# Mottos/Taglines That Weren't Really Thought Out Fully **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 3, 2008, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mottos-taglines-that-werent-really-thought-out-fully/443814 "2008-04-03T16:39:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mottos-taglines-that-werent-really-thought-out-fully/443814/61 "2008-04-04T19:27:03Z")
> [@](#): > > Of course, as everyone should know, webelos are an extinct subspecies of bison that once roamed the prairie of North America in the millions. “Webelo” is actually a Plains Indian term meaning “it staggers but does not fall down,” in reference to the beast’s legendary stamina. Alas, the mighty herds of webelos were no match for the Winchester rifle and introduced cattle diseases, although there has been some attempt to recreate the species through careful breeding of hybrid “webeefalos.” > > > [@](#): > > > > Do you have a cite for that? According to Wiki: > > Oh, so you’re going to accept the word of Wikipedia over my outrageous lies? Oh god. I have to say something. Weebles. Wobble. But. They. Don’t. Fall. Down. ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mottos-taglines-that-werent-really-thought-out-fully/443814/62 "2008-04-04T19:44:49Z")
[QUOTE=Hampshire] _Nobody doesn’t like SaraLee_ I always thought it was “Nobody does it like SaraLee”. When somebody corrected me I thought "You’re kidding, that’s the dumbest thing I ever heard, a double negative? Why not just say Everybody likes SaraLee? [/QUOTE] Ha! I used to think the same thing when I was a kid. It made perfect sense, after all, even if it, in the proper frame of mind, it could sound a bit cheeky. But apart from that, “Nobody does X like Y” is a well known phrase, so why wouldn’t SaraLee use it? And then I learned what was really being said, and I thought, “Well that’s lame.” Nobody else didn’t think so, either. Also, I’m surprised no one has yet mentioned the [South Lake Union Trolley](http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/332081_slut18.html). ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mottos-taglines-that-werent-really-thought-out-fully/443814/63 "2008-04-04T20:12:15Z")
I think it was last year’s Super Bowl that featured a bunch of ads for pepsi featuring their new slogan… **Brown and Bubbly** It didn’t last very long. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mottos-taglines-that-werent-really-thought-out-fully/443814/64 "2008-04-04T20:17:06Z")
_Maybe it’s Maybelline_ And, uh, what? Maybe it’s not? Do you think any other company wishes they would have thought of this first? _Maybe it’s Taco Bell_ _Maybe it’s Nike_ _Maybe it’s Coke_ ---
**Author:** ![The\_Weird\_One](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@The\_Weird\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Weird_One)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mottos-taglines-that-werent-really-thought-out-fully/443814/65 "2008-04-04T20:20:38Z")
[QUOTE=Mindfield] Also, I’m surprised no one has yet mentioned the [South Lake Union Trolley](http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/332081_slut18.html). [/QUOTE] Reminds me of the building that has, in huge letters, the initials of Somerville Community Access Television. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mottos-taglines-that-werent-really-thought-out-fully/443814/66 "2008-04-04T20:30:28Z")
[QUOTE=Hampshire] _Maybe it’s Coke_ [/QUOTE] Maybe it’s an enhanced committment to leveraging your company’s core compentencies…_maybe it’s Coke_! ---
**Author:** ![Essay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e57/32.png) [@Essay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Essay)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mottos-taglines-that-werent-really-thought-out-fully/443814/67 "2008-04-04T20:30:55Z")
KANSAS: As big as you think. I’m pretty sure that whatever people think about Kansas, they’re not thinking, “Well, gosh, it’s big.” On the other hand, it’s proven to be a useful slogan in other ways. A political group in my hometown made up buttons reading “KANSAS: As bigoted as you think.” And a friend swears he used this pick-up line successfully: “Hey, I’m from Kansas. And yes, it IS as big as you think.” Also, more in the “slogans I loathe” category: I can’t stand the McDonalds billboards that say “EXPRESSO.” Yes, I get it, it’s express espresso. But lots of people already spell and pronounce it “expresso” (gahh!)… doesn’t it just look like the equivalent of a billboard reading “HAMBURGERS”? Or worse, will it encourage people to think that that’s actually how you spell/pronounce “espresso”? Ah, perish the thought! ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mottos-taglines-that-werent-really-thought-out-fully/443814/68 "2008-04-04T20:43:14Z")
[QUOTE=Hampshire] _Maybe it’s Maybelline_ And, uh, what? Maybe it’s not? [/QUOTE] The full slogan is “Maybe she’s born with it, maybe it’s Maybelline.” I guess what they’re trying to say is Maybelline will make you look so good, people can’t tell you’re wearing makeup or something. A Taiwanese company which imported heaters from Germany briefly used as their slogan/mascot “Declare war on the cold front!” as spoken by a cartoon Hitler. Around the time of the SARS crisis, Hong Kong adopted a quickly-pulled slogan: “Hong Kong will take your breath away.” Legend has it a Japanese Internet company which used Woody Woodpecker as a web guide had the slogan “Touch Woody the Internet pecker.” ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mottos-taglines-that-werent-really-thought-out-fully/443814/69 "2008-04-04T20:51:29Z")
