Yesterday we received the disappointing news that a new British polar research ship may not be called
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Despite winning an online poll by a massive majority, gaining 124,109 votes in the process, British Science Minister Jo Johnson said that all the names will be "reviewed" after some "very imaginative" suggestions by the public.
Never one to miss a trick, the social media team at Aer Lingus came up with a beauty last night on their Twitter account.
They posted a tweet entitled “Fleet goals” containing a picture of one of their A330-200 planes with a, shall we say, rather apt new name.
Fleet goals. pic.twitter.com/6hKVJfjtZT
— Aer Lingus (@AerLingus) April 18, 2016
Planey McPlaneface!
Now, we know they are just having a bit of fun, but given the weight of public support for the new name they may have to seriously consider a change.
@AerLingus @flightradar24 Oh, seems to be the brother of Boatey Mc Boatface?!
— Andreas Cichowicz (@ACichowicz) April 18, 2016
@AerLingus 😂 you should put that on all the Aer Lingus planes. To funny.
— Suzanne❤️ (@Littlesis87) April 18, 2016
@AerLingus I for one would totally fly on Planey McPlaneface.
— Nerd 🌺 💙 (@Nerdacide) April 18, 2016
@AerLingus PLEASE DO THIS with the new A350s 😂
— Ollie 🇮🇪 (@OllieOC25) April 18, 2016
@AerLingus Brilliant 😂👏👏
— Colette Cunningham (@JustcallmeLette) April 18, 2016
Well played Aer Lingus, well played.