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| b_force:
Athlete's foot. selling sport shoes. eeewwww |
| tooki:
Switzerland is absolutely ripe with gems like these: The neighborhoof of Wankdorf in Bern, where the stadium is, which is where Bern's football club the Young Boys practice. The annual jazz and blues festival in Lucerne, the Blue Balls Festival. (note the URL) The Swiss subsidiary of Neutrik rebranded to Contrik. And then there's the amazing case of Zurich Airport, which for many years was a source of amusement. Back in the 1990s, some marketing genius decided that "Zurich Airport" wasn't good enough, that it needed a brand. And what they came up with was "Unique". (I shall mention here that their original plan was to roll out the "Unique" brand at airports worldwide...) At this point, English teachers throughout Switzerland groaned, because when Swiss German speakers speak English, they pronounce "unique" as "eunuch". And indeed, for years, the airport announcements in English sounded like "Thank you for flying through Zurich Eunuch Airport". And for years, I thought that was hilarious enough. But it gets better, as I learned later. Like most city airports, Zurich Airport is actually in a suburb. In this case, the town of Kloten. Which means "balls" in Dutch. OK, so now we know it's the wily Dutch that have been taking them off the male passengers. But where to put them? Well, the town of Kloten has three train stations within its borders: Kloten, Zurich Airport, and Kloten Balsberg. You couldn't make this shit up. (It was rebranded to just Zurich Airport a few years ago.) Now, suppose you had wanted to go from the Eunuch Airport down to Lucerne for the Blue Balls Festival? You might want a snack for the road. Back then, the largest grocery chain had a line of convenience food products titled "Plan B" (funny enough already, but I know what they meant), with the individual products having very literal names (like the raspberry sports drink being called "Pink" because of its color). And one of the products was round corn puffs without any distinct flavoring. Their label literally said "Plan B Salty Balls". |
| tooki:
Meanwhile, images of the restaurant shown below became some of the internet's earliest viral images. But it's a real place in Lake City, FL (where my grandmother retired to) and I drove past many times. Apparently it's still around, probably thanks to internet infamy and souvenir sales (see image)! |
| Zbig:
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| tooki:
Just remembered another: my GP. His last name is Loser (pronounced "loh-zer"). His website is www.drloser.ch (Which I highly recommend you visit and look at the gallery, because the decoration is insane. I describe it as a "cross between your grandma's sitting room and a Las Vegas bordello". The friend who referred me to this doc said it was "as if South Park had Big Gay Al's Big Gay Doctor's Office". And that wasn't enough to prepare me. The flip side: he's the best GP in town, especially for LGBT people.) |
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