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Some Chick
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Yellow Ribbon Magnets No Longer Hot
8.50 AM, March 3rd 2007
by News Staff
Magnets in the shape of yellow ribbons with the slogan "Support Our Troops" are disappearing from U.S. cars.
In one sign of the times, Magnet America, in King, N.C. -- the largest manufacturer of the patriotic symbols -- has a stockpile of 1 million of them, The Financial Times reported. The company says its sales of the yellow ribbons have dropped to 4,000 a month from 1.2 million.
"Every product has a lifespan and this one has run its course," said Micah Pattisall, the company's director of operations.
The company's largest seller now is a wristband promoting premarital abstinence with the slogan "True Love Waits."
There appear to be a number of reasons for the falloff in sales of yellow-ribbon magnets. Cheap imports from China, for example, have cut into Magnet America's sales.
But a big reason is the drop in support for the Iraq War, the newspaper said. The yellow ribbon is seen as a gesture of support for President George W. Bush.
On eBay this week, a black and white magnet that said "Out of Iraq, Bring 'Em Back" could be had for $5, while the yellow ribbons were one cent each.
© 2007 UPI |
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Lester
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| Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2007 12:58 pm Post subject: |
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| True Love Waits, hmmm is that the born again slogan? |
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JohnMcClane
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| Lester wrote: | | hmmm is that the born again slogan? |
No, it's those poor virgins' slogan.  |
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exton
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| Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2007 12:18 am Post subject: |
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| JohnMcClane wrote: | | Lester wrote: | | hmmm is that the born again slogan? |
No, it's those poor virgins' slogan. |
So in other words: yes, it's the born-agains. |
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Lester
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| Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2007 11:23 am Post subject: |
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| exton wrote: | | JohnMcClane wrote: | | Lester wrote: | | hmmm is that the born again slogan? |
No, it's those poor virgins' slogan. |
So in other words: yes, it's the born-agains. |
There used to be some pretty explicit pictures on wikipedia for the born again virgin article.
P.S. i like that pic about the enlgish language |
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