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By *ild_oats OP   Man
26 weeks ago

the land of saints & sinners

A local taxi company had the slogan “We go the extra mile” on the side of their cars.

Is this something you really want your taxi driver to actually do.

What other real world misplaced company slogans have you seen?

BTW who came here thinking this was a thread about Vanessa Paradis?

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By *ickyKlungespeareMan
26 weeks ago

St Leonards

Moi. C'est vrai.

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By *enk15Man
26 weeks ago

Bidford On Avon

I like the anti-drug campaign that wrote "Too cool to do drugs" on the side of pencils and gave them to students.

As you used and sharpened it, the message changed somewhat

"cool to do drugs"

"do drugs"

"drugs"

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By *immyinreadingMan
26 weeks ago

henley on thames

Very recently, I saw washing powder with the slogan “use less” on the top of the box.

There was very little gap between the two words, so basically it said useless

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By *immyinreadingMan
26 weeks ago

henley on thames

Sun maid raisins once had a serving suggestion “why not toss over your cereal in the morning”.

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By *immyinreadingMan
26 weeks ago

henley on thames

A well known deodorant manufacturer had a usage instruction that said “remove cap and push up bottom”

I’m not sure what the exact intention was. Remove the cap and then push the deodorant up your arse? Or remove the cap and shove the cap up your arse? Or remove your own cap and shove that instead?

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By *ickyKlungespeareMan
26 weeks ago

St Leonards

I'm fairly certain this is apocryphal, but when Harley Davidson re-emerged in the 1980s, their US slogan was "The Legend Continues".

They didn't spend a lot on their first Japanese marketing campaign, and it was badly/cheaply translated into, effectively, "Antiques That Won't Stop".

Always felt too good to be true, but it raises a little smirk whenever I remember it.

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By *partharmonyCouple
26 weeks ago

Ruislip

Here's a version of the opposite. There's a pizza place in the south of London "Pizza on Demand". This just seems to be a description of how shops work - you ask for something, they give it to you and you pay. It's like they think other shops refuse to give you pizza when you ask for it or bring it round to your house randomly when you haven't ordered anything.

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By *immyinreadingMan
26 weeks ago

henley on thames

The Vauxhall nova had to be sold under a different name in Spain, as no va means “doesn’t go”.

Colloquialisms can cause a problem too. One of the German supermarkets had packs a few years ago that instructed people to “crochet your own Mickey”, with a picture of Mickey Mouse on the box. This was met with much hilarity in Ireland, where “Mickey” is slang for cock.

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By *antastic_Mr_Fox_76Man
26 weeks ago

District 13

I did because I adored Vanessa

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By *rcoupleCouple
26 weeks ago

Mid Glam

There is a shop in Gants hill called - Dracula Transylvania.

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By *hrimper36Couple
26 weeks ago

Central France dept 36

There was a company’s that put up tv Ariel’s when we only had terrestrial tv and their slogan was “satisfaction with every erection”

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By *ecadent_DevonMan
26 weeks ago

Okehampton

We have the well hung meat company down here

As well as a turfing company whose strap line is “get laid by the best”

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By *wistntwirlCouple
26 weeks ago

Middle Land

Billboard opposite a gym says something like 'We'll have your phone fixed quicker than you get that six pack'.

Do they mean months? Years? Never?

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By (user no longer on site)
26 weeks ago

Well stoned. local stone yard

All white taxis. Saw whilst working near Lytham i think it were a few weeks ago

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By *agondaMan
26 weeks ago

Witterings

Rolls Royce were going to launch the “Silver Mist” (they called their cars things like Silver Shadow etc. back then) … their German distributor pointed out that “Mist” was German slang for Shit. It never hit the roads lol

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By *arla SwingerWoman
26 weeks ago

Somewhere

Local car wash states they 'offer the best hand job in town'.

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By *immyinreadingMan
26 weeks ago

henley on thames


"Rolls Royce were going to launch the “Silver Mist” (they called their cars things like Silver Shadow etc. back then) … their German distributor pointed out that “Mist” was German slang for Shit. It never hit the roads lol "

Irish Mist had similar problems in Germany

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