# THINK before you name your product **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 24, 2003, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-before-you-name-your-product/170920 "2003-04-24T18:39:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-before-you-name-your-product/170920/61 "2003-04-25T19:39:48Z")
I’m glad that I’m not the only one to whom Novartis sounds like No-Fartis. ---
**Author:** ![Dijon\_Warlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9a28c/32.png) [@Dijon\_Warlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dijon_Warlock)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-before-you-name-your-product/170920/62 "2003-04-25T20:20:43Z")
In the same vein, I always found it humorous that Kaopectate (a diarrheal medication) was made by a company called Upjohn. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-before-you-name-your-product/170920/63 "2003-04-25T20:39:55Z")
There’s a chinese restaraunt in Roseville, MN (a bit hazy on the boundaries there) called; Fu Xing Buffet “Hey, let’s go to the Fucking Buffet for lunch!” (yes, I know it isn’t pronounced like that!) ---
**Author:** ![Indygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@Indygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indygrrl)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-before-you-name-your-product/170920/64 "2003-04-25T20:47:27Z")
Lemanz (some type of car). I see that and I hear “Lemons.” ---
**Author:** ![Get\_Some](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/898d66/32.png) [@Get\_Some](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Get_Some)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-before-you-name-your-product/170920/65 "2003-04-25T23:09:50Z")
No kidding. My one friend works for Siemans while my other friend works for Johnson Controls. Jack Off’s! Hmmmmmmmmmmm. ---
**Author:** ![BlackKnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eb8c5e/32.png) [@BlackKnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlackKnight)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-before-you-name-your-product/170920/66 "2003-04-25T23:42:42Z")
Convenience stores that I’ve seen in Minnesota: Kum and Go Pump and Munch ---
**Author:** ![BickByro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/13edae/32.png) [@BickByro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BickByro)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2003, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-before-you-name-your-product/170920/67 "2003-04-26T00:07:12Z")
**yojimbo** , that Faggots site truly takes the cake. My favorite is the third commercial, where the husband says in a voice precisely halfway between exasperation and delight, “Ahhhh… faggots.” He then attempts to take the whole thing in his mouth at once! ---
**Author:** ![Get\_Some](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/898d66/32.png) [@Get\_Some](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Get_Some)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2003, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-before-you-name-your-product/170920/68 "2003-04-26T02:39:06Z")
You have a problem with facial acne? That ain’t shit. What about the ones I keep getting on my penis? What’s up with that shit? ---
**Author:** ![FaerieBeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e95f7d/32.png) [@FaerieBeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FaerieBeth)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2003, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-before-you-name-your-product/170920/69 "2003-04-26T02:57:05Z")
Along the back highways from Eureka Springs, AR to Branson, Mo is a little seafood restaurant…called The Bearded Clam. I kid you not. :eek: FB ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2003, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-before-you-name-your-product/170920/70 "2003-04-26T03:26:33Z")
Um… \*\* Get Some \*\* firstly I think you wanted to put your post in [this thread.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=179264) Secondly…:eek: Dude! Get to the doctor NOW! Get checked for genital warts, and std’s. ::Walks away muttering that they really do need a pukey face for times like this. :: ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2003, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-before-you-name-your-product/170920/71 "2003-04-26T03:37:51Z")
A product with a name that could be misconstrued? “Stiff Stuff” It’s a super industrial, nuclear powered, extra firm hold hairspray. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![raz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@raz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raz)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2003, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-before-you-name-your-product/170920/72 "2003-04-26T05:12:12Z")
I saw **OG’s Food Mart** last time I was in OKC. OG SMASH! ---
**Author:** ![Silentgoldfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Silentgoldfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silentgoldfish)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2003, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-before-you-name-your-product/170920/73 "2003-04-26T06:45:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by psychonaut \* > \*\*Submitted for your amusement: [A photo I took in Brisbane, Australia](http://www.nothingisreal.com/tmp/smeg.jpg). Evidently whoever named this company has never watched an episode of Red Dwarf. \*\* I have a Smeg oven. So do a few of my friends. I remember the salesman looking confused at my sister and I cracking up while oven shopping. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Kayeby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de0a6/32.png) [@Kayeby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kayeby)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2003, 9:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-before-you-name-your-product/170920/74 "2003-04-26T09:33:07Z")
Just the other day I saw a Chinese or Vietnamese video store called **Hung Long Videos**. We were stuck at the traffic lights so I just looked at the sign and giggled for a couple of minutes. ---
**Author:** ![lee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lee/32/7455_2.png) [@lee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lee)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2003, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-before-you-name-your-product/170920/75 "2003-04-26T09:42:24Z")
Nips, the cheese crackers. ---
**Author:** ![Hairy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/22d042/32.png) [@Hairy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hairy)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2003, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-before-you-name-your-product/170920/76 "2003-04-26T10:15:09Z")
Maybe slightly off topic but in Newcastle Australia there is a state politician named Richard ( Dick) Face. Been elected a few times too. ---
**Author:** ![Encinitas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Encinitas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Encinitas)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2003, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-before-you-name-your-product/170920/77 "2003-04-26T10:35:27Z")
In San Diego the airport is run by the **S** an **D** iego **U** nified **P** ort **D** istrict or **SDUPD** (pronounced Stupid). ---
**Author:** ![Briny\_Deep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/briny_deep/32/17188_2.png) [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2003, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-before-you-name-your-product/170920/78 "2003-04-26T18:45:20Z")
These two have been my favorites for years and years: The Yamaha motorcycle called **Virago** (popular with butch women, I guess); and The Toyota car called **Cressida** (“O Cressid! O false Cressid! false, false, false! Let all untruths stand by thy stained name, And they’ll seem glorious.”) Ad-men can be such idiots. ---
**Author:** ![Get\_Some](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/898d66/32.png) [@Get\_Some](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Get_Some)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2003, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-before-you-name-your-product/170920/79 "2003-04-26T18:53:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Zabali\_Clawbane \* > \*\*Um… \*\* Get Some \*\* firstly I think you wanted to put your post in [this thread.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=179264) > > Secondly…:eek: Dude! Get to the doctor NOW! Get checked for genital warts, and std’s. > > ::Walks away muttering that they really do need a pukey face for times like this. :: \*\* No dude, totally look at it as a public service announcement. It’s much funnier that way.😉 ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2003, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-before-you-name-your-product/170920/80 "2003-04-27T04:54:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Kayeby \* > \*\*Just the other day I saw a Chinese or Vietnamese video store called **Hung Long Videos**. We were stuck at the traffic lights so I just looked at the sign and giggled for a couple of minutes. \*\* In Gothenburg Sweden is a store called **Hung Fat Asian Trading** [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-before-you-name-your-product/170920.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-before-you-name-your-product/170920.md?page=5)