...and other mangled advertising slogans...
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very good red:D
moronland .net indeed :rolleyes:
moronland .net indeed :rolleyes:
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The UK tried to market More cigarettes in France a long time back, where the word means Death. What I remember is that sales were high, the French had enough sense of humour to realize that Death cigarettes was a really cool brand name. They didn't last.
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When flower power came along I stood for Human Rights, marched around for peace and freedom, had some nooky every night - we took it serious. [Fred Wedlock, "The Folker"]
Who has a spare two minutes to play in this month's FG Trivia game! ... My other OS is Slackware. Écrasez l'infâme! When you design tactics to maximise suffering on civilian populations and your only constraint is operational rather than moral, you've told the world who you are.
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RedGlitter
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spot;680870 wrote: The UK tried to market More cigarettes in France a long time back, where the word means Death. What I remember is that sales were high, the French had enough sense of humour to realize that Death cigarettes was a really cool brand name. They didn't last.
:wah: !!! Now that's truth in advertising!! That's funny!
:wah: !!! Now that's truth in advertising!! That's funny!
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I think I tore something laughing at those... Thanx RG!
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Try www.engrish.com for more of these kinds of unfortunate translations.
One of my favorites is attached.
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One of my favorites is attached.
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RedGlitter
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I, Rob;681635 wrote: Try www.engrish.com for more of these kinds of unfortunate translations.
One of my favorites is attached.
:wah: That's a great one! I'll check out that site. Thanks, Rob.
One of my favorites is attached.
:wah: That's a great one! I'll check out that site. Thanks, Rob.