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(Some Guy)   Planned Parenthood offers its own cell phone service. Contracts have hefty termination fees, though   (workingassetswireless.com) divider line
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4755 clicks; posted to Main » on 22 Feb 2007 at 2:55 PM (16 years ago)   |   Favorite    |   share:  Share on Twitter share via Email Share on Facebook



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c7hu1hu fh746n
2007-02-22 2:03:18 PM  
Great headline. +1
 
karion
2007-02-22 2:06:36 PM  
Excellent headline. Nicely done.
 
Nabb1
2007-02-22 2:08:07 PM  
{snicker}

+1
 
cmunic8r99
2007-02-22 2:11:02 PM  
i lol'd
 
PirateKing [OhFark]
2007-02-22 2:11:57 PM  
Great idea... bummer about the family plan.
 
Teekno
2007-02-22 2:12:40 PM  
That'll do, pig. That'll do.

+1
 
coyote71
2007-02-22 2:13:07 PM  
Awesome headline, submitter.
 
karion
2007-02-22 2:16:33 PM  
PirateKing: bummer about the family plan.

Awesome.

I wonder if all of the numbers will have a 486 area code.
 
costermonger
2007-02-22 2:20:42 PM  
I *actually* lol'd.
 
BooBoo23
2007-02-22 2:24:01 PM  
Brilliant! `
 
lakemirror
2007-02-22 2:27:30 PM  
You are SICK!

I love it...
 
Action Replay Nick
2007-02-22 2:47:36 PM  
Best headline of the day.
 
ExJerseyGirl
2007-02-22 2:47:59 PM  
Great headline. But I don't think it deserves an asinine plan. What is wrong with supporting planned parenthood by signing up for their cell phone service?
 
peachpicker
2007-02-22 2:50:21 PM  
[image from img174.imageshack.us too old to be available]
 
SmoothTex
2007-02-22 2:57:11 PM  
I hear you get a free coupon for "pork" stir fry with every contract.
 
stuff a dank 1
2007-02-22 2:57:44 PM  
nicley done.
 
Nabb1
2007-02-22 2:58:47 PM  
ExJerseyGirl: What is wrong with supporting planned parenthood by signing up for their cell phone service?

That's a good point. We don't want a bunch of back-alley plan cancellations with people using coathangers to get rid of unwanted cell phone contracts.
 
CaffietineFiend
2007-02-22 2:58:47 PM  
A+ headline, subby. Stand tall and proud.
 
evilgreg
2007-02-22 2:59:30 PM  
At least PP has a termination plan. Their competition has an 18-year minimum contract (which usually extends to 25-30 if you don't watch the fine print).
 
CabFwdFace
2007-02-22 2:59:58 PM  
LOL. thanks for the headline, first good laugh i've had all day.
 
eeeleeet
2007-02-22 3:01:44 PM  
Order now and we'll send you our free abortion kit, complete with coathanger!
 
Shrugging Atlas
2007-02-22 3:01:55 PM  
Great headline Submitter!!! Would read again!!!!! A+++++++
 
Klyde
2007-02-22 3:01:57 PM  
asinine how?
 
ravenlore
2007-02-22 3:02:05 PM  
peachpicker

Why is Orihime socking herself in the gut as Chad looks on dumbstruck?!?!?!

i'm only a dubbie, that scene is NOT ringing a bell.
 
evilstein
2007-02-22 3:02:35 PM  
Best headline all week. Best thread comments all week too.

But it's interesting to see that PP is doing something like this, considering what a flop other 'branded' cell services have turned out to be.
 
eeeleeet
2007-02-22 3:03:04 PM  
Sorry Nabb1 I didn't see you beat me to it
 
CabFwdFace
2007-02-22 3:03:12 PM  
BTW, there is good comic potential for that protest image on the site, for those of you into that sort of thing.
 
ravenlore
2007-02-22 3:03:40 PM  
oh, and Uryu too.
 
ababyatemydingo
2007-02-22 3:04:57 PM  
I think the "asinine" tag is misplaced though. Lots of non-profits provide services in order to raise funds. f'rinstance, Ben and Jerry's "save the earch" foundation is affilliated with some kind of long distance service, a US national gay/les org offers a visa card where some of the interest you pay goes to the organisation, etc.
 
plastroncafe
2007-02-22 3:05:03 PM  
Can you hear me now?

/Well played Subbie.
//Boo on the tag though.
 
