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This humorous post SHOULD SAY that
"Below is a SIMULATED email correspondence with customer service representatives at iPOD iD..."

It is actually a reworded version of an OLD emil from 2001, which can be found at http://www.shey.net/niked.html The re-write author links to this in the text "not really", but it still seems "not really" clear that this is NOT recent email with Nike-- THAT is how he got this out on the Slashdot article so quickly.

To be fair, he DOES say "with apologies to Jonah H. Peretti", who is the person who had the original correspondence with Nike 5 1/2 years ago.

What would happen if Nike & Apple got together?

Below is an email correspondence with customer service representatives at iPOD iD, an on-line service that lets people buy personalized iPOD shoes. The dialog began when iPOD cancelled an order for a pair of shoes customized with the word "sweatshop." [get the latest on this story at shey.net]

From: "Personalize, iPOD iD"
To: "'W. McFarnby (not really)'"
Subject: RE: Your iPOD iD order o16468000

Your iPOD iD order was cancelled for one or more of the following reasons.

1) Your Personal iD contains another party's trademark or other intellectual property.
2) Your Personal iD contains the name of an athlete or team we do not have the legal right to use.
3) Your Personal iD was left blank. Did you not want any personalization?
4) Your Personal iD contains profanity or inappropriate slang, and besides, your mother would slap us.

If you wish to reorder your iPOD iD product with a new personalization please visit us again at www.iPOD.com
Thank you,
iPOD iD

From: "W. McFarnby (not really)"
To: "Personalize, iPOD iD"
Subject: RE: Your iPOD iD order o16468000

Greetings,

My order was canceled but my personal iPOD iD does not violate any of the criteria outlined in your message. The Personal iD on my custom ZOOM XC USA running shoes was the word "sweatshop." Sweatshop is not: 1) another's party's trademark, 2) the name of an athlete, 3) blank, or 4) profanity. I choose the iD because I wanted to remember the toil and labor of the children that made my shoes. Could you please ship them to me immediately.

Thanks and Happy New Year,
Wynn McF (not really)

From: "Personalize, iPOD iD"
To: "'W. McFarnby (not really)'"
Subject: RE: Your iPOD iD order o16468000

Dear iPOD iD Customer,

Your iPOD iD order was cancelled because the iD you have chosen contains, as stated in the previous e-mail correspondence, "inappropriate slang".

If you wish to reorder your iPOD iD product with a new personalization please visit us again at www.iPOD.com

Thank you,
iPOD iD

From: "W. McFarnby (not really)"
To: "Personalize, iPOD iD"
Subject: RE: Your iPOD iD order o16468000

Dear iPOD iD,

Thank you for your quick response to my inquiry about my custom ZOOM XC USA running shoes. Although I commend you for your prompt customer service, I disagree with the claim that my personal iD was inappropriate slang. After consulting Webster's Dictionary, I discovered that "sweatshop" is in fact part of standard English, and not slang. The word means: "a shop or factory in which workers are employed for long hours at low wages and under unhealthy conditions" and its origin dates from 1892. So my personal iD does meet the criteria detailed in your first email.

Your web site advertises that the iPOD iD program is "about freedom to choose and freedom to express who you are." I share iPOD's love of freedom and personal expression. The site also says that "If you want it done right...build it yourself." I was thrilled to be able to build my own shoes, and my personal iD was offered as a small token of appreciation for the sweatshop workers poised to help me realize my vision. I hope that you will value my freedom of expression and reconsider your decision to reject my order.

Thank you,
Wynn McF (not really)

From: "Personalize, iPOD iD"
To: "'W. McFarnby (not really)'"
Subject: RE: Your iPOD iD order o16468000

Dear iPOD iD Customer,

Regarding the rules for personalization it also states on the iPOD iD web site that "iPOD reserves the right to c

What would happen if Nike & Apple got together?

Below is an email correspondence with customer service representatives at iPOD iD, an on-line service that lets people buy personalized iPOD shoes. The dialog began when iPOD cancelled an order for a pair of shoes customized with the word "sweatshop." [get the latest on this story at shey.net]

From: "Personalize, iPOD iD"
To: "'W. McFarnby (not really)'"
Subject: RE: Your iPOD iD order o16468000

Your iPOD iD order was cancelled for one or more of the following reasons.

1) Your Personal iD contains another party's trademark or other intellectual property.
2) Your Personal iD contains the name of an athlete or team we do not have the legal right to use.
3) Your Personal iD was left blank. Did you not want any personalization?
4) Your Personal iD contains profanity or inappropriate slang, and besides, your mother would slap us.

