AUTHOR: Dave Sypniewski DATE: Thursday, November 03, 2005 ----- BODY: Abercrombie and Fitch or, "A&F" for short is once again making headlines just in time for the holiday season. This time however, there's no controversial catalog with 15 and 16 year old boys and girls half naked...this time it's over the new line of t-shirts that are rolling into the stores and making people very angry. A few years ago, "A&F" had people picketing the stores because of their line of "The 50 States shirts," These shirts had sayings like, "I'm from Alabama and I have my head up my ass." Then, they had shirts that made fun of Asians...NOW, they have shirts with obscene language or double meanings like the "Freshman 15" one where in this case, they're not talking about gaining weight, they're talking about the 15 names of guys that are listed that the girl wearing this supposedly slept with. There's all kinds of shirts with similar sayings such as, "I'm not with stupid anymore" and "I do frat boys." The guys aren't left out either here. "You're Mother's older but I'd still nail her" and "I just cut your Mom's lawn" are just two for the guys. I will go on record RIGHT NOW by saying I am truly offended by this nonsense! There's nothing wrong with the shirts and the X-rated sayings...I'm offended that Abercrombie and Fitch is actually selling these for $29.95. What a rip-off! It's only a few simple words on a shirt that you can pick out at a t-shirt printing kiosk at the mall and get it for ten bucks. Besides, where is there an Ambercrombie and Fitch anyway? ...Ink, ink, and now even MORE ink. As if Gov. Blagoyavich doesn't have enough on his plate already (Like a very low approval rating and corruption and scandal), he's now turning his attention to a really important issue: tattoo establishments and minors. Supposedly there was some kind of law on the books that said you had to be 21 to get ink. Sure, people don't always go into a shop to get the work done. Kids under 21 go to a friend's cousin's brother who does it for twenty bucks in the basement. The end results don't always come out right...a picture of a Mickey Mouse you carry in with you ends up as a stick figure with big ears on your arm. It is for that reason that the Gov. has lost this fight too. It will now be lowered to 18. The Gov. explained that an 18 year old has no business getting a tattoo because their minds are still developing and they may regret it later. BAD argument there Gov! To say that kids aren't responsible and can't make rational decisions at 18 but 21 is OK, maybe he should raise the age of a driver's license to 21. How about making the age to enlist in the Army and go to Iraq to 21? May as well raise the age to 21 for enrolling into college and voting! I wonder how many kids under 21 voted for him a couple of years ago?! -------- Squealing Pig WORLDWIDE!: Tee'd off over some shirts and tattoo you too!

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Thursday, November 03, 2005

Tee'd off over some shirts and tattoo you too!

Abercrombie and Fitch or, "A&F" for short is once again making headlines just in time for the holiday season. This time however, there's no controversial catalog with 15 and 16 year old boys and girls half naked...this time it's over the new line of t-shirts that are rolling into the stores and making people very angry. A few years ago, "A&F" had people picketing the stores because of their line of "The 50 States shirts," These shirts had sayings like, "I'm from Alabama and I have my head up my ass." Then, they had shirts that made fun of Asians...NOW, they have shirts with obscene language or double meanings like the "Freshman 15" one where in this case, they're not talking about gaining weight, they're talking about the 15 names of guys that are listed that the girl wearing this supposedly slept with. There's all kinds of shirts with similar sayings such as, "I'm not with stupid anymore" and "I do frat boys." The guys aren't left out either here. "You're Mother's older but I'd still nail her" and "I just cut your Mom's lawn" are just two for the guys. I will go on record RIGHT NOW by saying I am truly offended by this nonsense! There's nothing wrong with the shirts and the X-rated sayings...I'm offended that Abercrombie and Fitch is actually selling these for $29.95. What a rip-off! It's only a few simple words on a shirt that you can pick out at a t-shirt printing kiosk at the mall and get it for ten bucks. Besides, where is there an Ambercrombie and Fitch anyway? ...Ink, ink, and now even MORE ink. As if Gov. Blagoyavich doesn't have enough on his plate already (Like a very low approval rating and corruption and scandal), he's now turning his attention to a really important issue: tattoo establishments and minors. Supposedly there was some kind of law on the books that said you had to be 21 to get ink. Sure, people don't always go into a shop to get the work done. Kids under 21 go to a friend's cousin's brother who does it for twenty bucks in the basement. The end results don't always come out right...a picture of a Mickey Mouse you carry in with you ends up as a stick figure with big ears on your arm. It is for that reason that the Gov. has lost this fight too. It will now be lowered to 18. The Gov. explained that an 18 year old has no business getting a tattoo because their minds are still developing and they may regret it later. BAD argument there Gov! To say that kids aren't responsible and can't make rational decisions at 18 but 21 is OK, maybe he should raise the age of a driver's license to 21. How about making the age to enlist in the Army and go to Iraq to 21? May as well raise the age to 21 for enrolling into college and voting! I wonder how many kids under 21 voted for him a couple of years ago?!

posted by Dave Sypniewski at Thursday, November 03, 2005

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