A Florida sheriff's office has turned a $500 mistake into a $9,650 windfall for charity.
The Pinellas County Sheriff's office ordered a new rug, which turned up last week with a typo. The large green rug with the black and yellow Pinellas County Sheriff's Office logo included the phrase "In Dog We Trust" within one of its crests.
It was supposed to read "In God We Trust." The Sheriff's Office said rug manufacturer, American Floor Mats, would replace it.
That could have been the end of the story except Sheriff Bob Gualtieri had an idea.
He decided to auction off the unique item -- the "doggone rug," as he called it -- and donate the proceeds to a local rescue.
Ultimately the rug sold for $9,650.00 and now that money will go to care for animals in a shelter.
It just goes to show that all things are possible with dog.
Seriously I think we have the makings of a new religion here. And I certainly like it better than the ones we have now.
Dog-gone right.
ReplyDeleteWell said.
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Are Seth Rogen and Michael Moore still at the Hollywood Pig Trough eating sour grapes?
If conservatives don't give a fuck what RS thinks, then why are y'all acting so pissy about it?
Delete551--- Of course they don't. They're too stupid.
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I always read yesterday's news and give my pissy response the day after, you know, so the chances of coming off as an asshole go way down, because everyone else is reading about a coward on the coward's own thread.
DeleteAmerican Snipers - they protected Clive Bundy from the POlice...right?
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What the article fails to mention is that the rug was in place for months before anyone noticed the typo.
ReplyDeleteHenry Auvil, that it took months to notice is a fun fact of its own, but Sheriff Gualtieri's decision to auction this think off for animal welfare was a brilliant idea! Well done, Sir, and compliments to the new owner who did a good deed.
ReplyDeleteI completely agree. Very well played.
DeleteI suspect the spelling error wasn't such an error. It was someone's coup de gras and they're laughing their asses off.
ReplyDeleteDonal, gracias (grassy ass?) for pointing out the think/thing. That grass green rug really was a coup for the buyer (tax deduction?) and for the critters who hopefully will benefit from the donation. Oh, and yes, I have laughed ever since I saw the article. What a nice change from reports about the obnoxious Scientologists who have been permitted to take of the the place.
ReplyDeleteJust one more example of how the dog works in mysterious ways.
ReplyDeleteBravo to the Sheriff. At least it's for a good cause, but it speaks volumes about the school system if the rug were there for months before the mistake was found. Must have been one of them eliteist east coast tesla driving libruls.
ReplyDeleteyup - a rookie noticed the spelling error - nobody else did. He's probably fired now.
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