Abercrombie & Fitch dig at W Virginia again

lookout123 · 08-25-2004, 05:48 PM

i think the shirts are pretty funny even if i do ridicule the people that actually spend their money to buy them.

Abercrombie & Fitch pokes fun at West Virginia, again

Wednesday, August 25, 2004 Posted: 5:55 PM EDT (2155 GMT)

CHARLESTON, West Virginia (AP) -- Abercrombie & Fitch is poking fun at West Virginia with a T-shirt again, this one reading: "West Virginia: No Lifeguard at the Gene Pool."

Gov. Bob Wise called the slogan cruel and said he would fight back.

In March, Wise sent a letter demanding that the chain of collegiate-style clothing stores dump a shirt that read, "It's All Relative in West Virginia."

"It is unfortunate that Abercrombie & Fitch continues to perpetuate stereotypes rather than positive things like the number of residents serving in the military or the state's PROMISE scholarship program," Wise spokeswoman Jodi Omear said Wednesday.

Other Abercrombie & Fitch T-shirts lampoon Kentucky ("Electricity in Almost Every Town") and Wisconsin ("Wisconsin Cuts the Cheese").

Abercrombie & Fitch, based in New Albany, Ohio, earlier defended its shirt slogans as lighthearted humor.

Spokesman Tom Lennox did not immediately return a call Wednesday

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lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	Abercrombie & Fitch dig at W Virginia again i think the shirts are pretty funny even if i do ridicule the people that actually spend their money to buy them. Abercrombie & Fitch pokes fun at West Virginia, again Wednesday, August 25, 2004 Posted: 5:55 PM EDT (2155 GMT) CHARLESTON, West Virginia (AP) -- Abercrombie & Fitch is poking fun at West Virginia with a T-shirt again, this one reading: "West Virginia: No Lifeguard at the Gene Pool." Gov. Bob Wise called the slogan cruel and said he would fight back. In March, Wise sent a letter demanding that the chain of collegiate-style clothing stores dump a shirt that read, "It's All Relative in West Virginia." "It is unfortunate that Abercrombie & Fitch continues to perpetuate stereotypes rather than positive things like the number of residents serving in the military or the state's PROMISE scholarship program," Wise spokeswoman Jodi Omear said Wednesday. Other Abercrombie & Fitch T-shirts lampoon Kentucky ("Electricity in Almost Every Town") and Wisconsin ("Wisconsin Cuts the Cheese"). Abercrombie & Fitch, based in New Albany, Ohio, earlier defended its shirt slogans as lighthearted humor. Spokesman Tom Lennox did not immediately return a call Wednesday __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

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