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Almost 15 million people are officially unemployed in the U.S., but the person in charge of placing the day-after-big-sporting-event ads for Macy's still has a job.
The Miami Heat won the NBA championship last night, according to Macy's, which placed this ad in the Florida papers today.
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Oh, this isn't the first time it's happened. In 2009, the department store congratulated the Phillies on their back-to-back championships...
For the record, Dallas won the NBA championship last night, and the Yankees won the World Series in 2009. And Truman has a better chance of winning the presidency next year than the Timberwolves have of beating the Heat.
So what happens to the souvenir hats and T-shirts for team's that don't win championships? They get sent to other countries.
(h/t: Steve Mullis)
