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Default Semi food related, though more marketing related

Melba's Jammin' wrote:
> In article >,
> "Brian Christiansen" > wrote:
>
>> Second, would I pay you for using your logo's image on my bags of
>> chips (presumably making more people buy my chips),

>
> Yes, indeed. It's what happened to blue jeans some years ago. Guess?
> Girbeau? My dear friend, the late Widow Geraldine refused to buy
> designer jeans with this rationale: "I'll be damned if I'm giving
> free advertising to that company. If I'm wearing anyone's name on my
> ass, it'll be my own." She was a woman of few words. God rest her
> soul.
>

Bless her! I even rip the tags off my Levi's. They don't need my help
selling jeans.

Jill