8 Disastrous Product Names


	8 Disastrous Product Names
murieleileen
8-9-2009 5:23 AM
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8-9-2009 5:49 AM
murieleileen
I found this article from clip-on-tie's clip -
12 Fun Facts about the Pickle. Thanks clip-on. I would put a link to the clip if I knew how.
8-9-2009 7:50 AM
clip-on-tie
LOL Pee Cola? Fart bars and wack off insect repellent? OMG I nearly spit up my milk when I read this...
8-9-2009 11:44 AM
tanyamm
I remember the Ayds diet candy. A girl I knew gained over 10 pounds eating those things.
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<BR /><SPAN class="posted_by">by <SPAN class="author"><A title="Posts by Ransom Riggs" href="http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/author/randy/">Ransom Riggs</A></SPAN></SPAN>
</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://blogs.static.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/25215.html?cnn=yes"><P>Times change, the meanings of words change, things get lost in translation.  Whatever the reasons, over the years product-makers have hit upon some of the silliest and most unfortunate names for their wares imaginable, and even though many of these aren’t available at your local corner store, they’re still here for us to laugh about.</P></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://blogs.static.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/25215.html?cnn=yes"><H4>1. Ayds diet candy</H4></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://blogs.static.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/25215.html?cnn=yes">The honorary granddaddy of all disastrous product names has to be Ayds, an appetite suppressant “candy” which sold well in the 1970s and early 80s — until the soundalike wasting <A href="#" class="kLink" target="undefined" id="KonaLink0"><FONT color="blue"><SPAN class="kLink">disease</SPAN></FONT></A> we all know and fear hit the scene</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://blogs.static.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/25215.html?cnn=yes"><div align="center"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/fr-jtbpUtdU&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&hd=1" height="329" width="400" wmode="opaque" quality="high" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></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://blogs.static.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/25215.html?cnn=yes"><H4>2. The Golden Gaytime Bar</H4></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://blogs.static.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/25215.html?cnn=yes">sold in New Zealand for decades,</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://blogs.static.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/25215.html?cnn=yes">This is an old, I think completely unironic commercial for Gaytime </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://blogs.static.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/25215.html?cnn=yes"><div align="center"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/9Pq8TFptKR4&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&hd=1" height="329" width="400" wmode="opaque" quality="high" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></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://blogs.static.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/25215.html?cnn=yes"> making fun of their own name:</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://blogs.static.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/25215.html?cnn=yes"><div align="center"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Cv-2Z1qrrHs&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&hd=1" height="329" width="400" wmode="opaque" quality="high" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></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://blogs.static.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/25215.html?cnn=yes"><H4>3. Barf detergent</H4></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://blogs.static.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/25215.html?cnn=yes"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/blogs.static.mentalfloss.com/img/910B6831-1483-46B6-9B79-AEC17729C69E" alt="barfdetergent_small.jpg" /></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://blogs.static.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/25215.html?cnn=yes"><H4>4. Sars soft drink</H4></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://blogs.static.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/25215.html?cnn=yes"> caramel-flavored Sarsaparilla <A href="#" class="kLink" target="undefined" id="KonaLink2"><FONT color="blue"><SPAN class="kLink">drink</SPAN></FONT><SPAN id="preLoadWrap2"><DIV id="preLoadLayer2"><IMG src="http://kona.kontera.com/javascript/lib/imgs/grey_loader.gif" /></DIV></SPAN></A>, </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://blogs.static.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/25215.html?cnn=yes"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/blogs.static.mentalfloss.com/img/AA852715-AF7F-4D6F-B039-EE3F1FFE02AE" alt="509843800-22b93e4663-tm1.jpg" /></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://blogs.static.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/25215.html?cnn=yes"><H4>5. Shitto</H4></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://blogs.static.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/25215.html?cnn=yes"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/blogs.static.mentalfloss.com/img/1C00423C-9F69-4F76-8B49-F33E7743BDC9" alt="can_of_shitto.jpg" /></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://blogs.static.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/25215.html?cnn=yes">This product from Ghana is “a gravy made from </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://blogs.static.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/25215.html?cnn=yes"><H4>6. Pee Cola</H4></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://blogs.static.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/25215.html?cnn=yes"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/blogs.static.mentalfloss.com/img/57B76FAB-8784-4A25-B7DC-5FBE8E2F9F73" alt="pee_cola_2.jpg" /></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://blogs.static.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/25215.html?cnn=yes">Another product from Ghana</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://blogs.static.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/25215.html?cnn=yes"><H4>7. Fart Bars</H4></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://blogs.static.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/25215.html?cnn=yes"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/blogs.static.mentalfloss.com/img/7A94B081-C086-4599-BEFA-DE40E642FF9C" alt="Fart-Bar_4D01A9C3.jpg" /></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://blogs.static.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/25215.html?cnn=yes"><H4>8. 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