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kpete (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 09:05 AM Original message |
Racial slur on sofa label stuns family |
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ck4829 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 09:07 AM Response to Original message |
1. "Racism is dead", yeah right |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 10:30 AM Response to Reply #1 |
39. And, yet, we have people on this board who think Obama has |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 01:02 PM Response to Reply #39 |
58. Yes, it does not seem likely Obama would be elected |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 01:16 PM Response to Reply #58 |
67. ... |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 01:21 PM Response to Reply #67 |
69. What does chinese made label has to do with |
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slowry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 01:38 PM Response to Reply #58 |
78. LOL n/t |
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Just-plain-Kathy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 01:08 PM Response to Reply #39 |
61. It's sad to say, but I think you're right. ...n/t |
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Colobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 01:22 PM Response to Reply #61 |
70. Let's not give a black man a chance to lead us then! |
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Just-plain-Kathy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 01:47 PM Response to Reply #70 |
80. Those who let racism control their lives ARE racist. |
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populistdriven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 02:25 PM Response to Reply #39 |
93. If a great man is truly unelectable in 2008 for his race then US deserves hellish consequences |
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SharonAnn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-08-07 08:54 PM Response to Reply #1 |
158. Perhaps a translation error that was meant to be "Niger Brown'? See below. |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 09:08 AM Response to Original message |
2. Holy shit! I admit to clicking on thread thinking "Ah, just an overly sensitive idiot..." |
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jwtravel (42 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 09:21 AM Response to Reply #2 |
11. Translation issue ! |
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gollygee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 09:23 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. I don't think so |
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jwtravel (42 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 09:25 AM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Translation Dictionary? |
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SharonAnn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-08-07 08:52 PM Response to Reply #14 |
157. Perhaps 'Niger Brown'? LIke 'Tuscan Gold', "Egyptian Blue', or 'Roman Red'? |
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Richard D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 09:29 AM Response to Reply #11 |
19. I think so too. |
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slowry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 03:06 PM Response to Reply #19 |
101. My hovercraft is full of eels. n/t |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 09:30 AM Response to Reply #11 |
20. Precisely! |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 09:33 AM Response to Reply #11 |
21. plus...there aren't very many blacks in china |
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OmmmSweetOmmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 09:34 AM Response to Reply #11 |
22. I agree. Recently it's been reported that the Chinese in putting up signs for the upcoming Olympics |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 10:33 AM Response to Reply #11 |
40. It's total ignorance of our culture. Soon we will see the phrase |
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holboz (641 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-08-07 09:55 AM Response to Reply #40 |
149. Hire an American or British translator... |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-08-07 01:15 PM Response to Reply #149 |
150. It wouldn't be that costly to have someone read their English text |
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BluePatriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 12:47 PM Response to Reply #11 |
55. I tend to agree, looks like "engrish" gone awry |
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Truthiness Inspector (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-08-07 01:31 PM Response to Reply #55 |
151. Thanks for that link |
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marshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 04:55 PM Response to Reply #11 |
107. A great teaching moment |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 09:10 AM Response to Original message |
3. Just...wow. I'd return the furniture, too. nt |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 09:13 AM Response to Original message |
4. Well, I could understand "negro" because that's "black" in Spanish... |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 09:15 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. I just googled it, and actually the cookies use a racist slur as their name. |
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Lobster Martini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 09:14 AM Response to Original message |
5. Unbelieveable--a KKKouch! (n/t) |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 01:36 PM Response to Reply #5 |
77. I bet they see a jump in orders in Idaho, South Carolina, Southern Midwest n/t |
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aePrime (676 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-08-07 12:29 AM Response to Reply #77 |
148. With your stereotyping |
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ObamaNationYes (78 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-08-07 07:59 PM Response to Reply #77 |
156. Bad Move ... |
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Blue Diadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 09:15 AM Response to Original message |
7. Article says the furniture came from China |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 09:18 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. We have to import from China. All our factories are there. |
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Blue Diadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 09:23 AM Response to Reply #8 |
15. Yeah I know, but it still stinks, |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 09:51 AM Response to Reply #8 |
