# An etiquette question: how do you tell a complete stranger her butt is showing?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [June 1, 2010, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-etiquette-question-how-do-you-tell-a-complete-stranger-her-butt-is-showing/541557 "2010-06-01T21:52:24Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 3, 2010, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-etiquette-question-how-do-you-tell-a-complete-stranger-her-butt-is-showing/541557/59 "2010-06-03T13:25:55Z")

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> [@6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](#):
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> So sorry cork - it ain’t floatin’ for me.

In defense of corkboard, let’s get this straight. [In the mosquito thread, you say you believe in a woowoo bug repellent item](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=565378)

> [@Mosquito problem - HELP!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mosquito-problem-help/541533/24):
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> These things [here](http://www.shootag.com.au/default.aspx?page=7&name=Testimonials) REALLY work - it’s a small plastic tag with an electromagnetic strip that you wear. They work for 3 or 4 months, and they’re fantastic…no chemicals.

The device you state that you believe in claims:

> [@](#):
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> The Science
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> * Shoo!TAG represents a paradigm shift in the pest management industry.
> * Shoo!TAG utilises Nature’s energetic principles in combination with physics, quantum physics and advanced computer software technology. 
> * The key to Shoo!TAG is the three dimensional electromagnetic field embedded in the magnetic strip.
> * Shoo!TAG utilises the power of the bio-energetic field which surrounds all living things to create a frequency barrier which repels targeted pests for up to four months.
> * Shoo!TAG’s magnetic strip is encoded with beneficial frequencies and resonances and an electromagnetic charge bearing a polarised energy signature, which when introduced into the bio-energetic field of the wearer produces results.
> * Shoo!TAG also assists the body in altering its external bio energetic field so as to effectively repel targeted pests. This is possible because various insects and pests react to frequencies. These frequencies are introduced into the bio-energetic field of the wearer. These specific frequencies and resonance have proved to disturb pests and create a barrier.
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Yet you are calling out corkboard?:dubious:

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