Teh One Who Knocks
04-05-2016, 11:54 AM
By Scott Allen - The Washington Post
The outlines of Colorado and Wyoming look somewhat similar. Mississippi resembles Alabama flipped horizontally. New Hampshire sort of looks like Vermont rotated clockwise 180 degrees. These are common stumbling blocks for elementary school students learning to identify states on a map.
Maryland, though, looks nothing like Massachusetts, which makes these Russell Athletic T-shirts that were available until Monday at Walmart featuring the Terps’ logo on the outline of Massachusetts so ridiculous.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Someone please tell me why Walmart has a shirt that says "terps" in the outline of the state of Massachusetts <a href="http://t.co/TQRfvdqbE9">pic.twitter.com/TQRfvdqbE9</a></p>— Victoria Owens (@Victoria_Owens8) <a href="https://twitter.com/Victoria_Owens8/status/620723512240664576">July 13, 2015</a></blockquote>
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The first mention of the goof appeared on Twitter last summer. When a customer spotted the error last week and tweeted at Walmart with a handy image showing that Massachusetts and Maryland look quite different on a map, a Walmart employee responded with an explanation … of sorts.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Dear <a href="https://twitter.com/Walmart">@Walmart</a> I want to inform you that you're selling UMD shirts with the state of Massachusetts on them. <a href="https://t.co/RjzK4CdOHH">pic.twitter.com/RjzK4CdOHH</a></p>— Samantha Ficco (@Samficco) <a href="https://twitter.com/Samficco/status/715280028519501824">March 30, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/Samficco">@Samficco</a> The state of Maryland is shaped to dip down on the right hand side which includes the word "Terps" for the team. -Marie</p>— Walmart (@Walmart) <a href="https://twitter.com/Walmart/status/715447042621972480">March 31, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/Samficco">@Samficco</a> On the map, MA and MD are shaped somewhat similarly with the exception of that dip. Thanks for reaching out, Samantha! -Marie</p>— Walmart (@Walmart) <a href="https://twitter.com/Walmart/status/715448284672864256">March 31, 2016</a></blockquote>
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On Monday, another Walmart employee replied with a turtle pun and a Walmart spokesman apologized for the mistake in a statement that indicated the shirts will be removed from stores.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/Samficco">@Samficco</a> We’re so embarrassed we may never stick our head out of our shell again! Thanks for guiding this lost Terrapin back to MD! -Sonny</p>— Walmart (@Walmart) <a href="https://twitter.com/Walmart/status/717060562014773248">April 4, 2016</a></blockquote>
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“We are working with Russell Athletic to determine how this happened and in the meantime are removing the shirt from our stores,” the spokesman wrote in an e-mail to The Post. “We understand the pride Marylanders feel for the Terps, and apologize for the mistake.”
I just want to know if Russell Athletic made Boston College shirts featuring the state of Maryland.
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The outlines of Colorado and Wyoming look somewhat similar. Mississippi resembles Alabama flipped horizontally. New Hampshire sort of looks like Vermont rotated clockwise 180 degrees. These are common stumbling blocks for elementary school students learning to identify states on a map.
Maryland, though, looks nothing like Massachusetts, which makes these Russell Athletic T-shirts that were available until Monday at Walmart featuring the Terps’ logo on the outline of Massachusetts so ridiculous.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Someone please tell me why Walmart has a shirt that says "terps" in the outline of the state of Massachusetts <a href="http://t.co/TQRfvdqbE9">pic.twitter.com/TQRfvdqbE9</a></p>— Victoria Owens (@Victoria_Owens8) <a href="https://twitter.com/Victoria_Owens8/status/620723512240664576">July 13, 2015</a></blockquote>
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The first mention of the goof appeared on Twitter last summer. When a customer spotted the error last week and tweeted at Walmart with a handy image showing that Massachusetts and Maryland look quite different on a map, a Walmart employee responded with an explanation … of sorts.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Dear <a href="https://twitter.com/Walmart">@Walmart</a> I want to inform you that you're selling UMD shirts with the state of Massachusetts on them. <a href="https://t.co/RjzK4CdOHH">pic.twitter.com/RjzK4CdOHH</a></p>— Samantha Ficco (@Samficco) <a href="https://twitter.com/Samficco/status/715280028519501824">March 30, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/Samficco">@Samficco</a> The state of Maryland is shaped to dip down on the right hand side which includes the word "Terps" for the team. -Marie</p>— Walmart (@Walmart) <a href="https://twitter.com/Walmart/status/715447042621972480">March 31, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/Samficco">@Samficco</a> On the map, MA and MD are shaped somewhat similarly with the exception of that dip. Thanks for reaching out, Samantha! -Marie</p>— Walmart (@Walmart) <a href="https://twitter.com/Walmart/status/715448284672864256">March 31, 2016</a></blockquote>
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On Monday, another Walmart employee replied with a turtle pun and a Walmart spokesman apologized for the mistake in a statement that indicated the shirts will be removed from stores.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/Samficco">@Samficco</a> We’re so embarrassed we may never stick our head out of our shell again! Thanks for guiding this lost Terrapin back to MD! -Sonny</p>— Walmart (@Walmart) <a href="https://twitter.com/Walmart/status/717060562014773248">April 4, 2016</a></blockquote>
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“We are working with Russell Athletic to determine how this happened and in the meantime are removing the shirt from our stores,” the spokesman wrote in an e-mail to The Post. “We understand the pride Marylanders feel for the Terps, and apologize for the mistake.”
I just want to know if Russell Athletic made Boston College shirts featuring the state of Maryland.
http://i.imgur.com/tI3Fq9l.jpg