Foo - The WORST company merger name ever...

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slvoid
07-20-09, 08:13 PM
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8118721.stm

cydewaze
07-20-09, 08:19 PM
lol @ the new firm's name!
KingTermite
07-20-09, 08:22 PM
Oh my.....

DataJunkie
07-20-09, 08:24 PM
Holy #$%@ batman.
Velo Vol
07-20-09, 08:34 PM
I bet has an easy time getting company name placement in certain forms of music.
JonnyHK
07-20-09, 08:40 PM
I'm still laughing!
x136
07-20-09, 10:01 PM
...be frontin'.
nekohime
07-20-09, 10:27 PM
Oh my indeed...:lol:
AEO
07-20-09, 10:31 PM
rofl...

memorable company name :roflmao: that's about the most important part in brands and advertising.
Luddite
07-20-09, 10:32 PM
I LOL'd.
USAZorro
07-20-09, 10:38 PM
They saved tens of thousands on consultant fees and focus groups on that one. :roflmao:
UnsafeAlpine
07-20-09, 10:42 PM
Wow.
AllenG
07-20-09, 10:42 PM
wow.
CbadRider
07-20-09, 10:44 PM
I guess Gazeria was already taken.
iamlucky13
07-20-09, 11:13 PM
Funny, but of course the tale of translating Coca Cola into Chinese has it beat:

http://www.snopes.com/cokelore/tadpole.asp
rm -rf
07-21-09, 06:03 AM
A couple of internet names:

from wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Experts-Exchange):

Originally, the name and URL of the site was expertsexchange.com but this created confusion and ridicule as many users intrepreted it as Expert-Sex-Change as opposed to Experts-Exchange. Subsequently, the domain was changed to experts-exchange.com.


And Pen Island is still in business: http://www.penisland.net/
patentcad
07-21-09, 06:11 AM
Now they need to adopt a black baby and give it that traditional African name: 'OJ'.
trsidn
07-21-09, 07:53 AM
lolzers....
coasting
07-21-09, 12:04 PM
i don't get it
Bob Ross
07-21-09, 12:09 PM
...be frontin'.


...are scared of revolution.
trsidn
07-21-09, 12:10 PM
The Revolution will not be televised....
kwrides
07-21-09, 12:24 PM
Funniest thread ever!
iamlucky13
07-21-09, 02:04 PM
A couple of internet names:

from wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Experts-Exchange):

Originally, the name and URL of the site was expertsexchange.com but this created confusion and ridicule as many users intrepreted it as Expert-Sex-Change as opposed to Experts-Exchange. Subsequently, the domain was changed to experts-exchange.com.


And Pen Island is still in business: http://www.penisland.net/

Wow...I've known about experts exchange for years, and my mind never made the leap.

Same goes for Space Exploration Technologies, or SpaceX (Spay Sex), until someone else complained about the awkward name.

Frankly, I'm glad I don't normally think in innuendo.
Rob P.
07-21-09, 02:08 PM
Frankly, I'm glad I don't normally think in innuendo.

It's because you're probably not perverted or twisted enough. Oh wait, I don't think you belong in Foo...


Seriously, who the heck approved the new merger name? The chief executive OAF?
Snicklefritz
07-21-09, 07:50 PM
i don't get it

I don't get it either
spinnaker
07-21-09, 08:02 PM
I don't get it either

Sound it out.
Snicklefritz
07-21-09, 08:06 PM
Sound it out.

ugh. very bad company name indeed.
JaRow
07-21-09, 09:27 PM
ugh. very bad company name indeed.

haha
no1mad
07-21-09, 09:47 PM
Perhaps N.W.A. will be reformed and hired as corporate mouthpieces? Dr. Dre and Ice Cube promoting Russian oil...<sudden urge to find vodka>
iamlucky13
07-22-09, 12:09 AM
Seriously, who the heck approved the new merger name? The chief executive OAF?

Apparently the Russians and Nigerians aren't worried about racial slurs that etymologically only make sense in Romance languages.

And that's no doubt a long i, as in nye-gaz.

Wow! I just used "etymologically" in a sentence. My New Year's resolution is complete.
Serendipper
07-22-09, 11:21 AM
*spittake*
MillCreek
07-22-09, 12:33 PM
It was worse when two airlines merged: Continental and Aer Lingus. The new airline was called Connilingus.
coasting
07-22-09, 01:03 PM
It was worse when two airlines merged: Continental and Aer Lingus. The new airline was called Connilingus.

you're trying too hard.
Kotts
07-22-09, 01:16 PM
Apparently the Russians and Nigerians aren't worried about racial slurs that etymologically only make sense in Romance languages.

Ah, but they should, considering that their primary market is Europe, an area replete with Romance languages.


And that's no doubt a long i, as in nye-gaz.

But how they intend it to be pronounced and how it will be pronounced are two different things.


Wow! I just used "etymologically" in a sentence. My New Year's resolution is complete.

And on BF no less! I'm impressed.:thumb:
huhenio
07-22-09, 01:27 PM
I don't get it either
You aspberger's be quiet.
crackerjab
07-22-09, 03:03 PM
I initially assumed I was reading an article from The Onion.
AllenG
07-22-09, 04:53 PM
Just saw a commercial for an acid reflux drug

Aciphex, pronounced, "ass effects."
slvoid
07-22-09, 05:20 PM
Just saw a commercial for an acid reflux drug

Aciphex, pronounced, "ass effects."

Ass effects are a side effect of Aciphex.
huhenio
07-23-09, 11:18 AM
n***z please ...