assisting with theirs. If you are travelling with more than one small child, pick your favourite."

After a less than perfect landing on a Kulula flight to Johannesburg, "Ladies and Gentlemen, please remain in your seats until Captain Crash and the Crew have brought the aircraft to a screeching halt against the gate. And, once the tire smoke has cleared and the warning bells are silenced, we will open the door and you can pick your way through the wreckage to the terminal."


If you have a lot of time, here's a long article about them:

http://www.southafrica.to/transport/Airlines/Kulula-flights/Kulula-humour.php5

DFW

(54,057 posts)
22. I was once on a TWA 707 from Paris to Boston
Thu Jul 9, 2015, 05:32 PM
Jul 2015

Halfway over the Atlantic, the pilot came on the PA:

"Ladies and gentlemen, for those fo you seated on the right side of the aircraft, if your look out your windows, you will see.....the Atlantic Ocean. For those of you seated on the left side of the aircraft, if you look out your windows, you will see.....the Atlantic Ocean. For those of you with aisle seats, if you look up the center aisle, you will see a few worried flight attendants who think I have lost my mind." We all laughed. The flight attendants didn't. I still wonder to this day whose response was more fitting.

Capt.Rocky300

(1,005 posts)
32. A variation on that.....
Fri Jul 10, 2015, 12:04 AM
Jul 2015

For those of you seated on right side of the aircraft, if you look out your window you can see Mt. McKinley in the distance. For those of you on the left side, if you look to your right, you'll see the people looking at Mt. McKinley.

DFW

(54,057 posts)
39. Had to have been a different airline, though.
Fri Jul 10, 2015, 02:26 PM
Jul 2015

Don't recall too many TWA planes flying to Alaska, though maybe they did way back when.

Another incident I experienced was on the tiny commuter plane between Provincetown and Boston. The captain announced that there was a pod of whales below us, and he was taking us on a spontaneous whale watch. So he zoomed down so those of us on the right (all 4 of us) could see the whales, zoomed back up, and back down again so the people on the left (all four of them) could get a look, too. Then he continued on to Boston. The whole detour lasted less than a minute. You can get away with stuff like that in a Cessna. I wouldn't try it in a 737.

 

JayhawkSD

(3,163 posts)
34. After a rather rough landing in Kansas City...
Fri Jul 10, 2015, 01:13 AM
Jul 2015

"Ladies and gentlemen, our captain is so happy to be in Kansas City this evening that he landed twice."

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