29 Jun
2009
29 Jun
'09
10:30 a.m.
On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 10:44, Chuck Guzis<cclist
at sydex.com> wrote:
Anyone remember the eBay marketing promotion, "Do It eBay"? I still love
it ... Do It eBay, short for DIE!
> On 29 Jun 2009 at 10:27, Patrick Finnegan
wrote:
>
> >> I'm haven't yet figured out if it's a sick joke, or if someone
just
> >> didn't realize that it's a bad name to use.
>
> Happens more often than you'd think. ?Long ago, a friend decided to
> call his company "Tripas" (a variant spelling of "Tri-pass").
?After
> the corporate name had been registered, the janitorial crew informed
> him that they thought it was funny--apparently it's Spanish ?for
> entriails ?(tripe).
Up here in Canada, the Reform party briefly renamed itself the
"Conservative Reform Alliance" Party: CRAP
That lasted all of two days, IIRC.