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Old Feb 7, 2006 | 4:14 am
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From the Sydney Morning Herald: 7 Feb 06

http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2006/...074171403.html

Mother's blue tattoo leaves airline cabin crew red-faced
By Jordan Baker
February 7, 2006


Peta Bull … told to cover up.
Photo: Tony Martin/Mackay Daily Mercury

FOR five years, Peta Bull's tattoo of a naked man and woman embracing hardly raised an eyebrow - not at work, not in public, not even at her daughter's school, where she helps out from time to time. Then she flew Jetstar.

Soon after boarding a flight to Brisbane last month, the 36-year-old said she was asked to cover the tattoo on her shoulder blade - even though singlet straps already hid the most potentially offensive bit - or get off the plane.

The crew said there were children on board and some passengers might be offended. In front of other passengers, they gave her a jacket and told her to wear it until she reached the terminal.........
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