Posted on 05/21/2004 10:04:38 AM PDT by mhking
Some rocket scientist manager at a Hooters location in Florida has come up with an idea that makes me physically ill.
Now I'm all for going to Hooters and chugging down a beer or three along with inhaling a few wings (and yes, even stealing a gander at the tightly clad wait staff -- at least when She-Who-Must-Be-Obeyed is looking in the other direction, lest I get smacked), but some people are just dead between the ears.
The sign on the verge advertising the Little Miss Hooters contest is, however, beyond the pale. We called this evening, asked for details. The contest is for girls 5 and under, and will require they be dressed in little orange spandex shorts, and a tied up Hooters t-shirt.Not just no, but hell no!
Dim bulbs like these make me want to get in the car, track 'em down and punt their gonads up into their throats.
Morons like this are what the Southern phrase, "He just needed killin'," was invented for.
Stacy Tabb (who originally saw this in her home town) has alerted her local media, and I'm sure the local constabulary has been alerted as well. Hmmmmm. I wonder if any federal laws regarding child endangerment are in potential violation here...
Oh, by the way. Hooters corporate offices are here in Metro Atlanta. Their e-mail address is: hooterspr@hooters.com.
If Hooters started a home delivery business, would it be called "Knockers"?
I base my opinions on the ads and PR campaign put out by the chain itself, what I know to be true about it, and because of the effect I believe this type of establishment has on girls and boys in this culture. Hooters is to a strip joint what Maxim is to Penthouse. It all comes from the same place which is jiveland.
I realized after I posted that you HAD to have been being sarcastic. I cannot imagine you didn't notice that already, BUT that said, in some states I have seen REGULAR "O"s for the eyes, so maybe you live in one of those states. Good luck with your search.
Well, give these parents 5 or 10 or 15 more years, upon which perhaps their daughters will do them proud by saying, "Dad, Mom, I'm considering a career at Hooters."
Or in 5-10-15 years maybe their daughter will come crying to them, begging for plastic surgery, or perhaps she will become an anorexic, druggie, alcoholic, sexually promiscuous, etc., because of the pressure to live up (should I say down) to standards set by places like Hooters, and by the boys who have grown up with a steady diet of Hooters et al.
BTW, Eowyn is my favorite female character in Lord of the Rings (...tho' I suppose she *is* the only major female character in the book...).
There is another--Goldberry. She was a powerful female character in the sense that she fully embodied the principle of yin. They didn't include her in the movie.
Ah, yes, wasn't she the wife of Tom Bombadil? I would've liked to see them both in the movie.
But Eowyn is much more "tangible" (for lack of a better word) and thus more endearing, IMNSHO.
Yes--Goldberry and Tom Bombadil were both rather other worldly, and "perfect", and I agree Eowyn is more tangible, probably because she is more like us--a "flawed" human with passion and spirit who fights for what she believes in.
I share your utter abhorrence at this almost unbelievable disgrace. If I lived any closer to your protest, I'd provide the gasoline!
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