Now we all like to give them a dig but they’ve turned it into a positive with Ryanair’s plane jokes for Dad’s Day.
Now Ryanair have been a game-changer in air travel since emerging on the scene 40 years ago.
And making it affordable for millions to travel to foreign destinations.
Some even within the same national postal code to the city you were heading!
Ryanair and their ubiquitous showboating CEO Michael O’Leary have heard them all before.
But Michael, the thick-skinned Irishman that he is has taken them all on the chin.
And come back with his own unforgettable stunts, pranks and wind-ups.
Taking the Michael
Who can forget Michael’s earnest announcement that his airline would start selling vertical seats or standing-room only.
Or charging a pound for spending a penny to go to the loo.
Michael has been front and centre of everything that Ryanair has done.
The face of the airline in many hilarious guises and always ready with a unique quip.
Such as: ‘If drink sales are falling off, we get the pilots to engineer a bit of turbulence. That usually spikes sales.’
Or on their sales pitches: ‘Anyone who looks like sleeping, we wake them up to sell them things.’
While he has never been backward in poking fun at his main Irish rival.
Laugh on our travels
So that when his bride arrived 35 minutes late for their wedding, he shot back: ‘She’s coming here with Aer Lingus.’
Don’t, of course, get Michael on ‘flyskam’ or flying shame.
‘If preserving the environment means stopping poor people flying so the rich can fly, then screw it.’
Of course, Michael, remains for ever a proud Irishman and he just gets it.
‘The airline industry is full of bullshitters, liars and drunks. We excel at all three in Ireland.’
All of which Michael O’Leary gems is to mark the four decades of Ireland’s low-budget airline.
And the gags competition and offer the airline pitched for Dads Day for the funniest people on the planet, the Irish.
You’re a card
The three winners bagged themselves a €100 Ryanair Gift Card just in time for Father’s Day tomorrow.
And the comedians are Sharon Bell, Dino Salkić and Noëlie Charlot whose gags are now on Ryanair’s Facebook page.
#1 What kind of bagel can travel? A plane bagel.
#2 My dad Can’t stop telling Airport jokes… his doctor says it’s terminal.
#3 Why do French people eat snails? Because they don’t like fast food.
Of course, with everything Ryanair they have a pitch for us.
And those Ryanair Gift Cards are still available for tomorrow to one of Ryanair’s 250+ destinations.
Now as a bit of an exponent of Dad Jokes myself I will shamelessly try to pass these off as my own.
Ryanair’s plane jokes for Dad’s Day.
