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Al Nye the Lawyer Guy hurls brickbats at David & Goliath.
Boys Are Stupid Fashions

The Wall Street Journal has an article today about apparel firm David & Goliath and its “boys are stupid” clothing line. Apparently, sales are going through the roof for these products — despite their being dropped last year from various store chains after protests by parenting and tolerance groups.



What do you think of this type of clothing?

The founder of David & Goliath began this boy-bashing in 1999 with a “boys are smelly” t-shirt. Next came “boys have cooties” and now there are numerous negative sayings about boys on every type of clothing and accessory imaginable — including such things as underwear, sneakers, wind chimes, coaster sets, posters, wallets and calendars.

There’s even a book:



I’m just wondering how well a t-shirt saying “girls are stupid, throw rocks at them” would go over?

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Posted by abnu on Sunday, April 24, 2005 @ 2:33 PM [ + ]

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