29 Jun
2009
29 Jun
'09
3:39 p.m.
Message: 25
Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:08:20 -0700 (PDT)
From: David Griffith <dgriffi at cs.csubak.edu>
On Mon, 29 Jun 2009, Marvin Johnston wrote:
Anyone remember the eBay marketing promotion, "Do It eBay"? I still love it
... Do It eBay, short for DIE!
Some years ago a shoe company came out with a shoe they named "The
Incubus". Said shoes were in the stores before management realized what
an incubus is. Now for something more modern, have any of you noticed the
rash of suggestive fast food adverts?
--
David Griffith
dgriffi at cs.csubak.edu
---------------Reply:
And of course there was a small problem with Commodore's VIC 20 in Germany
which led to its being renamed the "VC20 VolksComputer".
(hint: the V is pronounced F in German, and they use an 'I' where we use a
'U')
> 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.