Posted on 05/09/2014 2:43:51 PM PDT by Olog-hai
Procter & Gamble has apologized for “any false connotations” after stirring anger in Germany for unintentionally placing a neo-Nazi code on promotional packages for its Ariel laundry detergent.
Outraged shoppers had posted pictures online of Ariel powder boxes featuring a white soccer jersey with a large number “88.” The number is sensitive because far-right extremists in Germany often use it as a code to skirt a ban on the use of Nazi slogans in public: since “H” is the eighth letter of the alphabet, “88” represents the phrase “Heil Hitler.” Similarly, “18” is used to stand for “A.H.” or Adolf Hitler. …
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Just caught the math error. Will fix in a minute
Does that mean every baby born in 2018 will be immediately labeled as a Nazi?
Guess that’s a 346-caliber gun, to use the vernacular. (22-caliber equaling 0.22 inches and all.)
IN fairness, it could only signify a hyper-correction by the transcribers; the oldest texts are from centuries after Christ. But even if so, it’s an interesting suggestion that they interpreted it to mean Nero.
You are on to something about 2815!....
2 from 8 is———6......
1 plus 5 is ———6.....
and...
2 plus 1 plus 8 plus 5 is 16, and as most of us know,...the last interger is ———6......
666
How did we not see that?
Ah, but if you count “III” then you need to call him William Henry Gates, III.
I’m guessing there aren’t a lot of pianists left in Germany.
Playing piano is sometimes called “tickling the 88s” because there are 88 keys on a piano. But I have heard about 88 = “Heil Hitler” before.
LOL!
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