# Create a slogan from a saying

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-a-slogan-from-a-saying/536288>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [April 16, 2010, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-a-slogan-from-a-saying/536288 "2010-04-16T02:04:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![Pseudocode](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/59ef9b/32.png) [@Pseudocode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pseudocode)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-a-slogan-from-a-saying/536288/1 "2010-04-16T02:04:20Z")

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It’s simple. Create a product or select an existing product, then create a slogan for said product based on a well-known saying.

Example:

Vinegar body wash: You catch more fly honeys with VinegarTM.

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**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2010, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-a-slogan-from-a-saying/536288/2 "2010-04-18T06:46:50Z")

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I’d buy that for a dollar: Family Dollar.

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**Author:** ![Pseudocode](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/59ef9b/32.png) [@Pseudocode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pseudocode)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2010, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-a-slogan-from-a-saying/536288/3 "2010-04-18T21:13:23Z")

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I guess I should have mentioned that the purpose was to make puns from sayings, and that the slogan part was just the way I decided to do that.

Here is another example:

New warming pastry knife! Now you can halve your cake and heat it too!

(Maybe this is too difficult?)

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**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-a-slogan-from-a-saying/536288/4 "2010-04-19T09:09:29Z")

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Knitted magazine holder: Time in a stitch.

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**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2010, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-a-slogan-from-a-saying/536288/5 "2010-04-23T05:32:44Z")

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The slogan of Catholic Charities is (was?) Faith. Works. Wonders.

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**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2010, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-a-slogan-from-a-saying/536288/6 "2010-04-24T15:31:12Z")

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Eberhard Faber Pencils: We make #2.

Propel Flavored Water: Thyme in a bottle.

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2010, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-a-slogan-from-a-saying/536288/7 "2010-04-24T18:27:07Z")

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Scrooge and Marley: Humanity is our business