Unfortunate/worst branding ever?

First FedEx, now the Vonage logo, thanks a bunch pal. Now I’ll see that every time.

My contribution. Who names their brand Nunn Bush? Won’t anyone think of the other possible meaning?

ETA we’ve seen powergenitalia.com but no one mentioned whorepresents.com.
ETA2 and penisland.com

There was a recent (Last Week) commercial for Sun Trust Bank. It talks about how it is a real bank, blah blah blah. How you can bank “solid” with them.

The Commercial talks about how it is “solid”.

A few days ago, if not yesterday. I saw that Sun Trust is now asking for bail out money.

Then again, Jay Leno pointed out, Wachovia should not be showering their customers with money and still ask for bail out money.

This ad for Pepsi is horrible all around, but the “Brown and Bubbly” tag line takes it to a whole new level.

Hey! I’m hoping to bring back Coon’s Chicken!

(Imagine my surprise upon finding they didn’t make that up in GHOST WORLD.)

Since Minnesota was a blue state it was probably unfortunate that this guy’s place Maverick’s looked like a hangout for McCain/Palin supporters.

Well, Alka-Seltzer used to have a television jingle based around the refrain “Plop plop, fizz fizz – oh, what a relief it is!”, which us kids in the 1970s had a lot of fun singing to serenade people on their way to the bathroom.

From another thread…Hummer. :confused:

Mengele still makes tractors. You’d think they’d change the name, but I guess name recognition can’t be beat.

We shouldn’t forget El Paso Natural Gas.

A restaurant has in town has a sandwich called the hummer. I hate saying “Yes, I’ll have a hummer.”

ETA, here’s the menu description

BTW I recommend it if you ever get to Milwaukee.

I always thought Siemens was a terrible corporate name; evidently, they don’t.

Also the DiC television production company would end their broadcasts with a very young child’s voice simply stating “Dic(k)”.

Yeah, but it was pronounced more like Deek.

Why? I could understand it if you were serving them up, but ordering one? :wink:

I should have known better than to read a thread like this during lunch. [cleans keyboard]

Still cracked me up every time. It’s a little European kid!

The Buick Lacrosse?

Onan” was pretty unfortunate branding to start with – it didn’t help much when they merged with Cummins.

I offer the example of Darlietoothpaste. It was originally called “Darkie”, a name that was probably OK in Taiwan until the manufacturer was bought by Colgate-Palmolive.

Where is the reference to Vonage on the linked page?

-Kris

I have a friend that lives in Masturbate, WI, I still remind her of it from time to time.