# An airline with a sense of humor. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 28, 2012, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-airline-with-a-sense-of-humor/617073 "2012-03-28T19:03:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-airline-with-a-sense-of-humor/617073/1 "2012-03-28T19:03:21Z")
Kulula Airlines, a budget air carrier based in South Africa, definitely has a distinctive paint job. [Sample](https://images.nonexiste.net/popular/2012/03/21/kulula-airlines-doesnt-take-themselves-very-seriously/) [Google Image search.](http://www.google.com/search?q=kululaairlines&hl=en&safe=off&client=firefox-a&hs=0Ve&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&prmd=imvns&source=lnms&tbm=isch&ei=4F5zT8rdJYmMigLu1qScCw&sa=X&oi=mode_link&ct=mode&cd=2&ved=0CFEQ_AUoAQ&biw=1520&bih=820&sei=Hl9zT5C1MIqQiQLz1f2pCw#hl=en&safe=off&client=firefox-a&hs=irJ&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=H19zT-a-C4WxiQLq1cyTCw&ved=0CD8QBSgA&q=kulula+airlines&spell=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.,cf.osb&fp=78c9c5e0898dc2d8&biw=1520&bih=820) ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-airline-with-a-sense-of-humor/617073/2 "2012-03-28T19:11:35Z")
That’s really neat! And potentially educational! ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-airline-with-a-sense-of-humor/617073/3 "2012-03-28T19:16:26Z")
I like the Santa collision one. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-airline-with-a-sense-of-humor/617073/4 "2012-03-28T19:46:03Z")
> [@Musicat](#): > > I like the Santa collision one. Me too. Whatever is Southwest going to do to keep up with this? ---
**Author:** ![smee\_goan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f07891/32.png) [@smee\_goan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smee_goan)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-airline-with-a-sense-of-humor/617073/5 "2012-03-28T19:51:36Z")
Sounds spooky ---
**Author:** ![Maiira](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Maiira](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maiira)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-airline-with-a-sense-of-humor/617073/6 "2012-03-28T20:59:26Z")
I liked the “black box (which is actually orange)” :D. Who knew? ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-airline-with-a-sense-of-humor/617073/7 "2012-03-28T21:23:09Z")
I think the winglets should say “Winglets (Seriously, that’s what they’re called.)” ---
**Author:** ![Alka\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Alka\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alka_Seltzer)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-airline-with-a-sense-of-humor/617073/8 "2012-03-28T21:23:38Z")
Pretty funky, but I’m going to check with Dustin Hoffman before I fly on one. ---
**Author:** ![maggenpye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecc23a/32.png) [@maggenpye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maggenpye)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-airline-with-a-sense-of-humor/617073/9 "2012-03-28T22:37:24Z")
You made me share on facebook! How \*could \*you! ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-airline-with-a-sense-of-humor/617073/10 "2012-03-28T22:39:16Z")
The Santa collision one is a RyanAir Boeing 737 - and, oddly, there only seems to be those two photos of the nose cone on the entire internet. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-airline-with-a-sense-of-humor/617073/11 "2012-03-28T22:43:13Z")
I like the labeled one just fine, but I like [this one](http://southafrica.to/transport/Airlines/Kulula-flights/Photos/20080810/Kulula-aircraft-LARGE.JPG) better. ---
**Author:** ![Rysto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2012, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-airline-with-a-sense-of-humor/617073/12 "2012-03-29T00:02:30Z")
“This Way Up” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2012, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-airline-with-a-sense-of-humor/617073/13 "2012-03-29T00:17:42Z")
> [@Rysto](#): > > “This Way Up” > > 😃 Yeah, it’s nice of them to be so considerate. As a gigantic, city destroying monster I often flip over airliners and have trouble figuring out which side is up when Monster Court orders me to fix the damage. I wonder when those drugs are gonna kick in…