There is a chain of jewelry stores here in Ohio called Dunkin’s Diamonds. Now, I don’t care if your name is Dunkin, you do not name your jewelry store “Dunkin’s Diamonds,” for reasons that should be obvious to anyone living in the U.S.
And so I was looking at the latest McFeely’s catalog today and saw that they’re selling a particulate respirator under the brand name Moldex.
What were they thinking???
-Steve
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As in molding to your face would be my guess. They are a good product overall. So you wouldn't buy it based on the name? Ford sold a car that translated to junk in Spanish so it's an ongoing thing and will probably continue over time. There's a body repair shop called Kaput near me.
"So you wouldn't buy it based on the name?"
No, it just makes me wonder about what goes on inside the minds of the marketers.
-Steve
There is a surgeon here named Dr. Butcher. Would you patronize him? My cousin doctored with Dr Drinkwater, his partner (you guessed it - Dr Philpott. Makes one wonder.
We had a local pediatric dentist in town many years ago by the name of Dr. Meaney....The unspoken word is capital. We can invest it or we can squander it. -Mark Twain...
Be kind to your children....they will choose your nursing home.
...aim low boys, they're ridin' shetland ponies !!
My father (a physician) had a partner years ago, Dr. Frankenstein. no lieJim
"There are two spiritual dangers in not owning a farm. One is the danger of supposing that breakfast comes from the grocery, and the other is that heat comes from the furnace." - Aldo Leopold
Believe it or not , in the same General Surgeons office in our small town we have Doctors named Dr. Fear and Dr. Deathridge , and my SIL had an gynecologist named Dr. Tush .
Which one do you want your appointment with ?
dusty
Dr. Tush .. I fell off my chair laughing at that one...Long ago my oldest daughter broke her arm very close to the shoulder joint.We had to see a Orthopedic surgeon. He was a very tall and large man and his name was Dr. Bones... I expected somebody skinny.. All turned out well... He was a great doctor.
Hiya Will and All ,
Imagine this : You call the Doctors office and they answer the phone like this :
Hello , Dr.s Bush , Tush and Fear , how can we help you ?
I suppose I'd say , what were the choices again ?
regards dusty
There is a restaurant at the Keystone Ski Resort in Colorado called "Gassey's".
Food's not bad, actually.
Chris
Fear or Deathridge - Ho Ho, that has got to take the cake. I think I'll go back to my old Doctors Drinkwater or Philpot!
"Ford sold a car that translated to junk in Spanish..."Are you thinking of Chevrolet Nova? "No va", in Spanish, means "doesn't go".
BruceT
Theres a gynocoligist in our area called Dr Busch. I swear. And a eurologist called Dr Phallic. I'm dead serious.
-Lou
But in one word, 'nova' is from the Latin, for 'new'. Or, maybe it means "It dogtracks". Think of '70s Nova suspension problems, for that one."I cut this piece four times and it's still too short."
Edited 11/11/2007 10:15 am by highfigh
"...'nova' is from the Latin, for 'new'."Right you are. It may have sold well among Latin teachers, but it did poorly with Latin Americans.
BruceT
"It may have sold well among Latin teachers, but it did poorly with Latin Americans"Wha' 'chu talking about, mang? It's a Chebby!
"I cut this piece four times and it's still too short."
Perhaps it is a village myth, but supposedly Chevrolet suddenly found that they could not sell the Nova in Mexico, since it was translated as "not go".
Also, Lord Brain was a very prominent British neurologist.
Also, how many of you remember the character in Catch 22 named Major Major? The army realized that there was only one rank they could give him.
Steve,
Years ago, I heard an ad on the radio for a used car dealer. The music playing behind his voice-over? Cher, singing "Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves"
Ray
"With a name like _______, it's got to be good!"
Umberto Eco, The Island of the Day Before
Frozen,
Remember the motto of the Three Stooges' film production company, Miracle Pictures?
"If it's a good film, it's a Miracle!"
Ray
"With a name like Smuckers, its got to be good."Frosty"I sometimes think we consider the good fortune of the early bird and overlook the bad fortune of the early worm." FDR - 1922
Bad product names..
