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Category: WTF?

  • A Serious Marketing “Oops” – and a Correction

    Under Armor is a popular manufacturer of athletic and sporting wear. They’re also very popular among the military. The company is usually one of the “good guys” when it comes to supporting the military.

    However, even the “good guys” can goof. And recently, Under Armor did just that.

    Here are images of two of Under Armors recently-released t-shirts:

    The first shirt was called “Band of Ballers”. I don’t think I have to tell anyone what image that one what image was used as its pattern – but if you’re having a temporary brain cramp and can’t recall, here’s the original image.

    The second shirt was called “Crossing Over”. It also should look familiar – it’s based on the famous painting of Washington crossing the Delaware River during the American Revolution.

    The resulting reaction from serving military and vets – and some of the public – was predictable. Much was highly negative; some was supportive.

    To their credit, Under Armor seems to have pulled the shirts from sale quite quickly, and has removed their images from their website. They’ve also rather profusely apologized for offending serving military and veterans. No word on whether they fired the “marketing genius” involved in approving the sale of those shirts.

    Just a bit of proof that not only government agencies can have those “WTF were you thinking?” moments. Highly successful commercial firms can have them too.

  • Bet His Replacement Stays Awake

    According to reports from the South Korean National Intelligence Service, the North Korean People’s Armed Forces Minister – Hyon Yong Chol – was a bit drowsy during a meeting recently. He dozed off.

    At some point, he apparently also “talked back to” his boss – Kim Jong Un, known here at TAH as “ND:tBF”.

    ND:tBF apparently didn’t like that. So he removed the guy from his position as Armed Forces Minister.

    Then he had him executed.

    Using anti-aircraft gunfire.

    In front of hundreds of onlookers.

    At a shooting range at the Kang Kon Military Academy in Pyongyang.

    Seriously.

    I’m guessing the guy’s successor won’t be dozing off in any staff meetings.

  • Oh, For the Love of . . .

    . . . doesn’t the 5-sided asylum have any real work to do?  Really?

    Pentagon Deploys ‘May I Kiss You?’ Training

    At least this “only” costs taxpayers around $325k a year.

    GMAFB.

  • Yeah, This REALLY Makes Sense

    We’ve all heard that Purple Hearts were finally authorized for those at Fort Hood gunned down by that turncoat terrorist, Hassan Nidal.  So, that means they’re recognized as having been injured in combat, and will receive all the “bennies” due them – right?

    Perhaps.  But then again, maybe not – as shown by the case of then-SSG Shawn Manning.

    Manning applied for retroactive combat-related benefits associated with his Purple Heart.  He was shot by Nidal multiple times, and still has two bullets in his body.

    On 6 April, the Army sent Manning a letter in response to his application.  They rejected his application for combat-related benefits on technical grounds.  The linked article gives the details.

    Yeah, that makes perfect sense.  And in case you’re wondering:  yeah, that last sentence was indeed 100% pure sarcasm.

    C’mon, DA.  This decision is so obviously, ludicrously wrong that it’s not even funny.  You need to fix this error pronto.

    Are you listening, Mr. McHugh?  Mr. Carter?  Hello?

  • “If At First You Don’t Succeed, . . .

    . . . try, try again”. We’ve all heard that old proverb. But it seems that one guy really took it to heart.

    Sixteen years ago, Larry Hewett (who at the time used the name Larry Duncan) and an accomplice robbed a bank in the Cleveland, Ohio, area. They initially got away, but later were caught. Hewett was tried, convicted, and sentenced to 70 months in prison.

    Hewett did his time.  But as you might guess, he was hardly “rehabilitated” to become a productive member of society.

    Yesterday a Federal grand jury indicted Hewett for being the gunman in another, more recent bank robbery – one that occurred last November. He’s also facing Federal charges of being a felon in possession of a firearm.

    Would you believe me if I told you that it was the same bank he’d robbed 16 years ago?  Well . . . yeah, it was.

    I’m not joking.

  • Oh Boy. Here We Go Again.

    Headline conveys the essence; the linked article gives more details. I’m guessing the guy can kiss that recent promotion goodbye, though.

    Secret Service supervisor put on leave after assault allegation

    Looks to me like the new Secret Service chief certainly has his work cut out for him playing clean-up.

    But there’s also an old proverb: “A fish rots from the head.”  After his recent stunt with Congress following the last high-profile incident, one has to wonder if perhaps the Secret Service’s new boss might be part of the problem instead.

  • Yer Friday Funny: Restoring England’s National Honor

    I’m guessing most everybody has heard this bit.  It’s one of the most famous taunts in history.

     

     

    Well, it took a while – but English plumber turned garage inventor Colin Furze has finally crafted a suitable reply. You see, he decided to return the favor literally.

    From the cliffs of Dover.

    Using a giant fake butt – one about 16 feet high.

    And which incorporated a giant, flame-spewing “fart gun” loud enough to be heard in France.

    I’m serious.

    I’ll let Furze tell you about the project himself. The clips that follow total around 12 min, but IMO they’re well worth the time. ‘Course, that assessment may be due as much to my own . . . “different” sense of humor as anything else. (smile)

    Caveat: they’re probably safe for work, but you might want to put down any beverages before watching them. And any small children seeing them might ask some . . . interesting questions, so use care.

     

     

     

     

    Looks like England’s national honor has been restored. Rather hilariously, IMO. (smile)

    It also appears the whole shebang really was audible – albeit only faintly – on the other side of the Channel. That’s around 26 miles away.

    Impressive.

  • NSA Gate Shooting Gets . . . Weird

    We now have a bit more news about that NSA gate shooting the other day.  And it’s gotten a bit strange, to put it mildly.

    The FBI has now identified the dead guy as “Ricky Shawatza Hall”.  He was the driver of the stolen car.  The passenger, who remains hospitalized, has not yet been publicly identified.

    What’s a bit odd is the “rest of the story” that was released today.

    The accounts you heard about the two guys being “cross-dressed”?  Yeah, they were correct.

    Seems Hall and his “buddy” had been picked up in Baltimore earlier that day – or maybe the previous night – by a Baltimore resident. They then drove to a motel in nearby Elkridge to “party”, checking in at 7:30AM.

    The two cross-dressers then apparently stole the guy’s car and left the area.  Unfortunately for them, they managed to screw up and ended up at the gate of the NSA compound at Fort Meade.

    My guess is that the two crooks took a wrong turn after stealing the guy’s car, then freaked when they saw the police.  They then chose to ignore police instructions – picking precisely the wrong place to do that (NSA police do not play games).  They then compounded the error by try to run for it and ended up getting shot.

    At this point,  it doesn’t look like terrorism had anything to do with the incident.  That it happened is unfortunate, but as the saying goes:  “Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.”

    Fox News has a few more details. Check out this Fox News story if you’re interested.

    Sometimes truth really is stranger than fiction.