If you wish to reorder your iPOD iD product with a new personalization please visit us again at www.iPOD.com
Thank you,
iPOD iD

From: "W. McFarnby (not really)"
To: "Personalize, iPOD iD"
Subject: RE: Your iPOD iD order o16468000

Greetings,

My order was canceled but my personal iPOD iD does not violate any of the criteria outlined in your message. The Personal iD on my custom ZOOM XC USA running shoes was the word "sweatshop." Sweatshop is not: 1) another's party's trademark, 2) the name of an athlete, 3) blank, or 4) profanity. I choose the iD because I wanted to remember the toil and labor of the children that made my shoes. Could you please ship them to me immediately.

Thanks and Happy New Year,
Wynn McF (not really)

From: "Personalize, iPOD iD"
To: "'W. McFarnby (not really)'"
Subject: RE: Your iPOD iD order o16468000

Dear iPOD iD Customer,

Your iPOD iD order was cancelled because the iD you have chosen contains, as stated in the previous e-mail correspondence, "inappropriate slang".

If you wish to reorder your iPOD iD product with a new personalization please visit us again at www.iPOD.com

Thank you,
iPOD iD

From: "W. McFarnby (not really)"
To: "Personalize, iPOD iD"
Subject: RE: Your iPOD iD order o16468000

Dear iPOD iD,

Thank you for your quick response to my inquiry about my custom ZOOM XC USA running shoes. Although I commend you for your prompt customer service, I disagree with the claim that my personal iD was inappropriate slang. After consulting Webster's Dictionary, I discovered that "sweatshop" is in fact part of standard English, and not slang. The word means: "a shop or factory in which workers are employed for long hours at low wages and under unhealthy conditions" and its origin dates from 1892. So my personal iD does meet the criteria detailed in your first email.

Your web site advertises that the iPOD iD program is "about freedom to choose and freedom to express who you are." I share iPOD's love of freedom and personal expression. The site also says that "If you want it done right...build it yourself." I was thrilled to be able to build my own shoes, and my personal iD was offered as a small token of appreciation for the sweatshop workers poised to help me realize my vision. I hope that you will value my freedom of expression and reconsider your decision to reject my order.

Thank you,
Wynn McF (not really)

From: "Personalize, iPOD iD"
To: "'W. McFarnby (not really)'"
Subject: RE: Your iPOD iD order o16468000

Dear iPOD iD Customer,

Regarding the rules for personalization it also states on the iPOD iD web site that "iPOD reserves the right to c

What would happen if Nike & Apple got together?

Below is an email correspondence with customer service representatives at iPOD iD, an on-line service that lets people buy personalized iPOD shoes. The dialog began when iPOD cancelled an order for a pair of shoes customized with the word "sweatshop." [get the latest on this story at shey.net]

From: "Personalize, iPOD iD"
To: "'W. McFarnby (not really)'"
Subject: RE: Your iPOD iD order o16468000

Your iPOD iD order was cancelled for one or more of the following reasons.

1) Your Personal iD contains another party's trademark or other intellectual property.
2) Your Personal iD contains the name of an athlete or team we do not have the legal right to use.
3) Your Personal iD was left blank. Did you not want any personalization?
4) Your Personal iD contains profanity or inappropriate slang, and besides, your mother would slap us.

If you wish to reorder your iPOD iD product with a new personalization please visit us again at www.iPOD.com
Thank you,
iPOD iD

From: "W. McFarnby (not really)"
To: "Personalize, iPOD iD"
Subject: RE: Your iPOD iD order o16468000

Greetings,

My order was canceled but my personal iPOD iD does not violate any of the criteria outlined in your message. The Personal iD on my custom ZOOM XC USA running shoes was the word "sweatshop." Sweatshop is not: 1) another's party's trademark, 2) the name of an athlete, 3) blank, or 4) profanity. I choose the iD because I wanted to remember the toil and labor of the children that made my shoes. Could you please ship them to me immediately.

Thanks and Happy New Year,
Wynn McF (not really)

From: "Personalize, iPOD iD"
To: "'W. McFarnby (not really)'"
Subject: RE: Your iPOD iD order o16468000

Dear iPOD iD Customer,

Your iPOD iD order was cancelled because the iD you have chosen contains, as stated in the previous e-mail correspondence, "inappropriate slang".

