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  • kira1234
    kira1234 Member Posts: 3,091
    edited October 2010

    A pink dog, oh my what's next.

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  • lovemygarden
    lovemygarden Member Posts: 342
    edited October 2010

    I was hoping that the poor dog was merely Photoshopped but I guess not. Frown  One can only hope it was some kind of a spray-on/wash-out vegetable dye!

    (A cat would never have put up with it, LOL)

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  • Suzybelle
    Suzybelle Member Posts: 920
    edited October 2010
    Why don't they come up with a pink baseball bat or spear???  My tamox. is kicking in again, I think.Cool
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  • tweetybird
    tweetybird Member Posts: 815
    edited October 2010

    Suzy,

    MLB is one step ahead of you with the pink baseball bats. On Mother's Day all of the teams use pink bats for breast cancer.

    At least we're not alone, on Father's Day, they use blue bats.

    Tweetybird :)

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  • Suzybelle
    Suzybelle Member Posts: 920
    edited October 2010
    There are days when I could really use a pink bat.  Thanks, Tweety.  Kiss
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  • lovemygarden
    lovemygarden Member Posts: 342
    edited October 2010

    Speaking of pink bats (the other kind), I suppose we should be thankful that no brighteyed marketing person has come up with the idea of pink Halloween pumpkins, LOL! or bats, ghosts, witches, etc.

    Although I doubt that the notion of a pink-garbed witch would fly.... (ouch! Tongue out Sorry)

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  • suzyqinmiami
    suzyqinmiami Member Posts: 20
    edited October 2010

    I was surprised when I saw the Pink Ribbon stamp on each egg in the dozen eggs I bought last week

    eb pic 

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  • leaf
    leaf Member Posts: 8,188
    edited October 2010

    They even look vaguely like boobs!

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  • Suzybelle
    Suzybelle Member Posts: 920
    edited October 2010

    Seeing them makes me want to smash them with a pink baseball bat.

     I think Pinktober is making me violent.

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  • Katey
    Katey Member Posts: 733
    edited October 2010

    I'm with you Suzybelle!

     I have an adorable photo on my dresser of my little 3 year old in her pink jacket and me in my pink visor and Tshirt at a Susan Komen Race for the Cure. I've always loved it.  We had a great day, my dh was there cheering us on, my dd loved the excitement.  Well today I am mad. The catfood had pink ribbons on it at the store.  I bought it thinking well guess my cats can support the race.  My daughter is now 23 and there is no f ing cure.  We need to find a high risk doctor to keep an eye on her.  

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  • tweetybird
    tweetybird Member Posts: 815
    edited August 2013

    This Pink October stuff is getting my warped sense of humor going on those eggs.They will definitly look like our girls, once they're smashed, scrambled eggs, scrambled boobs!

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited October 2010

    "I suppose we should be thankful that no brighteyed marketing person has come up with the idea of pink Halloween pumpkins"

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  • FireKracker
    FireKracker Member Posts: 8,046
    edited October 2010

    its oct 20th.ITS ALMOST OVER.the violence is really setting in right now....if anyone gave me a hammer i would show them exactly what to do with all that pink shit......

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited October 2010

    I just couldn't resist!:

     

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  • Lowrider54
    Lowrider54 Member Posts: 2,721
    edited October 2010

    I am going to have to take my camera shopping with me...the things I saw on my trip this weekend were just, well, pink everywhere.  I did buy a new hat - a black one with the pink ribbon - that seemed to fit me.  And the mossy oak pink deer - I am a hunter that is a girl and I liked that it didn't have the 'marketing' attached. 

    Thankfully, there was no pink football - I feared that one as I would have had to run out on the field and kick it!  It is nice to know that the NFL does really do something for us and is forthcoming about exactly what they do - not much of the 'pink' does that although we do know exactly what pepto-bismol does...I am sure much of the pink goes the same way - down the crapper without the wrapper and doesn't give anything back.

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  • FireKracker
    FireKracker Member Posts: 8,046
    edited October 2010

    PERFECT.HA.if i could get my hands on one right now id be dangerous.I HATE PINK.

    thanks laura...you did give me a laugh.