A Maiden Form Bra when she was married twice before?
I can't understand why women would buy designer clothes made by Sag Harbor? Yep, some names are very strange.
Get a tank of gas and a jug of milk at the Kum & Go.
Nail guns by Jammerco, which actually turned out to be great tools.------------------------------------
It would indeed be a tragedy if the history of the human race proved to be nothing more than the story of an ape playing with a box of matches on a petrol dump. ~David Ormsby Gore
I remember a furniture store in Bangor, Maine called Frankenstein's.
Dentist who did my root canal was Dr. Needle.
I also remember reading about an ad for a mattress company with the slogan: "Go gentle into that good night!" Poor Dylan Thomas must have been spinning in his grave.
[Avoid schadenfreude]
Edited 11/7/2007 12:33 am by xcutsaw
Then there are the folks who didn't quite think their website's URL through all the way. This list is copied from online, not my own creation, but it gives me quite a chuckle:
1. A site called ‘Who Represents‘ where you can find the name of the agent that represents a celebrity. Their domain name… wait for it… is
http://www.whorepresents.com
2. Experts Exchange, a knowledge base where programmers can exchange advice and views at
http://www.expertsexchange.com
3. Looking for a pen? Look no further than Pen Island at
http://www.penisland.net
4. Need a therapist? Try Therapist Finder at
http://www.therapistfinder.com
5. Then of course, there’s the Italian Power Generator company…
http://www.powergenitalia.com
6. And now, we have the Mole Station Native Nursery, based in New South Wales:
http://www.molestationnursery.com
7. If you’re looking for computer software, there’s always
http://www.ipanywhere.com
8. Welcome to the First Cumming Methodist Church. Their website is
http://www.cummingfirst.com
9. Then, of course, there’s these brainless art designers, and their whacky website:
http://www.speedofart.com
10. Want to holiday in Lake Tahoe? Try their brochure website at
http://www.gotahoe.com
Rizzo the Rat, A Muppet Christmas Carol
This is the hardest I laughed in a long time!
I worked in a school and a students farther was a dentist, his name Dr. Pain!!!Make your own mistakes not someone elses, this is a good way to be original !
There is a daycare where I live called "Neverland Ranch Daycare" _ it been around for a long time, but the name is kind of creapy now.
Being a Methodist clergy, I couldn't resist going to the Cumming Methodist church link. Their associate pastor's maiden name is Redd. Her married name? Herring. Rev. Rebecca Redd Herring. You can't make this stuff up! Tom"Notice that at no time do my fingers leave my hand"
Saw a tavern in Iowa some time ago: Crappie Bar & Grill. Yes, I know it's a fish but still doesn't look right.
There are two cookbooks that have been nominated for worst title: "Beard on Pasta", by James Beardand a Disney cookbook for kids, "Cooking with Pooh"“Expectation strolls through the spacious fields of Time towards Opportunity.”
Umberto Eco, The Island of the Day Before
The we have "Kako Plumbers". Loosely translated kako means dirty, or sh£t in Greek....Philip Marcou
There is a restaurant outside of Branson, MO called The Bearded Clam. Go figure.Michael
I think there are several restaurants by that name. And I'm sure that it's entirely intentional.
-Steve
In the town of Peru where I practice, there is a funeral director named Eikenberry
there is also an optomitrist (actually a friend) named Skip Hopper.
Neil
There was Dick's Sporting Goods store that opened in Bangor, Maine three years ago. The banner above the store read "Dick's Coming Soon." Haha. A college buddy of mine stole it with a bunch of friends one night and hung it off their dorm building. Priceless.
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Regards,
Bob @ Kidderville Acres
A Woodworkers mind should be the sharpest tool in the shop!
Edited 11/10/2007 8:45 am ET by KiddervilleAcres
I'd never go into a place with COCKS on the front door.. I'd look for the opposite place!
Will,
"HENS" or maybe "PULLETS" ?
