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J-Reel · 07-11-2004, 09:50 AM

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5404625/

Cheney?s f-word quote makes it to thongs

Online cottage industry quoting VP thrives at Cafepress.com Updated: 2:58 p.m. ET July 09, 2004

WASHINGTON - Your dog, your toddler, your car and your computer can now sport the same pungent phrase -- suggesting an anatomically unlikely sex act -- uttered in a moment of pique by Vice President Dick Cheney.

Within weeks of Cheney?s angry suggestion to Sen. Patrick Leahy to ?go f? yourself? on June 22, an online cottage industry quoting the vice president has sprung up at Cafepress.com, a Web site offering customized merchandise.

?I thought it was funny,? said Sean Bonner, a Los Angeles art gallery owner who designed a range of products with the legend, ??Go f? yourself? - Vice President, Dick Cheney.?

?I kind of wanted a shirt like that and the best way to do it would be to make it myself,? Bonner said by telephone.

Bonner?s section of the Cafepress site offers regular T-shirts, thongs, creeper outfits for toddlers and infants, dog T-shirts, computer mouse pads, car stickers and trucker hats.

After a mention in The Washington Post on Friday, this collection went from getting few hits to being one of the top four ?shops? on the site, a spokesman for Cafepress said.

Edguy! · 07-11-2004, 09:51 AM

dick cheney stole our name

Joesho · 07-11-2004, 09:53 AM

Go get em Lensman....

Ash@phpFX · 07-11-2004, 10:01 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Edguy!
dick cheney stole our name

our?

mardigras · 07-11-2004, 10:58 AM

adult.com had shirts with "Go Fuck Yourself" long ago, so they might actually have some standing in a case depending on the design of the shirts and whatever previous legal arrangements they had involving such merchandise. On the other hand, it's difficult to trademark dictionary words or common phrases and it's very clear that the intention of the site is poking at the Cheney incident.

pussyluver · 07-11-2004, 11:02 AM

Trade marking *Go Fuck Yourself* would have been cool! Just a little superscript *TM* prolly would have made a world of difference. Not an attorney, maybe a call to one would be worth the $100 the 15 minute conversation would cost.

Tala · 07-11-2004, 11:04 AM

Spunky · 07-11-2004, 11:07 AM

Heh Heh

mardigras · 07-11-2004, 11:10 AM

LOL, I was just thinking... Instead of "no commenting" when asked about it Dick Cheney said it made him feel good to say it. I wonder how good he feels about pics of his mug and "Go fuck yourself" on T-shirts all across the country?

Then again, they'd probably turn it around as another example of insane liberals

Tom_PMs · 07-11-2004, 11:15 AM

In the VP's wifes interview on CNN this morning, they brought up an old (2003) clip of Andrew Card commenting on an interview Kerry did for Rolling Stone where he said the word "fuck". Card said he wanted Kerry to apologize, at least to himself and that such words were beneath a US Senator.
Of course the VP's wife laughed off her own husbands comment saying that he was stressed about a personal attack on his integrity. She justified it like a good VP's wife should.

Incidently, I wrote an email to the show at the email address they provide for comment. The email bounced saying recipient not found. So I forwarded it to the address exactly as shown on the screen. bounced again. So I emailed the postmaster at turner dot com for an explanation.

Perhaps they censor and bounce emails like mine. Fuckers.

ZanyCash Larry · 07-11-2004, 11:34 AM

TheJimmy · 07-11-2004, 11:47 AM

love this mug:

http://www.cafeshops.com/cp/browse/?...nr=1&Nao=1&x=0

Lykos · 07-11-2004, 02:34 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by asher
our?

stevecore · 07-11-2004, 02:46 PM

the phrase go fuck yourself was around well before this board.

07-11-2004, 09:50 AM	#1
J-Reel Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Boneprone's guest house Posts: 3,782	Lensman should sue http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5404625/ Cheney?s f-word quote makes it to thongs Online cottage industry quoting VP thrives at Cafepress.com Updated: 2:58 p.m. ET July 09, 2004 WASHINGTON - Your dog, your toddler, your car and your computer can now sport the same pungent phrase -- suggesting an anatomically unlikely sex act -- uttered in a moment of pique by Vice President Dick Cheney. Within weeks of Cheney?s angry suggestion to Sen. Patrick Leahy to ?go f? yourself? on June 22, an online cottage industry quoting the vice president has sprung up at Cafepress.com, a Web site offering customized merchandise. ?I thought it was funny,? said Sean Bonner, a Los Angeles art gallery owner who designed a range of products with the legend, ??Go f? yourself? - Vice President, Dick Cheney.? ?I kind of wanted a shirt like that and the best way to do it would be to make it myself,? Bonner said by telephone. Bonner?s section of the Cafepress site offers regular T-shirts, thongs, creeper outfits for toddlers and infants, dog T-shirts, computer mouse pads, car stickers and trucker hats. After a mention in The Washington Post on Friday, this collection went from getting few hits to being one of the top four ?shops? on the site, a spokesman for Cafepress said. __________________ Scheck out the new girls at www.hawtmoney.com ICQ 177-447-671

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mardigras Bon temps! Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: down yonder Posts: 14,194	LOL, I was just thinking... Instead of "no commenting" when asked about it Dick Cheney said it made him feel good to say it. I wonder how good he feels about pics of his mug and "Go fuck yourself" on T-shirts all across the country? Then again, they'd probably turn it around as another example of insane liberals __________________ .

07-11-2004, 11:15 AM	#10
Tom_PMs Confirmed User Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 2,049	In the VP's wifes interview on CNN this morning, they brought up an old (2003) clip of Andrew Card commenting on an interview Kerry did for Rolling Stone where he said the word "fuck". Card said he wanted Kerry to apologize, at least to himself and that such words were beneath a US Senator. Of course the VP's wife laughed off her own husbands comment saying that he was stressed about a personal attack on his integrity. She justified it like a good VP's wife should. Incidently, I wrote an email to the show at the email address they provide for comment. The email bounced saying recipient not found. So I forwarded it to the address exactly as shown on the screen. bounced again. So I emailed the postmaster at turner dot com for an explanation. Perhaps they censor and bounce emails like mine. Fuckers. __________________ You've read it, you can't unread it.

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