Author Topic: The badly-named businesses thread (Read 114689 times)

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #300 on:** 03 February, 2016, 08:40:07 am »

How we laughed at that picture of sadly deceased racing motor-ist Gilles Villeneuve walking down the pit lane with the word "SMEG" writ large across his chest.

T42 · « **Reply #301 on:** 03 February, 2016, 12:40:18 pm »

Had it entered the vernacular already, back then? Dearie me.

ian · « **Reply #302 on:** 03 February, 2016, 12:46:59 pm »

SMEG is an acronym (Google says Smalterie Metallurgiche Emiliane Guastalla). Founded 1948, so I think they claim prior art.

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #303 on:** 03 February, 2016, 06:33:46 pm »

Quote from: T42 on 03 February, 2016, 12:40:18 pm

Had it entered the vernacular already, back then? Dearie me.

He was dead before "Red Dwarf" made its debut but it was still pretty funny.

clarion · « **Reply #304 on:** 04 February, 2016, 02:33:54 pm »

The word had currency before Red Dwarf.

hellymedic · « **Reply #305 on:** 05 February, 2016, 04:58:06 pm »

From my Twitter feed...

HTFB · « **Reply #306 on:** 05 February, 2016, 06:58:49 pm »

I can think of no better partner for a bolt, uh?

slope · « **Reply #307 on:** 06 February, 2016, 10:52:39 am »

In the 90s if one telephoned the Service Department of Wang Computers (by the M4 Chiswick flyover) an American woman with a twangy accent would answer -

"Wang Care, how may I help you?"

clarion · « **Reply #308 on:** 06 February, 2016, 01:14:50 pm »

Quote from: hellymedic on 05 February, 2016, 04:58:06 pm

From my Twitter feed...

That's just nuts!

Zipperhead · « **Reply #309 on:** 07 February, 2016, 10:26:53 am »

Quote from: clarion on 06 February, 2016, 01:14:50 pm

Quote from: hellymedic on 05 February, 2016, 04:58:06 pm
From my Twitter feed...

That's just nuts!

You just had to get that into the thread didn't you?

Canardly · « **Reply #310 on:** 07 February, 2016, 12:12:35 pm »

Is that logo cropped?

hellymedic · « **Reply #311 on:** 07 February, 2016, 05:56:22 pm »

Shamelessly nabbed from another context in my Twitter feed...

Seems rather apt in that congestion...

Giraffe · « **Reply #312 on:** 09 February, 2016, 08:25:10 am »

There was a local-ish coach co. that was R. Souls.

hellymedic · « **Reply #313 on:** 18 February, 2016, 04:48:16 pm »

Had a business card put through my litter box this morning for
CAC Airport Cars.

T42 · « **Reply #314 on:** 17 March, 2016, 10:11:00 am »

Should probably go in the appropriately-named businesses thread, if we had one.

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #315 on:** 17 March, 2016, 10:18:15 am »

I'm not sure I'd want to work on a fuming industrial park but if Pingfu is short for "Pingfuckit" then I'd at least like to visit.

Giraffe · « **Reply #316 on:** 18 March, 2016, 09:19:41 am »

Quote from: Mr Larrington on 17 March, 2016, 10:18:15 am

I'm not sure I'd want to work on a fuming industrial park but if Pingfu is short for "Pingfuckit" then I'd at least like to visit.

Spring is the best time - go now!

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #317 on:** 18 March, 2016, 09:38:10 am »

Ping-fu: ancient martial art practiced mainly by the inhabitants of Furryboottoon.

David Martin · « **Reply #318 on:** 18 March, 2016, 10:27:08 am »

The visiting Dutch students chortled when they discovered the East Neuk of Fife is indeed a real place.. And got plenty of pictures of themselves with Neuk Beer in one of the local hostelries.

ElyDave · « **Reply #319 on:** 18 March, 2016, 04:37:34 pm »

Courtaulds at one point decided that their expertise in spinning fibres qualified them to do the same with a plant based meat substitute.

The called it Courtaulds Edible Spun Protein or CESP

Which was a dismal failure and turned by the wags into CESPit

T42 · « **Reply #320 on:** 19 March, 2016, 10:55:51 am »

This lot used to be a customer of mine.

"Piddle in that jar over there, we need it for a drug test".

hellymedic · « **Reply #321 on:** 06 May, 2016, 10:18:48 pm »

My cousin in Chicago has just Facebooked that he's dining at Minghin Cuisine
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Minghin-Cuisine/1722429267989645

rogerzilla · « **Reply #322 on:** 06 May, 2016, 10:24:33 pm »

Quote from: slope on 06 February, 2016, 10:52:39 am

In the 90s if one telephoned the Service Department of Wang Computers (by the M4 Chiswick flyover) an American woman with a twangy accent would answer -

"Wang Care, how may I help you?"

Similarly, the Fujitsu Siemens laptop repair place used to answer the phone, "Hello, Siemens Staines".

Mrs Pingu · « **Reply #323 on:** 06 May, 2016, 10:27:51 pm »

Quote from: Mr Larrington on 18 March, 2016, 09:38:10 am

Ping-fu: ancient martial art practiced mainly by the inhabitants of Furryboottoon.

hellymedic · « **Reply #324 on:** 19 June, 2016, 11:54:35 pm »

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