Comments on: 8 Disastrous Product Names

By: tasmanian devil

tasmanian devil — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 01:48:14 +0000

Regarding Golden Gaytime icecreams, they are available in Australia too and they are amazing. Real men aren’t afraid to eat them in public.

By: DDog

DDog — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 14:49:31 +0000

@dangermouse @Kate

Swiss dialects of German, French, and Italian can be subtly or totally different than their standard counterparts. I lived in Switzerland for awhile and while I lived in the German part (ZÃ¼rich), regularly spoken Swiss-German had some odd differences from the standard German I learned in school, and I would imagine the situation would be similar in Italian parts of the country. So it’s possible that would explain the discrepancy, but I don’t know any kind of Italian so I couldn’t say for sure. :)

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 11 May 2009 16:29:00 +0000

I don’t know the story as to how they got their name, but FAG bearings in Missouri always brings a smile when I drive by their factory. I’m betting their company logo shirts and hats don’t move off the shelf very quickly. (Link under name)

By: Patrick

Patrick — Fri, 08 May 2009 12:36:00 +0000

Hilarious. Also, another Australian product with an unfortunate name :

COON is Australiaâ€™s best known cheese brand. For more than 75 years COON has been as Aussie as the Hills Hoist.

Dairy Farmersâ€™ COON is a versatile natural cheddar cheese that is 100% natural and free from preservatives.

Dairy Farmers offers a selection of COON cheeses in block, shredded and sliced varieties as well as various flavours the whole family will love, from original tasty to Light & Tasty, Extra Tasty, Swiss and Colby.

A COON Snapshot:

By: Mab

Mab — Thu, 07 May 2009 18:14:00 +0000

However, in Argentina where the Spanish is mixed up with Italian, Colgate does mean hang yourself.

By: James

James — Thu, 07 May 2009 17:28:00 +0000

@alysse: Spanish “hang yourself” is “cuelgate.” Stupid irregular verbs.

I know, because I got it wrong: I made a joke about Colgate in Mexico, and the Spanish-speakers could not figure out what I was talking about. Embarrassing!

By: tilly

tilly — Thu, 07 May 2009 02:04:00 +0000

i, too, spent time in ghana and shitto, (shee-toe) sauce is super good.

i didn’t know that about the pee cola, but ‘pee’ does mean ‘very’ in twi.

By: Coaster

Coaster — Thu, 07 May 2009 01:03:00 +0000

Awesome, all of them. Fittingly, my recaptcha is goiters.

By: Bill

Bill — Wed, 06 May 2009 15:23:00 +0000

I brought cans of Calpis and Pocari Sweat back from Japan, but someone stole them.

I’ve also seen Zit and Pschitt soda in Germany.

By: Luis

Luis — Wed, 06 May 2009 12:11:00 +0000

I have a can of Sars sitting on my table right now. It’s fabulous!