If you wish to reorder your iPOD iD product with a new personalization please visit us again at www.iPOD.com

Thank you,
iPOD iD

From: "W. McFarnby (not really)"
To: "Personalize, iPOD iD"
Subject: RE: Your iPOD iD order o16468000

Dear iPOD iD,

Thank you for your quick response to my inquiry about my custom ZOOM XC USA running shoes. Although I commend you for your prompt customer service, I disagree with the claim that my personal iD was inappropriate slang. After consulting Webster's Dictionary, I discovered that "sweatshop" is in fact part of standard English, and not slang. The word means: "a shop or factory in which workers are employed for long hours at low wages and under unhealthy conditions" and its origin dates from 1892. So my personal iD does meet the criteria detailed in your first email.

Your web site advertises that the iPOD iD program is "about freedom to choose and freedom to express who you are." I share iPOD's love of freedom and personal expression. The site also says that "If you want it done right...build it yourself." I was thrilled to be able to build my own shoes, and my personal iD was offered as a small token of appreciation for the sweatshop workers poised to help me realize my vision. I hope that you will value my freedom of expression and reconsider your decision to reject my order.

Thank you,
Wynn McF (not really)

From: "Personalize, iPOD iD"
To: "'W. McFarnby (not really)'"
Subject: RE: Your iPOD iD order o16468000

Dear iPOD iD Customer,

Regarding the rules for personalization it also states on the iPOD iD web site that "iPOD reserves the right to c

What would happen if Nike & Apple got together?

Below is an email correspondence with customer service representatives at iPOD iD, an on-line service that lets people buy personalized iPOD shoes. The dialog began when iPOD cancelled an order for a pair of shoes customized with the word "sweatshop." [get the latest on this story at shey.net]

From: "Personalize, iPOD iD"
To: "'W. McFarnby (not really)'"
Subject: RE: Your iPOD iD order o16468000

Your iPOD iD order was cancelled for one or more of the following reasons.

1) Your Personal iD contains another party's trademark or other intellectual property.
2) Your Personal iD contains the name of an athlete or team we do not have the legal right to use.
3) Your Personal iD was left blank. Did you not want any personalization?
4) Your Personal iD contains profanity or inappropriate slang, and besides, your mother would slap us.

If you wish to reorder your iPOD iD product with a new personalization please visit us again at www.iPOD.com
Thank you,
iPOD iD

From: "W. McFarnby (not really)"
To: "Personalize, iPOD iD"
Subject: RE: Your iPOD iD order o16468000

Greetings,

My order was canceled but my personal iPOD iD does not violate any of the criteria outlined in your message. The Personal iD on my custom ZOOM XC USA running shoes was the word "sweatshop." Sweatshop is not: 1) another's party's trademark, 2) the name of an athlete, 3) blank, or 4) profanity. I choose the iD because I wanted to remember the toil and labor of the children that made my shoes. Could you please ship them to me immediately.

Thanks and Happy New Year,
Wynn McF (not really)

From: "Personalize, iPOD iD"
To: "'W. McFarnby (not really)'"
Subject: RE: Your iPOD iD order o16468000

Dear iPOD iD Customer,

Your iPOD iD order was cancelled because the iD you have chosen contains, as stated in the previous e-mail correspondence, "inappropriate slang".

If you wish to reorder your iPOD iD product with a new personalization please visit us again at www.iPOD.com

Thank you,
iPOD iD

From: "W. McFarnby (not really)"
To: "Personalize, iPOD iD"
Subject: RE: Your iPOD iD order o16468000

Dear iPOD iD,

Thank you for your quick response to my inquiry about my custom ZOOM XC USA running shoes. Although I commend you for your prompt customer service, I disagree with the claim that my personal iD was inappropriate slang. After consulting Webster's Dictionary, I discovered that "sweatshop" is in fact part of standard English, and not slang. The word means: "a shop or factory in which workers are employed for long hours at low wages and under unhealthy conditions" and its origin dates from 1892. So my personal iD does meet the criteria detailed in your first email.

Your web site advertises that the iPOD iD program is "about freedom to choose and freedom to express who you are." I share iPOD's love of freedom and personal expression. The site also says that "If you want it done right...build it yourself." I was thrilled to be able to build my own shoes, and my personal iD was offered as a small token of appreciation for the sweatshop workers poised to help me realize my vision. I hope that you will value my freedom of expression and reconsider your decision to reject my order.

