Fly the Fleshy Skies

Reuters, via MSNBC, reports on one of the most stomach-turning airborne spectacles since the Hindenburg explosion:

German nudists will be able to start their holidays early by stripping off on the plane if they take up a new offer from an eastern German travel firm.

Travel agency OssiUrlaub.de said it would start taking bookings from Friday for a trial nudist day trip from the eastern German town of Erfurt to the popular Baltic Sea resort of Usedom, planned for July 5 and costing 499 euros ($735).

Thank heaven for small favors:

The 55 passengers will have to remain clothed until they board, and dress before disembarking, said Hess. The crew will remain clothed throughout the flight for safety reasons.

More here.

Needless to say, I support totally deregulated air travel, including the right to do this. But suddenly flying coach on U.S. Airways got a lot more comfortable.

The other great German fashion faux-pas analyzed here.

Info on 2003 Naked Air Flight originating from Miami (pictured here).

Comments

Ian Cunningham | January 30, 2008, 11:07am | #

AUGH! Normally work-safe Hit & Run filled with German Ass! ABORT! ABORT!

Kolohe | January 30, 2008, 11:08am | #

Isn't this normally the punchline of any joke regarding TSA?

And it's a good thing neither 60 min nor 20/20 ever did a story on naked air, or else they would probably be out $5.6 million dollars.

lunchstealer | January 30, 2008, 11:10am | #

DO NOT WANT!

Seriously, though. Don't let the FCC find out about this. They'll get all Sipowitz on their ass.

de stijl | January 30, 2008, 11:11am | #

The other great German fashion faux-pas analyzed here.

No. The other German fashion faux pas is wearing black socks with sandals.

Randolph Carter | January 30, 2008, 11:14am | #

I was about to say, you'd better put some fuzzy bubbles over those asses or you might get NYPD Blue'd

Jennifer | January 30, 2008, 11:15am | #

I hope those flight attendants are paid hundreds of thousands of dollars for this.

Russ 2000 | January 30, 2008, 11:15am | #

I wouldn't want to have to use those seat cushions as a flotation device after these people were done with the plane.

JLM | January 30, 2008, 11:16am | #

For the sake of the next group of passengers, lets hope that they are putting some sort of covers on the seats. Can you say "skid marks"?

Lamar | January 30, 2008, 11:17am | #

Mummenshitz!

Warren | January 30, 2008, 11:20am | #

But suddenly flying coach on U.S. Airways got a lot more comfortable.
Piffle! I don't care if I'm flying with the cast of a German opera. If the plane takes off the same hour it's scheduled, and lands in the right city, it's still better than US Air.

brotherben | January 30, 2008, 11:25am | #

not to mention the snail trails in the seats.

J. Sanchez | January 30, 2008, 11:40am | #

I PREFER HAIR ON MY GERMAN MAN-ASS

JW | January 30, 2008, 11:49am | #

We make sudden depressurizations fun!

ce | January 30, 2008, 11:53am | #

I already get cold on airplanes. And I'm already uncomfortable sitting so close to people.

More power to them, though.

cole | January 30, 2008, 11:59am | #

snakes on a plane? anyone?

J sub D | January 30, 2008, 12:08pm | #

I went to a "swimsuit optional" beach once. Count me out.

SuperMike | January 30, 2008, 12:15pm | #

Who knew reasonoids were such uptight cats? I wish southwest were clothing optional.

Obligatory Futurama quote:
Fry: "There's supposed to be some kind of, you know, pine tree."
Professor: "Pine trees have been extinct for eight hundred years, Fry. Gone the way of the poodle and your primitive notions of modesty."
(He then gets naked)

By the way, I believe a small but significant number of the professor's lines are an homage to Heinlein.

Nick | January 30, 2008, 12:20pm | #

Exactly, J sub. It is usually a vew attractive women and lots of unattractive men looking for a few attractive women. EuroTrip comes to mind.

Too much penis!

Lamar | January 30, 2008, 12:24pm | #

I have had it with these motherf*cking snakes on this motherf*cking plane!

Paul | January 30, 2008, 12:24pm | #

Has anyone ever seen German nudists? Talk about terrorism in the skies!

Stevo Darkly | January 30, 2008, 12:25pm | #

I suspect that the people in the photo are professional models and not actual nudists, because the woman in the left foreground actually appears to be attractive.

Stevo Darkly | January 30, 2008, 12:30pm | #

Nudist airplane pickup lines:

"May I have your attention please? In the event of sudden a loss of pressure, my penis will drop down. Place it in your face and breathe normally."

Stevo Darkly | January 30, 2008, 12:30pm | #

"NO! NO! I asked if there would be PEANUTS on this flight!"

Phil | January 30, 2008, 12:43pm | #

Are you kidding? I have enough trouble finding enough room to take my jacket off on a plane. How are 100 people all gonna get undressed, then dressed, at the same time in 10 square feet of space?

thoreau | January 30, 2008, 1:03pm | #

DON'T GIVE THE TSA ANY IDEAS!

