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> Beautiful. > > I looked up to see Ben's email address - and it wasn't! > > Jerry Johnson > > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 06/27/02 02:22PM >>> > So if you ate blue berries out of it would you have Dingle Berries? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Howie Hamlin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2002 1:16 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: PC gone mad > > First the Star Spangled Banner and now this. Politically correct is out > of control... > > ======================================================== > > Georgia-Pacific Chairman and Chief Executive Announced Product Name > Change > > ATLANTA, GA. June 27, 2002 --A.D. "Pete" Correll, chairman and chief > executive officer of Georgia-Pacific Corp. (NYSE: > GP), announce today the immediate change of the "Dixie" brand name. A > live audio Webcast of Correll's remarks and > presentation will be accessible via Georgia-Pacific's Web site beginning > at approximately 12:40 p.m. Eastern time. > Correll will provide an overview of the company's name change decision. > > Dixie(r), one of the most well-recognized brand names in North America, > got its start in 1908 when two men in Boston first > produced an individual drinking cup they called the Health Kup. In > order to maintain the highest level of political > correctness, Georgia-Pacific will rename this line of products which has > harbored a name that connotes the pre Civil War > South. The Dixie brand line of products will be renamed after the two > men who first produced the products, Henry and > James Dingle. Correll announced that "The new Dingle(r) brand of paper > cups and other sundries are proper for the 21st > century. No longer will our products be associated with 'bad' things." > > To access the live Webcast and presentation materials, visit the > Investor Information section of Georgia-Pacific's Web > site at www.gp.com/investor. A username (conference/conf2) and password > (goldman2) are required to access the Webcast. > Headquartered at Atlanta, Georgia-Pacific is one of the world's leading > manufacturers and distributors of tissue, paper, > packaging, building products, pulp and related chemicals. With annual > sales of approximately $25 billion, the company > employs more than 75,000 people at 600 locations in North America and > Europe. Its familiar consumer tissue brands > include Quilted Northern, Angel Soft, Brawny, Sparkle, Soft 'n Gentle, > Mardi Gras, So-Dri, Green Forest and Vanity Fair, > as well as the Dingle brand of disposable cups, plates and cutlery. > Georgia-Pacific's building products distribution > business has long been among the nation's leading wholesale suppliers of > building products to lumber and building > materials dealers and large do-it-yourself warehouse retailers. In > addition, Georgia-Pacific's Unisource Worldwide > subsidiary is one of the largest distributors of packaging systems, > printing and imaging papers and maintenance supplies > in North America. > > Media > Greg Guest (404) 652-4739 > Robin Keegan > > (404) 652-4713 > Investors > Richard Good (404) 652-4720 > > . > . > . > . > . > . > . > . > . > . > . > . > . > . > . > . > . > . > . > . > . > . > . > . > . > . > . > . > . > . > just kidding.... > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
