Is their marketing slogan...
Meatus on the beach?
British Airways’ website is displaying a penis carved into a beautiful sandy beach – the same inappropriate erection that was standing over bing.com yesterday. The offending phallus went viral around the internet yesterday as giggling folk spotted the offending cock standing proudly on Bing, which we have heard is some kind of …
No. They're an airline. Their marketing slogan is, "Bend over. Now brace yourself!"
"Oh, and would sir like the optional baggage charge, the mandatory fuel surcharge, the optional inflight meal charge, the check-in fee, the airport taxes and the credit card use charge?"
"Excellent. That'll be £1m please. Or your firstborn child. Though we have an additional handling fee for those customers who choose to pay by firstborn child."
"OK. That'll be £1m or your second-born child. You are aware of our second-born child handling fee of course..."
I'm wondering if someone with a drone drew a penis in the sand, then send the drone up to take a picture - and because the penis is so small in the resulting image, submitted it to a photo library, to see if anyone would notice/use the image.
And so far (that we know of): Bing and BA.
Incidentally, it also pops up on Condé Nast Traveller. Get the full image behind that page and it's even more obvious.
From there, the source is easily found, but I imagine El Reg have either already been there, done that, or BA told them where they sourced the image.
(Glancing through the photographer's other work, it all seems professional (and innocent) enough, so perhaps my theory about it being his prank is wrong.)
Looks rather interesting... ( select in the middle bottom right between the balls)