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780.       libralady
5152 posts
 02 Oct 2009 Fri 03:01 pm

 

Quoting _AE_

 

 

 All I can look at is that HUGE gap between his lips and his nose!!!!!!!!!! OMG that is a BIG space

 

 I dare not look at the HUGE gap between his lips and his nose.............. that hair URGGGGGGGG, puts me off my lunch Puking

781.       mhsn supertitiz
518 posts
 03 Oct 2009 Sat 10:15 pm

Gazprom accused of branding fail over Nigerian joint venture ´Nigaz´

 


by Jennifer Whitehead, Brand Republic 29-Jun-09, 09:00

LONDON - The perils of international branding have once again been highlighted with the news of Russian gas giant Gazprom´s new joint venture with Nigerian firm NNPC -- to be called Nigaz.

While the origin of the name is easily explained -- a conjunction of the words "Nigeria" and "gaz" -- English-speakers seeing the word written down find the brand name has rather different connotations.

Incredulous Twitterers quickly spread the story around, dubbing it a branding fail and prompting a number to suggest Nigaz should adopt a strapline along the lines of "gas with attitude".

It is not the first time that an attempt at creating an international brand name has failed. Mitsubishi was forced to change the name of its SUV model the Pajero in Spain, where the term means ´wanker´. Starbucks opted to stick with the term ´latte´ when it launched in Germany, to the amusement of locals. While the word means ´milk´ in Italian, in German it is a slang term for ´erection´.

A simple translation error meant that a Parker Pen ad run in Mexico ended up promising consumers that it would not "leak in your pocket and make you pregnant", which is at least a more honest promise than Pepsi´s "come alive with the Pepsi generation" slogan, which famously ended up as "Pepsi will bring your ancestors back from the dead" in Taiwan.

Chinese translations are fraught with difficulties -- Kentucky Fried Chicken´s "finger lickin´ good" managed to come out as "eat your fingers off". While closer to home, Orange´s "the future´s bright, the future´s Orange" did not go down well with Catholics in Northern Ireland, for whom the term "orange" is most closely associated with Protestantism.

Nigaz will build refineries, pipelines and gas power stations in Nigeria.

782.       Trudy
7887 posts
 04 Oct 2009 Sun 02:34 pm

In December I´m going to Guatemala and because I have a stopover in Houston I had to apply for the US Visa Waiver Program. Filling in all necessary information I came to these questions:

 

A) Do you have a communicable disease; physical or mental disorder; or are you a drug abuser or addict?    Yes / No
B) Have you ever been arrested or convicted for an offense or crime involving moral turpitude or a violation related to a controlled substance; or have been arrested or convicted for two or more offenses for which the aggregate sentence to confinement was five years or more; or have been a controlled substance trafficker; or are you seeking entry to engage in criminal or immoral activities?     Yes /  No
C) Have you ever been or are you now involved in espionage or sabotage; or in terrorist activities; or genocide; or between 1933 and 1945 were you involved, in any way, in persecutions associated with Nazi Germany or its allies?    Yes /  No
D) Are you seeking to work in the U.S.; or have you ever been excluded and deported; or been previously removed from the United States or procured or attempted to procure a visa or entry into the U.S. by fraud or misrepresentation?    Yes  / No
E) Have you ever detained, retained or withheld custody of a child from a U.S. citizen granted custody of the child?    Yes  / No
F) Have you ever been denied a U.S. visa or entry into the U.S. or had a U.S. visa canceled?     Yes /  No
If yes:  when 
where   
G) Have you ever asserted immunity from prosecution?    Yes /  No

 

Sure, if the answer would be ´yes, I´m a terrorist´ or any of these other rather silly questions I would answer positive...... lol lol

 

BTW - permission to go to Houston is already granted.....



Edited (10/4/2009) by Trudy [Spelling]

783.       libralady
5152 posts
 04 Oct 2009 Sun 05:32 pm

 

Quoting Trudy

In December I´m going to Guatemala ....

 

Just watch out who you bump into....... he looks a bit of a mean (but nicely decorated) dudu...<img src='/static/images/smileys//lol.gif' alt='lol'> (fast)

 

784.       mltm
3690 posts
 04 Oct 2009 Sun 07:07 pm

hehehehehe a camera joke that´s interesting to see.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgJVE-Zqd8g&feature=related

785.       mhsn supertitiz
518 posts
 04 Oct 2009 Sun 07:18 pm

 

Quoting mltm

hehehehehe a camera joke that´s interesting to see.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgJVE-Zqd8g&feature=related

 

camera joke? Unsure

 

that sounds so "Turkeylish" as my english teacher in hs would say. <img src='/static/images/smileys//lol.gif' alt='lol'> (fast)

786.       mltm
3690 posts
 04 Oct 2009 Sun 07:25 pm

 

Quoting mhsn supertitiz

 

 

camera joke? Unsure

 

that sounds so "Turkeylish" as my english teacher in hs would say. <img src='/static/images/smileys//lol.gif' alt='lol'> (fast)

 

then what would we say?

787.       mhsn supertitiz
518 posts
 04 Oct 2009 Sun 07:57 pm

 

Quoting mltm

 

 

then what would we say?

 

camera fun! Big smile

788.       _AE_
677 posts
 05 Oct 2009 Mon 01:15 pm

A couple of my posts were deleted lol

I am a fully fledged member of the CGGDP! Alcoholics

789.       Elisabeth
5732 posts
 05 Oct 2009 Mon 04:32 pm

 

Quoting _AE_

A couple of my posts were deleted lol

I am a fully fledged member of the CGGDP! Alcoholics

 

 Perhaps  you should be more concerned with the leaves on your lawn instead of causing trouble here!  <img src='/static/images/smileys//lol.gif' alt='lol'> (fast)

790.       _AE_
677 posts
 05 Oct 2009 Mon 04:58 pm

 

Quoting Elisabeth

 

 

 Perhaps  you should be more concerned with the leaves on your lawn instead of causing trouble here!  <img src='/static/images/smileys//lol.gif' alt='lol'> (fast)

 

 Not in MY garden - in the garden at work!

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