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matcom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-27-03 06:41 AM
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Sprint Picks Opium Flower For Phone Book Cover
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CLERMONT, Fla. -- Sprint is remaking phone books distributed in central Florida after learning that the colorful cover art could be sending the wrong message.

The phone book in south Lake County features the magenta petals of the opium-bearing poppy, the flower used to make heroin.

Sprint spokeswoman Darcy Miller said the picture was chosen from stock art for its color and attractiveness but has been deleted and will not be used again.

http://www.boston.com/news/daily/26/odds_poppy.htm
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Born_a_Democrat Donating Member (329 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-27-03 06:50 AM
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1. I always knew Sprint's customer service reps must have been shooting
so there's no reason to change my perception now...pffft!
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chenGOD Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-27-03 07:00 AM
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2. The most common method of using opium is by smoking....
heroin is the one you shoot (yes it is a derivative of opium).

Never tried heroin, but opium sure was nice...:)
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TlalocW Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-27-03 08:38 AM
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3. New slogan...
Sprint Telecommunications... Ride the snake!

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nuxvomica Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-27-03 08:46 AM
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4. Hey, "the poppy is also a flower"
And a pretty one, too. Why should it be banned because of what people do with it? Why don't they redo "poppies" scene in "Wizard of Oz" too?
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