OK, so Ralph Lauren has a new fragrance out, called ‘Ralph’…
Did *nobody * tell the powers that be over there that ‘ralph’ is a euphamisism for vomit??? Maybe not everywhere, but around here, it has always meant vomit.
“Excuse me, hold my beer, I need to ralph!”
And NOW you get to smell like ralph!! Mmmmmmm good stuff!! 
[Ralph Wiggum]My cat’s breath smells like cat food.[Ralph Wiggum]
There’s nothing like the smell of Ralph to make a woman attractive to me. Sheesh, where are the marketing geniuses when you need them. Hmmmmm, maybe they got pissed off at Mr Lauren, and this is there revenge…just a thought.
Keith
I’m wearing Ralph right now! The baby is sitting in my lap, and he just had a milk explosion on my shoulder. I’m gonna change as soon as I’m done typing this. Why would I want to pay for Ralph when I have an abundant, free source of the stuff? 
A Japanese restaurant in my town just opened, named “Yuki.”
Didn’t any of their American friends TELL them?!
kelli - I saw the ad for this last night and had the exact same reaction. My wife’s response was “Would you tell Ralph Lauren that his name means “puke”?”
Yes. Yes I would.
Wotta buncha nitwits.
“Ralph, a new fragrance by Ralph Lauren. Available in plain or chunky style!”
I’ll have to try it. All this time, I’ve been wearing “Bert”.
Combines the romantic scent of blown chunks with a gentle waft of tossed cookies.
Hmmmmm Ralph.
I’ve actually smelled it. Way too sweet. Blech. But then, come on, is it really that much worse than anything else? At least he has the kinda funny kitshy name going. I believe he had full knowledge of it… See funny, ha, people can laugh, and wear the fragrance. Or some shit like that.
I’ve never heard that ralph is synonomous with hurl. Where are you people from?
I grew up in Wisconsin. The use of “ralph” to mean “vomit” was pretty ubiquitous there. At least, in the southeastern corner of the state that I called home. I “ralphed” all too often after youthful drinking binges.
While ralph has always been a synonym for the Technicolor Yawn, it took this board to make me aware of yakking.
All said and done, this stands as a monument to the hubris of marketing execs who think that their precious designer name will supercede the slang use of the term.
Fat chance! As long as there are frat boys, there will remain substantial and (I hope) intentional product confusion. No, no, I’m not saying they’re going to chug the cologne (although it’s been done).
What a frickkin’ ego this bastid must have to think that his name is so important that he will be able to overcome the secondary connotations. Sheesh, makes me feel like a slacker.
I’m guessing they’re just trying to use a catchy name-recognition thing…that seems to be backfiring. I’m assuming it’s in response to Tommy Hilfiger’s “Tommy” fragrance…a little more appropriate than “Ralph”
Kinda the same way Gap and Old Navy fight over who has better dancers or more annoying celebrities… :rolleyes:
I heard it growing up in Arizona.
Hey! I resemble that remark!
::hic::
–Tim
I heard it while growing up in Cali. I think one of the first times I heard it was in Cheech and Chongs first movie when they were being questioned by a cop. The cop asks Cheech what Chong’s name was, to which Chong replied by hurling all over the front seat, which promps Cheech to say to the cop, “His name is Raaallpph”.
Does this mean that if someone smells you wearing Ralph that everyone around you will? Ralph that is.
A complete barfarama, like in the movie Stand By Me.