[QUOTE=Koxinga] Elsewhere: it wasn’t exactly funny on its face, but the Texas DoT once considered putting “Friendship” as a slogan on its license plates. Texans were highly annoyed, as they felt it made us look like sissies. [/QUOTE] Of course, people who know the Caddoan language of the native Hasinai tribes need only see the word _Texas_ to [get that impression.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas#Etymology) ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mottos-taglines-that-werent-really-thought-out-fully/443814/70 "2008-04-04T21:40:57Z")
[QUOTE=VunderBob] The tagline for Community Hospitals in Indianapolis is _Patient-focused medicine_ And the other kinds of medicine would be? :dubious: [/QUOTE] Disease/injury-focused medicine. There are a number of consultants who can be hired to remind doctors, nurses, etc. that people don’t like to hear themselves referred to as “the wrist in the hallway” or “the appendectomy in room 211.” Also, some people come away from a hospital visit thinking that they practice schedule-focused medicine, that it’s the patient’s job to fit their needs into a standard schedule. ---
**Author:** ![HubZilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ccd318/32.png) [@HubZilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HubZilla)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mottos-taglines-that-werent-really-thought-out-fully/443814/71 "2008-04-04T22:06:35Z")
[QUOTE=Terrifel] Oh, so you’re going to accept the word of Wikipedia over my outrageous lies? Fine. Next Jamboree, you can just gratify yourself. [/QUOTE] No, wait, Wikipedia now says Webelo=Buffalo. Hurry up and look! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2008, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mottos-taglines-that-werent-really-thought-out-fully/443814/72 "2008-04-05T00:27:04Z")
I’ve always liked the honesty [of San Luis Obispo Transit.](http://www.chaffeeyiu.com/wallpaper/slo-145-1.jpg) And I once saw this one on the side of a box truck for a tool company: _“It takes a [SIZE=6]MIGHTY TOOL to please a pro!”[/SIZE]_ …and I thought, “well, no shit!” ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2008, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mottos-taglines-that-werent-really-thought-out-fully/443814/73 "2008-04-05T01:51:25Z")
[QUOTE=Sternvogel] Of course, people who know the Caddoan language of the native Hasinai tribes need only see the word _Texas_ to [get that impression.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas#Etymology) [/QUOTE] What, that we’re sissies? Well hyell, if we’re such sissies, why don’t ya see too many of them people around anymore, huh? ---
**Author:** ![Terrifel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@Terrifel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrifel)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2008, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mottos-taglines-that-werent-really-thought-out-fully/443814/74 "2008-04-05T01:54:30Z")
[QUOTE=Koxinga] What, that we’re sissies? Well hyell, if we’re such sissies, why don’t ya see to many of them people around anymore, huh? [/QUOTE] Because you’re sissies with diseases? ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2008, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mottos-taglines-that-werent-really-thought-out-fully/443814/75 "2008-04-05T02:00:13Z")
[QUOTE=Paul in Saudi] Almost on-topic have you ever really looked at the symbol used by the United Methodists? It is a Latin Cross. With a flame coming out of the base. It is a burning cross. In truth I sort of like it, but still it makes you wonder. [/QUOTE] Well, since you asked…it’s all about symbolism… "The history and significance of the Cross and Flame emblem are as rich and diverse as The United Methodist Church. The insignia’s birth quickly followed the union of two denominations in 1968: The Methodist Church and the Evangelical United Brethren Church. Following more than two dozen conceptualizations, a traditional symbol—the cross—was linked with a single flame with dual tongues of fire. The resulting insignia is rich in meaning. It relates The United Methodist church to God through Christ (cross) and the Holy Spirit (flame). The flame is a reminder of Pentecost when witnesses were unified by the power of the Holy Spirit and saw “tongues, as of fire” (Acts 2:3). The elements of the emblem also remind us of a transforming moment in the life of Methodism’s founder, John Wesley, when he sensed God’s presence and felt his heart “strangely warmed.” The two tongues of a single flame may also be understood to represent the union of two denominations." ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2008, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mottos-taglines-that-werent-really-thought-out-fully/443814/76 "2008-04-05T02:06:57Z")
