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Re: set instructions wanted
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Fri, 19 Mar 1999 00:14:21 GMT
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johnneal@uswest{NoSpam}.net
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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 combustion extinguishing engineers? [1]
[1] firemen [2]
[2] sorry, firepersons;-)
James Brown wrote:
> In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Jasper Janssen writes:
> > On Mon, 15 Mar 1999 18:43:29 GMT, "Jeff Stembel" <Dragonelf1@aol.com>
> > wrote:
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> > > What color IS wrong, anyways? Or bad, for that matter? ;)
> >
> > "India Red", Or so I'm told, is being pulled from Crayola boxes
> > everywhere.
> >
> > Jasper
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> Not precisely. It is being renamed. (can't recall what, off-hand)
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> 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 from India - here in North America, Indians are native
> to the environment, and like most racial groups, there is a small and vocal
> subset of them that cries out against injustice, actual or otherwise.
>
> James
> http://www.shades-of-night.com/lego/
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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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| (...) 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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