23 Apr
2002
23 Apr
'02
9:08 a.m.
On Tue, 23 Apr 2002, Fred Cisin (XenoSoft) wrote:
Abercrombie & Fitch (upscale department store) carried a line of T-shirts
that had bogus caricature ads for Chinese restaurants, laundries,
etc. They pulled them from market when they started getting
complaints. Now "collectors" want them.
perhaps just random Dick quotes?
I got one:
See Dick post.
See Dick flame.
See Dick with foot in mouth.
Don't be a Dick.
(Ok, so it's not my best work.)
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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> ... but it looks suspicious to me - too much like
a shill auction. The
> "going rate" on completed auctions for the "offensive" A&F
t-shirt seems
> to be $200+/-$50.
Could someone tell me what's up with these shirts ?
Maybe I
should make a VCF shirt that offends some ethnic group and makes
big headlines. Not only will the VCF get publicity (not the best
publicity, but we're all whores) but I'll be able to sell the shirts for
stupid amounts of money on eBay.
Well, I'd rather suggest t's like
'Amiga is lame' or
'Fogett Atari' ... You know, stuff wich may have been
offensive to geeks 10 years ago ... Either we sell them
for their nostalgic value or to fuel ne home comuter wars :)