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( SACRAMENTO BEE ) California grandmother outraged over "smells like MeeMaw" ad
SACRAMENTO BEE via wthr ^ | November 11, 2015 | SACRAMENTO BEE

Posted on 11/11/2015 6:33:58 PM PST by digger48

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A California woman says a laundry detergent ad offended her so much that she contacted her local congressman and even sent a message to Hillary Clinton.

The ad was in a Sacramento newspaper. It reads "smells like Meemaw" with a bag of potpourri above it. Next to it sits the detergent Gain with the line, "smells like yee-haw."

The ad left one grandmother madder than a spin cycle.

"I think I was particularly offended, maybe for me, because my grandchildren call me MeMaw, but I was like, when did grandmothers start smelling bad?" said Randee Reidy.

"I've contacted my local congressman, my state senator. I've sent a message to Hillary Clinton. I think she might be interested, and I don't know I think I'll just keeping kind of going with it, because it's not right," she said.

The newspaper pulled the ad.. and she got a letter from Procter and Gamble that said, "Please know that we thoroughly test our advertising with a broad group of consumers before airing it."

But no apology.


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A liberal loon offended by being compared to something that smells good? I realize liberals aren't much into personal hygiene, but, good grief!

1 posted on 11/11/2015 6:33:58 PM PST by digger48
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To: digger48

LOL


2 posted on 11/11/2015 6:35:00 PM PST by cripplecreek (Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.)
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To: digger48

I think the woman is stupid and doesn’t even know what potpourri is.

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3 posted on 11/11/2015 6:36:48 PM PST by Mears
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To: digger48

Liberal. Cage. Some assembly required.


4 posted on 11/11/2015 6:37:38 PM PST by Norm Lenhart (Existential Cage Theory - Embrace it)
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To: cripplecreek

It’d take a whole lot more than a bag of potpourri to hide the stench of death and old lady coming off of Hillary


5 posted on 11/11/2015 6:38:04 PM PST by digger48
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To: digger48

If you spend anytime around old folk you know they smell like.... well old people. Sadly, Gain ain’t the cure for a stinky Mee Maw


6 posted on 11/11/2015 6:38:46 PM PST by Autonomous User (During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.)
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To: Autonomous User

LMAO!!!


7 posted on 11/11/2015 6:41:02 PM PST by digger48
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To: digger48

Ain’t one of these ain’t been discovered by you know who ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Le_vHnVPL5c


8 posted on 11/11/2015 6:42:24 PM PST by soycd
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To: cripplecreek

Damn, she managed to produce offspring too...


9 posted on 11/11/2015 6:43:18 PM PST by Axenolith (Government blows, and that which governs least, blows least...)
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To: digger48

>>>”I’ve contacted my local congressman, my state senator. I’ve sent a message to Hillary Clinton. I think she might be interested<<<

I guess she doesn’t know what Hillary smells like.


10 posted on 11/11/2015 6:43:22 PM PST by Kickass Conservative (Republicans hold Debates while Democrats hold Auctions.)
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To: digger48

At least it doesn’t say “Badussy”....


11 posted on 11/11/2015 6:43:32 PM PST by Roman_War_Criminal
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To: digger48
"I think I was particularly offended, maybe for me, because my grandchildren call me MeMaw, but I was like, when did grandmothers start smelling bad?" said Randee Reidy.

Since forever. (Bangs gavel) Next case.

12 posted on 11/11/2015 6:45:03 PM PST by Lazamataz ( If they try firearm confiscation or gun registration, I go ballistic.)
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To: Mears

I thought it was a bag of trash - I didn’t know it was potpourri.


13 posted on 11/11/2015 6:46:07 PM PST by Cowgirl of Justice
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To: Lazamataz

You are on a roll tonight. LOL.


14 posted on 11/11/2015 6:47:38 PM PST by TADSLOS (A Ted Cruz Happy Warrior! GO TED!)
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To: Autonomous User

“If you spend anytime around old folk you know they smell like.... well old people.”


Gee,thanks.

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15 posted on 11/11/2015 6:51:27 PM PST by Mears
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To: Mears

Sorry MEE MAW! ;)


16 posted on 11/11/2015 6:55:59 PM PST by Autonomous User (During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.)
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To: digger48

With all the misery in the world that some people are causing other people, I can’t find even one atom of outrage over meemaw. What the hell is meemaw?


17 posted on 11/11/2015 7:08:17 PM PST by I want the USA back (Media: completely irresponsible. Complicit in the destruction of this country)
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To: Cowgirl of Justice

>> I thought it was a bag of trash - I didn’t know it was potpourri.

From a male perspective — what’s the difference?


18 posted on 11/11/2015 7:27:38 PM PST by Nervous Tick (There is no "allah" but satan, and mohammed was his demon-possessed tool.)
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To: digger48

http://healthland.time.com/2012/05/31/old-person-smell-really-exists-scientists-say/


19 posted on 11/11/2015 7:31:41 PM PST by sockmonkey (Of course I didn't read the article. After all, this is Free Republic.)
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To: digger48

Could put a pic of any democrat in there with the caption “Smells like ass!” Har!


20 posted on 11/11/2015 7:49:51 PM PST by W. (I piss fire and acid upon the militant muslims as they pray to their baby-raping god!)
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