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Boycott NIKE

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    #2
    RichieC
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,334 ✭✭✭RichieC


    HURRRRRR!


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    #3
    krudler
    Registered Users Posts: 34,788 ✭✭✭✭krudler


    was just like when Ben & Jerry released their Ku Klux Kandy icecream


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    Ficheall
    Registered Users Posts: 9,018 ✭✭✭Ficheall


    Have people been boycotting/uproaring about the "Black and Tan" drink then? :confused:


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    #5
    Dunny
    Registered Users Posts: 2,985 ✭✭✭Dunny


    RobbingBandit wrote: »
    NIKE have brought out a new line of runners called the Black and Tan,stupid bastards.

    http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/celebrity/the-nike-sneakers-spoiling-st-patricks-day/story-fn9076o9-1226297994609

    Lol, I am so buying these.


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    RobbingBandit
    Registered Users Posts: 18,075 ✭✭✭✭RobbingBandit


    Dunny! wrote: »
    Lol, I am so buying these.


    HUN:D


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    Dunny
    Registered Users Posts: 2,985 ✭✭✭Dunny


    RobbingBandit wrote: »
    HUN:D

    BABE:D


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    Guy:Incognito
    Registered Users Posts: 38,247 ✭✭✭✭Guy:Incognito


    Oh, My GOD. I demand everything thats remotely able to be taken offence to by anyone be banned right now, whether it's perfectly ok somewhere else or not.


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    cocoshovel
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,041 ✭✭✭cocoshovel


    I am not offended at all. I think they're quite nice. Might buy a pair meself, if to annoy others at lease. :pac:


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    Dunny
    Registered Users Posts: 2,985 ✭✭✭Dunny


    600 years and all we get is a pair of runners!!


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    RobbingBandit
    Registered Users Posts: 18,075 ✭✭✭✭RobbingBandit


    Guy:Incognito wrote: »
    Oh, My GOD. I demand everything thats remotely able to be taken offence to by anyone be banned right now, whether it's perfectly ok somewhere else or not.

    Damn I love a good troll,I really do.


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    LH Pathe
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,515 ✭✭✭LH Pathe


    It's true. Nike only make stuff fit for lining a boy's cot with

    uhr.. mon them shoes


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    RobbingBandit
    Registered Users Posts: 18,075 ✭✭✭✭RobbingBandit


    Dunny! wrote: »
    600 years and all we get is a pair of runners!!


    800 Years


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    Dunny
    Registered Users Posts: 2,985 ✭✭✭Dunny


    RobbingBandit wrote: »
    800 Years

    That a size 12?


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    MyKeyG
    Registered Users Posts: 2,282 ✭✭✭MyKeyG


    I think they're horrible, but not at all offended. If they're brought out with a view to Paddy's day in mind then they're a bunch of retards.


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    Dunny
    Registered Users Posts: 2,985 ✭✭✭Dunny


    LOL why would you be offended by a pair of runners, they are black and tan, so what?


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    MyKeyG
    Registered Users Posts: 2,282 ✭✭✭MyKeyG


    Dunny! wrote: »
    LOL why would you be offended by a pair of runners, they are black and tan, so what?
    If they were intended as a nod to Ireland i.e. named after the drink then it is a bit of a howler but certainly not offensive.


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    Dunny
    Registered Users Posts: 2,985 ✭✭✭Dunny


    Are they not based on a pint of guinness?


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    Oranage2
    Registered Users Posts: 11,131 ✭✭✭✭Oranage2


    Dunny! wrote: »
    LOL why would you be offended by a pair of runners, they are black and tan, so what?

    They offend me with their ugliness!


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    Dunny
    Registered Users Posts: 2,985 ✭✭✭Dunny


    Oranage2 wrote: »
    They offend me with their ugliness!

    Dont buy them so.


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    MyKeyG
    Registered Users Posts: 2,282 ✭✭✭MyKeyG


    Dunny! wrote: »
    Are they not based on a pint of guinness?
    No they're named after a drink which is a mix of Guinness and lager but as far as I know it's not an Irish concoction. The point is that if Nike had done their homework correctly and wanted to produce a trainer in honour of Ireland 'Black and Tan' was not the way to go. Like I said I don't care I just think they missed the mark.


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    Run_to_da_hills
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,009 ✭✭✭✭Run_to_da_hills


    The sales that they would loose in the republic will be gained by the Prods in the North. :p


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    who the fug
    Registered Users Posts: 4,041 ✭✭✭who the fug


    Ficheall wrote: »
    Have people been boycotting/uproaring about the "Black and Tan" drink then? :confused:

    Boycott a drink, are you mad or one of them muslim yokes


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    wilkie2006
    Registered Users Posts: 1,053 ✭✭✭wilkie2006


    krudler wrote: »
    was just like when Ben & Jerry released their Ku Klux Kandy icecream

    It was racist flavour, I think?


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    Shiminay
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 28,633 Mod ✭✭✭✭Shiminay


    Half Porter (e.g. Guinness) and half Ale (e.g. Smithwicks) - most proper Irish people would call it a half and half. It's a fking bastard to pour as the porter will react with the ale in an almost explosive manner if you don't pour it in slowly enough. Even a pint of "Special" can be a pain in the arse for this reason (ale with a porter "head").

    Ben and Jerry's also brought out a Black and Tan ice cream a number of years ago but quickly pulled it when they were told who the Black and Tans were and what they did to the citizens of Ireland.

    I don't so much find the idea of something called a Black and Tan offensive as much as the idea that a company the size of Nike with it's infinite budget couldn't be bothered to check this out.


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    Sarky
    Closed Accounts Posts: 31,967 ✭✭✭✭Sarky


    They should have an appropriate slogan.

    "Black and Tans - Start f*cking running, Paddy"


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    starlit
    Registered Users Posts: 12,334 ✭✭✭✭starlit


    Dunny! wrote: »
    600 years and all we get is a pair of runners!!

    Yes it was

    800 years!

    Why didn't they just call it Guinness trainers if that was what their theme was for the nike trainers, rather than calling black and tan.

    Seriously, Ben and Jerry Ice-cream did that, scandalous! Never knew they did that.

    Where's paddy the Irish man....he might answer

    ¬_¬


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    hondasam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34,419 ✭✭✭✭hondasam


    doovdela wrote: »

    Where's paddy the Irish man....he might answer

    ¬_¬

    In training for paddys day, where else would any decent paddy be.


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    ghostchant
    Registered Users Posts: 1,750 ✭✭✭ghostchant


    doovdela wrote: »
    Why didn't they just call it Guinness trainers if that was what their theme was for the nike trainers, rather than calling black and tan.

    They're releasing two designs. The second one actually is called Guinness:
    http://hypebeast.com/2012/02/nike-sb-dunk-high-guinness/


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    Oranage2
    Registered Users Posts: 11,131 ✭✭✭✭Oranage2


    krudler wrote: »
    was just like when Ben & Jerry released their Ku Klux Kandy icecream


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    FTGFOP
    Registered Users Posts: 2,389 ✭✭✭FTGFOP


    The Irish car bomb is another drink they do over there. C4 and whiskey, or something like that.


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