Giant pole dancing advert pisses off people flying into Gatwick airport (pic)

[Sarah_MaxCash]

Pole dancer causes stir

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, reports the Daily Mail.



The 100,000 sq ft ad for a risque website, designed by London-based marketing agency Sports Media Gaming (SMG), was painted on a field in Surrey last week.

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: "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."

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.

But Paul Miner, of the Campaign to Protect Rural England, said: "It sets such a nasty precedent, using our landscapes just for advertisement."

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[ScreaM]

It's not a real pic. What's all the fuss about?

[alpha_male]

the pic is complete fake.

[DutchTeenCash]

wonder how they made that

[born2blog]

that's some clever advertising!!

[finike]

I think they used they same colors on soccer fields for the lines

[Natasha_s]

not sure about this one but it looks fake to me

[ScreaM]

Originally Posted by DutchTeenCash

wonder how they made that

Me also thinks it's a fake.

[lyno]

So, crop circles might be not more than ads for alien porn sites?

[ScreaM]

This one looks like an alien's penis to me http://www.netpond.com/attachment.ph...chmentid=14401

[Bedtime Stories]

That much free publicity is worth a lot of fines.

[LittleSassy]

wow that was so amazing!!!

[Head Boy]

If farmers could get a decent return on their investments, then they wouldn't need to rent out fields for this stuff.

[freechess]

i think people need to get a life. or at least have a coke and a

smile

[porndragon]

Lol I would be visiting the site and leaving some praise for such an awesome ad if I was a passenger. Just 1 question how long do you think it will be before the censors make them put a little r rating on the corner of the ad :P

[Head Boy]

There are some serious issues here - how many loaves of bread are lost to crop circles?

[ScreaM]

Originally Posted by Head Boy

There are some serious issues here - how many loaves of bread are lost to crop circles?

Imagine how many earthworms died.

[Head Boy]

The earthworms are OK - it's all the other small creatures that suffer.

[Dupont]

That would be pretty good marketing idea

[LezGeri]

Originally Posted by porndragon

Just 1 question how long do you think it will be before the censors make them put a little r rating on the corner of the ad :P

Oh she's very softcore compared to the Cerne Abbis Giant

'Cerne Abbis Giant'
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The Cerne Abbas Giant or the 'Rude Man' is the largest hillfigure in Britain, he (the figure's gender is beyond doubt) is one of two representations of the human form, the other being the Long Man of Wilmington in East Sussex. The giant, carved in solid lines from the chalk bedrock measures in at 180 feet high, and carries a huge knobbled club, which measures 120 feet in length.
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