French-speaking dopers: suggestions needed!

Back at the beginning of the year, I got a job. And I looked at it, and saw that it was Good. It was, in fact, one of the better jobs I’ve had. And then, I moved to Montreal, leaving my Good Job behind.

I have a job now, but it’s just a job. An idea has occured to me, though. I’m now resisting the urge to make another It Was Good joke. Thank me later.

The job I had was with a company called 1-800-GOT-JUNK. Shockingly, we hauled junk. And now, I have discovered, Montreal does not have a Got Junk franchise. My brain has begun making cash register noises: I could bring the franchise here!

One of the problems of this, of course, is that the company is thus far English-speaking only. The name is in English, the catchy phone number is in English, the call centre is in English. The call centre thing I can handle. But my childlike grasp of French makes coming up with an amusing and catchy French version of the name somewhat difficult. And so it is that I turn to you sweet, caring, highly intelligent, and generously creative folks.

I need ideas from people who speak French, and speak it well. People who know the slang as I most CERTAINLY do not. I need a French version of 1-800-GOT-JUNK. Something that’ll stick in the minds of people who see it. Something they’ll remember. Something that will make them go, “I would like to pay these people to take my junk away!”.

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. Be they silly, or serious, or totally off the whack, you never know what’ll work. Be creative! Go wild! Keep the swearing to a minimum! Well, as much as possible. I’m not expecting miracles here.

1-800-DECHETS
1-800-PACOTILL(e)

Car je ne sais pas Quebecoise, il y a probablement les autres plus apropos.

Since I don’t know Canadian French well, there are probably other more appropriate words.

Vlad/Igor

Igor/Vlad

Detop and I should be able to put our brains together on this one - we’re Joual speakers :wink:

Common words for “junk” in the sense you are looking for:

Cochonneries
Bebelles
Dechets (more proper)
Debris (also more proper)
Poubelles (garbage)
Vieilleries
Traineries
Patentes qui marchent p’us… (:D)

… let me think some more. Try to get a hold of Detop… !

You probably also need to look into the local laws - are you going to have to employ a francophone?

Ya gotta love French. Even the words for garbage sound …dainty and upper-class. :slight_smile:

Pas en Francais, mon ami.

I would have answered earlier but I saw this thread just before the mini board meltdown and I haven’t been able to come back to it 'til now :frowning: . Now, let’s see…

In addition to elenfair’s list (how are you elly, how are the doggies ?)
you have :
Vidanges (garbage)
Gogosses (worthless knick-knacks)
Patentagosses (more like worthless Rube Goldberg’s contraption)
Or you could go with
Guénillou (someone who picks up the stuff you don’t want anymore)
Vidangeur (garbageman)