Is it true or urban legend that the Chevy Nova tanked in Spanish-speaking countries (No Va!)?
It’s not as bad as how I first read it – thought the entire business was named after a person – Johnson Cleaver’s :eek:
UL. It didn’t tank, and that’s not how they would say “it doesn’t go.” Also, it’s not even pronounced the same (stress on opposite syllables.)
I’ll take your word that it’s an urban legend, but I’ll call you on claiming that it not tanking had anything to do with the fact that the name isn’t how they would say “it doesn’t go”. I mean, “no go” isn’t how we’d say it in English, either, but a car called the “Nogo” would still be laughed at, don’t you think?
One tiny actual contribution to this thread: There used to be a flooring store around here called “Linoleum Dick’s”. To my friends and I when we were ten, that was hilarious.
One strike against “no va” meaning anything in this context is that typically in Spanish for a car you’d say “no camino”, “no marcha”, or “no funciona.”
I still don’t get what’s wrong with the “Junior Jazz Dance Class” logo on the “worst logos” page.
:smack: <–preemptive strike.
Look for boobs.
:smack:
I was wondering about that one too. I mean, I guess the boys only hip hop could be misconstured as something homosexual, but not really.
Now I see it. That’s pretty funny, and I have to assume on purpose.
But “Nogo” isn’t a word in English. The Spanish word for nova is . . . nova.
Sounds like a real bargain to me.
Similarly related: I’ve probably mentioned this on the boards before (and a quick Google glance tells me this isn’t the only one), but there’s a muffler shop in Tyler Texas that has the legend “No muff too tuff!” in giant letters printed on the side of their building and has done so since at least the early 80s.
I always wanted their to be a transmission place across the street. Their sign? “No stick we can’t lick!” What a waste of an opportunity. 
I used to live across the street from the Tickie Poo Laundromat. It’s still there.
Yep, it’s marketed as Montero in the Americas, but Pajero everywhere else. In doing their ad campaigns we tried to talk them into setting up a separate web address using the Montero name, but they refused. So if you’re a Spanish speaker reading through the catalog, everything looks normal until you get to the back cover and see, “for more information, come visit our website at www.wanker.com”
In the early 1980’s, a new school band method book was introduced. It was actually a pretty good book and lots of schools bought it.
Then, a new disease was discovered and it was getting lots of publicity. Suddenly, band directors could not hand the book out to classrooms full of twelve year-olds.
The book?
Aids for Band
I know I’m not the only one who stared for a rather LONG time at some that didn’t seem to have anything wrong with them, only to finally realize they were actual real freaking ads.
I wonder if the advertisers have any hint of a notion that their ads are being interspersed with really bad logos (and badly photoshopped ads, etc).
Me neither. I can’t see boobs. Do you mean in the J’s, runner pat? They sort of look like boobs from the side view, but not very much.
“Bernard Matthews’ Norfolk turkey burgers - they’re Norfolk ‘n’ good”
The two dancing figures at the bottom, the heads are the “nipples” It’s like that drawing where you see two faces in profile and then see the vase in between.
The Mission Viejo Nadadores (swim club) had sweatshirts the said GO NADS.
Gotcha.