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12boy

Guru
Location
Casper WY USA
When Chevrolet tried to sell the Nova small sedan in S America, no one bought it until they called it a Caribe. No va in Spanish means it doesn't go.
 
A common one at the supermarket here
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Drago

Legendary Member
Eerrrmmmm...

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I think, unsurprisingly, that they are Australian.
 

rikki

Legendary Member
In the 70's, Jasper Carrot used to go on about an Aussie brand of sticky tape called Durex...could be amusing going into a UK stationery shop asking for a roll^_^. Any Aussies can confirm this?. And apparently, Durex did sponsor a race car but it ended up in the pit stop....with a puncture:laugh:.
Durex is sticky tape (and sometimes a brand of condoms).

I was mocked in an office in London when I said that I had durex and a rubber in my desk drawer.

Rubbers and durex are in the stationery aisle at the supermarket.
 

captain nemo1701

Space cadet. Deck 42 Main Engineering.
Location
Bristol
In Glastonbury, there's a bakery called Burns the Bread. In Bristol, there are two motorcycle firms called Piston Broke & Wheel Torque...say them quickly if you missed the joke:okay:.
 

Juan Kog

permanently grumpy
In the 70's, Jasper Carrot used to go on about an Aussie brand of sticky tape called Durex...could be amusing going into a UK stationery shop asking for a roll^_^. Any Aussies can confirm this?. And apparently, Durex did sponsor a race car but it ended up in the pit stop....with a puncture:laugh:.
My now retired BiL was working as coach driver in the early 80’s . Once when he had a party of Australians on board , a young lady approached him and asked did he have any Durex , he told me he was surprised until he realised she only wanted sellotape.
 
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