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(...) "India Red", Or so I'm told, is being pulled from Crayola boxes everywhere. Jasper (25 years ago, 18-Mar-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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LOL. It makes for a good laugh to live in these PC [1] times! [1] politically correct (...) (25 years ago, 18-Mar-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Not precisely. It is being renamed. (can't recall what, off-hand) And there wouldn't be such a fuss over "India Red" - but the crayons are called "Indian Red", which makes all the difference over here. To most ------^ Europeans, Indians are (...) (25 years ago, 18-Mar-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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well perhaps they could be renamed "Indiana red", or perhaps India dot red, referring to the red dot Indian women wear on their foreheads (for reasons unknown to me). BTW, what ever happened to "fire engine red"? Done away with by offended (...) (25 years ago, 19-Mar-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) The interesting thing is, that the "indian red" color is based on the color of a naturally occuring pigment found in India. So it would seem logical to me that they could just drop the "n" in "indian" and call it "India Red". But that would be (...) (25 years ago, 19-Mar-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) For a short time, it was 'fire fighters'. But that was just too negative and aggressive. 'Fire extinguishers' was already taken. And 'fire controllers' is just too alpha-male. Maybe 'fire negotation experts'? Steve (25 years ago, 19-Mar-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Same thing ;) (...) The version I've heard does indeed name the crayons india red, but apparently, Native Americans can't read. Niggardly bastards. (...) So what the hell is wrong with calling a crayon after a race, anyway? Would anyone object (...) (25 years ago, 21-Mar-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Yikes! "Native Americans can't read?!","Niggardly [1]bastards??!" (In honor of tonite) "And the award for the best troll on or in a NG goes to...." If your asbestos undies are still handy, I'd put them on;-) And remember: Stop, Drop, and Roll (...) (25 years ago, 21-Mar-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) How about "Neck Red"? Tim (25 years ago, 21-Mar-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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If you think crayons ought to be named after races, then you might be a redneck (apologizes to Jeff Foxworthy) (...) (25 years ago, 21-Mar-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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<sigh> John Neal wrote in message <36F56962.727A1DA@us...st.net>... (...) (25 years ago, 21-Mar-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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