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Odin2005

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15. Yuck, corporate duck-speak!

Reply to Enrique (Reply #14)

Sun Dec 2, 2012, 10:18 PM

Dec 2012

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'Unionmade' Clothing Maker Receives Cease-And-Desist Letter From American Unions [View all] unhappycamper Dec 2012 OP

what is unionmade's deal otherone Dec 2012 #1

What's in a name? unhappycamper Dec 2012 #3

good. nt xchrom Dec 2012 #2

Sounds like '24 Hour Fitness' - which isn't necessarily open 24 hours tomm2thumbs Dec 2012 #4

or the Macaroni Grill rucky Dec 2012 #10

Dirty pool for sure. LOL nt rDigital Dec 2012 #12

Right. And have you ever seen an olive tree at the "Olive Garden"? nilram Dec 2012 #13

Thankfully Hooters has...well you know.... Historic NY Dec 2012 #28

"LA Fitness" isn't in LA either, or at least MINE isn't. ~nt 99th_Monkey Dec 2012 #30

The urban lumberjack look... MyTwoSense Dec 2012 #5

Your point... Chan790 Dec 2012 #7

Classic... WCGreen Dec 2012 #29

San Franciscans don't prance to bistros for a latte. We prance to cafes for a latte and prance Luminous Animal Dec 2012 #24

Then in a twinkling I heard on the roof, the prancing and pawing of each little hoof... Hekate Dec 2012 #31

Well, there is that, too! LOL! Luminous Animal Dec 2012 #34

Prance and Dance AndyTiedye Dec 2012 #32

i'm partial to flouncing NuttyFluffers Dec 2012 #35

How about Scabmade? 99Forever Dec 2012 #6

Terminology question... Lightbulb_on Dec 2012 #17

For the most part, you are correct. 99Forever Dec 2012 #18

Even if the cease-and-desist letter doesn't hold up, at least word of the fraud is getting out! Unrepentant Fenian Dec 2012 #8

I posted contact info in post #23... company, twitter, and Facebook. Pass that on too, please. Luminous Animal Dec 2012 #26

Shades of Walmart's "We buy American" progressoid Dec 2012 #9

That's what corporatists do. They LIE and pretend to be what they are not. woo me with science Dec 2012 #11

+1 HiPointDem Dec 2012 #19

Bullshit. It is ok for people to have a point of view on issues that is different from mine. bluestate10 Dec 2012 #22

i see: collateral killings of innocents, wars of plunder on other countries, marasinghe Dec 2012 #33

Yep. You are a good egg, woo. Luminous Animal Dec 2012 #27

it's an "overarching concept" Enrique Dec 2012 #14

Yuck, corporate duck-speak! Odin2005 Dec 2012 #15

god. no wonder americans are increasingly insane, this is the sea they swim in. HiPointDem Dec 2012 #20

Or drown in. Dark n Stormy Knight Dec 2012 #36

DISGUSTING to use that name and mislead people Raine Dec 2012 #16

Look like the company makes a concerted attempt to deceive consumers. The truth on them bluestate10 Dec 2012 #21

Facebook, twitter, and company contact emails in post #23. Luminous Animal Dec 2012 #25

Contact them... Luminous Animal Dec 2012 #23

Awesome, thank you! nt Union Scribe Dec 2012 #38

That sounds like Kid Rock's BS "Made in Detroit" line Union Scribe Dec 2012 #37

K&R woo me with science Dec 2012 #39