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Airline halts plan for lip-shaped urinals in U.S.=20
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NEW YORK, March 19 (Reuters) - Virgin Atlantic Airways on Friday
scrapped plans to install bright-red urinals shaped like women's open
lips at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport, saying it had
received complaints they were offensive.
"Virgin Atlantic was very sorry to hear of people's concerns about the
design of the 'Kisses' urinals to be fitted into our clubhouse at JFK
Airport. We can assure everyone who complained to us that no offense was
ever intended," Virgin spokesman John Riordan said in a statement.
Riordan said the British company received several dozen complaints from
people and groups including the National Organization for Women after
its plans for the urinals had been made public. NOW had posted a message
on its Web site urging members to complain to Virgin chief Richard
Branson.
"I don't know many men who think it's cool to pee in a woman's mouth,
even a porcelain one," said NOW President Kim Gandy on the group's Web
site.
The urinal, designed by a Dutch company, was the idea of a female
designer. Riordan said Virgin was surprised by the negative reaction to
the plan, part of designs for the lounge, built to pamper first-class
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