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Not another can! Not one! (Pringles)

Posted on 08/09/2005 4:35:54 PM PDT by ConservativeMan55

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1 posted on 08/09/2005 4:35:55 PM PDT by ConservativeMan55
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I am searching to find the President of Procter and Gamble. I am writing him a letter.


2 posted on 08/09/2005 4:37:02 PM PDT by ConservativeMan55 (DON'T FIRE UNTIL YOU SEE THE WHITES OF THE CURTAINS THEY ARE WEARING ON THEIR HEADS !)
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GET A LIFE! Gilette gives info in English, French and Spanish on my razor blades (I know because I just bought some five minutes ago). What's wrong with playing to different linguistic groups to expand your market.

Boycott boycotts. This one in particular is really stupid. Sorry.

3 posted on 08/09/2005 4:38:26 PM PDT by Clemenza (Intelligent Design Isn't Very Intelligent)
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This was the first can of pringles we had bought in a long time. It will be the last.


4 posted on 08/09/2005 4:38:32 PM PDT by ConservativeMan55 (DON'T FIRE UNTIL YOU SEE THE WHITES OF THE CURTAINS THEY ARE WEARING ON THEIR HEADS !)
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What exactly is wrong with listing ingredients in Spanish?


5 posted on 08/09/2005 4:38:43 PM PDT by Logophile
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I got a flashlight today with instructions in French, Spanish, Japanese and English.

Not another flashlight, not one!

Just eat your chips and pick your fights wisely.

6 posted on 08/09/2005 4:38:45 PM PDT by Dog Gone
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Si? Que es la problema?
7 posted on 08/09/2005 4:38:50 PM PDT by BenLurkin (O beautiful for patriot dream - that sees beyond the years)
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I say write an extensive letter of condemnation... in Spanish.


8 posted on 08/09/2005 4:38:56 PM PDT by Types_with_Fist (I'm on FReep so often that when I read an article at another site I scroll down for the comments.)
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You won't think its so stupid when you have to retake your drivers test in French.


9 posted on 08/09/2005 4:39:15 PM PDT by ConservativeMan55 (DON'T FIRE UNTIL YOU SEE THE WHITES OF THE CURTAINS THEY ARE WEARING ON THEIR HEADS !)
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Save the ink. This is just smart marketing.


10 posted on 08/09/2005 4:39:45 PM PDT by JennysCool (Non-Y2K-Compliant)
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I don't speak spanish. I speak English. I live in an English speaking country. Nuff said.


11 posted on 08/09/2005 4:40:01 PM PDT by ConservativeMan55 (DON'T FIRE UNTIL YOU SEE THE WHITES OF THE CURTAINS THEY ARE WEARING ON THEIR HEADS !)
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Oh, big freakin' deal. I just bought a new Whirlpool washing machine, and it came with instructions in English and French. Should I take it back?


12 posted on 08/09/2005 4:40:29 PM PDT by .38sw
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Where is the 'not this shit again' graphic when you need it? It's pure marketing, not a political statement. This help P&G sell not only to multi lingual people in the US but also in other countries. (one package to create.)
As for the boycott.. well, I cannot think of a company that people haven't called for a boycott on at one time for another..
Save your energy for real issues.


13 posted on 08/09/2005 4:41:00 PM PDT by mnehring (Fourth Estate, Fifth Column Dis-Infomers)
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Not going to happen. Besides, drivers licenses are provided by the state. This is a private company playing to its market base. You should be devoting your energies to more important tasks than bilingualism on a can of friggin potato chips.

And you wonder why some folks don't take cultural conservatism seriously.

14 posted on 08/09/2005 4:41:12 PM PDT by Clemenza (Intelligent Design Isn't Very Intelligent)
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I guess you don't believe in any type of slippery slope.


15 posted on 08/09/2005 4:41:28 PM PDT by ConservativeMan55 (DON'T FIRE UNTIL YOU SEE THE WHITES OF THE CURTAINS THEY ARE WEARING ON THEIR HEADS !)
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You won't think its so stupid when you have to retake your drivers test in French.

I thought your complaint was about Spanish on a Pringles can. What does that have to do with French on a driving test?

16 posted on 08/09/2005 4:41:30 PM PDT by Logophile
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I think you'll have a hard time finding anything exclusively in English.

Bought a new VCR some years ago...the instructions were in English...well sorta. Actually, they had been written in Japanese and then TRANSLATED into English. However, some things became lost in the translation. One instruction said something like, install tubing into port wisely. Huh?

:)


17 posted on 08/09/2005 4:42:04 PM PDT by fatnotlazy
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One word Nafta


18 posted on 08/09/2005 4:42:15 PM PDT by since1868
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Try Atlanta. They are attempting to pass a law that would make you take tests in different langauages.


19 posted on 08/09/2005 4:42:24 PM PDT by ConservativeMan55 (DON'T FIRE UNTIL YOU SEE THE WHITES OF THE CURTAINS THEY ARE WEARING ON THEIR HEADS !)
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I'm still appalled that the Moen kitchen faucet we recently installed had no words of instruction in any language - just pictures!!!
20 posted on 08/09/2005 4:42:31 PM PDT by pbear8 (Nothing like a good recess appointment!)
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