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   From: Mickey@NOSPAMFatHounds.com   
      
   Walter Traprock  wrote:   
      
   >> 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. It is   
   also forbidden because this color is most frequently associated with   
   the Democrat party, which is known to offend some people.   
      
   >>   
   >> 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.   
   >   
   >That leaves pink!  whew, saved!   
      
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