From: fake@fake.fake   
      
   FORBIDDEN COLORS   
      
   Memo to All Staff:   
      
   Wearing certain colors can be upsetting to other employees or to clients.   
   Therefore, here is a list of forbidden colors, with explanations.   
      
   Blue: This color is forbidden because it is sometimes associated with sadness   
   and depression, as in "feeling blue" or "having the blues." It is also   
   associated with vulgarity as in "blue humor."   
      
   Red: This color may encourage violence in the workplace due to the fact that it   
   is the color of blood. It is also forbidden because this color is sometimes   
   associated with Communists and the Republican party, both of which are known to   
   offend some people.   
      
   Yellow: This color is forbidden because it is associated with cowardice, and   
   that is not the proper image we wish to project.   
      
   Green: This is the color of rancid food, and may upset some people who have had   
   bad experiences with such.   
      
   Orange: This color is absolutely off limits due to the fact that it is the   
   color   
   of prison uniforms. We cannot permit our employees to look like escaped   
   convicts.   
      
   Purple: This color is forbidden because it is sometimes thought of as a "gay   
   pride" color, and therefore may be offensive to homophobes.   
      
   Brown: Besides being the color of excrement, this color also presents the   
   problem of sounding like "Braun", which was the last name of the woman who   
   married Adolph Hitler.   
      
   Black: This color could be associated with the Black Plague or black magic, and   
   western movie villains. We certainly cannot allow our employees to dress like   
   villains, and any black clothing is absolutely forbidden.   
      
   Gray: This color was worn by Confederate soldiers in the Civil War, and   
   therefore could be construed by some as projecting a pro-slavery message.   
      
   White: This is the color worn by the Ku Klux Klan. We cannot allow employees to   
   look like Klansmen, so all clothing in this color is strictly prohibited.   
      
   All employees must adhere to our organization's dress code, and not wear any of   
   the above colors.   
      
   Sincerely,   
      
   Anal Scordanal   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)