chia obama

[Bob]

Latest Headlines, Top News, Entertainment, Health, Science and Sports News - UPI, April 8 (UPI) -- Drug store chain Walgreens has thrown dirt on selling a Chia Obama plant novelty in its stores, deciding to remove the item from its shelves.

"We decided to pull the product because it didn't fit with our corporate image," Walgreens spokesman Robert Elfinger said in a company statement. "We also didn't want to be subject to any misinterpretation over the product. People could interpret it through a political viewpoint or other viewpoints and we want to avoid that situation."

The product was pulled after a week of testing in Tampa, Fla., and Chicago markets after the Deerfield, Ill., national chain said it received several complaints that the product was offensive, the Chicago Tribune reported

 

[Bob]

i'm not sure if this is the low point in free market capitalism

 

[scooterbug44]

They've been selling them since the election - think there's a Sowal thread about it.

 

[Beach Runner]

At least they didn't do it with a Bush.;-)

 

[Bob]

walgreens corporate image: pill pushers selling chinese crap, yes that's an image worth protecting

 

[Mango]

At least they didn't do it with a Bush.;-)

They didn't do a Chia Bush because it's very a very invasive grass and takes over everything. ;-)

 

[Beach Runner]

They didn't do a Chia Bush because it's very a very invasive grass and takes over everything. ;-)

 

[hnooe]

The only way it could stay on the shelf at Walgreens is if it placed next to either the George W. Bush Chia "Shoe" or the Dick Cheney Chia Head.*
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*note: The Cheney Chia head only grows ear and nostril hair.

 

[Lynnie]

Y'all just made me laugh out loud! You have no idea how groovy that is~~~~~~~

Thank you very much!!!! Cheers~~~~~

 

[TooFarTampa]

The product was pulled after a week of testing in Tampa, Fla., and Chicago markets after the Deerfield, Ill., national chain said it received several complaints that the product was offensive, the Chicago Tribune reported

Dangitall! I totally would have gotten one just to start my own thread.