26. What, all the furniture factories in NC moved to China? nt |
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DesertRat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 01:22 PM Response to Reply #26 |
71. I just bought a new dining room set from a NC company |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 01:55 PM Response to Reply #26 |
86. Almost all of them, yes. Furniture, carpets, appliances, paint, you name it, |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-08-07 06:05 PM Response to Reply #86 |
153. Oh, I have the TOPPER! |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 08:01 AM Response to Reply #153 |
160. It is no longer possible to surprise me with this kind of crap. |
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NormanYorkstein (762 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-08-07 07:24 PM Response to Reply #86 |
155. It's good we don't make anything here anymore |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 08:02 AM Response to Reply #155 |
161. LOL! I was one of them too. |
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Dervill Crow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 08:20 PM Response to Reply #26 |
132. NC textiles, too. (eom) |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 09:19 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. what's to wonder? it's cheaper... |
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Blue Diadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 09:28 AM Response to Reply #10 |
18. We have put a pricetag on our national soul, |
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RC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 09:24 AM Response to Reply #7 |
16. Why not? |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 09:18 AM Response to Original message |
9. wow |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 09:22 AM Response to Original message |
12. The problem here is that |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 12:55 PM Response to Reply #12 |
56. There are many countries where the n-word does not have a |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 01:05 PM Response to Reply #56 |
59. Deleted sub-thread |
WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 01:07 PM Response to Reply #56 |
60. Where? Is this like "some countries say"? This is a home-grown American idiom. |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 01:21 PM Response to Reply #60 |
68. Note that she didn't answer my SPECIFIC request for the country. |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 01:27 PM Response to Reply #68 |
72. Where I come from is none of your business. |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 01:28 PM Response to Reply #72 |
73. Then don't use it to rationalize. Nice try, though. nt |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 01:30 PM Response to Reply #73 |
74. Rationalize what? |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 01:32 PM Response to Reply #74 |
75. The word's use. I'm a world traveler, and I've never heard it used |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 01:35 PM Response to Reply #75 |
76. I already said it's none of your business. |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 01:49 PM Response to Reply #76 |
82. Then don't use your home country to make an anecdotal argument. |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 02:03 PM Response to Reply #82 |
89. All I said that in my country a similar sounding word is |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 02:21 PM Response to Reply #76 |
91. With all due respect then--don't make it an issue. |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 02:23 PM Response to Reply #75 |
92. China, it would seem |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 01:47 PM Response to Reply #74 |
81. You're using your country of origin to defend an argument, without revealing |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 03:05 PM Response to Reply #81 |
100. To be fair, I've heard this before. There are countries that have similar sounding words |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 04:17 PM Response to Reply #100 |
104. oh no, she's arguing america's history makes the word bad, and it;s not bad used other places. |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 05:37 PM Response to Reply #104 |
112. You seem to be not able to comprehend a simple concept. |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 06:04 PM Response to Reply #104 |
114. And she would be correct. |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 06:18 PM Response to Reply #114 |
115. telling her belief, but she's too evasive to fairly make that determination |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 06:32 PM Response to Reply #115 |
117. You've already insulted my country enough, calling it a |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 06:36 PM Response to Reply #117 |
120. oh BS, Lizzy! you wouldn't tell those who asked you nicely, so quit your martyr crap! |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 06:39 PM Response to Reply #120 |
121. Asked nicely? For what reason? So you can pounce on it |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 07:06 PM Response to Reply #121 |
123. everyone who asked is ignorant? LOL...so you bring it up, but can't defend or explain |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 07:18 PM Response to Reply #123 |
125. Thankfully not everyone. |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 07:33 PM Response to Reply #125 |
129. too bad you already said they were ignorant. Ooops! |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 08:24 PM Response to Reply #129 |
134. I said "they were ignorant?" Who are they? |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 10:24 PM Response to Reply #134 |
143. you said everyone on this thread who asked you to explain further was ignorant |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 06:41 PM Response to Reply #115 |
122. All I'm saying is, you're reacting to her as an American |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 07:12 PM Response to Reply #122 |
124. well at least you see the word is inappropriate ANYWHERE and do not give anyone |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 07:21 PM Response to Reply #124 |
126. Actually that is not my opinion. You are simply not able to |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 07:30 PM Response to Reply #126 |
128. well Lizzy, you refuse to answer all us ignorant people so we have to piece together |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 07:44 PM Response to Reply #128 |
130. Miz B. there's NO WAY Lizzy can respond to you. |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 07:49 PM Response to Reply #130 |
