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    MARKETING & PACKAGING IS EVERYTHING

    THE GENIUS OF THE FIRST MAN TO COME UP WITH THIS ONE (SEE PIC).....IT'S WHAT MEETS THE EYE OF THE PURCHASER AT FIRST GLANCE THAT GRABS THE ATTENTION.

    IN THIS CASE....I PULLED OFF THE SIDE OFTHE HIWAY WITH LENSE IN HAND ....BEFORE I PILED IT ALL UP. GREAT JOB CALCUTTA.

    NOW I DO REALIZE SOME BILLBOARDS ARE LARGER THAN OTHERS.....BUT STILL ...........

    I AM SURE THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL TACKLE SHOPS SCATTERED ACROSS THE WORLD READING THIS SCRIBBLE AND I WANT TO PASS ON AN OBSERVATION I HAVE MADE OVER THE LAST 1/3 OF A CENTURY WHILE VISITING/SPENDING IN HUNDREDS OF TACKLE/HUNTING SHOPS ACROSS NORTH AMERICA..........

    HERE IS THE SITUATUATION:

    A MAN AND HIS WIFE ARE OUT DRIVING AROUND TOWN....NATURALLY HE IS MISERABLE DOING SO.... BUT HE KNOWS HIS DUTY....THEY MAY BE HOME SHOPPING...OR MAYBE BUYING GROCERIES ...YOU KNOW.....DOING THE MAN/WIFE THING.....DOESN'T MATTER ....WHEN SUDDENLY...ALPHA MALE SEES A CANDY STORE ...FISHING OR HUNTING....AGAIN, IT DOESN'T MATTER

    HE CAN'T TAKE IT! HE CAN'T TAKE BEAR THE THOUGHT OF PASSING THE CANDY STORE BY! ....THEN COMES THE SAD LIL BOY LOOK ON HIS MUG....SO ....THE WIFE RELUCTANTLY GIVES IN..."GO AHEAD...GO ON IN " SHE SAYS ..................." I'LL WAIT IN THE CAR"........

    YOU CAMOFLAGUE A GRIN ......THERE IS A TACKLE GOD !

    NOW STOP RIGHT THERE! ..... IF I AM SITTING AT MY CASH REGISTER INSIDE AND SEE THIS EVENT UNFOLDING OUTSIDE........THE HORROR! THE WIFE IS GOING TO SIT IN DA TRUCK WITH HER FAT PURSE....AND MULTIPLE CREDIT CARDS???? ?????? NOW THAT IS A TRUE HORROR IF YOU ARE A TACKLE/HUNTING RETAILER

    RETAILERS OF AMERICANO.....GIVE THE BRIDE A SELECTION OF CANDY TO SHOP FOR WHILE HER TACKLE COLLECTOR HUSBAND IS DOING HIS THING!!! THE FIGURES WILL MORE THAN DOUBLE AT DAYS END

    I HAVE SEEN THIS SO MANY TIMES AT NC SHOPS....THE WIFE SITS OUTSIDE AND POUTS WHILE THE HUBBIE IS INSIDE SPENDING

    STOCK UP ON SOMETHING THAT WILL MAKE HER COME INSIDE WITH THAT CREDIT CARD! WHEN THE TRUCK PULLS UP IN FRONT OF DA STORE....A GORGEOUS NEON SIGN SAYS : NAUTICAL JEWELRY....OR LADIES VINNIE MYERS CLOTHING ...OR HABANA FINE GARMENTS....GIVE HER A SECTION OF THE STORE WITH SOME SERIOUS GIRLIE TRINKETS..........TRUST ME.....SHE IS A SHOPPING PRO AND KNOWS HOW TO SLIDE THAT THING!!! .......KERCHING!


