Just walked down the factory floor at work and noticed a push-along floor cleaning / polishing machine.

Product name – NilFisk 101 from Scrubtec.

That’s not a good name is it?

No I think NilFisk is a good name. And I like Scrubtec. 🙂

Mitsubishi Pajero – check a Spanish dictionary.
Interesting linky.

There you go Derek. You’ve as good as christened Elfins first two offspring. I just hope that little NilFisk and Scrubtec don’t come looking for you in later life when they realise it was all your fault

*shudders at the thought of how Fred’s offspring might turn out*

No I think NilFisk is a good name. And I like Scrubtec

But which one does Fred prefer? Fiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight.

Henry

Just spotted another crap name in the kitchen.

A coffee perculator thing called a Bravilor Bonamat Mondo 2 !!

That makes the the floor cleaner sound like Chevrolet Camaro.

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfFs0o6pCxc[/video]

So you’re not very busy at work then ?

No I would actually consider calling a child Nilfisk. It sounds Norwegian.

‘Come here little Nilfisk it’s time for your fish fingers’

‘Shant, for this abomination can surely be none other than THE WORK OF SATAN’

Don’t Specialized do a bike called “Epic”?

Epic my arse.

When I’ve visited the US, one of the most common bread brands was this,

deadlydarcy – Member

Epic my arse.

I hope you wash your hands afterwards.

Thinking about it, NilFisk sounds like a Linux disk that’s error-free.

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Kill, Nilfisk; kill!

Fish fingers you say?

What would you call salty licorice ??

I used to date a Swedish girl and had a slight misunderstanding over an aerosol can of body spray she had left on the coffee table.

I naturally assumed the worst, but I was assured that the word meant “Fog” in Swedish.

Printed on the side of the can in two inch high letters was the word “VAG”.

Lincoln Muddy Buddy Magic Mud Kure Cream

For horses legs

Chevrolet Nova.

Anyone with a basic grasp of Spanish knows that No Va means “doesn’t go”. Anyone except the marketing department at GM, apparently.

I think they may have learned from that, hence Vauxhall Nova became Opel Corsa in the European market

I understand Toyota’s MR2 was never a big seller in France…

My urbanmythometer just exploded.

It’s not endless and it’s not a glove:

http://www.snopes.com/business/misxlate/nova.asp

(I don’t know if the MR2 thing is true, but it always makes me giggle).

A little while ago, they brought out Smarties’ Slices. Someone in their wisdom in Marketing thought it’d be good to design the packaging with the S’s in different colours.

Mmm, tasty.

john_drummer – Member
I understand Toyota’s MR2 was never a big seller in France…

🙂 had to think about that one

It’s true about the MR2. It was branded the MR in France
as “Toyota em air deux” sounds a bit shit.

Cove handjob, stiffee etc…

IMAG0211 by NazcaMan, on Flickr

“Cushelle”

I mean, wtf ?

Cilit Bang. WTF!!?

Although it is pretty good…

“Cushelle”

I mean, wtf ?

And why do they use a friggin Koala as their brand mascot?? As an Aussie I’m highly offended by this ludicrous misappropriation of one of my national animals 👿

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here are a few

I always thought this was stupid, coming out at a time when everyone wanted a light bike

(Nice looking piece of kit though, eh?)

Orange – what ekin Orange? It’s bloody blue!

DezB, those forks are called Rebound, by the look of it. Boing!

This Czech parachute school has a discouraging name: ”Impact”

Wasn’t there a clothing brand being advertised up there ^ recently called ‘Pistard’? I didn’t mention it at the time, but come on, Piss-Tard??

Oh, and my first road bike, the Cube Attempt, brought home memories of Yoda: “Win, or do not Win, there is no Attempt”

There’s a “Muff Duving Club” in Ireland.
No, really.
Muff Diving Club