Thank you,
Wynn McF (not really)

From: "Personalize, iPOD iD"
To: "'W. McFarnby (not really)'"
Subject: RE: Your iPOD iD order o16468000

Dear iPOD iD Customer,

Regarding the rules for personalization it also states on the iPOD iD web site that "iPOD reserves the right to c

What would happen if Nike & Apple got together?

Below is an email correspondence with customer service representatives at iPOD iD, an on-line service that lets people buy personalized iPOD shoes. The dialog began when iPOD cancelled an order for a pair of shoes customized with the word "sweatshop." [get the latest on this story at shey.net]

From: "Personalize, iPOD iD"
To: "'W. McFarnby (not really)'"
Subject: RE: Your iPOD iD order o16468000

Your iPOD iD order was cancelled for one or more of the following reasons.

1) Your Personal iD contains another party's trademark or other intellectual property.
2) Your Personal iD contains the name of an athlete or team we do not have the legal right to use.
3) Your Personal iD was left blank. Did you not want any personalization?
4) Your Personal iD contains profanity or inappropriate slang, and besides, your mother would slap us.

If you wish to reorder your iPOD iD product with a new personalization please visit us again at www.iPOD.com
Thank you,
iPOD iD

From: "W. McFarnby (not really)"
To: "Personalize, iPOD iD"
Subject: RE: Your iPOD iD order o16468000

Greetings,

My order was canceled but my personal iPOD iD does not violate any of the criteria outlined in your message. The Personal iD on my custom ZOOM XC USA running shoes was the word "sweatshop." Sweatshop is not: 1) another's party's trademark, 2) the name of an athlete, 3) blank, or 4) profanity. I choose the iD because I wanted to remember the toil and labor of the children that made my shoes. Could you please ship them to me immediately.

Thanks and Happy New Year,
Wynn McF (not really)

From: "Personalize, iPOD iD"
To: "'W. McFarnby (not really)'"
Subject: RE: Your iPOD iD order o16468000

Dear iPOD iD Customer,

Your iPOD iD order was cancelled because the iD you have chosen contains, as stated in the previous e-mail correspondence, "inappropriate slang".

If you wish to reorder your iPOD iD product with a new personalization please visit us again at www.iPOD.com

Thank you,
iPOD iD

From: "W. McFarnby (not really)"
To: "Personalize, iPOD iD"
Subject: RE: Your iPOD iD order o16468000

Dear iPOD iD,

Thank you for your quick response to my inquiry about my custom ZOOM XC USA running shoes. Although I commend you for your prompt customer service, I disagree with the claim that my personal iD was inappropriate slang. After consulting Webster's Dictionary, I discovered that "sweatshop" is in fact part of standard English, and not slang. The word means: "a shop or factory in which workers are employed for long hours at low wages and under unhealthy conditions" and its origin dates from 1892. So my personal iD does meet the criteria detailed in your first email.

Your web site advertises that the iPOD iD program is "about freedom to choose and freedom to express who you are." I share iPOD's love of freedom and personal expression. The site also says that "If you want it done right...build it yourself." I was thrilled to be able to build my own shoes, and my personal iD was offered as a small token of appreciation for the sweatshop workers poised to help me realize my vision. I hope that you will value my freedom of expression and reconsider your decision to reject my order.

Thank you,
Wynn McF (not really)

From: "Personalize, iPOD iD"
To: "'W. McFarnby (not really)'"
Subject: RE: Your iPOD iD order o16468000

Dear iPOD iD Customer,

Regarding the rules for personalization it also states on the iPOD iD web site that "iPOD reserves the right to c

What would happen if Nike & Apple got together?

Below is an email correspondence with customer service representatives at iPOD iD, an on-line service that lets people buy personalized iPOD shoes. The dialog began when iPOD cancelled an order for a pair of shoes customized with the word "sweatshop." [get the latest on this story at shey.net]

From: "Personalize, iPOD iD"
To: "'W. McFarnby (not really)'"
Subject: RE: Your iPOD iD order o16468000

Your iPOD iD order was cancelled for one or more of the following reasons.

1) Your Personal iD contains another party's trademark or other intellectual property.
2) Your Personal iD contains the name of an athlete or team we do not have the legal right to use.
3) Your Personal iD was left blank. Did you not want any personalization?
4) Your Personal iD contains profanity or inappropriate slang, and besides, your mother would slap us.

