"I couldn't possibly fail to disagree with you less."
15 October 2006And away it goes (2)Last year, stewardesses stripped for a calendar to protest the increasing uncertainty of ostensibly-guaranteed pensions.
We decided to produce the 2007 "More Stewardesses Stripped" calendar because the pension default problem is escalating. We hope our message continues to create national awareness, not only to the pension debacle, but also to the pay cuts, layoffs and loss of medical benefits.
Why are workers forced to take cuts in salary and give concessions while top management gives themselves raises, bonuses and secures their own personal pension funds? I'm not entirely sure that taking your clothes off for a calendar is exactly the way to do this — it may raise something other than "awareness," if you get my drift — but I bought last year's version, and I intend to get this year's as well. For purely political reasons, of course. Oh, and last year they said that "one of us is a grandmother." This year it's three of them. Posted at 6:25 PM to Birthday Suitable , Political Science FictionCome fly with me... Great idea. Like you, I'm not sure it helps resolve the problem, but great idea... Posted by: Winston at 6:40 PM on 15 October 2006"I'm not entirely sure that taking your clothes off for a calendar is exactly the way to do this" You're not entirely sure that taking YOUR clothes off for a calendar is exactly the way to do this. (It's called projection.) I'm pretty sure THEY know what they're doing... (Predictable response, but someone had to say it.) Posted by: Mister Snitch! at 9:16 PM on 15 October 2006Actually, I have taken off my clothes for a calendar, but it wasn't a fundraiser. The sheer number of these things, though, in the wake of Calendar Girls, has pretty much drained the novelty value out of the concept. That's a good point. We're awash in naked bods of various degrees of relative quality. Posted by: Mister Snitch! at 11:56 AM on 16 October 2006 |