[QUOTE=Terrifel] Of course, as everyone should know, webelos are an extinct subspecies of bison that once roamed the prairie of North America in the millions. “Webelo” is actually a Plains Indian term meaning “it staggers but does not fall down,” in reference to the beast’s legendary stamina. Alas, the mighty herds of webelos were no match for the Winchester rifle and introduced cattle diseases, although there has been some attempt to recreate the species through careful breeding of hybrid “webeefalos.” [/QUOTE] This brings me so much joy it is impossible to contain. Thank you for who you are. I must politely disagree with ‘‘Oklahoma is OK.’’ If it was anything else, I could see your point, but that slogan makes me immediately think, ‘‘OK - L - A - H - O - M- A Oklahoooooooma!’’ And then I have the sudden urge to call my husband ‘‘honey lamb’’ and watch large carnivorous birds circle lazily about the sky. ---
**Author:** ![Tristan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tristan/32/18058_2.png) [@Tristan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tristan)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2008, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mottos-taglines-that-werent-really-thought-out-fully/443814/77 "2008-04-05T02:52:27Z")
[QUOTE=olivesmarch4th] This brings me so much joy it is impossible to contain. Thank you for who you are. I must politely disagree with ‘‘Oklahoma is OK.’’ If it was anything else, I could see your point, but that slogan makes me immediately think, ‘‘OK - L - A - H - O - M- A Oklahoooooooma!’’ And then I have the sudden urge to call my husband ‘‘honey lamb’’ and watch large carnivorous birds circle lazily about the sky. [/QUOTE] Personally, whenever I hear the word “Oklahoma”, I want to bang pots together over my head and run around in circles shouting “Oklahoma Oklahoma Oklahoma!” ---
**Author:** ![elelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f0a364/32.png) [@elelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elelle)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2008, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mottos-taglines-that-werent-really-thought-out-fully/443814/78 "2008-04-05T03:00:08Z")
[QUOTE=WhyNot] Wow, I’ve never heard either of those full quotes! They’re really fantastic, thanks for sharing them with me. I agree, either of those would be much more appropriate for, say, a university. I’m still not sure it applies to a high school, where we’re still supposed to be learning all that knowledge so that we can be imaginative with it. [/QUOTE] I should say, WhyNot, that i didn’t mean to say that your OP was lackluster, but that the truncated quote used by the school was, hence your appropriate OP. Which has resulted in a lot of great subsequent posts on stupidity. Good thread. I do think that Einstein’s full statement is worth high school student’s discussion, as it can open up a dialogue on critical thinking skills, especially at that age, when the impetus of developing egos often rebels at Old School thought. Einstein’s quote stresses the use of mental facilities to build on knowledge, which can get young minds excited about their own contribution to future thought, not static at all. Nothing used to kill the creative spark in me as a teen more than a teacher saying, “It just IS, so learn it, don’t ask so many questions.” Better to harness that creative thought as having an active part in the future. I know I’ve gone on about it here, beyond what the thread is now, but, I so love Einstein for his appreciation of the yet to be known understanding of the world, and want his fine mind to still be heard in all it’s complexity. ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2008, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mottos-taglines-that-werent-really-thought-out-fully/443814/79 "2008-04-05T03:07:28Z")
[QUOTE=Tristan] Personally, whenever I hear the word “Oklahoma”, I want to bang pots together over my head and run around in circles shouting “Oklahoma Oklahoma Oklahoma!” [/QUOTE] Yep, we get a lot of that from pot-heads here in Oklahoma. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Them](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/898d66/32.png) [@The\_Them](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Them)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2008, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mottos-taglines-that-werent-really-thought-out-fully/443814/80 "2008-04-05T07:44:44Z")
On East Evans in Denver, there is (was?) a bar called _The Pelican,_ which proudly advertised “Warm Beer. Lousy Food.” In these parts, look for the big letters (just the letters, too!) on the sides of some busses that belong to **S** t. **C** harles **A** rea **T** ransit. Ever had _Pop Rocks,_ the candy? It’s a novelty thing, it fizzes when it gets wet, i.e., you put it in your mouth. This stuff was originally called _Space Dust._ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mottos-taglines-that-werent-really-thought-out-fully/443814.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mottos-taglines-that-werent-really-thought-out-fully/443814.md?page=5)