If you wish to reorder your iPOD iD product with a new personalization please visit us again at www.iPOD.com
Thank you,
iPOD iD

From: "W. McFarnby (not really)"
To: "Personalize, iPOD iD"
Subject: RE: Your iPOD iD order o16468000

Greetings,

My order was canceled but my personal iPOD iD does not violate any of the criteria outlined in your message. The Personal iD on my custom ZOOM XC USA running shoes was the word "sweatshop." Sweatshop is not: 1) another's party's trademark, 2) the name of an athlete, 3) blank, or 4) profanity. I choose the iD because I wanted to remember the toil and labor of the children that made my shoes. Could you please ship them to me immediately.

Thanks and Happy New Year,
Wynn McF (not really)

From: "Personalize, iPOD iD"
To: "'W. McFarnby (not really)'"
Subject: RE: Your iPOD iD order o16468000

Dear iPOD iD Customer,

Your iPOD iD order was cancelled because the iD you have chosen contains, as stated in the previous e-mail correspondence, "inappropriate slang".

If you wish to reorder your iPOD iD product with a new personalization please visit us again at www.iPOD.com

Thank you,
iPOD iD

From: "W. McFarnby (not really)"
To: "Personalize, iPOD iD"
Subject: RE: Your iPOD iD order o16468000

Dear iPOD iD,

Thank you for your quick response to my inquiry about my custom ZOOM XC USA running shoes. Although I commend you for your prompt customer service, I disagree with the claim that my personal iD was inappropriate slang. After consulting Webster's Dictionary, I discovered that "sweatshop" is in fact part of standard English, and not slang. The word means: "a shop or factory in which workers are employed for long hours at low wages and under unhealthy conditions" and its origin dates from 1892. So my personal iD does meet the criteria detailed in your first email.

Your web site advertises that the iPOD iD program is "about freedom to choose and freedom to express who you are." I share iPOD's love of freedom and personal expression. The site also says that "If you want it done right...build it yourself." I was thrilled to be able to build my own shoes, and my personal iD was offered as a small token of appreciation for the sweatshop workers poised to help me realize my vision. I hope that you will value my freedom of expression and reconsider your decision to reject my order.

Thank you,
Wynn McF (not really)

From: "Personalize, iPOD iD"
To: "'W. McFarnby (not really)'"
Subject: RE: Your iPOD iD order o16468000

Dear iPOD iD Customer,

Regarding the rules for personalization it also states on the iPOD iD web site that "iPOD reserves the right to c

What would happen if Nike & Apple got together?

Below is an email correspondence with customer service representatives at iPOD iD, an on-line service that lets people buy personalized iPOD shoes. The dialog began when iPOD cancelled an order for a pair of shoes customized with the word "sweatshop." [get the latest on this story at shey.net]

From: "Personalize, iPOD iD"
To: "'W. McFarnby (not really)'"
Subject: RE: Your iPOD iD order o16468000

Your iPOD iD order was cancelled for one or more of the following reasons.

1) Your Personal iD contains another party's trademark or other intellectual property.
2) Your Personal iD contains the name of an athlete or team we do not have the legal right to use.
3) Your Personal iD was left blank. Did you not want any personalization?
4) Your Personal iD contains profanity or inappropriate slang, and besides, your mother would slap us.

If you wish to reorder your iPOD iD product with a new personalization please visit us again at www.iPOD.com
Thank you,
iPOD iD

From: "W. McFarnby (not really)"
To: "Personalize, iPOD iD"
Subject: RE: Your iPOD iD order o16468000

Greetings,

My order was canceled but my personal iPOD iD does not violate any of the criteria outlined in your message. The Personal iD on my custom ZOOM XC USA running shoes was the word "sweatshop." Sweatshop is not: 1) another's party's trademark, 2) the name of an athlete, 3) blank, or 4) profanity. I choose the iD because I wanted to remember the toil and labor of the children that made my shoes. Could you please ship them to me immediately.

Thanks and Happy New Year,
Wynn McF (not really)

From: "Personalize, iPOD iD"
To: "'W. McFarnby (not really)'"
Subject: RE: Your iPOD iD order o16468000

Dear iPOD iD Customer,

Your iPOD iD order was cancelled because the iD you have chosen contains, as stated in the previous e-mail correspondence, "inappropriate slang".

If you wish to reorder your iPOD iD product with a new personalization please visit us again at www.iPOD.com

Thank you,
iPOD iD

From: "W. McFarnby (not really)"
To: "Personalize, iPOD iD"
Subject: RE: Your iPOD iD order o16468000

Dear iPOD iD,

Thank you for your quick response to my inquiry about my custom ZOOM XC USA running shoes. Although I commend you for your prompt customer service, I disagree with the claim that my personal iD was inappropriate slang. After consulting Webster's Dictionary, I discovered that "sweatshop" is in fact part of standard English, and not slang. The word means: "a shop or factory in which workers are employed for long hours at low wages and under unhealthy conditions" and its origin dates from 1892. So my personal iD does meet the criteria detailed in your first email.

