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Risqué environmental underwear raises eyebrows in Czech Republic
UK Telegraph ^
| Dec 20, 2013
| Matthew Day
Posted on 12/21/2013 9:40:14 AM PST by Innovative
The Czech Republic’s environment ministry has come under fire for ordering 1,000 pairs of male and female underwear adorned with images of endangered animals as part of an end-of-year budget splurge.
The environment ministry will use the beaver and cormorant pants as promotional materials for its Czech Nature campaign, which aims to encourage people to take an active role in environmental protection.
With allegations of frivolous government spending on pants filling the press, the underwear spat even overshadowed controversy surrounding the environment ministry’s purchase of 130 new cars for its ministerial fleet.
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
TOPICS: Outdoors; Pets/Animals; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: environment; environmentalism; europe; government; governmentwaste; wastefraudandabuse
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Government insanity is not restricted to the US...
To: Innovative
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posted on
12/21/2013 9:41:27 AM PST
by
The_Media_never_lie
(Actually, they lie when it suits them! The crooked MS media must be defeated any way it can be done!)
To: Innovative
Wouldn't you just love to get one of these from the government as a Christmas present? (/sarc)
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posted on
12/21/2013 9:41:52 AM PST
by
Innovative
("Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing." -- Vince Lombardi)
To: Innovative; Lakeshark; Borax Queen; Tax-chick
LOL.
NOT my fault.
I could never come up with something this insane.
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posted on
12/21/2013 9:42:20 AM PST
by
Darksheare
(Try my coffee, first one's free..... Even robots will kill for it!)
To: Innovative
I get the obvious Beaver joke, but...a cormorant?
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posted on
12/21/2013 9:42:40 AM PST
by
arderkrag
(An Unreconstructed Georgian, STANDING WITH RAND.)
To: arderkrag
interesting that there are no camel depictions...nor their toes!
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posted on
12/21/2013 9:45:32 AM PST
by
Cletus.D.Yokel
(Catastrophic Anthropogenic Climate Alterations: The acronym defines the science.)
To: Innovative
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posted on
12/21/2013 9:48:55 AM PST
by
Vaquero
(Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
To: The_Media_never_lie
I prefer the beaver.So does Phil Robertson. And me.
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posted on
12/21/2013 9:49:28 AM PST
by
umgud
(2A can't survive dem majorities)
To: Innovative
I apologize in advance. That picture so calls for this picture.....
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posted on
12/21/2013 9:51:16 AM PST
by
ChildOfThe60s
((If you can remember the 60s.....you weren't really there)
To: Cletus.D.Yokel
Follow-up!
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posted on
12/21/2013 9:51:45 AM PST
by
Cletus.D.Yokel
(Catastrophic Anthropogenic Climate Alterations: The acronym defines the science.)
To: arderkrag
I get the obvious Beaver joke, but...a cormorant? well if it was a female cormorant it would be a hen bird...ergo if it portrays the male it would be the cock bird.....
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posted on
12/21/2013 9:52:50 AM PST
by
Vaquero
(Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
To: Darksheare; Innovative; Tax-chick; Lakeshark
omg *gasp* — how COULD you???!!
To: Borax Queen; Innovative; Tax-chick; Lakeshark
I didn’t, it’s too absurd!
And a cormorant?
Sheesh, that’s slang they don’t use in the younger circles over there anymore.
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posted on
12/21/2013 10:01:33 AM PST
by
Darksheare
(Try my coffee, first one's free..... Even robots will kill for it!)
To: Borax Queen; Darksheare; Tax-chick
omg *gasp* — how COULD you???!!In the mean time, Darks is still riding down that river in Egypt........
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posted on
12/21/2013 10:02:40 AM PST
by
Lakeshark
(Mr Reid, tear down this law!)
To: Lakeshark; Darksheare; Tax-chick
Now we know what Darks’ day job *really* is.
To: The_Media_never_lie; derllak; Borax Queen; Darksheare; Tax-chick
I prefer the beaver. Yeah, well you've obviously never met derlly.....
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posted on
12/21/2013 10:05:18 AM PST
by
Lakeshark
(Mr Reid, tear down this law!)
To: The_Media_never_lie
Risqué?? Hardly Risqué. I like the Beaver best also.
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posted on
12/21/2013 10:05:39 AM PST
by
TruthWillWin
(The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other peoples money.)
To: Lakeshark; derllak
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posted on
12/21/2013 10:07:21 AM PST
by
Darksheare
(Try my coffee, first one's free..... Even robots will kill for it!)
To: Borax Queen; Darksheare; Tax-chick
Now we know what Darks’ day job *really* is.Underwear muncher.......
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posted on
12/21/2013 10:07:54 AM PST
by
Lakeshark
(Mr Reid, tear down this law!)
To: Innovative
Well, I am partial to beavers...whether they have fur or not.
Sorry.
5.56mm
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posted on
12/21/2013 10:08:57 AM PST
by
M Kehoe
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