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Offline CirclotronTopic starter

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Funny company name
« on: December 01, 2024, 02:16:15 am »
Seen at the Bauma earthmoving equipment trade show in Shanghai.
 
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Re: Funny company name
« Reply #1 on: December 01, 2024, 02:18:25 am »
 

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Re: Funny company name
« Reply #2 on: December 01, 2024, 04:15:31 am »
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ding_(vessel) was and apparently still is common as a character in Chinese company names. I'm not sure what's "slightly" about this one though.

 

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Re: Funny company name
« Reply #3 on: December 01, 2024, 04:21:52 am »
Funny names aren't solely the domain of the Chinese though, when I was a kid, we had a baker called "Brown & Burns".
And of course, there was always the ever popular "Wayne Kerr".
 

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Re: Funny company name
« Reply #4 on: December 01, 2024, 04:30:33 am »
And lets not forget ASSMANN connectors.
Greek letter 'Psi' (not Pounds per Square Inch)
 

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Re: Funny company name
« Reply #5 on: December 01, 2024, 05:13:59 am »
i like the bit to the left,  CEDADINGLUE   CE DAD IN GLUE
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Offline basinstreetdesign

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Re: Funny company name
« Reply #6 on: December 01, 2024, 08:05:44 am »
I used to see a white service van from a small company whose name escapes me, running around north Toronto, with the slogan "Don't Get Boned".  I'll never forget it but will always wonder what service they did.   :o
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Re: Funny company name
« Reply #7 on: December 06, 2024, 03:17:04 pm »
I once saw a van sign painted with  "Bodget & Skarper builders" Not sure they stayed in business very long as I have never it again. 
 

Offline vk6zgo

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Re: Funny company name
« Reply #8 on: December 06, 2024, 10:50:31 pm »
The mother of them all is the gambling company "Ladbrokes".
They should have the slogan:- "Sending lads (& lasses) broke since 1886!"
 
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Offline coppice

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Re: Funny company name
« Reply #9 on: December 06, 2024, 11:00:43 pm »
The "slightly" should really have come out as something like "strategic", although in other contexts it can mean slightly (yeah, translation is funky). I guess that's what some translation software gave them.
 

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Re: Funny company name
« Reply #10 on: December 06, 2024, 11:09:04 pm »
https://www.analygas.com

Too close to "Anal Gas" for comfort.
 

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Re: Funny company name
« Reply #11 on: December 07, 2024, 01:09:05 am »
The company I once worked for used a company called Lou's Data to handle their database work ...
 
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Re: Funny company name
« Reply #12 on: December 07, 2024, 01:12:49 am »
Stiff nipples air conditioner service
 

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Re: Funny company name
« Reply #13 on: December 07, 2024, 04:03:37 pm »
Mammoth Erection scaffolding company

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Offline vk6zgo

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Re: Funny company name
« Reply #14 on: December 08, 2024, 12:12:26 am »
https://www.analygas.com

Too close to "Anal Gas" for comfort.

Voltaren make some topical painkilling products, & used to sell one called "Voltaren Analgel" (apparently from the word "analgesic").
Perhaps due to confusion about its intended use, the name has now become "Emulgel" :D
 

Offline VK3DRB

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Re: Funny company name
« Reply #15 on: December 12, 2024, 10:10:38 am »
Not electronics, but say this Aussie company name quickly a few times... :palm:
 
https://www.fodderking.com.au/

It is a real company providing fodder for livestock.
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Re: Funny company name
« Reply #16 on: December 12, 2024, 10:02:14 pm »
I know there is controversy about the past tense.  Should it be

it -> at
it -> itted

http://www.chefshat.com.au/
 

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Re: Funny company name
« Reply #17 on: December 12, 2024, 10:06:19 pm »
In the stop-action animated movie "Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit" (2005), Gromit (the dog) assembles rabbit crates using a "Botch" power drill.
 
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Re: Funny company name
« Reply #18 on: December 12, 2024, 10:09:37 pm »
I know there is controversy about the past tense.  Should it be

it -> at
it -> itted

http://www.chefshat.com.au/

Good one. I'm compiling a list. So far:
  • therapist--> the rapist
  • coworker--> cow orker
  • chef's hat--> chef shat
  • Pen Island--> penis land
 

Offline cunningfellow

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Re: Funny company name
« Reply #19 on: December 12, 2024, 10:16:07 pm »
Well there was the joke in the TV show Arrested Development that the guy was doing

psychoANALasys and also was a THERAPIST
 


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