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| 2004-02-14 | |
| It may be the town’s slogan, but it doesn’t meet the approval of the superintendent who has placed a school ban on the centennial T-shirts that read: ``Climax -- More than just a feeling.’’ Jane, meet Dick. About a dozen students wore the Climax T-shirts to school this week in protest, and one girl was sent home Wednesday for refusing to turn her shirt inside out. Although she did turn her hat around and spit. Shirley Moberg, superintendent of Climax-Shelly schools, said the slogan’s sexual innuendo made it inappropriate for students to wear. Dick, meet Shirley. School officials had ``turned a blind eye’’ to students wearing the shirts until recently, when a teacher wore it to school and a person complained. The shirts are no longer allowed to be worn at school, she said. Silly sons of a diseased animal-trough wiper! Climax, a town of roughly 270 near the North Dakota border, adopted the ``More than a feeling’’ slogan in 1996 for its centennial. The slogan was used in advertising and promotions, and the T-shirts have been around for years. Tip for Shirley: Pissing off most of the teenage population of a town of 270 people is probably a bad idea. Climax-Shelly junior Ali Tweten said the shirts have been allowed in the past and the ban seemed to come out of nowhere. "I mean, what a dick!" ``When I wear my T-shirt, its a sign of pride for my town,’’ Tweten said. ``I don’t really wear it to be meant in that way (as a sexual innuendo)’’... The students who wore the shirt to school Wednesday were told to go to the bathroom and turn it inside out. All did, except 18-year-old Bethany Grove, a senior, who was suspended for the afternoon. ``The T-shirt has been a tradition,’’ Grove said. ``It’s been around for almost 10 years. A lot of people have them.’’ "And anyway, Shirley’s a self-important asshole, everybody knows that." Climax, after all, is the town’s name, she said. Augh! Logic!... Run, Dick, run! As part of its centennial celebration, a contest was held to pick a town slogan. Some of the other entries included: ``No End to Climax,’’ ``Cling to the Culmination: Climax Forever’’ and ``Bring a Friend to Climax.’’
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| Posted by:Cap |
| #13 And don't forget Knockemstiff, Ohio! |
| Posted by: Ricky bin Ricardo (Abu Babaloo) 2004-2-14 11:36:38 PM |
| #12 "Blue Ball" Singular? Though one may, indeed, suffice, you have my condolences, gentlemen. |
| Posted by: .com 2004-2-14 3:52:27 PM |
| #11 Yes! How could I ever forget Blue Ball? This is what one pak shu pur suffered from. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-2-14 3:41:21 PM |
| #10 Blue Ball, Shipman, you've got to get Blue Ball in there, too. |
| Posted by: Pete Stanley 2004-2-14 3:34:24 PM |
| #9 Climax--More than a locomotive. |
| Posted by: Dar 2004-2-14 2:57:06 PM |
| #8 It all started in Intercourse, PA, so very long ago. And as all good railroad fans know... Intercourse is the last stop before Paradise (PA)... I'll work Bird in Hand into the conversation next year. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-2-14 11:07:02 AM |
| #7 Some people just aren't happy unless they're micromanaging the lives of others. Such people should NEVER be allowed to assume a position of authority, and if they should somehow sneak in, should be dismissed as soon as they are discovered. I won't go so far as to demand they be tarred and feathered, but a good swift kick where it'd do the most good would certainly be called for. I HATE control freaks!!! |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2004-2-14 11:01:50 AM |
| #6 I would suggest that Bethany was prematurely ejected |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-2-14 10:44:52 AM |
| #5 ``Bring a Friend to Climax.’’ Must...resist...grinning! |
| Posted by: Charles 2004-2-14 10:32:08 AM |
| #4 It all started in Intercourse, PA, so very long ago. And I thought I had it bad as a Tefft (Middle School) Trojan. |
| Posted by: eLarson 2004-2-14 10:16:31 AM |
| #3 Chuckle. Moberg will have a tizzy fit when she learns the village was named for a tobacco company. SIGH! So much to protest; so little time. |
| Posted by: GK 2004-2-14 9:35:25 AM |
| #2 Meanwhile, similar outbreaks have been reported in Foreplay, Nebraska; Erection, Delaware; and Sugar Walls, Louisiana; while a rioting mob of frustrated soccer moms has reportedly sacked and burned the county courthouse in Soft Lead, New Mexico. |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2004-2-14 8:51:37 AM |
| #1 LOL, I wonder if Climax Georgia is going to have an anniversary anytime soon. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-2-14 8:38:34 AM |