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Offensive Upholstery Name

Krieger Von VergultungKrieger Von Vergultung __BANNED USERS regular
edited April 2007 in Social Entropy++
http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/americas/04/19/canada.couch.ap/index.html?eref=rss_topstories


TORONTO, Ontario (AP) -- Doris Moore was shocked when her new couch was delivered to her Toronto home with a label that used a racial slur to describe the dark brown shade of the upholstery.

The situation was even more alarming for Moore because it was her 7-year-old daughter who pointed out "n***** brown" on the tag.


Interesting?

I put asterisks on the word because I didn't know if it would get me banned.

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  • CrossBusterCrossBuster Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    randy.jpg

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  • FalloutFallout GIRL'S DAY WAS PRETTY GOOD WHILE THEY LASTEDRegistered User regular
    edited April 2007
    haahahahaha

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  • GOJIRA!GOJIRA! Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    *Yawn*

    This is oldnews.

    Chinamen can't translate.

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    "We are cursed," said Iyad Sarraj, a Gaza psychiatrist and a human rights activist. "Our leaders are either Israeli collaborators, asses, or mentally unstable."
    Sounds vaguely familiar...
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    edited April 2007
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  • PerrsunPerrsun Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    I first found out about this from the Facebook 4chan group.

    Oh how my news sources have changed over the years.

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  • WallhitterWallhitter Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Hahaha oh wow.

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  • GOJIRA!GOJIRA! Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    "People who annoy you."

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    "We are cursed," said Iyad Sarraj, a Gaza psychiatrist and a human rights activist. "Our leaders are either Israeli collaborators, asses, or mentally unstable."
    Sounds vaguely familiar...
  • Skull ManSkull Man RIP KUSU Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    normal brown?

    nester brown?

    nugget brown?

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  • KolchakKolchak Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited April 2007
    This gives "fuck yo couch, nigga" a whole new meaning.

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  • CrossBusterCrossBuster Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    http://www.consumerist.com/consumer/slurs/packaging-label-describes-sofa-color-as-******+brown-250487.php

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    It's a fairly attractive sofa.

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  • #pipe#pipe Cocky Stride, Musky odours Pope of Chili TownRegistered User regular
    edited April 2007
    what's up with the Randy picture?

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  • PonyPony Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Kolchak wrote: »
    This gives "fuck yo couch, nigga" a whole new meaning.

    oh man

    i am so glad i wasn't the only one who thought this

    i love dave chappelle so much

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  • GravesGraves Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    hahahahahaha thats hilarious.

    I've seen funnier translations though, like the Star Wars Ep. III bootleg that one guy posted shots from all over the internet.

    "HE IS IN MY BEHIND!" "LIER!!!!!"

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  • #pipe#pipe Cocky Stride, Musky odours Pope of Chili TownRegistered User regular
    edited April 2007
    man that woman is pissed/has a horrible weave

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  • Skull ManSkull Man RIP KUSU Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    it's not even a translation error I bet

    asians HATE black people

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  • Randall_FlaggRandall_Flagg Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    the chinese word for "nigger," maybe? also, that lady is demanding monetary compensation.

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  • MeissnerdMeissnerd Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Yeah I want that couch

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  • World as MythWorld as Myth a breezy way to annoy serious people Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    napalm brown

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  • World as MythWorld as Myth a breezy way to annoy serious people Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    narwal brown

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  • PonyPony Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    wait wait wait

    she wants monetary compensation instead of just a refund on the couch or a free couch

    fuck you, lady

    bullshit like this harms the cases of real racism

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  • CrossBusterCrossBuster Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Thankfully, I've already discussed this topic on another forum. Otherwise, I wouldn't have made this:

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  • World as MythWorld as Myth a breezy way to annoy serious people Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    nipple brown

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  • RpegRpeg bear at picnic table SeattleRegistered User regular
    edited April 2007
    really though, it's a nice shade of brown

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  • #pipe#pipe Cocky Stride, Musky odours Pope of Chili TownRegistered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Pony wrote: »
    wait wait wait

    she wants monetary compensation instead of just a refund on the couch or a free couch

    fuck you, lady

    bullshit like this harms the cases of real racism

    srsly.
    free couch seems more than fair.

    looks like an expensive couch.

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  • JavenJaven Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Wait, she actually wants something for this?

    I thought this was just a big "Hey guys come check this out"

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  • Skull ManSkull Man RIP KUSU Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    maybe uh

    maybe they knew who it was going to

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  • #pipe#pipe Cocky Stride, Musky odours Pope of Chili TownRegistered User regular
    edited April 2007
    what the hell is up with that randy pic?!

    someone tell me or I swear to god I'll cry

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  • MeissnerdMeissnerd Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    If that lady had been white this would not have made the news

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  • redheadredhead Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    nutmeg brown

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  • CrossBusterCrossBuster Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    #pipe wrote: »
    what the hell is up with that randy pic?!

    someone tell me or I swear to god I'll cry

    It's funny if you know what he's about to say in that pic.

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  • RpegRpeg bear at picnic table SeattleRegistered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Randy was on Wheel of Fortune

    the word is something like

    N _ G G E R

    the clue is

    "People that annoy you."

    guess what vowel he bought

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  • Skull ManSkull Man RIP KUSU Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Meissnerd wrote: »
    If that lady had been white this would not have made the news

    honky white

    everyone around would have just laughed

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  • JavenJaven Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Maybe the people who made the couch were all black

    Maybe they're just

    yknow

    keepin it real

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  • PonyPony Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    seriously, i'm more outraged by her reaction than by some translation error

    because people like her actually make it harder for legitimate victims of racism or other forms of discrimination to be taken seriously

    like, she is fucking claiming emotional distress and that the couch took a toll on her god damn family because of this.

    grow the fuck up.

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  • #pipe#pipe Cocky Stride, Musky odours Pope of Chili TownRegistered User regular
    edited April 2007
    aw hail no

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  • CerriusCerrius Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Do all black women have such recessed hairlines?

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  • Randall_FlaggRandall_Flagg Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    she looks so upset in the picture though.

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