Comments on: Rebel without a cause. http://yirmumah.net/rebel-without-a-cause/ We are your overlords. Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:17:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: Jessie http://yirmumah.net/rebel-without-a-cause/#comment-86252 Jessie Mon, 20 Aug 2007 06:18:14 +0000 http://yirmumah.net/rebel-without-a-cause/#comment-86252 <strong>Jessie...</strong> you have a very nice blog and very informative article... Jessie…

you have a very nice blog and very informative article…

]]> By: Jessie http://yirmumah.net/rebel-without-a-cause/#comment-84688 Jessie Sun, 12 Aug 2007 11:21:25 +0000 http://yirmumah.net/rebel-without-a-cause/#comment-84688 <strong>Jessie...</strong> Will you post on my comments too? Trying to make my site look popular lol :)... Jessie…

Will you post on my comments too? Trying to make my site look popular lol :)…

]]> By: satellite radio http://yirmumah.net/rebel-without-a-cause/#comment-7532 satellite radio Sun, 26 Mar 2006 23:35:29 +0000 http://yirmumah.net/rebel-without-a-cause/#comment-7532 Hi ALL...my name is Karen Johnston from TX, and I am researching Satellite Radio for a Class Project, and I found your site on Google. I MUST say this blog is one of the better blogs I have visited in the past few days. I have subscribed to your blog sites rss feed! Hi ALL…my name is Karen Johnston from TX, and I am researching Satellite Radio for a Class Project, and I found your site on Google. I MUST say this blog is one of the better blogs I have visited in the past few days. I have subscribed to your blog sites rss feed!

]]> By: Paul Southworth http://yirmumah.net/rebel-without-a-cause/#comment-7163 Paul Southworth Wed, 01 Mar 2006 20:12:59 +0000 http://yirmumah.net/rebel-without-a-cause/#comment-7163 Dear DJ, Get your hands off my fucking ears. I know what I'm doing. Love, Paul Dear DJ,

Get your hands off my fucking ears. I know what I’m doing.

Love, Paul

]]> By: Eri http://yirmumah.net/rebel-without-a-cause/#comment-7162 Eri Wed, 01 Mar 2006 19:45:45 +0000 http://yirmumah.net/rebel-without-a-cause/#comment-7162 My little public-radio heart is crying, DJ. :P My little public-radio heart is crying, DJ.

:P

]]> By: DJ http://yirmumah.net/rebel-without-a-cause/#comment-7161 DJ Wed, 01 Mar 2006 19:20:27 +0000 http://yirmumah.net/rebel-without-a-cause/#comment-7161 Yeah, someone else wasn't paying attention to the tag but that's ok. Yeah, someone else wasn’t paying attention to the tag but that’s ok.

]]> By: PrimitveScrewhead http://yirmumah.net/rebel-without-a-cause/#comment-7160 PrimitveScrewhead Wed, 01 Mar 2006 19:16:29 +0000 http://yirmumah.net/rebel-without-a-cause/#comment-7160 DJ, Please re-read my club post :) DJ,

Please re-read my club post :)

]]> By: DJ http://yirmumah.net/rebel-without-a-cause/#comment-7159 DJ Wed, 01 Mar 2006 19:10:25 +0000 http://yirmumah.net/rebel-without-a-cause/#comment-7159 Dear Paul, Suck me. Love, DJ. --- and Prim... Yeah, but if you were looking through the eyes of Drew, that Tag was downright goading him. And if you do that, you're gonna get cut! Dear Paul,

Suck me.

Love, DJ.

— and Prim…

Yeah, but if you were looking through the eyes of Drew, that Tag was downright goading him. And if you do that, you’re gonna get cut!

]]> By: Paul Southworth http://yirmumah.net/rebel-without-a-cause/#comment-7158 Paul Southworth Wed, 01 Mar 2006 17:48:30 +0000 http://yirmumah.net/rebel-without-a-cause/#comment-7158 Man DJ, a matress tag joke? Have you been infused with the comedy spirit of Jerry Seinfeld circa 1986? Hey kids, stay tuned tomorrow for a comic about airline food and dating in the 90's! But I guess I shouldn't be too hard on you. You did swear at the end. I guess that makes it funny! Just keepin' you on your toes, Coffman. Man DJ, a matress tag joke? Have you been infused with the comedy spirit of Jerry Seinfeld circa 1986? Hey kids, stay tuned tomorrow for a comic about airline food and dating in the 90’s! But I guess I shouldn’t be too hard on you. You did swear at the end. I guess that makes it funny!

Just keepin’ you on your toes, Coffman.

]]> By: PrimitiveScrewhead http://yirmumah.net/rebel-without-a-cause/#comment-7157 PrimitiveScrewhead Wed, 01 Mar 2006 17:48:14 +0000 http://yirmumah.net/rebel-without-a-cause/#comment-7157 http://ask.yahoo.com/20040726.html Dear Yahoo!: Why can't you take the tag off your mattress? Britany Millington, Tennessee Dear Britany: Cut off your mattress tag already! Don't worry, you won't get locked up. As a consumer, it's perfectly legal to remove the tag from your own mattress. So why is it there? Well, the answer is somewhat involved. Back in the 1900s, mattresses often contained a host of vermin and disease-carrying materials. To protect consumers, the government required dealers to post tags on their mattresses listing the contents. Later, the Feds added a warning to the content tag with the ominous message, "Do not remove under penalty of law," in big, black letters. The move may have deterred duplicitous mattress dealers, but it only served to confuse consumers who didn't know that the threat wasn't meant for them. Confronted by fear of prosecution, consumers left the tags on their mattresses. Recently, the Feds addressed the misunderstanding by changing the label to: "This tag may not be removed except by the consumer." Since then, the Feds have long abandoned the pursuit of tag-tearing merchants, though states like Texas still inspect mattresses for tags in stores. They're probably making sure their laws aren't full of fluff. http://ask.yahoo.com/20040726.html

Dear Yahoo!:
Why can’t you take the tag off your mattress?
Britany
Millington, Tennessee

Dear Britany:

Cut off your mattress tag already! Don’t worry, you won’t get locked up. As a consumer, it’s perfectly legal to remove the tag from your own mattress. So why is it there? Well, the answer is somewhat involved.

Back in the 1900s, mattresses often contained a host of vermin and disease-carrying materials. To protect consumers, the government required dealers to post tags on their mattresses listing the contents. Later, the Feds added a warning to the content tag with the ominous message, “Do not remove under penalty of law,” in big, black letters.

The move may have deterred duplicitous mattress dealers, but it only served to confuse consumers who didn’t know that the threat wasn’t meant for them. Confronted by fear of prosecution, consumers left the tags on their mattresses. Recently, the Feds addressed the misunderstanding by changing the label to: “This tag may not be removed except by the consumer.”

Since then, the Feds have long abandoned the pursuit of tag-tearing merchants, though states like Texas still inspect mattresses for tags in stores. They’re probably making sure their laws aren’t full of fluff.

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