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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/cc3faf40-af5c-4ef2-ad7f-c53ef3e344ad/1387946F-4088-46F0-AAA1-C319CD132746/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://oddee.com/item_96682.aspx" href="http://oddee.com/item_96682.aspx" style="font-size: 11px;">oddee.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://oddee.com/item_96682.aspx"><DIV>
Real product names: from "Pee Cola" to "Megapussi", and Australian "Golden Gaytime" ice-cream, what were they thinking?</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://oddee.com/item_96682.aspx"><H2 class="subtit"><IMG hspace="3" align="absmiddle" src="http://oddee.com/_media/imgs/oddee/top1.gif" /> Golden Gaytime <SMALL>(ice-cream)</SMALL></H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://oddee.com/item_96682.aspx"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/oddee.com/img/09AEF5B9-1BF7-40CC-A897-121530AF96FC" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://oddee.com/item_96682.aspx"><DIV>
Golden Gaytime is an iconic ice-cream in Australia, its name survived intact despite the homosexual connotations in modern decades. The company just decided to play up the camp name with the boxes, holding the words "4 delicious chances to have a gay time."</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://oddee.com/item_96682.aspx"><H2 class="subtit"><IMG hspace="3" align="absmiddle" src="http://oddee.com/_media/imgs/oddee/top2.gif" /> Vergina <SMALL>(beer)</SMALL></H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://oddee.com/item_96682.aspx"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/oddee.com/img/CFAB3FB8-58EC-4506-A936-CA0C76913B14" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://oddee.com/item_96682.aspx"><H2 class="subtit"><IMG hspace="3" align="absmiddle" src="http://oddee.com/_media/imgs/oddee/top3.gif" /> Pee Cola <SMALL>(soft drink)</SMALL></H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://oddee.com/item_96682.aspx"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/oddee.com/img/C2EB2ADE-A480-4627-A929-2272178A1A7A" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://oddee.com/item_96682.aspx"><DIV>
A soft drink from Ghana.
<NOBR><SMALL>(<A target="_blank" href="http://flickr.com/photos/cardhouse/3350544914/">Photo</A>)</SMALL></NOBR></DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://oddee.com/item_96682.aspx"><H2 class="subtit"><IMG hspace="3" align="absmiddle" src="http://oddee.com/_media/imgs/oddee/top4.gif" /> Ayds <SMALL>(diet candy)</SMALL></H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://oddee.com/item_96682.aspx"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/oddee.com/img/A16A4533-422A-46D4-9C9E-115E61A52CFD" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://oddee.com/item_96682.aspx"><DIV>
Ayds (pronounced "AIDS") was a diet candy from the 1980s. Years later, the name would have its current meaning.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://oddee.com/item_96682.aspx"><H2 class="subtit"><IMG hspace="3" align="absmiddle" src="http://oddee.com/_media/imgs/oddee/top5.gif" /> Shitto <SMALL>(sauce)</SMALL></H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://oddee.com/item_96682.aspx"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/oddee.com/img/5C1C71F2-3CB3-4A37-A55D-10D71A89B65D" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://oddee.com/item_96682.aspx"><DIV>
Shitto is an allegedly delicious Ghanaian sauce with a name that makes Americans laugh, while everyone in Ghana seems to love it. 
<NOBR><SMALL>(<A target="_blank" href="http://www.xeni.net/trek/2007/04/ghana-eat-shitto.html">Photo</A>)</SMALL></NOBR></DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://oddee.com/item_96682.aspx"><H2 class="subtit"><IMG hspace="3" align="absmiddle" src="http://oddee.com/_media/imgs/oddee/top6.gif" /> Megapussi <SMALL>(potato chips)</SMALL></H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://oddee.com/item_96682.aspx"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/oddee.com/img/170698DA-828E-4C4C-9F69-3E17F18F24A3" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://oddee.com/item_96682.aspx"><I>--Our readers Oona, Lance and Peppar from Finland wrote us to explain  "Megapussi" is a Finnish word for a "mega bag" and not actually the product's name. Thanks!</I></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://oddee.com/item_96682.aspx"><H2 class="subtit"><IMG hspace="3" align="absmiddle" src="http://oddee.com/_media/imgs/oddee/top7.gif" /> Wack off! <SMALL>(insect repellent)</SMALL></H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://oddee.com/item_96682.aspx"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/oddee.com/img/B9651ADF-3173-400D-81D3-7680804C9D37" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://oddee.com/item_96682.aspx"><H2 class="subtit"><IMG hspace="3" align="absmiddle" src="http://oddee.com/_media/imgs/oddee/top9.gif" /> Jussipussi <SMALL>(bread)</SMALL></H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://oddee.com/item_96682.aspx"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/oddee.com/img/CE53A098-B122-4C15-A2A9-1D33D08354C8" alt="" /></div></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/1387946F-4088-46F0-AAA1-C319CD132746/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
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