Your web site advertises that the iPOD iD program is "about freedom to choose and freedom to express who you are." I share iPOD's love of freedom and personal expression. The site also says that "If you want it done right...build it yourself." I was thrilled to be able to build my own shoes, and my personal iD was offered as a small token of appreciation for the sweatshop workers poised to help me realize my vision. I hope that you will value my freedom of expression and reconsider your decision to reject my order.

Thank you,
Wynn McF (not really)

From: "Personalize, iPOD iD"
To: "'W. McFarnby (not really)'"
Subject: RE: Your iPOD iD order o16468000

Dear iPOD iD Customer,

Regarding the rules for personalization it also states on the iPOD iD web site that "iPOD reserves the right to c

What would happen if Nike & Apple got together?

Below is an email correspondence with customer service representatives at iPOD iD, an on-line service that lets people buy personalized iPOD shoes. The dialog began when iPOD cancelled an order for a pair of shoes customized with the word "sweatshop." [get the latest on this story at shey.net]

From: "Personalize, iPOD iD"
To: "'W. McFarnby (not really)'"
Subject: RE: Your iPOD iD order o16468000

Your iPOD iD order was cancelled for one or more of the following reasons.

1) Your Personal iD contains another party's trademark or other intellectual property.
2) Your Personal iD contains the name of an athlete or team we do not have the legal right to use.
3) Your Personal iD was left blank. Did you not want any personalization?
4) Your Personal iD contains profanity or inappropriate slang, and besides, your mother would slap us.

If you wish to reorder your iPOD iD product with a new personalization please visit us again at www.iPOD.com
Thank you,
iPOD iD

From: "W. McFarnby (not really)"
To: "Personalize, iPOD iD"
Subject: RE: Your iPOD iD order o16468000

Greetings,

My order was canceled but my personal iPOD iD does not violate any of the criteria outlined in your message. The Personal iD on my custom ZOOM XC USA running shoes was the word "sweatshop." Sweatshop is not: 1) another's party's trademark, 2) the name of an athlete, 3) blank, or 4) profanity. I choose the iD because I wanted to remember the toil and labor of the children that made my shoes. Could you please ship them to me immediately.

Thanks and Happy New Year,
Wynn McF (not really)

From: "Personalize, iPOD iD"
To: "'W. McFarnby (not really)'"
Subject: RE: Your iPOD iD order o16468000

Dear iPOD iD Customer,

Your iPOD iD order was cancelled because the iD you have chosen contains, as stated in the previous e-mail correspondence, "inappropriate slang".

If you wish to reorder your iPOD iD product with a new personalization please visit us again at www.iPOD.com

Thank you,
iPOD iD

From: "W. McFarnby (not really)"
To: "Personalize, iPOD iD"
Subject: RE: Your iPOD iD order o16468000

Dear iPOD iD,

Thank you for your quick response to my inquiry about my custom ZOOM XC USA running shoes. Although I commend you for your prompt customer service, I disagree with the claim that my personal iD was inappropriate slang. After consulting Webster's Dictionary, I discovered that "sweatshop" is in fact part of standard English, and not slang. The word means: "a shop or factory in which workers are employed for long hours at low wages and under unhealthy conditions" and its origin dates from 1892. So my personal iD does meet the criteria detailed in your first email.

Your web site advertises that the iPOD iD program is "about freedom to choose and freedom to express who you are." I share iPOD's love of freedom and personal expression. The site also says that "If you want it done right...build it yourself." I was thrilled to be able to build my own shoes, and my personal iD was offered as a small token of appreciation for the sweatshop workers poised to help me realize my vision. I hope that you will value my freedom of expression and reconsider your decision to reject my order.

Thank you,
Wynn McF (not really)

From: "Personalize, iPOD iD"
To: "'W. McFarnby (not really)'"
Subject: RE: Your iPOD iD order o16468000

Dear iPOD iD Customer,

Regarding the rules for personalization it also states on the iPOD iD web site that "iPOD reserves the right to c

Anyone remember when some guy wanted to get some "Nike ID" personalized running shoes with "Sweatshop" on them. The guy published his experiences on the web.

The link that works.

Now, is it really too much to ask for you to use a proper OS? That middle button really comes in handy.