'Flatulent' footwear leads Longwood company to sue ex-supplier

trumad

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Thu Feb-17-05 08:41 AM
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'Flatulent' footwear leads Longwood company to sue ex-supplier

SANFORD -- The customer complaints were unrelenting: With every step they took, their shoe insoles made a very offensive sound.

The sound of someone passing gas.

"It very nearly put us out of business," said Bryan Thomas, an officer with Goosebumps Products Inc. of Longwood.

The company on Wednesday sued a former supplier, accusing it of delivering the wrong chemical -- a mistake, it said, that transformed the insoles into something they were never intended to be.

"They were whoopee cushions for the feet," Thomas said.
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/seminole/orl-locshoeflap17021705feb17,1,2975694.story?coll=orl-home-headlines&ctrack=3&cset=true

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arwalden

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Thu Feb-17-05 08:42 AM
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1. Bodily Function Thread - Locking.

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baldguy

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Thu Feb-17-05 08:43 AM
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2. They just need a different markeing campaign.

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Misunderestimator

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Thu Feb-17-05 08:44 AM
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3. Oh no... I hope they don't pull them, I'd like to buy some for presents.

"whoopee cushions for the feet" - they should just market them like that. :)

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trumad

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Thu Feb-17-05 08:48 AM
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4. The piece said they almost went out of business

because of the shoes. I think your on to something there.

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MADem

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Thu Feb-17-05 09:10 AM
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5. I agree--that was my first thought too!!!!!

Young kids would love them, and even "Old Farts" would get a kick out of them, too. I'd buy them! I love a good fart joke!

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sui generis

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Thu Feb-17-05 09:19 AM
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6. I had some dress shoes 20 years ago that did that

the one on the right was kind of high pitched and creaky and the one on the left sounded like it had some grease and lumps in it.

It was the talk of the office of course - and I even took them back to try to get them exchanged and the new shoes did the same thing.

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Thu Feb-17-05 09:36 AM
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7. Air Jordans with a twist (n/t)

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Thu Feb-17-05 10:27 AM
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8. Got a pair of faux Birkenstocks that do that.

Quit wearing them.

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