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flowomo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-14-08 11:12 AM
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Georgians: Take your school to the grave
from: http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/stories/2008/02/13/coffin_0214.html

(snip) Want to show your undying devotion to Georgia Tech or UGA (University of Georgia)? Now you can.

The Board of Regents Wednesday re-visited a decades-old policy banning the use of college logos on burial items like coffins or urns, allowing fans to bring their love for their alma maters into the hereafter. A Macon-based business, Collegiate Memorials, asked the Regents to loosen the rules and after a closer look at other states' policies, members of the board relented.

The ban was part of a policy written in 1982, that prohibited logos on burial items, sex toys and alcoholic beverages, among others.

"You still can't put a logo on a toilet seat, but you can now put one on a casket," said John Millsaps, spokesman for the University System. (snip)
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xultar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-14-08 11:18 AM
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1. Logic rated. GRADE A - STUPID.
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LiberalFighter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-14-08 12:46 PM
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2. Can't put a logo on a toilet seat? Says who? Who's going to stop someone?
How are they going to stop someone from buying one of those stickers and stick on the seat?
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