Old Tearaway Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 Sometimes one wonders what has been substituted in the space between the ears of marketing people normally reserved for a brain. I've been told, by someone I know in Ireland, that Paddy Power (the bookies) sometimes receives phone calls whenever there is a power cut somewhere in Ireland. In the run up to bonfire night 2014, Lidl was purveying packets of German made firework rockets called "Uranus"..... Now one can surmise the problem here, Germans are globally renown for not recognising jokes or understanding verbal humour. I personally have spent an hour explaining a 3 line joke to an ex-German fiance many years ago, that she'd heard at work and had spent the rest of the day trying to figure out. She had even written it down to help with the process..... it wasn't even a complex joke. (She wasn't even blonde either). Now firework rockets have previously been named after planets in our solar system and other celestial objects by various firework manufacturers over the years. Obviously, for good reason Uranus was avoided due to its comedy overtones. The Germans, being bereft of such abilities, logically couldn't understand this avoidance and so chose it. Fortunately I took a picture of one of the rockets before it was launched. Finally in a model shop I found a Spanish made item with BUM emblazoned on the box..... The company that made the item is called BUM Slot (I kid you not!!) and to prove the fact, here is their website: http://www.bum-german.blogspot.com.es/p/bumslot-slot-cars-132.html Apart from the comedy value of the business, they do make some excellent products. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium BR60103 Posted January 19, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 19, 2016 There are two ways to pronounce "Uranus"; both produce embarrased laughter from teenage boys. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Gwiwer Posted January 19, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 19, 2016 At least the planet doesn't have rings around it .......... But this topic does give an opportunity to re-post this - found in one of our local supermarkets: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MGR Hooper! Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 That's a good one... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRman Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 You sure about that, Rick?https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranus#/media/File:Uranusandrings.jpg Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Gwiwer Posted January 19, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 19, 2016 You sure about that, Rick? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranus#/media/File:Uranusandrings.jpg You've been in schools too long Jeff! Here was I trying to avoid the obvious comment about there being rings around Uranus .......... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-UnitMad Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 ....I personally have spent an hour explaining a 3 line joke to an ex-German fiance many years ago....Did she understand the joke once she was an Ex-German..?? .... take it you meant she's German and eventually was an Ex-Fiance.... More importantly - what was the joke?? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
teetrix Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 More importantly - what was the joke?? and: Could I understand it? According to Uranus, another german product, maybe for PITA?: https://www.shop-apotheke.com/arzneimittel/7402210/ass-100-mg-hexal.htm Michael Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted January 19, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 19, 2016 Many years ago, at a motor race in, I think, Portugal, there was a car with visible sponsorship from the well-known manufacturer of coffee machines, Cona. The locals loved it, because eveidently that is their equivalent of a well known English word also having 4 letters and beginning with c.......... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
railsquid Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 Come to Japan and have a Peace Wanko, all in a good cause. Meanwhile I'll be sipping on my Pocari Sweat. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterfgf Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 A colleague photographed this ship about 10 years ago somewhere in the Far East, probably Singapore of South Korea. Peterfgf Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterfgf Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 Try again. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted January 19, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 19, 2016 Brill, Peter! Any chance I could steal this pic, please? I see a Facebook page looming here.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Ron Ron Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 Not rude, but I do think the Eastern European's who called their haulage company 'StopTrans' might have been better advised. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tersono Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 Back in the eighties, a well-known Yorkshire-based manufacturer of high-end hi-fi amplification - Sugden - decided to break into the Scandinavian market (which was very buoyant at the time). They struck a deal with an importer and started selling their (very good quality) amplifiers in Sweden. Unfortunately their sales were less than stellar. For a while, they couldn't work out why, then someone pointed out that the brand name "Sugden" when pronounced by a local sounded very like the Swedish "avsugning" which is the local translation of "bl*w j*b'. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Dunsignalling Posted January 19, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 19, 2016 Back in the eighties, a well-known Yorkshire-based manufacturer of high-end hi-fi amplification - Sugden - decided to break into the Scandinavian market (which was very buoyant at the time). They struck a deal with an importer and started selling their (very good quality) amplifiers in Sweden. Unfortunately their sales were less than stellar. For a while, they couldn't work out why, then someone pointed out that the brand name "Sugden" when pronounced by a local sounded very like the Swedish "avsugning" which is the local translation of "bl*w j*b'. And they still didn't sell................? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatB Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 I quite like the idea of Moomin sausage rolls or whatever that is . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium mezzoman253 Posted January 19, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 19, 2016 There's a "famous" chimney in Esslingen, a suburb of Stuttgart, that has the word DICK on it. I think it's owned by a company making chocolate. Dick meaning thick in German. http://www.panoramio.com/photo/87649447 The comedy value is not lost on the Germans. Rob Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Boris Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 The first thing that springs to mind here is the California Counselling website where you can find a therapist. The web address speaks for itself: http://www.therapistfinder.com Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium mezzoman253 Posted January 19, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 19, 2016 A product not to be poo pooed at. Rob Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Dunsignalling Posted January 19, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 19, 2016 The first thing that springs to mind here is the California Counselling wesbite where you can find a therapist. The web adrress speaks for itself: http://www.therapistfinder.com As in the old joke about the sign-writer doing door plates for a health centre "It's all one word, you idiot" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Ron Ron Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 Mitsubishi had to rename this 4x4 in Spanish speaking markets..... Pajero - Spanish slang word meaning 'He who fiddles with himself for sexual gratification'. . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Gwiwer Posted January 19, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 19, 2016 The first thing that springs to mind here is the California Counselling wesbite where you can find a therapist. The web adrress speaks for itself: http://www.therapistfinder.com I'll raise you a stationary supplier's by the name of http://www.penisland.net Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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