Strange brand names

[Melvil]

Also on hols in France we ate in an Italian restaurant which offered 'Stuffed Vegetarians'...

...now I'm a meat eater myself but have nothing against those poor grazers!

 

[SamNichols]

There was an insurance advert on the tv last night - on living tv - for a company called HISCOX.

pronounced his - cox. Surely they could have come up with a better name???

That's a genuine surname, I have a friend with it too.
Personally, one of my favourites is the Portuguese bread maker 'Bimbo'.

 

[Aperitif]

'Fuks' sausages - available next door in the newsagent / off licence etc here in NW5...keep meaning to take a photo...

 

[Dayvo]

Russian made tubular tyres were briefly imported into the UK, but never really sold. They went under the name of Wankerbar.

Wunderbar

There's a cheese in Australia called 'Coon', and they call selotape 'durex'! Could get a bit sticky!

 

[Amanda P]

When I was working in Finland a few years back, I came across a brand of aerosol windscreen de-icer called "Super Piss".

I had heard that Scandinavians sometimes just stand on the bonnet and hose down the windscreen if it's frozen (well, the male ones anyway), so maybe that's where the name came from...

 

[Arch]

I passed a maternity shop on the way in today and noticed they sell a Swedish brand of maternity wear called Boob. That must be deliberate though - in the logo, the Os have dots in the middle to look like nipples...

 

[zimzum42]

There is a brand of biscuit in South Africa called 'Salty Cracks' or something like that.....

 

[Aperitif]

Wunderbar

There's a cheese in Australia called 'Coon', and they call selotape 'durex'! Could get a bit sticky!

The wheels on my Colnago are Durex - they prevent me from going very fast, that's for sure! Luckily they're not always bursting...

 

[greenmark]

I'm still dumfounded why they renamed Jif to Cif.

I'm not into washing my dishes with some type of venereal disease.

 

[Dayvo]

I'm still dumfounded why they renamed Jif to Cif.

I'm not into washing my dishes with some type of venereal disease.

Maybe they thought 'Cif' sounded better than 'Jiz'!