Ray
When I lived in London back in the '70's for a short while I used a to get a 69 bus that took me through Leyton or Leytonstone-- I can't recall which now.
I always found the name of funeral directors on the High Street amusing: W A Hurry and Son.
Then there was the Chinese restaurant on Richmond Road in Houston I couldn't bring myself to try the food at called Fu Kim. Slainte.
Richard Jones Furniture
A store I pass regularly in Hartford Conn.displays 3 (THREE)signs prominently in their window...
" WOMENS LATEST FASHIONS",..."OFFICE SUPPLIES" and (I kid you not,...
"KEYS MADE HERE"
Steinmetz.
I had a professor from Jamaica that taught Intl Business Mgmt and we went through a bunch of these types of situations (as examples of knowing your market before you brand a product).
As if the Pinto wasn't a bad enough car, selling it in Jamaica was made tougher by the fact that pinto is slang for small peni$.
<<A store I pass regularly in Hartford Conn.>>SteinmetzIf you were in Hartford back in the early 70s, perhaps you'll remember The Skillet breakfast and lunch joint on Asylum Street. They opened a room in the back to sell jewelry and changed the sign out front to read, The Skillet Restaurant and Jewelry Boutique. It seemed odd to me then, but looking back, it's so perfectly 70s.Mike
Mike, The store I mentioned IS on Asylum LOL I'm going to take a photo of it and possibly post it.
Mr and Mrs Barber in my area named their son "Harry".
Okay,
I'll put one on the list.
S&M Appliance Sales and Service
In Nevada Iowa
This thread reminds me of a joke.
Chevy and Toyota were going to merge but then somebody thought of what they would call it. A Toylet. No merger.
Some scientists mated an abalone with a crocodile resulting in a new cute little hybrid. They called it an abadile but we all knew it was just a crockabalony.
Crabby Dicks
a real seafood restaurant in Rehobeth, Delaware.Expert since 10 am.
I see message 53 was deleted. If it was in response to your post ya' have to wonder, why (?). Now I'm porbably thinking of things worse than what may have been posted.
I'm just twisted, I guess. :~)...The unspoken word is capital. We can invest it or we can squander it. -Mark Twain...
Be kind to your children....they will choose your nursing home.
...aim low boys, they're ridin' shetland ponies !!
Beach bum,
I deleted my post because I was thinking some people might have gotten offended. Basically it was a similar response to post #52.
There is a seafood restaurant in Florida called Dirty D!(K$
I know this because I saw a girl with a T-shirt that read:
" I GOT MY CRABS FROM DIRTY D!(K$ "
Maybe that's a little more kid friendly (or maybe I'll get booted off Knots!)
Lee
Edited 11/15/2007 3:59 pm by mapleman
That's about what I was thinking. I saw one like that from San Francisco at Fisherman's Wharf. I'm just chuckling here and shrugging my shoulders. I see people wearing this kind of stuff all the time and wonder why they have no more self respect than that. But, it's all about taste,class or the lack thereof.
Initially amusing but downright sad sometimes. Oh, well, if they don't like us here there is always the Tavern, across the alley at Breaktime. :0)
...The unspoken word is capital. We can invest it or we can squander it. -Mark Twain...
Be kind to your children....they will choose your nursing home.
...aim low boys, they're ridin' shetland ponies !!
Edited 11/15/2007 4:39 pm by oldbeachbum
But, it's all about taste,class or the lack thereof.I have BOTH taste AND class.. I'm just not good at choosing which to use at any moment!
People! It doesn't count if they're doing it on purpose! The role of this thread is to showcase cluelessness, not cleverness (or even tastelessness).
-Steve
Some scientists mated an Crock and a Alligator..
A CrockAGator...It Had a head on both ends.. It was the meanest animal on Earth!! Someone asked what makes him so mean? He can't chit!
Kinda like when they crossed a Volvo with a Comet. and called it a vomet! When you pressed the horn it went, well you know.........................
Regards,Bob @ Kidderville Acres
A Woodworkers mind should be the sharpest tool in the shop!
A struggling new travel agency store sign...
GO AWAY!
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