JDAT [OhFark]
2007-02-22 3:06:19 PM  
Planned Parenthood. Killing babies has never been so convenient.
 
j__z
2007-02-22 3:08:06 PM  
evilstein

"But it's interesting to see that PP is doing something like this, considering what a flop other 'branded' cell services have turned out to be."

Don't worry, I'm sure they'll kill this program while its still in its infancy. If the cell service doesn't work out for the customer, can you go to plan B?

/Pun, pick and a pocket.
 
Cowboy Spencer
2007-02-22 3:09:19 PM  
Good news though. If you read the fine print, the contracts only last for 40 weeks, with an option for 18 more years.
 
PeopleFirst
2007-02-22 3:10:09 PM  
Why is there a family plan? The fetus can't call from the trash bin.
 
gallo caldo
2007-02-22 3:12:36 PM  
I like how it's more expensive to cancel your cell phone service during the two-year contract period than to have them perform D&C on a 12-week fetus. GOD BLESS AMERICA!
 
baby_hewey
2007-02-22 3:16:03 PM  
I'm sorry, but that head line should be one of the Headline of the Year nominees for this year. Good job, it made me do a double take.

/We're all go'an to hell for that one!
//Thank you, today I'll be your pilot, please enjoy the trip.
 
gallo caldo
2007-02-22 3:17:01 PM  
ababyatemydingo: I think the "asinine" tag is misplaced though. Lots of non-profits provide services in order to raise funds. f'rinstance, Ben and Jerry's "save the earch" foundation is affilliated with some kind of long distance service, a US national gay/les org offers a visa card where some of the interest you pay goes to the organisation, etc.

I disagree. It's a horrible way for a nonprofit to raise funds. It goes like this: you might not want to give us anything directly, which would be deductible on your taxes and such, so why don't you consider overpaying for some service so that a small percentage will come our way?

It's win-win for the charity and the service provider, but it shafts their donors.

For anyone with qualms about the United Way (or the chief offender, the Jimmy Fund), this is a racket, plain and simple.

/Heh heh, I said "shafts"!
 
Flowergirrrl
2007-02-22 3:17:41 PM  
I'd support Planned Parenthood if they were as proactive about helping kids get birth control as they are about abortion. They pass up prime opportunities in my area to spread the word.
 
miss_enthropic_biatch
2007-02-22 3:19:26 PM  
Nice headline
 
EARL_OF_ASSHAT
2007-02-22 3:20:05 PM  
SUBBY IS A THIEF!

Stolen from today's Taranto:

" Working Assets, "a progressive phone company" offers "The Right Choice That Supports Choice":

Planned Parenthood Wireless is a new choice for your cell phone service. By signing up for this service, you will help preserve reproductive rights, and ensure access to comprehensive family planning and medically accurate sex education for women and families around the world. You'll do something you do every day--talk on your cell phone--and you'll be helping Planned Parenthood as 10% of all monthly charges goes to Planned Parenthood Federation of America, at no extra cost to you.

Just make sure you're prepared to stick with it for the duration of the contract. We hear those early-termination fees can be murder."
 
tudorgurl [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2007-02-22 3:20:47 PM  
You. Sick. Bastich.

/laughing hard
//good thing boss is at lunch
 
poehitman
2007-02-22 3:21:24 PM  
Subby is going to hell. And I'm gonna be right next to him/her for my LOL.
 
nucular_option
2007-02-22 3:22:06 PM  
The headline is eerily similar to today's blurb on OpinionJournal's Best of the Web "Just make sure you're prepared to stick with it for the duration of the contract. We hear those early-termination fees can be murder."
 
EARL_OF_ASSHAT
2007-02-22 3:23:32 PM  
Ha ha, nucular_option I beat you to it.
 
evilgreg
2007-02-22 3:28:07 PM  
EARL_OF_ASSHAT

Please do not taunt the nucular_option.

/boom
 
5OV
2007-02-22 3:30:19 PM  
LOL +1111111
 
me2u2
2007-02-22 3:32:14 PM  
**standing ovation**

Bravo Subby! BRAVO!
 
Odd Bird
2007-02-22 3:36:01 PM  
PirateKing honorable mention.

(hell, +1. end of day and feeling generous)
 
Salty8482
2007-02-22 3:36:32 PM  
[image from i25.photobucket.com too old to be available]
 
FarkingStan [OhFark]
2007-02-22 3:37:42 PM  
Yea that's the best headline I've seen in a while for sure.
 
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