    WHILE CLOTHING STOCKAGES ARE OVERLOOKED BY MANY TACKLE SHOPS ....... MANY CLOTHING MANUFACTURES OVERLOOK THE FACT THAT ALL MEN ARE NOT CREATED EQUAL......AND THEY BUILD ALL FISHING APPAREL (THE COOLER STUFF) IN SIZES UP TO 36 WAIST....AND WITH NO BELT LOOPS

    AND WHEN THEY DO BUILD A SIZE 40 SHORTS....THEY ARE THE STUPID LOOKING PATTERNS AND NOT THE COOL BOARD SHORT STYLES THAT THE YOUNG PUNKS WEAR...................

    NO BELT LOOPS ON A PAIR OF FISHING PANTS IS ABOUT AS DUMB AS NO HOOK AT THE END OF A LEADER......AT LEAST TO ME IT IS.....SO GIVE US/ME SOME BELT LOOPS PALEESE.............AND MAKE THE LOOPS WIDER AND PUT NINE LOOPS ON EACH PAIR OF PANTS!

    I HAD COMPLAINED ABOUT THIS LACK OF BELT LOOPS A WHILE BACK.....AND FORTUNATELY FOR ME....AND OTHER FATBOYS LIKE MYSELF.....PELAGIC CLOTHING'S FRONT OFFICE MUST HAVE BEEN READING SPORTFISHERMEN.COM AND LISTENED WELL........

    WHILE IN CAPE MAY THIS PAST WINTER/SUMMER...I FOUND THIS AWESOME PAIR OF FISHING SHORTS AT OFF THE HOOK B&T.............7 BELT LOOPS.... SIZE 40 FATBOYS...

    NEXT .....THE HABANA CO COMES ABOARD SFC AS A SPONSOR AND I SPY THEIR LINE OF SHORTS!!!!! GEEZUS H....WIDE BELT LOOPS!! THERE IS HOPE!! ROCK ON HABANA...ROCK ON.....I TRIED TO SAVE PHOTOS FROM THEIR WEBSITE BUT IT WOULD NOT ALLOW ME TO SO VISIT THEIR WEBSITE : http://www.thehabanaco.com/

    THERE IS A FATBOY GOD!

    PURE BLISS...........

    FATBOYNBOX SPEAKS OUT
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    Quote Originally Posted by WAHOONBOX View Post
    THE GENIUS OF THE FIRST MAN TO COME UP WITH THIS ONE (SEE PIC).....IT'S WHAT MEETS THE EYE OF THE PURCHASER AT FIRST GLANCE THAT GRABS THE ATTENTION.

    IN THIS CASE....I PULLED OFF THE SIDE OFTHE HIWAY WITH LENSE IN HAND ....BEFORE I PILED IT ALL UP. GREAT JOB CALCUTTA.

    NOW I DO REALIZE SOME BILLBOARDS ARE LARGER THAN OTHERS.....BUT STILL ...........

    I AM SURE THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL TACKLE SHOPS SCATTERED ACROSS THE WORLD READING THIS SCRIBBLE AND I WANT TO PASS ON AN OBSERVATION I HAVE MADE OVER THE LAST 1/3 OF A CENTURY WHILE VISITING/SPENDING IN HUNDREDS OF TACKLE/HUNTING SHOPS ACROSS NORTH AMERICA..........

    HERE IS THE SITUATUATION:

    A MAN AND HIS WIFE ARE OUT DRIVING AROUND TOWN....NATURALLY HE IS MISERABLE DOING SO.... BUT HE KNOWS HIS DUTY....THEY MAY BE HOME SHOPPING...OR MAYBE BUYING GROCERIES ...YOU KNOW.....DOING THE MAN/WIFE THING.....DOESN'T MATTER ....WHEN SUDDENLY...ALPHA MALE SEES A CANDY STORE ...FISHING OR HUNTING....AGAIN, IT DOESN'T MATTER

    HE CAN'T TAKE IT! HE CAN'T TAKE BEAR THE THOUGHT OF PASSING THE CANDY STORE BY! ....THEN COMES THE SAD LIL BOY LOOK ON HIS MUG....SO ....THE WIFE RELUCTANTLY GIVES IN..."GO AHEAD...GO ON IN " SHE SAYS ..................." I'LL WAIT IN THE CAR"........

