Fully sick

[thewinchester]

Sorry, couldn't resist the thread title.

Fully Sick: Exhibition of airline sick bags takes off
By Kate Schneider

HOLD on to your seats - a new exhibition has put a sickening twist on aviation history.

More than 200 airline sick bags have gone on show in the Fully Sick! exhibition at the Museum of the Riverina in Wagga Wagga, NSW.

If the thought of staring at a collection of white paper bags designed to catch passengers' vomit sounds about as thrilling as watching paint dry you'll be happy to learn that there are some surprising examples of creativity on display.

For example, one of the highlights of the display is a limited edition Star Wars bag by Virgin Atlantic.

Creative and colourful designs by Yangon Airways, Air India, KLM, Emirates, Cebu Airlines and Air Afrique are also featured.

The sick bags are on loan from Sydneysider Danny Cahalan, who has amassed an impressive collection over a period of more than 20 years.
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[samh004]

I remember marvelling at sick bags on Qantas (at least I think it was, maybe it was Ansett, or another) back in the day because they [-]had adverts on them[/-] could be used for film processing and weren’t plain white.

 

[Nigelinoz]

I remember marvelling at sick bags on Qantas (at least I think it was, maybe it was Ansett, or another) back in the day because they had adverts on them and weren’t plain white.

If I remember correctly they used to double as film processing bags as well,if you didn't use them as a sick bag you could put your rolls of exposed film in the bag and get them processed,I guess that idea died out with digital cameras.
Cheers
N'oz

 

[lovestotravel]

If I remember correctly they used to double as film processing bags as well,if you didn't use them as a sick bag you could put your rolls of exposed film in the bag and get them processed,I guess that idea died out with digital cameras.
Cheers
N'oz

HA - Yep that's what they were used for as well!!!

 

[Nigelinoz]

Most amazing thing is that I just found a link to an article from 2003 where Easyjet was claiming that using sick bags for film processing was an innovation,I'm sure Qantas had the idea years before that?
Sick Bag Innovations at EasyJet | Business Pundit
Cheers
N'oz

 

[Ewing]

If I remember correctly they used to double as film processing bags as well,if you didn't use them as a sick bag you could put your rolls of exposed film in the bag and get them processed,I guess that idea died out with digital cameras.

Oh, they don't do that anymore?

Shows how long it's been since I've looked at a sick bag (and even today, I've never used one - including when on ships)

 

[medhead]

Most amazing thing is that I just found a link to an article from 2003 where Easyjet was claiming that using sick bags for film processing was an innovation,I'm sure Qantas had the idea years before that?
Sick Bag Innovations at EasyJet | Business Pundit
Cheers
N'oz

Qantas was definitely doing it in the 1990s. I had to collect as many sick bags as possible everytime I flew for dad to use in his taxi.

 

[Nigelinoz]

To be fair though the article doesn't really say that it was something that hadn't been done before so I guess it was an innovation for Easyjet at the time so maybe I was a bit harsh with my comments.
Cheers
N'oz

 

[VHOEJ]

I remember the bags with the film processing on them but the plain white is much better. As a regular sufferer of motion sickness, reading is one of the worst things, so seeing words all over the bad can make it worse.

 

[samh004]

If I remember correctly they used to double as film processing bags as well,if you didn't use them as a sick bag you could put your rolls of exposed film in the bag and get them processed,I guess that idea died out with digital cameras.
Cheers
N'oz

Thanks for helping jog my memory a bit more, I knew I hadn’t got it quite right

 

[Nigelinoz]

Obviously I couldn't let the thread pass without posting this one :!:

YouTube - Mr Bean - Turbulance
(Anyone with weak stomachs should probably not watch :!
Cheers
N'oz