131. ii'd prefer she not reply only to then rewrite her replies because that is as full of shit |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 08:22 PM Response to Reply #131 |
133. I believe your replies got deleted because they were offensive. |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 08:40 PM Response to Reply #133 |
136. LOL, Lizzie, you're the only one hiding info and and changing the content of your posts |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 09:08 PM Response to Reply #136 |
138. I noticed you've edited some of your posts too. Imagine that. |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 10:07 PM Response to Reply #138 |
140. i added stuff, unlike you, i didn;t delete a thing, nor am i hiding where i'm from |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 10:16 PM Response to Reply #140 |
141. Well, and you are wondering why I don't want to tell you where I am. |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 10:23 PM Response to Reply #141 |
142. would be and if, sweetie, and not by me. nice twisted reading..... your n-word is what's not allowed |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 10:35 PM Response to Reply #141 |
145. and no one asked, or gives two shits where you are- the name of the country you |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 02:28 PM Response to Reply #68 |
95. Well, when I lived in Quebec.... |
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whopis01 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-08-07 12:07 AM Response to Reply #60 |
146. That's not exactly true... |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 03:00 PM Response to Reply #56 |
99. That may be true but the US distributor |
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Solo_in_MD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 09:22 AM Response to Original message |
13. This has been making the rounds on many forums |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 09:54 AM Response to Reply #13 |
27. No, They're Not Off The Hook |
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Solo_in_MD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 09:59 AM Response to Reply #27 |
29. They are for this incident |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 10:58 AM Response to Reply #29 |
50. What? You Think They're Ignorant of Their Own Labels? |
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Solo_in_MD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 11:38 AM Response to Reply #50 |
53. What you think they are ignorant of thier own customers? |
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pennylane100 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 09:40 AM Response to Original message |
23. Sadly, this word has been used in many countries for hundreds of years. |
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fwiff (184 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 09:50 AM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Exactly. My Brit FIL used to say that |
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frogcycle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 10:36 AM Response to Reply #23 |
42. there was a Fawlty Towers episode |
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kskiska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 11:10 AM Response to Reply #42 |
52. Wouldn't be at all surprised to hear it in China |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 02:02 PM Response to Reply #52 |
88. Yes, part of the problem is that in south Asia, black skin is superstitiously associated with evil |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 01:09 PM Response to Reply #23 |
62. "England"---as in, our forebearers---is NOT "many countries". |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 09:43 AM Response to Original message |
24. Sounds like Chinese need better translators. |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 09:55 AM Response to Reply #24 |
28. Yeah |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 10:17 AM Response to Reply #24 |
33. "Even mold-like thing appear it does not harm from using" |
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Laughing Mirror (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 04:00 PM Response to Reply #24 |
102. The rest of the label is in perfect impeccable English, however |
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Nay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 10:03 AM Response to Original message |
30. I wonder if they meant "Niger brown" as one might say "Chinese red" |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 01:11 PM Response to Reply #30 |
63. No, they didn't. "Niger" is not associated with any color (well, except for yellow-cake....). |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 01:53 PM Response to Reply #63 |
84. Well, no, here we are getting somewhere. "Niger" river is a corruption of Negro |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 02:41 PM Response to Reply #63 |
96. It could be Niger Brown associated with the river, and not meant to be |
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Liberal Veteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 04:20 PM Response to Reply #96 |
105. I'm going with the latin explanation.... |
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Liberal Veteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 04:13 PM Response to Reply #63 |
103. Niger is a latin word meaning black. |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 05:59 PM Response to Reply #103 |
113. But, what about the river....Dark Color...Chocolate like the "Black River" in S.C. and |
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Straight Shooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 05:02 PM Response to Reply #30 |
109. I think you may be correct. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 10:15 AM Response to Original message |
31. Maybe it's a homage to the famous Australian rugby player E.S. Brown |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 10:16 AM Response to Original message |
32. Aside from the horrible label, that is a nice sofa |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 10:21 AM Response to Reply #32 |
35. Yes, it does look nice |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 10:27 AM Response to Reply #35 |
37. It looks like leather or a leather type material |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 01:00 PM Response to Reply #37 |
57. I have leather sofas and my cats haven't poked any holes in |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 01:13 PM Response to Reply #57 |
65. Really? |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 01:40 PM Response to Reply #65 |
79. My cats don't scratch anything except for their scratching posts. |
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Sal Minella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 10:41 AM Response to Reply #35 |
