Red Bull Doesn't Actually Give Wings

@mwmiller said
ok, then I must have missed the 'wings' point. I thought we were talking about getting virtual wings that could get you airborne!

@great-big-stees said
Well the ones I was referring to did get me airborne but only because I was “hopping” mad at having to use the loo so often. 😛

I am old enough to remember when children passengers on a certain airline were given wings, a metal pin-on badge, for keeps. The captain himself would hand them out to boarding kids. Boy, was I proud!

Headache instead maybe? 🙂

@moonbus said
I am old enough to remember when children passengers on a certain airline were given wings, a metal pin-on badge, for keeps. The captain himself would hand them out to boarding kids. Boy, was I proud!

@great-big-stees said
I remember the pilot greeting you, and the other passenger, saying, “Good luck”. 🤔😲

If man was meant to fly he'd have been born with airline tickets.

@vivify said
https://www.businessinsider.com/red-bull-settles-false-advertising-lawsuit-for-13-million-2014-10

Red Bull Will Pay $10 To Customers Disappointed The Drink Didn’t Actually Give Them 'Wings'

“Red Bull gives you wings” has been the energy drink’s slogan for nearly two decades. Now the company has agreed to pay out more than $13 million after settling a US cla ...[text shortened]... sumers the impression that the drink gives people some sort of physical lift or enhancement.

@moonbus said
So, YOU were that passenger! AAArrrgggghhhhh.

@great-big-stees said
And you were the noisy little kid distracting the pilot with your incessant questions about when we were going to arrive and why there were flames coming from the single engine. 😠

@torunn said
Message from pilot to control tower: One engine down, I repeat one engine down.
New message from pilot: Second engine down!
Co-pilot: Great, we will be sitting here all night.