Carl Junior | January 30, 2008, 1:06pm | #

Flat Bunz, I like Flat Bunz.

ChrisO | January 30, 2008, 1:18pm | #

Ok, I'm forced to admit: there can be such a thing as too much freedom...

Eryk Boston | January 30, 2008, 1:32pm | #

Just envision an emergency landing where they have to use the slide to exit...

Kolohe | January 30, 2008, 1:50pm | #

when i lived on the north shore of oahu, there was an unofficial nude beach about 1/4 mile away from from my house. it's patrons were what you'll probably see on these flights: aging hippies where discretion would definitely have been the better part of valor

R C Dean | January 30, 2008, 2:01pm | #

Stevo is back in classic form.

Paul | January 30, 2008, 2:11pm | #

NO! NO! I asked if there would be PEANUTS on this flight

All the shriveled up nuts you can gag down, my friend.

duster | January 30, 2008, 2:12pm | #

Saftey reasons???

Paul | January 30, 2008, 2:14pm | #

aging hippies where discretion would definitely have been the better part of valor

First law of public nudity: The people quickest to remove their clothes are the people who should most leave them on.

LarryA | January 30, 2008, 2:16pm | #

Picture it. Take all your clothes off. Sit down. Click the buckle of your seat belt shut right over your...

Ouch!

Brandybuck | January 30, 2008, 2:22pm | #

I used to go to a nudist beach. Not because I was a nudist, but because being a nudist beach, it was not crowded. The people were nice. But they were saggy. There was nothing sexy at all, just natural and saggy. I learned that there are some people you do not want to see naked. If not for the philosophy of nudism, I am sure these people would have put on bathing suits in agreement with me.

Qbryzan | January 30, 2008, 2:23pm | #

"No, sir, I said bring your seat to its full, upright position"

Brandybuck | January 30, 2008, 2:32pm | #

Hit submit too soon. Anyway... the thought of all that sagginess in the tight enclosed space of an airplane is not appealing. I'm not twenty anymore, no one wants to see my naked butt. And if it's not a flight full of hot Czech supermodels on the way to a photoshoot, I don't want to see theirs either.

Nick | January 30, 2008, 2:42pm | #

I don't even want to see the hot Czech supermodels unless one of them is going to take care of me. I don't need blue balls for 3 hours thank you very much.

ChrisO | January 30, 2008, 2:50pm | #

Heck, these days I don't even want to see most of the stewardesses naked.

Those wacky Germans. There has to be some Godwin potential here somewhere.

Warren | January 30, 2008, 3:06pm | #

Phil | January 30, 2008, 12:43pm | #
Are you kidding? I have enough trouble finding enough room to take my jacket off on a plane. How are 100 people all gonna get undressed, then dressed, at the same time in 10 square feet of space?
QFT

And a big fat UP YOURS to everyone who thinks being exposed to ugly people is an imposition.

Paul | January 30, 2008, 3:31pm | #

And a big fat UP YOURS to everyone who thinks being exposed to ugly people is an imposition.

Many of us are exposed to ugly people all the time. Remember, Warren, most of us look in a mirror at some point during the day. However, is it necessary we be exposed to naked ugly people, too? I get enough of that after my shower in the morning, and I try to get a towel on before the condensation dries from the mirror.

Doc | January 30, 2008, 3:36pm | #

Ugh, I can feel the crabs itching already.

J sub D | January 30, 2008, 3:42pm | #

And a big fat UP YOURS to everyone who thinks being exposed to ugly people is an imposition.

It is. Standard Libertarian Disclaimer #6 goes here. I wear clothing not for modesty, rather it is consideration for others. It's the same reason I don't do Karaoke.

prolefeed | January 30, 2008, 3:56pm | #

You know you're on a libertarian website when the discussion about public nudity is about aesthetics, not morals.

Episiarch | January 30, 2008, 4:04pm | #

Calm down, people. They are Germans, so it would basically be like looking at nude robots. Nothing to fear.

ChrisO | January 30, 2008, 4:12pm | #

It's the same reason I don't do Karaoke.

That's what alcohol is for, my friend.

JW | January 30, 2008, 4:57pm | #

But, the monkeys; will they be touched?

Lamar | January 30, 2008, 4:59pm | #

"And a big fat UP YOURS"

Literally.

Brandybuck | January 30, 2008, 5:54pm | #

How are 100 people all gonna get undressed, then dressed, at the same time in 10 square feet of space?

I think the photo above give a hint as to the mechanics involved.

David E. Gallaher | January 30, 2008, 8:12pm | #

Nick seems so puritanical with his set-up for this thread.
I'm thinking a tiny gold replica of a leather jacket on a nice chain would help him get through an experience like this just fine.