44. You mean your cats would let YOU use your sofa??? |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 10:45 AM Response to Reply #44 |
46. Here's how it works |
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wicket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 10:19 AM Response to Original message |
34. Wow, that's pretty damn horrible |
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kskiska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 10:25 AM Response to Original message |
36. I was in Germany in the '70s |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 10:30 AM Response to Reply #36 |
38. Too bad the Bahlsen company doesn't make a product called "Cock" |
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kskiska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 10:52 AM Response to Reply #38 |
48. They also make Afrika Dark Chocolate covered wafers |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 01:14 PM Response to Reply #48 |
66. "Afrika" is a place. "Dark chocolate" is a product. NEITHER is pernicious verbiage. |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 01:12 PM Response to Reply #36 |
64. And they were imported FROM? Germans aren't known to produce goods in English. |
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Fountain79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 10:34 AM Response to Original message |
41. Ok I feel terrible... |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 10:41 AM Response to Reply #41 |
45. I am ambivalent but definitely sympathize with that woman |
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Jim Sagle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 04:56 PM Response to Reply #41 |
108. Probably. |
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Fountain79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 05:20 PM Response to Reply #108 |
110. More fun for me I guess...n/t |
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Jim Sagle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 09:39 PM Response to Reply #110 |
139. So much fun, you had to say it twice. |
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Fountain79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 05:20 PM Response to Reply #108 |
111. More fun for me I guess...n/t |
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frogcycle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 10:39 AM Response to Original message |
43. hey, could we get some chinese manufacturers to believe |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 12:39 PM Response to Reply #43 |
54. A most worthy suggestion. nt |
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Sal Minella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 10:45 AM Response to Original message |
47. Translation dictionaries apparently are not in vogue there -- check Engrish.com. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 10:57 AM Response to Reply #47 |
49. "Just be careful if you have to go to the restroom..." |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 10:58 AM Response to Reply #49 |
51. ... |
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otherlander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 08:43 PM Response to Reply #49 |
137. Maybe they mean... |
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mainer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 08:07 AM Response to Reply #47 |
162. oh god, thank you for posting this site! n/t |
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Wcross (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 01:51 PM Response to Original message |
83. I wonder if the sofa comes in "Cracker white"? n/t |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 01:54 PM Response to Reply #83 |
85. I wondered the same |
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Wcross (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 02:18 PM Response to Reply #85 |
90. No it isn't in the same league, but just curious. n/t |
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fortyfeetunder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 01:56 PM Response to Original message |
87. Simply amazing...assigning a color to the N-word |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 02:26 PM Response to Original message |
94. I wasn't aware all of you spoke chinese. |
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troubleinwinter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
97. I have been to China. |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 02:53 PM Response to Reply #97 |
98. I like the second to last one |
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orleans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
106. i know, if i was that mother, i definitely would not have appreciated |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 06:21 PM Response to Reply #106 |
116. I understand the mother's consternation |
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ismnotwasm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 06:34 PM Response to Original message |
118. Disgusting |
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WiseButAngrySara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 06:36 PM Response to Original message |
119. I hope this puts a huge dent in their business, or better yet, |
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jakem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 07:24 PM Response to Original message |
127. Wow. this is one of the dumbest threads i have ever seen on DU... |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 08:37 PM Response to Original message |
135. In My Opinion There's NO WAY The Manufacturer Intended This Racially. |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-07-07 10:31 PM Response to Original message |
144. Why look...yet another reason to stop buying crap from China |
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Catherine Vincent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-08-07 12:20 AM Response to Original message |
147. WTF? |
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Mackay (538 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-08-07 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
152. When I lived in Taiwan (China) |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-08-07 09:40 PM Response to Reply #152 |
159. Many immigrants/foreign visitors are racist before they get here |
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marshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 10:07 AM Response to Reply #152 |
163. I will agree with that |
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Ellen Forradalom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-08-07 07:17 PM Response to Original message |
154. This is a bloody head-on collision |
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