FCUK Off
Some Knox County folks with no sense of humor are upset about ads for French Connection United Kingdom:
A group of Tennessee parents are livid about a teen magazine ad for a company known for its provocative acronym, FCUK.
Clothing store company French Connection United Kingdom ran an ad for one of its perfumes in Seventeen magazine, which is available at several Knox County public school libraries in Knoxville, Tenn.
Some parents were so outraged that they complained to school officials, prompting at least a dozen schools to review all their magazine subscriptions.
Hate to break this to you guys, but kids are exposed to stuff at every turn (cable, billboards, the internet) so it is up to you parental types to deal with it. I understand most of you can’t deal with that and have to blame magazines, libraries, and crappy perfume. Take care of your own mess.
October 7th, 2003 at 9:35 am
I had heard the real f-bomb at least a hundred times by the time I was in 4th grade. Schools are far filthier language-wise than those mags…and I wonder how many of these do-gooder parents fire off a nasty epithet from time to time that their children pick up on?
October 7th, 2003 at 10:02 am
Exactly š
October 7th, 2003 at 11:06 am
Reminds me of Soupy Sales stories:
# Soupy’s telling the joke: “What starts with ‘F’ and ends with ‘UCK’? A fire truck!”
# Soupy’s singing a ditty entitled “If you see Kay . . .”
# Soupy’s playing a game with White Fang in which the dog grunts the alphabet but consistently misidentifies the letter ‘F’ as the letter ‘K’ until Soupy blurts out in mock exasperation: “Everytime I see ‘F,’ you see ‘K’!”
# Soupy’s telling his audience: “I climbed up a tree and kissed my girl between the limbs.”
# Soupy’s exclaiming: “My wife can’t cook, but she sure can cream my banana!”
# Soupy’s announcing: “I took my wife to a baseball game I kissed her on the strikes, and she kissed me on the balls.”
http://www.snopes.com/radiotv/tv/soupy2.htm
April 30th, 2004 at 1:13 am
Ok but then think of this if I say a dirty word in my home is it the same as advertising find my penalty spot on a cute tight t-shirt? Or saying to @&#$ like a bunny?? I do not believe so. I am not going to rent out billboard space across my daughters chest. I am not a pimp!!
May 8th, 2004 at 4:59 pm
From: Royce E Hostetler
Reply To: reuhostetler@hotmail.com
To: “Jon Dudas”
Subject: yuck to fcuk!
Sent: Friday, April 30, 2004 5:58 PM
Dear Mr. Dudas,
I understand that French Connection United Kingdom Company has applied for the trademark “FCUK” to be used on many products they currently make, or have planned. How come they don’t add the final “C” for the word Company to this trademark? In fact what is the actual words in FRENCH that they call their company? Would those letters be as offensive?
I ask that the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office deny these trademarks. It is obvious that such an acronym would be offensive to many, many individuals like myself. I’m sure that “FCUK” would promote their products in media outlets such as TV, newspapers and magazines.
This company obviously has no respect for us or our children. Therefore, I ask that you deny this trademark to French Connection United Kingdom Company.
Specifically, I refer to application serial numbers 78239593, 78346298, 78061686, and 75463066.
Thanks for reading and listening.
Sincerely,
Royce ! E Hostetler
reuhostetler@hotmail.com