# Unfortunate Brand Names **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 16, 2012, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunate-brand-names/641194 "2012-11-16T15:21:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![LabRat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/898d66/32.png) [@LabRat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LabRat)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2012, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunate-brand-names/641194/1 "2012-11-16T15:21:13Z")
I was in a little mom-and-pop gas station buying smokes the day before yesterday when I stumbled across what was possibly the worst brand name of all time. In the medical section along with the $2 advil packs was a box of tampons. Brand name? Wait for it… Flute. I stood there giggling like a mental patient thinking, “This one time at band camp…” I’m never going to grow up. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2012, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunate-brand-names/641194/2 "2012-11-16T15:24:32Z")
Ayds Reducing Candy Ass Effects. ---
**Author:** ![slitterst](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecc23a/32.png) [@slitterst](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slitterst)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2012, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunate-brand-names/641194/3 "2012-11-16T15:24:39Z")
There’s a lab in my town that does analysis of various things using technology. They named it Analtech. And the loading dock is right next to the front door, so there’s a big “Analtech – Receiving Dept.” sign as you pull in. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2012, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunate-brand-names/641194/4 "2012-11-16T18:09:13Z")
My GP/GS when I first came to Pittsburgh — Hubert Frankenstein, MD I always insisted the MD stood for Mad Doctor ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2012, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunate-brand-names/641194/5 "2012-11-16T18:23:51Z")
Ah, why is Flute funny? ---
**Author:** ![April\_R](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2012, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunate-brand-names/641194/6 "2012-11-16T18:27:29Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Ah, why is Flute funny? [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MH619vxtNdo](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MH619vxtNdo) ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2012, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunate-brand-names/641194/7 "2012-11-16T18:27:51Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Ah, why is Flute funny? You’ve never seen _American Pie_, have you? ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2012, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunate-brand-names/641194/8 "2012-11-16T18:28:04Z")
I got a tube of “Crack Cream” in the medicine cabinet. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2012, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunate-brand-names/641194/9 "2012-11-16T18:29:50Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > You’ve never seen _American Pie_, have you? Maybe bits and pieces, but no, not really. **April R** : I can’t view that at work, but presumably it’s a clip from American Pie. ETA my own contribution. Not a brand name, but a female assistant manager at a store a while back had a name tag headed with “Ass. Man.” Try not laughing at that! ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2012, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunate-brand-names/641194/10 "2012-11-16T18:34:07Z")
Nads ---
**Author:** ![solosam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@solosam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solosam)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2012, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunate-brand-names/641194/11 "2012-11-16T18:42:12Z")
There’s a chain of Kwik-E-Mart stores called the “Kum and Go.” My wife say it on TV and laughed, and I had to explain it was a real store. When I was in Korea I saw a giant sign that read, “FAG.” I have no idea what business it represented. Whenever I drove to Seoul with my friends we knew the “FAG” sign marked the halfway point, and it was a handy landmark because whoever was new to the peninsula would point and laugh. ---
**Author:** ![TheChileanBlob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thechileanblob/32/435_2.png) [@TheChileanBlob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheChileanBlob)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2012, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunate-brand-names/641194/12 "2012-11-16T18:42:50Z")
I see a commercial a lot for a technical school called UTI. They mention their name several times during the commercial. I always think “Man, they must have a hard time getting women to enroll!” ---
**Author:** ![Kizarvexius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/da6949/32.png) [@Kizarvexius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kizarvexius)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2012, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunate-brand-names/641194/13 "2012-11-16T19:37:45Z")
Every day on my way to work I used to pass a large store called “Lacks Furniture.” Out of habit, I’d ask myself the question as to why anyone would go furniture shopping at a store that lacks furniture. Evidently, the answer is no. The place closed about a year ago. ---
**Author:** ![Filbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/filbert/32/3433_2.png) [@Filbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Filbert)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2012, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunate-brand-names/641194/14 "2012-11-16T19:56:17Z")
[Scats](http://www.scatscountrystores.co.uk/) [PMT](http://www.pmtonline.co.uk/) ---
**Author:** ![california\_jobcase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@california\_jobcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/california_jobcase)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2012, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunate-brand-names/641194/15 "2012-11-16T22:47:14Z")
There is a country music guy with the name McAnally. The pronunciation isn’t as bad as it looks. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2012, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunate-brand-names/641194/16 "2012-11-16T22:53:51Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Maybe bits and pieces, but no, not really. > > **April R** : I can’t view that at work, but presumably it’s a clip from American Pie. > > ETA my own contribution. Not a brand name, but a female assistant manager at a store a while back had a name tag headed with “Ass. Man.” Try not laughing at that! In the movie one of the main characters who was a band geek and went to band camp every summer was always saying things like, “This one time at band camp…” usually followed by something mundane. Then towards the end, I think, it’s been awhile, she says, “This one time at band camp I stuck a flute up my pussy.” So tampons named Flute is funny cuz of that. ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2012, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunate-brand-names/641194/17 "2012-11-17T03:34:28Z")
I laughed a bit the first time I went to Mexico and saw the Bimbo signs. > **[Grupo Bimbo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grupo_Bimbo)** > > Grupo Bimbo, S.A.B. de C.V. (also known simply as Bimbo) is a Mexican multinational food company with a presence in over 33 countries located in the Americas, Europe, Asia, and Africa. It has an annual sales volume of 15 billion dollars and is listed on the Mexican stock exchange with the ticker BIMBO. > Grupo Bimbo has 134,000 employees, 196 bakery plants, 3 million points of sale, a distribution network with 57 thousand routes all over the world. The company has more than 100 brands and 13 thous... ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2012, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunate-brand-names/641194/18 "2012-11-17T04:29:32Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > In the movie one of the main characters who was a band geek and went to band camp every summer was always saying things like, “This one time at band camp…” usually followed by something mundane. > > Then towards the end, I think, it’s been awhile, she says, “This one time at band camp I stuck a flute up my pussy.” > > So tampons named Flute is funny cuz of that. [Yes.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYWQAg12Ko0) ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2012, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunate-brand-names/641194/19 "2012-11-17T04:34:37Z")
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