Hand wash, drip dry, insult president

[CatWoman]

April 23, 2004 | SEATTLE (AP) -- Clothes can make a statement. Urban-bag designer Tom Bihn has discovered that labels can, too. Bihn's sales have doubled since a French-language presidential insult mysteriously made its way onto the bilingual washing instructions for hundreds of his laptop bags and backpacks.

The labels read: "Nous sommes desoles que notre president soit un idiot. Nous n'avons pas vote pour lui."

Translated into English: "We are sorry that our president is an idiot. We didn't vote for him."

Bihn's self-titled company has drawn national media attention and sparked Internet chatter since a Seattle customer spotted the insult and posted a photo of his bag's label on his Web log.

Bihn is careful to note that the tag doesn't specify who "our president" refers to.

"I'm going with the idea that it's a joke about me, the president of the company," Bihn said Thursday, but "clearly when you use the word 'idiot' and 'president' in the same sentence people jump to other conclusions."

:evilgrin:

http://www.salon.com/news/wire/2004/04/23/bushlabel/index.html

[HFishbine]

1. 'idiot' and 'president' = jumping to conclusions.

LOL!

[TheBlob]

2. Hilarious n/t

[On the Road]

3. Yes, and the Mysterious Employee

didn't "vote" for him as company president. Got it. ;)

[sangh0]

4. Funny story

but could you please stop that annoying cackle?

[CatWoman]

6. never!!!!!!!!

*cackled catwoman*

:D

[RobertSeattle]

5. Google Translation page sure screws this up

http://translate.google.com/translate_t

Enter
Nous sommes desoles que notre president soit un idiot. Nous n'avons pas vote pour lui.

French -> English
We are desoles that our president is an idiot. We do not have vote for him.


What the heck is desoles?

[Cronus Protagonist]

7. desoles = sorry/sad

Surely you could have figured that out :)

http://brainbuttons.com/home.asp?stashid=13

[RobertSeattle]

9. Google is GOD

It should have translated desoles to sorry!

[nostamj]

8. "other conclusions"

this is a 'blackout' sketch I did based on a current internet joke (or an ancient one!) for my upcoming revue:

A: So, the President–
B: Of the United States?
A: Of the United States stops by the farm to talk with the people.
B: Freedom and terror?
A: And tax cuts. Brought his own bales of hay for a backdrop. Made in China I hear.
B: Heard too.
A: And he’s talkin’ terror and freedom–
B: And tax cuts.
A: And tax cuts and there’s all these flies buzzin’ around his head–
B: Circle flies?
A: Circle flies. So I pat his leg and say: Don’t mind those circle flies, they don’t bite. And he says–
B: The President?
A: Of the United States says: What’s a ‘circle fly’? And I say: Well, we call them ‘circle flies’ ‘cause they usually circle a horse’s BEEhind. Well, then he–
B: The President?
A: Of the United States says: I hope you’re not calling the President of the United States a horse’s BEEhind’?
B: And you said?
A: And I said: No Sir, I would never call the President of the United States a ‘horse’s BEEhind’... But, it’s hard to fool the flies.

BLACKOUT

[rocktivity]

10. I've seen a T-shirt with that message written in five languages.

:headbang:
rocknation