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The University of North Texas really didn't think out the design of their mugs. (Original Post) riversedge Apr 2017 OP
Wow . . . just . . . . hatrack Apr 2017 #1
hahahahaha nt luvMIdog Apr 2017 #2
I suspect Lindsay Apr 2017 #3
Agreed VigilantG Apr 2017 #4
I don't have any doubts that it was deliberate. nt JTFrog Apr 2017 #9
Maybe they knew exactly what they were doing! Texas has become notorious TheDebbieDee Apr 2017 #5
No, Texas does NOT suck MagickMuffin Apr 2017 #11
I've lived in Texas in the summer. Trust me. It sucks. jmowreader Apr 2017 #14
The weather really doesn't have anything to do with the State of Texas MagickMuffin Apr 2017 #17
Anyone who grew up in Colorado knows...Texas sucks Drahthaardogs Apr 2017 #18
Can you blame them for escaping?? LeftInTX Apr 2017 #20
WTF dalton99a Apr 2017 #6
Changing the word Federation to something else would be better jmowreader Apr 2017 #15
Sort of puts "grab 'em by the pussy" in an entirely new light, doesn't it? randome Apr 2017 #7
What ever happened to the Hitler tea kettle....... Historic NY Apr 2017 #8
"the mug is not on sale anywhere anymore" dalton99a Apr 2017 #10
Oh. Dear. 3catwoman3 Apr 2017 #12
Today's outrage!!! Blue_Adept Apr 2017 #13
Reminds me of the stylized original Trump Pence logo salin Apr 2017 #16
Texas often deserves bashing, but the UT system is pretty much our liberal haven. LeftInTX Apr 2017 #19
Its a new tweet, but the pic has been around for while. aikoaiko Apr 2017 #21
 

TheDebbieDee

(11,119 posts)
5. Maybe they knew exactly what they were doing! Texas has become notorious
Fri Apr 14, 2017, 09:59 AM
Apr 2017

in its anti-woman behavior. From its attack on Planned Parenthood to its voter ID laws that made it difficult for women to prove their identities if they'd been married and divorced, Texas sucks!

MagickMuffin

(15,943 posts)
11. No, Texas does NOT suck
Fri Apr 14, 2017, 11:34 AM
Apr 2017

the republican lawmakers and the people that vote for them suck. And Texas isn't the only state has has taken their state's voting rights away. But I'm sure you already know that.

jmowreader

(50,559 posts)
14. I've lived in Texas in the summer. Trust me. It sucks.
Fri Apr 14, 2017, 03:09 PM
Apr 2017

Even changing to an all-Democratic government won't change the weather.

MagickMuffin

(15,943 posts)
17. The weather really doesn't have anything to do with the State of Texas
Sat Apr 15, 2017, 09:18 AM
Apr 2017

now does it?

The climate is going to get worse no matter which state you live in. We are just experiencing it sooner than others are currently experiencing. With trump'd in office it won't be too much longer though!!!

I've lived here all my life. Would I like to move, perhaps someday. But I'm working on changing the climate of politics here first.

Drahthaardogs

(6,843 posts)
18. Anyone who grew up in Colorado knows...Texas sucks
Sat Apr 15, 2017, 09:27 AM
Apr 2017

A state with vast territory yet almost no public lands because their might be a drop of oil on it. Every summer Colorado and New Mexico are overrun with Texans clogging the highways and for us, trespassing on private ground. It's almost a weekly ritual to kick a Texan off our section of river. Apparently No Trespassing signs mean something different in Texas.

LeftInTX

(25,364 posts)
20. Can you blame them for escaping??
Sat Apr 15, 2017, 09:52 AM
Apr 2017

My daughter's friend has a cabin in Colorado.

She is heading west for camping trip next week.

I will tell her not to trespass!!
(I think she knows better. I think they're going to a national park or at least a national forest. She bought a ton of gear and is well prepared)

dalton99a

(81,513 posts)
6. WTF
Fri Apr 14, 2017, 10:02 AM
Apr 2017
https://blogs.wsj.com/middleseat/2009/10/02/as-the-acronym-turns-wisconsin-tourism-foundation-quietly-changes-name/

As the Acronym Turns: Wisconsin Tourism Foundation Quietly Changes Name
By Susan Carey
Oct 2, 2009 4:49 pm ET

The Wisconsin Tourism Federation isn’t LOL about its initials — WTF.

The 30-year-old lobbying coalition of organizations that support the state’s travel industry learned about a year ago that bloggers were joking about the new, vulgar meaning of the coalition’s acronym, said Julia Hertel, the group’s administrator in the Madison suburb of Sun Prairie. (For the uninitiated: It’s commonly used shorthand for “what the f***” in email and texting.) A Web site devoted to language and another, called Your Logo Makes Me Barf, were skewering the name, she said.

After months of discussions, the group in July quietly voted to change its name to Tourism Federation of Wisconsin and update its logo, although the type face and basic design stayed the same.
 

randome

(34,845 posts)
7. Sort of puts "grab 'em by the pussy" in an entirely new light, doesn't it?
Fri Apr 14, 2017, 10:04 AM
Apr 2017

[hr][font color="blue"][center]"The whole world is a circus if you know how to look at it."
Tony Randall, 7 Faces of Dr. Lao (1964)
[/center][/font][hr]

Historic NY

(37,449 posts)
8. What ever happened to the Hitler tea kettle.......
Fri Apr 14, 2017, 10:14 AM
Apr 2017

people get paid to come up with graphic & industrial designs apparently walk around with the HUTAS.

Blue_Adept

(6,399 posts)
13. Today's outrage!!!
Fri Apr 14, 2017, 03:02 PM
Apr 2017

Though I think this one has come up before.

Thank goodness so many of us are afraid of words.

LeftInTX

(25,364 posts)
19. Texas often deserves bashing, but the UT system is pretty much our liberal haven.
Sat Apr 15, 2017, 09:44 AM
Apr 2017

This is just a mistake and the mug has been pulled.
Could have happened to anyone.

aikoaiko

(34,170 posts)
21. Its a new tweet, but the pic has been around for while.
Sat Apr 15, 2017, 09:55 AM
Apr 2017

A couple of years at least.

This is actual University of North Texas mug that inspired the more obvious send off in your OP.

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