Found a hilarious one in a Youtube video about Japan:
Starvations, a children's clothing store.
That entire channel is great, it's about living in Japan, not just shitty translations.
My wife knows a woman whose first name from birth is Lovely. She married a gentleman with the last name of Butts. 'nuff said. You can't make this stuff up.
Well it was once said in a group of friends that I could never marry one of the girls as it would make her a "Paige Turner" not that I was at all interested in here anyway so we are safe there
She is a patient where my wife works. My wife says she has a very good sense of humor over her name. There are a few patients with odd names that she has told me over the years but Lovely is the only one that I can remember. The funny thing here is that part of my wife's family don't use their first names. My wife, her 2 daughters and my wife's brother all go by their middle names. It is a standing joke that everyone is in the witness protection program.
Are you married to my best friend's sister? I'll never forget when I first met him, back in 7th grade, and the first time I went to his house. When we met, he introduced himself as John. I go to his house, his mom and sisters are all calling him Greg. Turns out his Dad is also John, but they have different middle names, so they used middle names to be sure they were talking to the right person. And one of his sister also went by her middle name at home, because her first name was the same as her Mom's.
I once had a dot matrix printer made by ODC: the "One Day Corporation"
A company that sold lemon 'cider' , 'Two Dogs'.
Not a company but institute. I have a one device laying around made by them.
http://www.vsegei.ru Russian speakers may have a good laugh. If translated, it's called "Allgays".
Are you married to my best friend's sister? I'll never forget when I first met him, back in 7th grade, and the first time I went to his house. When we met, he introduced himself as John. I go to his house, his mom and sisters are all calling him Greg. Turns out his Dad is also John, but they have different middle names, so they used middle names to be sure they were talking to the right person. And one of his sister also went by her middle name at home, because her first name was the same as her Mom's.
That's quite common in some countries. Americans tend to go for "Junior" if the father/son names are the same, but other countries choose the middle name. I have the same name as my father, but not even my best friends know that, they've always known me by my middle name instead. The only time it gets noticed is when I travel or book flights, because my passport (and flight ticket) have to have my real name.
McBryce.
There is a street called Boulevard in Richmond VA. Can't imagine how they named it. It sounds weird as you won't name a road "Road Rd".
Boulevard doesn't mean road. It's a type of road. A boulevard is a wide often tree lined road which is the main route through a city.
McBryce.
Yeah but Boulevard Street is just silly. And there seems to also be one in Shreveport Louisiana as well as Atlanta Georgia.
Yeah but Boulevard Street is just silly. And there seems to also be one in Shreveport Louisiana as well as Atlanta Georgia.
I didn't say it not a stupid name for a road, just that it doesn't mean road
McBryce.
Are you married to my best friend's sister? I'll never forget when I first met him, back in 7th grade, and the first time I went to his house. When we met, he introduced himself as John. I go to his house, his mom and sisters are all calling him Greg. Turns out his Dad is also John, but they have different middle names, so they used middle names to be sure they were talking to the right person. And one of his sister also went by her middle name at home, because her first name was the same as her Mom's.
That's quite common in some countries. Americans tend to go for "Junior" if the father/son names are the same, but other countries choose the middle name. I have the same name as my father, but not even my best friends know that, they've always known me by my middle name instead. The only time it gets noticed is when I travel or book flights, because my passport (and flight ticket) have to have my real name.
McBryce.
It's technically not Junior/Senior/whatever unless the father and son have the same first AND middle names. Or for a "the Second" or "The Third" for skipped generations, unless the full names match. Never looked in to if that was a legal thing or just common convention.
Not electronics related, but there's a business around here who's vans I see from time to time called 'Total Meat Supplies'. Their slogan is 'We'll Meat Your Needs'
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Shiny Box Microphones
Can't fine any web reference but reminds me of some pcb I saw in 1989 that was made by Shiny Space Ohm.
So what if a female professor says "I like to eat semen" in class? That's my numerical method professor, she meant "salmon".
I remember an anecdote on a university:
One professor said that semen was full of sugar.
Then one woman, attendant, said: then, why it tastes salty?
Just after this she realized and blushed. While she was getting off class embarrased professor said: that's because swweet papilas are in front of tongue and salty ones are in the back....
So what if a female professor says "I like to eat semen" in class? That's my numerical method professor, she meant "salmon".
I remember an anecdote on a university:
One professor said that semen was full of sugar.
Then one woman, attendant, said: then, why it tastes salty?
Just after this she realized and blushed. While she was getting off class embarrased professor said: that's because swweet papilas are in front of tongue and salty ones are in the back....
That whole "taste zones on the tongue" theory has been discredited since hasn't it?
McBryce
So what if a female professor says "I like to eat semen" in class? That's my numerical method professor, she meant "salmon".
I remember an anecdote on a university:
One professor said that semen was full of sugar.
Then one woman, attendant, said: then, why it tastes salty?
Just after this she realized and blushed. While she was getting off class embarrased professor said: that's because swweet papilas are in front of tongue and salty ones are in the back....
That whole "taste zones on the tongue" theory has been discredited since hasn't it?
McBryce
IDK, I'm informatic, not biologist...
Fluke Transportation Group. Their slogan is, "If it's on-time... it's a Fluke!"
fluke
flo͞ok/
noun
unlikely chance occurrence, especially a surprising piece of luck.
Yeah...
Today we got to know that the notorious Cambridge Analytica of the recent Facebook controversy has shutdown...
only to reborn again with a new name: Emerdata.
That tells at least one thing: in their marketing/branding team they don't have any French or Italian staff, or somebody would have cautioned them against using a company name that sounds like Itsshitty
Today we got to know that the notorious Cambridge Analytica of the recent Facebook controversy has shutdown...
only to reborn again with a new name: Emerdata.
That tells at least one thing: in their marketing/branding team they don't have any French or Italian staff, or somebody would have cautioned them against using a company name that sounds like Itsshitty
And lends itself naturally to calling them EnemaData...