# The GAP - a new low in political correctness **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 18, 2009, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gap-a-new-low-in-political-correctness/517995 "2009-11-18T03:30:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2009, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gap-a-new-low-in-political-correctness/517995/81 "2009-11-20T15:59:23Z")
You ain’t missing much. I wonder if this ad is circulating amongst such people who would like to foster the impression that America is at war with Islam. Double plus un-good. But I’m inclined to be at least a little charitable. This fellow clearly has issues with his parents, as would I if mine had named me Vern Fonk. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2009, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gap-a-new-low-in-political-correctness/517995/82 "2009-11-20T18:47:53Z")
The AFA is [asking for your input](http://action.afa.net/Detail.aspx?id=2147489678) whether they should lift the Gap boycott . Naturally, it’s not going well. [QUOTE=American Fuckhead Association] Did you notice it? Gap compares Christmas to the pagan holiday called “Solstice.” Solstice is celebrated by Wiccans who practice witchcraft! [/QUOTE] ---
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2009, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gap-a-new-low-in-political-correctness/517995/83 "2009-11-20T19:30:47Z")
> [@ntucker](#): > > Nobody complaining about that GAP ad can possibly have seen [this ad](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fplj61Y5QME). I am not shitting you, that is a real ad for a real insurance company. > > Oh, and don’t forget to honk when you drive by Vern Fonk. That is a great ad! What does he say after Kwaanza? The only thing missing was a Wilford Brimley DIE-A-BEET-US wish. ---
**Author:** ![alexandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e68b1a/32.png) [@alexandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alexandra)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2009, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gap-a-new-low-in-political-correctness/517995/84 "2009-11-22T18:38:27Z")
> [@A Monkey With a Gun](#): > > Ramadan was in August, you stupid fucking infidel. > > I’m all for bad jokes, but Jesus buddy, at least make it relevant. > > ETA: Damnit **Rhymer** , you beat me to it Yeah, and breakfast is pretty fucking important during Ramadan. Breakfast at 4am before the sun comes up, but still. ---
**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2009, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gap-a-new-low-in-political-correctness/517995/85 "2009-11-23T21:58:38Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > I would be happy to find jeans in odd lengths. I used to have a 30" inseam, but due to age shrinkage and waistline growth, have gone to a 29. Stores rarely ever carry odd inseam lengths. Apparently they think the entire world has even-numbered leg measurements. So unless I want to special order the damn things, I’m out of luck. [Lands’ End](http://www.landsend.com/) sells pants with custom hemming for no extra charge, in quarter-inch increments from 26" to 36". Mr Neville has the same inseam as you do, so I end up buying most of his pants from Lands’ End. They’re good quality pants, too. We’re both geeks who live in our own little world totally ignorant of fashion, so I can’t speak for how fashionable they are. ---
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2009, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gap-a-new-low-in-political-correctness/517995/86 "2009-11-23T22:02:59Z")
> [@ntucker](#): > > Nobody complaining about that GAP ad can possibly have seen [this ad](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fplj61Y5QME). I am not shitting you, that is a real ad for a real insurance company. > > Oh, and don’t forget to honk when you drive by Vern Fonk. From his appearance, I sort of assumed it would end on a Satanist note. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2009, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gap-a-new-low-in-political-correctness/517995/87 "2009-11-23T23:49:09Z")
> [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#): > > It’s got its advantages… but then you try to find clothes that don’t make you look like a teenage boy in a growth spurt. Good fucking luck. And short people, I don’t want to hear any whining about how it’s hard for you, too–it’s fifty billion times easier to make clothes shorter or smaller than it is to make them longer. Did I mention how hard it is being short and thin? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2009, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gap-a-new-low-in-political-correctness/517995/88 "2009-11-24T16:21:20Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > Did I mention how hard it is being short and thin? 😛 Suck it up. Try \*\*tall \*\*and thin. (I can occasionally find pants that fit okay, but dress shirts are nigh-impossible. I’m about to bit the bullet and just have a few made, because I’m sick of the darts always ending up like six inches above my actual breasts.) The only thing worse than tall and thin is tall and fat. Moral of the story: it’s easier to have clothes taken in than to have them let out. ---
**Author:** ![sqweels](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f19dbf/32.png) [@sqweels](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sqweels)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2009, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gap-a-new-low-in-political-correctness/517995/89 "2009-11-24T21:35:00Z")
> [@Argent\_Towers](#): > > Even the word “holiday,” as I like to point out, is offensive to those who do not believe in the concept of holiness. Holiday literally means holy day; what if I’m grievously offended at the mention of holiness or holy days? There are lots of atheists out there, you know. We don’t want to hear about your fucking stupid “holy” superstitions. Tell that to the British. Or the [Scorpions](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0E_f03gJ8io) for that matter. ---
**Author:** ![kitemaker\_chuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a88e4f/32.png) [@kitemaker\_chuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitemaker_chuck)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2009, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gap-a-new-low-in-political-correctness/517995/90 "2009-11-25T01:20:19Z")
> [@ntucker](#): > > Nobody complaining about that GAP ad can possibly have seen [this ad](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fplj61Y5QME). I am not shitting you, that is a real ad for a real insurance company. > > Oh, and don’t forget to honk when you drive by Vern Fonk. Is this ad seen outside of Washington state? Is he located elsewhere in the USA? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gap-a-new-low-in-political-correctness/517995.md?page=4)