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Strange Adverts, Company Names and Other Such Oddities

Here’s a random thread… How many times do you see the name of a company or an advertising slogan and think… Hmm… That could be better? Or it’s so ridiculous or funny you have to do a double take? You don’t need to post a photo, but let’s hear about them.

Here’s one from a recent trip to Germany:

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y36/MMSR5/More%20Stuff/VDTours.jpg

I’m sure VD Tours are very good, I just couldn’t bring myself to tell my Mum who’s taking me on holiday if I went with them!

Another random one was on the bus coming home from the airport the other day. We pulled up at a bus stop next to a 6 foot tall advert for a gym, and in the advert was a guy asking “Do you have man boobs?!” I did a double take while sub-consciously thinking, well, yes, I do actually. πŸ™‚

Let’s hear ’em!

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By: adamdowley - 27th June 2007 at 19:52

On my way home from Uni today, I passed a lorry on the M1 which belonged to a logistics company called Panic Transport.

http://www.panictransport.com/

silly :confused: :rolleyes:

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By: steve rowell - 21st June 2007 at 09:31

There is an electrician who drinks at my local hotel called Dick Long..i kid you not

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By: MonkeyHugger - 18th June 2007 at 00:09

The Kickapoo photo has just had me giggling!

I like that πŸ˜€

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By: airportsexpress - 17th June 2007 at 22:06

In Canada at the moment they are advertising Diamond Shreddies, which is basically the original shreddies turned on its side!

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By: cloud_9 - 17th June 2007 at 20:08

I know it is not particularly funny, but when I was in Canada last year, I was walking back to my hotel/lodge in Banff, and on the otherside of the road there was a white van with the word ‘Willemaker’ on the side…, if you pronounce it as it sounds (willie-maker), you could assume that the owner of the vehicle has a somewhat strange occupation…dont you think so?

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By: Grey Area - 14th June 2007 at 19:04

There used to be a builders’ merchant in Manchester by the name of “Robert Sunter and Sons”.

But the first name was abbreviated on the back of the wagons and there was no mention of any sons……… :diablo:

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By: Michael_Mcr - 14th June 2007 at 18:42

In Stoke-On-Trent, they used to have “Potteries Motor Transport” buses, emblazened with “PMT Buses” on the side…..

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By: Ren Frew - 13th June 2007 at 11:40

So nice to have a road named after oneself…:D

There’s a Renfrew St in Glasgow too, not to mention an entire town nmaed after me just along the road from me. In fact Renfrew Road is just at the junction of my street.:D

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By: steve rowell - 13th June 2007 at 02:34

http://www.monumentalcity.net/signals/county/cap_martin.jpg

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By: Ren Frew - 12th June 2007 at 11:49

On a filming job in California, we came across this unusual little town in the Mojave Desert…

Then in Los Angeles, we thought the parking arrangements seemed a little odd at this homosexual orientated supermarket…:rolleyes:

And more recently, an interesting boutique in downtown Kiev…

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v336/whisky110/Kickapoo_filtered.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v336/whisky110/Gaymart_filtered.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v336/whisky110/Kiev.jpg

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By: steve rowell - 12th June 2007 at 05:22

http://www2.strangesigns.org:81/albums/RoadStreetSigns/NoTraffic.sized.jpg

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By: kicks - 9th June 2007 at 21:41

Do you really expect us to fall for that?

Try this. Not funny just usefull.

http://www.phonetrace.org/

Over 18’s only.

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By: adamdowley - 9th June 2007 at 12:22

At least they’re polite about it I suppose πŸ˜€ πŸ˜€ πŸ˜€ LMAO πŸ˜€

That was rather good. I remember Gary sent me a bunch of classfied adverts once and some of the website domain names sounded REALLY dodgy…..perfectly legitimate companies…..just really bad English πŸ˜€ πŸ˜€ πŸ˜€

I’ll see if I can find them πŸ˜€ πŸ˜€ πŸ˜€

www.penisland.net

by all accounts, a legit website, selling custom made pens.

but then again, I’m not so sure. Looks pretty silly to me:

So you want that customized pen look, without all the effort? Pen Island can help.
Just tell us a little bit about the size, color, texture, and taste of the pen you’re looking for, and we’ll see what can do. You’ll be surprised at what’s available.

“customized pen look”?
“taste of the pen” ?

eh?

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By: steve rowell - 9th June 2007 at 04:01

http://www.tleaves.com/weblog/images/articles/iraq-sign.jpg

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By: Spitfire Pilot - 9th June 2007 at 00:26

At least they’re polite about it I suppose πŸ˜€ πŸ˜€ πŸ˜€ LMAO πŸ˜€

That was rather good. I remember Gary sent me a bunch of classfied adverts once and some of the website domain names sounded REALLY dodgy…..perfectly legitimate companies…..just really bad English πŸ˜€ πŸ˜€ πŸ˜€

I’ll see if I can find them πŸ˜€ πŸ˜€ πŸ˜€

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By: PMN - 8th June 2007 at 23:55

Adam, that was the most amusing 5 or so minutes of my day! Brilliant!

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By: adamdowley - 8th June 2007 at 23:37

http://www.urine-off.com/

watch their urine-101 video. A 4.44 minute minute video about urine removal. the music is classic.

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a132/adamdowley/urine.jpg

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