Questionable company names
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FestitaMakool
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Coen said:
I think “007” merely want the roads for him/her selves [big grin]
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I read about a septic tank company. Their slogan was "your #2 is our #1.
Crazyraceguy said:
In the Netherlands there's a business called "bever" the dutch word for beaver, and their logo is a picture of that animal. They have a store in Eindhoven, and it used to have "Bever, women's outdoor" in huge letters on the buildings fascia.
It's silly but everytime I passed it, it made me chuckle and picture Leslie Nielsen. (The store is still there, but they now have a gender neutral slogan)
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I passed a beat-up old Transit van on the M62 motorway a few weeks ago. The name of his company was ‘FAT BLOKE WHO SELLS TYRES’
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When visiting my client in the Cleveland area, I'd land my plane at the airport on the lake (not the main one), rent a car, and then drive past "Chagrin Jewelers." That always struck me as funny.
I was at a plastic injection molding show in Chicago about 20 years ago. Set up next to our display booth was one from Germany.
It was their first year showing in the USA. They made pad printing machines (replaces silk screen for small images, long production runs).
The name of their company was “Tampon”. It made perfect sense. They used a silicone pad to “tamp” the image onto plastic.
I explained the problem with the name. That it was the exact same spelling as the feminine hygiene product. The owner of the company turned red as a beet. The following year, they changed the name to “Tampoprint” (I’m not sure if I got that exactly right—it was a long time ago.)
I just googled it and is is “Tampoprint”.
It was their first year showing in the USA. They made pad printing machines (replaces silk screen for small images, long production runs).
The name of their company was “Tampon”. It made perfect sense. They used a silicone pad to “tamp” the image onto plastic.
I explained the problem with the name. That it was the exact same spelling as the feminine hygiene product. The owner of the company turned red as a beet. The following year, they changed the name to “Tampoprint” (I’m not sure if I got that exactly right—it was a long time ago.)
I just googled it and is is “Tampoprint”.
In the late 1960s I was a bouncer at a night club. The owner liked to turn the air conditioner to about 65 degrees so that the bra-less women would have erect nipples.
Half the women in the place would have their arms crossed in front of their chests to hide the fact.
Nowadays that would be sexual harassment by thermostat. [big grin]
Half the women in the place would have their arms crossed in front of their chests to hide the fact.
Nowadays that would be sexual harassment by thermostat. [big grin]
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There used to be a store east of Soho in Manhattan called Abrasive Sales. They sold all kinds of abrasives, nothing inappropriate about that. What was funny was how abrasive the counter guy was.
In 1968, my sophomore year at Syracuse University, they broke ground on a new engineering building that was to be built right on the main quad. Because of legacy rules on a donation no building on the quad could be taller than Hendrix Chapel.
That required going down 3 or 4 stories to build the required number of rooms. They were still building when I graduated.
The build site was entirely encircled by a wall of 4’ x 8’ sheets of plywood painted gray. The student election was coming up and they painted on the wall in 7’ tall letters:
WE WELCOME THE ELECTION.
Some student, under the cover of darkness changed the sign to “WE WELCOME THE ERECTION”.
The janitor was assigned the task of painting over the offensive sign.
His first effort was: E WELCOME THE ERECTION
He decided that was not sufficient and he continued on his quest to make the sign acceptable with : WELCOME THE ERECTION
That would not do, so: ELCOME THE ERECTION
He finally stopped when he reached : ECTION
It took him the entire day. He might have benefitted from some supervision.
That required going down 3 or 4 stories to build the required number of rooms. They were still building when I graduated.
The build site was entirely encircled by a wall of 4’ x 8’ sheets of plywood painted gray. The student election was coming up and they painted on the wall in 7’ tall letters:
WE WELCOME THE ELECTION.
Some student, under the cover of darkness changed the sign to “WE WELCOME THE ERECTION”.
The janitor was assigned the task of painting over the offensive sign.
His first effort was: E WELCOME THE ERECTION
He decided that was not sufficient and he continued on his quest to make the sign acceptable with : WELCOME THE ERECTION
That would not do, so: ELCOME THE ERECTION
He finally stopped when he reached : ECTION
It took him the entire day. He might have benefitted from some supervision.
The block letters took up nearly the full height of the 8’ panels. So the letters themselves were probably painted with a 6” wide brush—the width of each stroke was probably 6 to 8 inches.
I never knew who painted the original sign—it was probably University approved. An ambitious piece of work for a student election.
I never knew who painted the original sign—it was probably University approved. An ambitious piece of work for a student election.
