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Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Fl
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Flori-DUH!
Now I know for sure that this place is screwed.
November 28, 2007 State sure slogan will 'shine' Term used to promote tourism is also considered a racial slur BY JIM ASH FLORIDA TODAY With the controversial "The Rules are Different Here" campaign only a distant, painful memory, Florida tourism officials are about to take another risk as they reach out to minority travelers. A national television campaign, set to launch in a few months, targets Hispanic and black vacationers with the one-word slogan: "Shine." This is better than Dumb and Dumber. http://www.floridatoday.com/apps/pbc...=2007711280314 Here's a picture of Florida Tourisms new spokesperson. ![]() ![]() |
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Local Time: 04:04 PM
Local Date: 11-21-2009 |
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Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: the edge of reason
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Re: Flori-DUH!
She looks like a golliwog.
At least they changed the state song from the overlty racist and dated "Old Folks at Home (Swanee River)" to "Florida (Where the Sawgrass Meets the Sky)" this past January. It only took them 44 years. ![]() Way down upon de Swanee ribber, Far, far away, Dere's wha my heart is turning ebber, Dere's wha de old folks stay. All up and down de whole creation Sadly I roam, Still longing for de old plantation And for de old folks at home. Chorus All de world am sad and dreary, Ebry where I roam, Oh! darkies how my heart grows weary, Far from de old folks at home. 2nd verse All round de little farm I wandered When I was young, Den many happy days I squandered, Many de songs I sung. When I was playing wid my brudder Happy was I Oh! take me to my kind old mudder, Dere let me live and die. Chorus 3rd verse One little hut amond de bushes, One dat I love, Still sadly to my mem'ry rushes, No matter where I rove When will I see de bees a humming All round de comb? When will I hear de banjo tumming Down in my good old home? |
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Local Time: 05:04 PM
Local Date: 11-21-2009 |
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 4,124
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Re: Flori-DUH!
Oh one of the first books i had in my life was 'Little black Sambo' I had the whole set. I loved the way sambo made the tigers chase around the tree until they turned into butter.
![]() Ahh that's a new thread " can you refridgerate tigers?" ![]() |
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Local Time: 08:04 AM
Local Date: 11-22-2009 |
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