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formality. a little bit of seriousness. steve: you want them to take that ad down? i think they should take it down. what if they replace it with a lipstick tube? that would not be fine with me. replace it with a ipad. let s paint the whole planet beige. how about that? we ll all be neutral and never offend anyone. this is not making me run to florida and open up a business. but it is going to make a guy on the beach run to florida. apparently. we run the business. steve: you ve got to wonder whether or not this is going to blow up in their face. a female business owners looks at that, sees it as sexist. there is an on-line poll that says 22% say yes, it s sexist. 48% say no. and 30% say, come on, it s a cartoon. i m with the 38%. it s a cartoon?