Monday, March 02, 2009

Strange branding abroad....

Whilst in one of those giant booze warehouses in Calais I noticed they also sell washing powder and liquid in bulk too. Bizarrely I spotted the one below which is called "The Cat Expert".

Inevitably it produced a "WTF?" moment. Perhaps its good at getting hairs off clothes? Anyone else know of any strangely named brands abroad?

14 comments:

Anonymous said...
2 Mar 2009 10:10:00  

"Fanny Wipes"

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2374/2083074304_dbfb0facf1.jpg?v=0

Oldrightie said...
2 Mar 2009 11:01:00  

Le snotrag.

Chris said...
2 Mar 2009 11:17:00  

Speed Rabbit Pizza is a takeaway and delivery service in Caen

Faux Cu said...
2 Mar 2009 11:23:00  

Pschitt

A soft drink

IUnknown said...
2 Mar 2009 11:32:00  

Not a brand but a cafe: Fanni büfé, in Szentendre, Hungary.

I've always chuckled whenever I hear about Siemens (Building Technologies), Staines.

Croydonian said...
2 Mar 2009 11:38:00  

Note that Persil means 'parsley' in French, but they still sell it there.

Lola said...
2 Mar 2009 11:45:00  

Boghandel - was bookshop in Danish when I went there with the school in oooo about 1966.

Alex said...
2 Mar 2009 12:31:00  

Somewhere I have one of those little Private Eye books with a photograph juxtaposing what appear to be spray cans containing two Chinese/Asian domestic products, an insect repellant called PISS and a stain remover called OFF.

Anonymous said...
2 Mar 2009 12:49:00  

There's a brand of plastic 'ziplock' type bag here in Mexico that rejoices in the name "Bol-lock"

Wallenstein said...
2 Mar 2009 14:43:00  

We saw some of this in Georgia last year...

Barf Washing Powder
http://www.fotosearch.com/bthumb/IST/IST514/1242919.jpg

Harry said...
2 Mar 2009 14:50:00  

Australia's "tastiest cheese" also happens to be possibly the most offensive cheese in the world!

http://www.dairyfarmers.com.au/df/files/products/range_image_small/dairy-p2-coon-tasty.jpg

Matthew Dear said...
2 Mar 2009 14:55:00  

Cats lick plates clean, non?

JMT said...
2 Mar 2009 15:12:00  

I think that there is a Fench fizzy drink called Pschitt.

It is probably named after the noise when you open the cap, as opposed to any side effects from drinking too much.

capitano said...
5 Mar 2009 16:44:00  

Try these!

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VUqyQadi9Xo/RvzjANTvyVI/AAAAAAAAAdE/o3VroeGv6Q8/s400/schin_skinka.jpg

and

http://www.santher.com.br/portugues/prodCons/snob/index.htm




 

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