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footfootfoot · 10-11-2016, 10:10 AM

Skunk fur was called American Sable until Sable farmers raised a stink because skunk fur was cutting into their market and they knew as long as it was called American Sable people would have no prejudice against it, but if you called it skunk there was no way to cleanse the mental association.

10-11-2016, 10:10 AM	#17
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	Skunk fur was called American Sable until Sable farmers raised a stink because skunk fur was cutting into their market and they knew as long as it was called American Sable people would have no prejudice against it, but if you called it skunk there was no way to cleanse the mental association. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs