Virgin Atlantic's Successful April Fool's.

A glass bottomed plane, really ?

Even expecting most things to be an April Fool's joke, it was pretty difficult to distinguish the real from the pretend. Obviously some were glaringly stupid, some glaringly hurtful to others and only a elite few found the balance between.

One of the best one's for me was from Virgin Atlantic. When I first saw the headline from Richard Branson saying that Virgin Atlantic was considering getting a glass bottomed plane, I carried on reading. He is after all the man of odd-ball ideas. Ideas that he tries and at times succeeds in. That is until logic kicked in with a bang.

A glass bottomed plane ? Can you picture it ? Yet there could be a chance it might happen, as is the way of outlandish thoughts and ideas ! Here are a few implications if it does:

• High heels won't be allowed.
• The long winded check-in proceedure will now also include a " dress code " check...
• Skirts are banished or if allowed, underwear inspections will be held.
• Bloomers in... Thongs / G-String out...No further explaination needed.
• Cleaning crews will go on strike...have you ever noticed how much dirt and rubbish travellers leave behind when they get off the plane which, by the way they wouldn't do at home ! You know how irksome it is to clean your windows, never mind a glass floor.
• Unless you have nerves of steel, you won't be allowed to board - imagine seeing the plane's landing proceedure beneath your seat ?

On the whole, yesterday was great fun. The whole world ' lightened up ' and that can only be a good thing. We should denote each first of the month as a " Fool's " day !

Biggi