The list for January 8, 1998
The Top 15 Rejected New Nike Slogans
- The Choice of a New Generation of Athletes & Criminals!
- Nike: Selling Air To Stupid Kids For Over A Decade
- Official Shoe of the Amistad
- Because Adidas Suck
- THEY sweat… so YOU can sweat!
- Got swoosh?
- Just buy the damn shoes, for cryin’ out loud!
- They go on your feet, Einstein.
- C’mon — The rent can wait, and food is overrated anyway
- Safer than skis
- For a Limited Time: 6.9% financing for 36 months
- Buy the shoes, or we bulldoze their village
- Just Do It, or I’ll put your lazy 10-cent-a-day ass in a vice and get another 3rd-world slave to do it!
- Worth Killin’ For!
And the Number 1 Rejected New Nike Slogan…
- Yo — The Crips told us your gang isn’t man enough to buy 10 pairs of our shoes.
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CREDITS
Selected from 133 submissions from 48 contributors.
Today’s list authors were:
- Dave Wesley, Pleasant Hill, CA — 1 (4th #1)
- John Voigt, Chicago, IL — 2
- Daniel Weckerly, Limerick, PA — 2
- Bruce Ansley, Baltimore, MD — 3
- Mark Schmidt, Santa Cruz, CA — 3
- Fred Hesby, Portland, OR — 4, 7
- Steve Hurd, San Ramon, CA — 5
- Lloyd Jacobson, Washington, DC — 6
- Sam Evans, Charleston, SC — 7
- Gene Markins-Dieden, New Haven, CT — 7
- Hank Weilevy, Fairless Hills, PA — 8, 12
- Larry G. Hollister, Concord, CA — 9
- Wade Kwon, Birmingham, AL — 10
- Blair Bostick, Alexandria, VA — 11
- Doug Johnson, Santa Cruz, CA — 13
- Dan Signer, Studio City, CA — 14
- Phil Doyle, Mercer Island, WA — 15
- Don Swain, Pontiac, MI — Topic
- Eric Foster, Altamonte Springs, FL — Banner Tag
- Run D.M.C., New York, NY — Ambience
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