Product Names That Make Me Laugh
Brioschi.
Feen-a-Mint.
Gas-X.
Boraxo.
Anusol. (What were they THINKING??)
Handi-Wipes.
Carter's Little Liver Pills.
Goody's Headache Powders.
PhisoHex.
Vagisil. (Again, WHAT WERE THEY THINKING??)
Janitor in a Drum.
Kraml Milk.
Your suggestions are welcome!
posted by Stuart Shea at 1:35 PM
17 Comments:
Then there's those unfortunately named Ayds candies (guaranteed to melt the pounds away).
Writer Eric Larsen reports that the World's Columbian Exposition introduced breakfast innovation Aunt Jemima pancake mix, re-named from the patently unwise original moniker, "Slave in a Box". Even by 1893 standards,some things were just too risky.
Rob
3:56 PM, February 08, 2006
Southern Comfort
Spotted Dick
Dulcolax
6:18 AM, February 09, 2006
Darkie Tooth Paste. (It's Thai.)
7:18 AM, February 09, 2006
Rob, I hope you're kidding about "Slave in a Box." I get a terrible feeling you're not...same thing with "Darkie Toothpaste." Jonathan, what is Dulcolax? It sounds like a 1960s computer.
8:56 AM, February 09, 2006
The restaurant La Pasta-Ria.
Eeeewwwww.
10:21 AM, February 09, 2006
Darkie Toothpaste is for real--I have a tube, brought from overseas, I think, by a friend.
But it all evens out. When I came bck from a trip to Japan, I brought along a package of instant coffee creamers called Whitey.
12:50 PM, February 09, 2006
Among American products, I like :
Clabber Girl
12:51 PM, February 09, 2006
Ducolax is a laxative. Oh, for Japanese products, Pocari Sweat (a health drink, a milky carbonated soda -- actually it's not bad).
3:36 PM, February 09, 2006
I mean Dulcolax.
3:37 PM, February 09, 2006
I don't even know what the product is, but the name of the patent case is Hazelquist v. Guchi Moochie and Mr. Yamaguchi.
1:28 PM, February 10, 2006
Eddie Murphy was on the Letterman show once, and showed (and ridiculed) a toob of that Darkie stuff.
Here's a great look at some odd product names:
http://www.crainium.net/jdjArchives/2005/03/why_its_difficu_1.html
7:54 AM, February 11, 2006
http://www.crainium.net/jdjArchives/2005/03/why_its_difficu_1.html
Try that again. If it still doesn't work, my name, below, will link to it
8:08 AM, February 11, 2006
No Stu, I'm not kidding about the pancakes...
Down the street from where I work is a business, apparently a restaurant, called Chinese Ho.
Speaking of products marketed around the world, I've often wondered if Latin American countries market those steel wool thingies, Spic N' Span.
Also, what do they call Cheese Nips in Japan?
Rob
2:54 PM, February 11, 2006
Cheez-its. Or is it Chee-zits?
8:30 AM, February 12, 2006
How do I get to the Chinese Ho?
Can I hope to buy some Fan Tan?
9:41 AM, February 15, 2006
Krack Cream (or is it "Crack Cream")
Nads (a hair removal product)
...and the reference about the pancake mix that Rob was referring to most likely came from Eric Larsen's book "Devil in the White City".
-Amy
1:50 PM, February 17, 2006
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