Patent Office Revokes Redskins Trademarks...

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Redskins name, what are your thoughts...

Yes, name is offensive and should change
8
33%
I don't care either way, or am not sure of its offensiveness
2
8%
No, the name shouldn't change, team has changed the meaning
0
No votes
Team name will change within two years
2
8%
Name will change in 2-5 years
1
4%
Change in 5-10 years
4
17%
Will change, but not for at least a decade
0
No votes
Will never change as long as Dan Snyder is owner
1
4%
The USPTO has rung the death knell of the Redskins name
1
4%
The USPTO's actions are a stepping stone in a much bigger process
5
21%
 
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Re: Patent Office Revokes Redskins Trademarks...

Post by CameronBornAndBred » June 23rd, 2014, 8:21 am

Dirty Jobs did an episode with geoduck harvesting. :ymsick:
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Re: Patent Office Revokes Redskins Trademarks...

Post by windsor » June 23rd, 2014, 9:05 am

CameronBornAndBred wrote:Dirty Jobs did an episode with geoduck harvesting. :ymsick:
I have only seen two or three episodes of Dirty Jobs...but I saw that one. :ymsick: :ymsick: :ymsick: :ymsick:
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Post by bjornolf » June 23rd, 2014, 9:26 am

The mascot seems to be reversed. The photo looks like the little ball part is green and the stem is brown.
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Re: Patent Office Revokes Redskins Trademarks...

Post by lawgrad91 » June 23rd, 2014, 10:11 am

windsor wrote:
CathyCA wrote:Wait a minute!

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^This thing^ is supposed to be a dUck?

It looks like something else to me.

:9f:

IT is not a DUCK quack quack quack - feathered water fowl

it is a GEODUCK (pronounced gooey-duck) it is a relative of the clam.

If you think the mascot looks like 'something else'

well...Here is what a real Geoduck looks like...

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Bonus: They weigh on average 5 lbs...but can get up to 15lbs.

..and yes, this is on the list of stuff you can NOT get me drunk enough to eat.
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Post by windsor » June 23rd, 2014, 10:41 am

bjornolf wrote:The mascot seems to be reversed. The photo looks like the little ball part is green and the stem is brown.
Yes it does...even odder - his name is "Speedy".
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Post by Lavabe » June 23rd, 2014, 7:33 pm

CameronBornAndBred wrote:Dirty Jobs did an episode with geoduck harvesting. :ymsick:
The Food Network had an episode of The Great Food Truck Race in which the contestants had to create and sell geoduck specialties.
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Re: Patent Office Revokes Redskins Trademarks...

Post by CathyCA » June 23rd, 2014, 9:19 pm

Why, oh why, would any school pick that thing as a mascot?

(Although I think if we'd had one of our girls dress up in this costume, Aycock would have won a lifetime supply of spirit kegs.)
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Re: Patent Office Revokes Redskins Trademarks...

Post by windsor » June 24th, 2014, 7:49 am

CathyCA wrote:Why, oh why, would any school pick that thing as a mascot?

(Although I think if we'd had one of our girls dress up in this costume, Aycock would have won a lifetime supply of spirit kegs.)

Fighting Okra. Mule Riders. Banana Slugs.

http://www.oddee.com/item_96800.aspx

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Re: Patent Office Revokes Redskins Trademarks...

Post by lawgrad91 » June 24th, 2014, 9:59 am

windsor wrote:
CathyCA wrote:Why, oh why, would any school pick that thing as a mascot?

(Although I think if we'd had one of our girls dress up in this costume, Aycock would have won a lifetime supply of spirit kegs.)

Fighting Okra. Mule Riders. Banana Slugs.

http://www.oddee.com/item_96800.aspx

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Post by CameronBornAndBred » June 24th, 2014, 11:40 am

windsor wrote:
CathyCA wrote:Why, oh why, would any school pick that thing as a mascot?

(Although I think if we'd had one of our girls dress up in this costume, Aycock would have won a lifetime supply of spirit kegs.)

Fighting Okra. Mule Riders. Banana Slugs.

http://www.oddee.com/item_96800.aspx

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Re: Patent Office Revokes Redskins Trademarks...

Post by lawgrad91 » June 24th, 2014, 1:56 pm

CameronBornAndBred wrote:
windsor wrote:
CathyCA wrote:Why, oh why, would any school pick that thing as a mascot?

(Although I think if we'd had one of our girls dress up in this costume, Aycock would have won a lifetime supply of spirit kegs.)

Fighting Okra. Mule Riders. Banana Slugs.

http://www.oddee.com/item_96800.aspx

Rhode Island School of Design wins. Hands down. No others need apply.
And Stanford has a fckn tree! P.S....Scrotie scares me. Damn art students!
CB&B, did Corcoran have a mascot? :9f:
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Re: Patent Office Revokes Redskins Trademarks...

Post by CameronBornAndBred » June 24th, 2014, 2:41 pm

lawgrad91 wrote:
CameronBornAndBred wrote:
windsor wrote:

Fighting Okra. Mule Riders. Banana Slugs.

http://www.oddee.com/item_96800.aspx

Rhode Island School of Design wins. Hands down. No others need apply.
And Stanford has a fckn tree! P.S....Scrotie scares me. Damn art students!
CB&B, did Corcoran have a mascot? :9f:
Nope. Unlike RISD, we didn't play sports. (Which is why I could remain a guilt free Duke fan at college.)
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Re: Patent Office Revokes Redskins Trademarks...

Post by windsor » June 24th, 2014, 3:22 pm

CameronBornAndBred wrote:
lawgrad91 wrote:
CameronBornAndBred wrote: And Stanford has a fckn tree! P.S....Scrotie scares me. Damn art students!
CB&B, did Corcoran have a mascot? :9f:
Nope. Unlike RISD, we didn't play sports. (Which is why I could remain a guilt free Duke fan at college.)

University of NC School of Arts is the Fighting Pickles - you got cheated Chris - Corcoran needs a mascot
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Post by ArkieDukie » June 24th, 2014, 9:07 pm

windsor wrote: University of NC School of Arts is the Fighting Pickles - you got cheated Chris - Corcoran needs a mascot
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Re: Patent Office Revokes Redskins Trademarks...

Post by CameronBornAndBred » June 25th, 2014, 9:31 am

I saw the pickles listed...which means that two schools from NC made the list. (Campbell Camels was the other one.)
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