While reviewing some basic Hindi, the language tutor mentions that in India, there is a brand of whiskey called ‘Nothing’ (which sounds something like koosh naheen). The joke is that if you ask someone what they want to drink, you can give them whiskey if they say ‘nothing’.
It got me wondering if there is an equivalent joke in English or any other language. I know in Mexico there is a brand of meat products called Fud, but that’s not quite the same.
Only thing I can think of is Nut & Honey cereal. What are you eating?
In La Crosse, Wisconsin (and probably other college towns) there’s a bar called The Library. “If Mom calls, tell her I’m at The Library” is the joke.
Again not products but bars:
La calle (the street), La esquina (the corner) and El café (the coffee(shop)). All three opened when I was a teen, it took most parents between months and years to realize that when we were “on the street” or “at the corner”, that street and that corner had walls, a bar and a couple of pool tables.
Boat names: Therapy and Conference…
*“Sorry boss, I’ll be in Therapy all week.”
“Honey, I’ll be late tonight - I’m in Conference.”*
The Los Alamos Hampton Inn at White Rock. Okay, it’s on me that I didn’t know exactly where in Los Alamos it was and had to find a place with wi-fi to check my map, fair enough. But Los Alamos is 800 feet higher than White Rock which meant I could acclimate less, and making sure I know what elevation a hotel is at within a city is more than I think I should be expected to research!
There’s Heluva Good cheese and dip.
The classic here is Grape Nuts.
In Milwaukee there’s one called My Office, same joke though.
For many years, there was a bar in downtown Topeka, Kansas, called The Office.
It should be a sad cathedral of alcoholism but this place actually has lots of real joy. Deceptively named but recommended.
I like the boat and pub names. If I ever open a restaurant it could be called Heaven, None Of Your Business, Whatever or Yada Yada.
the movie Naked Lunch.
“I can think of two things wrong with that title!”
Wait, are you a Topekan? I came into this thread to mention that very bar. Right next to the Celtic Fox, on 8th street.
In Reno, there was ‘Paul Blanco’s Darn Good Car Company’. They got busted for fraud.
What’s the joke?
It’s true that the cereal contains neither grapes nor nuts, but the name is not intended to be deceptive. Supposedly C.W. Post called it that because it contained glucose, which he called “grape sugar,” and had a nutty taste.
There’s one in Indianapolis called The Library.
Perhaps it wasn’t intended to be a joke, but it seems today like a sort of Seinfeld/Larry David-type joke (“Hey, what’s with these “grape nuts”? They’re neither grapes nor nuts! Ehh? Fuggedaboutit!”)
The Holy Roman Empire.
Carter’s Little Liver Pills.
There used to be a bar in Chicago called “Tuman’s Alcohol Abuse Center,” which is either very misleading, or very honest, depending on how you look at it.