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited October 2010

    LOL Laughing - and here's one for LowRider:

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  • Wonderland
    Wonderland Member Posts: 3,288
    edited October 2010

    I saw a cat litter container with a pink cap on it. A pink sticker on the container states that they support bc awareness.

    Now cats have to deal with all this pink crap when all they want to do is crap in the litter!

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  • lovemygarden
    lovemygarden Member Posts: 342
    edited October 2010

    Laura, please please PLEASE tell me those pumpkins were Photoshopped... SurprisedSurprised

    Scary, yes -- but in an utterly WRONG way, LOL! They look like Paris Hilton Goes To The Pinktober Circus.....   Tongue out

    That is a horrible thing to do to an innocent fruit (yes, pumpkins are fruits, as weird as that may seem; just like tomatoes Smile )

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited October 2010

    Wonderland - Can't help but wonder...do cats get bc? ; ) 

    lovemygarden - I don't think they were photoshopped. Sorry!

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  • althea
    althea Member Posts: 1,595
    edited October 2010

    LOL Laura, I actually HAVE one of those pink hammers!  It was a gift I received long before all this pink made me jaded. 

    I'd love to see some of these research dollars look into all this pink ink.  Wouldn't it be the ultimate irony if pink ink turned out to be carcinogenic!

    I just can't decide which thing makes me groan the most.  The concrete truck, the pink pumpkins, or the 'surivor' cake.  I think maybe the cake takes the cake.  

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  • dlb823
    dlb823 Member Posts: 9,430
    edited August 2013

    I needed fax paper, and someone brought me this!   At least it says they give 20% of the profit from this product to research & awareness.

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    Oops!  Sorry about the double image.  Not sure why that happened or how to fix it.

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  • tweetybird
    tweetybird Member Posts: 815
    edited October 2010
    I know that all of these companies mean well, but the stuff that they are promoting awareness is hysterical!  I think the cat litter tops it! Foot in mouth
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  • thepinkbirdie
    thepinkbirdie Member Posts: 212
    edited October 2010
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  • thepinkbirdie
    thepinkbirdie Member Posts: 212
    edited October 2010

    I can and can't believe this thread has been running since September 2008!!

    I've been taking pictures all around town and in stores of all the pink stuff.  There's not enough room to post it all!

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  • thepinkbirdie
    thepinkbirdie Member Posts: 212
    edited August 2013

    I forgot I had created this group...

    http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=319574970373&v=wall

    I have it set so that members can upload pictures, if anyone is interested.

    How do I add a link instead of a copy and paste for a site?  My link tool is grayed out. 

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  • otter
    otter Member Posts: 6,099
    edited October 2010

    marie, if you highlight the web address with your cursor, the link tool should become active.  You need to highlight it to copy it into the link window anyway.  I tried it -- I pasted your facebook address into this reply and highlighted it, and the link button brightened up.

    Why is this thread still active, after more than 2 years?  Because October is still way too pink for most of us; and the marketing world hasn't stopped advertising pink-for-BC stuff for people to buy.:)

    otter

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  • lovemygarden
    lovemygarden Member Posts: 342
    edited October 2010

    I've just finished reading "Pink Ribbon Blues" by Gayle Sulik -- great book! Should be required reading for every person who buys or wears the Pinkified stuff.

    Something I never knew before is that Pinktober was originally sponsored by a pharmaceutical company: Zeneca, now known as AstraZeneca of course ("one of the wealthiest members of the breast cancer industry through the development and sale of oncology drugs"), which still is a major sponsor. The author's excellent point:

    "The conflict of interest between sponsoring breast cancer awareness programs while profiting from breast cancer diagnosis and treatment and/or contributing to a carginogenic environment is one of the many competing interests that undermine pink ribbon culture."

    Yep... the more new bc cases are discovered, the more money all these pharmaceutical companies and diagnostic-machine manufacturers make. The real motto is "Early detection creates customers"!

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  • thepinkbirdie
    thepinkbirdie Member Posts: 212
    edited October 2010

    http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=319574970373&v=photos

    Thanks, Otter!!!!!!!!

    I finally figured out how to upload to that Facebook link the 137 photos I've taken during the month.

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  • Lowrider54
    Lowrider54 Member Posts: 2,721
    edited October 2010

    lovemygarden...something to add to the new motto (love it) "...and finding no cure creates recurrent customers that treat until they die."

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