    YOU CAMOFLAGUE A GRIN ......THERE IS A TACKLE GOD !

    NOW STOP RIGHT THERE! ..... IF I AM SITTING AT MY CASH REGISTER INSIDE AND SEE THIS EVENT UNFOLDING OUTSIDE........THE HORROR! THE WIFE IS GOING TO SIT IN DA TRUCK WITH HER FAT PURSE....AND MULTIPLE CREDIT CARDS???? ?????? NOW THAT IS A TRUE HORROR IF YOU ARE A TACKLE/HUNTING RETAILER

    RETAILERS OF AMERICANO.....GIVE THE BRIDE A SELECTION OF CANDY TO SHOP FOR WHILE HER TACKLE COLLECTOR HUSBAND IS DOING HIS THING!!! THE FIGURES WILL MORE THAN DOUBLE AT DAYS END

    I HAVE SEEN THIS SO MANY TIMES AT NC SHOPS....THE WIFE SITS OUTSIDE AND POUTS WHILE THE HUBBIE IS INSIDE SPENDING

    STOCK UP ON SOMETHING THAT WILL MAKE HER COME INSIDE WITH THAT CREDIT CARD! WHEN THE TRUCK PULLS UP IN FRONT OF DA STORE....A GORGEOUS NEON SIGN SAYS : NAUTICAL JEWELRY....OR LADIES VINNIE MYERS CLOTHING ...OR HABANA FINE GARMENTS....GIVE HER A SECTION OF THE STORE WITH SOME SERIOUS GIRLIE TRINKETS..........TRUST ME.....SHE IS A SHOPPING PRO AND KNOWS HOW TO SLIDE THAT THING!!! .......KERCHING!


    WHILE CLOTHING STOCKAGES ARE OVERLOOKED BY MANY TACKLE SHOPS ....... MANY CLOTHING MANUFACTURES OVERLOOK THE FACT THAT ALL MEN ARE NOT CREATED EQUAL......AND THEY BUILD ALL FISHING APPAREL (THE COOLER STUFF) IN SIZES UP TO 36 WAIST....AND WITH NO BELT LOOPS

    AND WHEN THEY DO BUILD A SIZE 40 SHORTS....THEY ARE THE STUPID LOOKING PATTERNS AND NOT THE COOL BOARD SHORT STYLES THAT THE YOUNG PUNKS WEAR...................

    NO BELT LOOPS ON A PAIR OF FISHING PANTS IS ABOUT AS DUMB AS NO HOOK AT THE END OF A LEADER......AT LEAST TO ME IT IS.....SO GIVE US/ME SOME BELT LOOPS PALEESE.............AND MAKE THE LOOPS WIDER AND PUT NINE LOOPS ON EACH PAIR OF PANTS!

    I HAD COMPLAINED ABOUT THIS LACK OF BELT LOOPS A WHILE BACK.....AND FORTUNATELY FOR ME....AND OTHER FATBOYS LIKE MYSELF.....PELAGIC CLOTHING'S FRONT OFFICE MUST HAVE BEEN READING SPORTFISHERMEN.COM AND LISTENED WELL........

    WHILE IN CAPE MAY THIS PAST WINTER/SUMMER...I FOUND THIS AWESOME PAIR OF FISHING SHORTS AT OFF THE HOOK B&T.............7 BELT LOOPS.... SIZE 40 FATBOYS...

    NEXT .....THE HABANA CO COMES ABOARD SFC AS A SPONSOR AND I SPY THEIR LINE OF SHORTS!!!!! GEEZUS H....WIDE BELT LOOPS!! THERE IS HOPE!! ROCK ON HABANA...ROCK ON.....I TRIED TO SAVE PHOTOS FROM THEIR WEBSITE BUT IT WOULD NOT ALLOW ME TO SO VISIT THEIR WEBSITE : http://www.thehabanaco.com/

    THERE IS A FATBOY GOD!

