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When does a fad go bad? Look no further than 'charitable' wristbands.
San Francisco Chronicle ^
| 10-28-2005
| Peter Hartlaub
Posted on 10/28/2005 8:56:05 AM PDT by Cagey
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posted on
10/28/2005 8:56:06 AM PDT
by
Cagey
To: Cagey
Does JFK still have his on?
To: Cagey
"Napoleon Dynamite." Never even heard of it. never owned one of those bracelets either.
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posted on
10/28/2005 8:59:02 AM PDT
by
Huck
(My very first post on the Miers pick, 10/3/05, 7:33:22 AM EDT: "Bad news for us.")
To: Cagey
Whenever I see someone with one of these wrist bands on them I immediatly think "idiot".
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posted on
10/28/2005 8:59:34 AM PDT
by
Phantom Lord
(Fall on to your knees for the Phantom Lord)
To: Cagey
'Bout as silly as all those ribbons the stars wear at every Oscar ceremony.........This one's for AIDS AWARENESS, This one for Human Rights, This one's for wiping my butt properly..........
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posted on
10/28/2005 9:00:49 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(I've eaten so much crow in my life that I'm immune to bird flu.........)
To: Phantom Lord
Had a co-worker show off his Livestrong band. I pulled back my sleeve, showed him the Rolex and said "Livewell."
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posted on
10/28/2005 9:01:55 AM PDT
by
Tijeras_Slim
(Now that taglines are cool, I refuse to have one.)
To: Phantom Lord
Can it be as bad as the Ribbon?
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posted on
10/28/2005 9:01:55 AM PDT
by
Dallas59
(“You love life, while we love death.” - Al-Qaeda / Democratic Party)
To: Huck
Never even heard of it. never owned one of those bracelets either. You haven't missed a thing.
To: Cagey
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posted on
10/28/2005 9:02:17 AM PDT
by
kublia khan
(Absolute war brings total victory)
To: Huck
Yeah, "Napoleon Dynamite?" Never heard of it.
10
posted on
10/28/2005 9:02:44 AM PDT
by
NonValueAdded
("Is there anything that I can do that wouldn't inconvenience me?" Adrian Monk)
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To: Phantom Lord
This week was D.A.R.E week at my kids' middle school. On Monday, teachers gave these bracelets out with D.A.R.E. printed on them. The trash cans were full of red rubber bracelets. The kids don't even like them.
To: Phantom Lord
me too! My nephew had a half dozen on. Looked like an absolute fool.
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posted on
10/28/2005 9:05:03 AM PDT
by
mr_hammer
(They have eyes, but do not see . . .)
To: kublia khan
This is News? Did you hit the abuse button?
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posted on
10/28/2005 9:07:16 AM PDT
by
Cagey
(Conservatism is a movement, not a political party.)
To: Cagey
My 9 year old daughters love them.
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posted on
10/28/2005 9:10:01 AM PDT
by
Fierce Allegiance
(Why is it you never hear "gender equality" mentioned in a divorce court?)
To: Dallas59
Do y'all remember SLimbaugh's 'solution' to the ribbons? They were presented as evidence of 'caring' so he folded a $100 as evidence that he cared more. I wore mine proudly.
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posted on
10/28/2005 9:13:16 AM PDT
by
dhuffman@awod.com
(The conspiracy of ignorance masquerades as common sense.)
To: Huck; NonValueAdded; PleaseNoMore
I caught you a delicious bass. Wanna play me?
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posted on
10/28/2005 9:14:02 AM PDT
by
AndrewB
To: dhuffman@awod.com
I do remember that, it was on his TV show where he was wearing all of the ribbons. All of this is nothing but symbolism, and symbolism is worth absolutely nothing, it does not mean the wearer cares more, or does more. What it does mean is that they want everyone else to think that they care or do more.
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posted on
10/28/2005 9:16:31 AM PDT
by
Sthitch
To: dhuffman@awod.com
I was thinking about Wag the Dog - where ribbons were old news so they started the trend of throwing tennis shoes up in trees for "Old Shoe" and then got sponsorship from the shoe companies.
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posted on
10/28/2005 9:17:15 AM PDT
by
gondramB
To: AndrewB; Huck; NonValueAdded; PleaseNoMore
I caught you a delicious bass. Wanna play me? I think it's a very funny and very sweet movie. And besides, girls only want boyfriends who have great skills.
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