    PURE BLISS...........

    FATBOYNBOX SPEAKS OUT

    yeeeaaaahhhhhhhhh , and howbout a grill inside, so we can have a couple of cheeseburgers or crab cake or fish sandwiches, while we are shopping.

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    I want a pair of shorts for the wife. The marketing worked. Sweet package. Some day I will be a better man Today is not the day though !!!!!. Another marketing sign is the SALE sign. You have something for the little woman and SALE near it and you have a walk in...not a car sitter. Kohl's store does it the best around here. They advertise the up to 30% of. That gets a good look ! Then in the store price drops on the HOUR via selected ITEMS. This store is jammed with many sweet packages every afternoon

    Yes I agree a grill is welcomed. When I am in between sizes A burger with fries will put me right on the money....in a MEDIUM !

    I also agree that a 40 tight needs more loops. The Medium is quite happy with four spaced out evenly

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    Right on the money as usual Box....by the way....gatta get the wify some of those shorts...how about an SFC .com version of them

    Jer, ADMIN....the ball is in your side of the court!

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    Quote Originally Posted by carom View Post
    by the way....gatta get the wify some of those shorts...how about an SFC .com version of them
    I think I could talk someone into modeling them if there were such a thing

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    Quote Originally Posted by shoefish View Post
    I think I could talk someone into modeling them if there were such a thing
    O MY GOD.


    HABANA CO........HELLLLLOOOOOO......YOU HAD BETTER WAKE UP AND CONTACT THE SHOE'.....

    HERE YOU HAVE THE TROOPS BATHING IN YOUR PRODUCT AND THE BEST EYE CANDY THIS SIDE OF THE TIBETIAN BORDER EXPANDING AND ACROSS THE ATLANTIC AND BACK TO MY DOCUMENTS...MY PICTURES....VOLUNTEERING TO GRACE YOUR PRODUCT

    NOW THIS AIN'T NO ORDINARY GIRL NEXT DOOR.....THIS IS THEE....THEE ORIGINAL ...GIRL NEXT DOOR


    THERE ARE MULTIPLE CAMEOS OF THIS EYE STOPPER IN THE SFC CALENDAR GIRL VIDEO

    www.wahoonbox.com/videos/GIRLS.wmv

    IF SHE MODELS I WILL BUY....IT IS AS SIMPLE AS THAT.

    DONE DEAL

    WHERE'S MY HEART PILL?

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    Quote Originally Posted by WAHOONBOX View Post
    O MY GOD.


    HABANA CO........HELLLLLOOOOOO......YOU HAD BETTER WAKE UP AND CONTACT THE SHOE'.....

    HERE YOU HAVE THE TROOPS BATHING IN YOUR PRODUCT AND THE BEST EYE CANDY THIS SIDE OF THE TIBETIAN BORDER EXPANDING AND ACROSS THE ATLANTIC AND BACK TO MY DOCUMENTS...MY PICTURES....VOLUNTEERING TO GRACE YOUR PRODUCT

    NOW THIS AIN'T NO ORDINARY GIRL NEXT DOOR.....THIS IS THEE....THEE ORIGINAL ...GIRL NEXT DOOR


    THERE ARE MULTIPLE CAMEOS OF THIS EYE STOPPER IN THE SFC CALENDAR GIRL VIDEO

    www.wahoonbox.com/videos/GIRLS.wmv

    IF SHE MODELS I WILL BUY....IT IS AS SIMPLE AS THAT.

    DONE DEAL

    WHERE'S MY HEART PILL?
    if you can't find yours i got some.

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    if i watch that vid one more time I will join you two

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    awesome Box, just plain ol' awesome....love the music too!

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    OK, OK , NICE SHORTS, SO TO SPEAK, BUTT ISNT SHE PUKEING... SORRY I SAW THE WHOLE PICTURE . BUT SURE SEEMS LIKE SHE ATE A BAD CLAM...SNAKE

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