Funny company name - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: Circlotron
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 01, 2024, 02:16:15 am
content: Seen at the Bauma earthmoving equipment trade show in Shanghai.

author: Smokey
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 01, 2024, 02:18:25 am
content: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/chat/funny-company-names/

author: amyk
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 01, 2024, 04:15:31 am
content: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ding_(vessel) was and apparently still is common as a character in Chinese company names. I'm not sure what's "slightly" about this one though.

author: vk6zgo
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 01, 2024, 04:21:52 am
content: Funny names aren't solely the domain of the Chinese though, when I was a kid, we had a baker called "Brown & Burns".And of course, there was always the ever popular "Wayne Kerr".

author: Psi
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 01, 2024, 04:30:33 am
content: And lets not forget ASSMANN connectors.

author: dustooff
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: December 01, 2024, 05:13:59 am
content: i like the bit to the left, CEDADINGLUE CE DAD IN GLUE

author: basinstreetdesign
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: December 01, 2024, 08:05:44 am
content: I used to see a white service van from a small company whose name escapes me, running around north Toronto, with the slogan "Don't Get Boned". I'll never forget it but will always wonder what service they did.

author: G7PSK
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 06, 2024, 03:17:04 pm
content: I once saw a van sign painted with "Bodget & Skarper builders" Not sure they stayed in business very long as I have never it again.

author: vk6zgo
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 06, 2024, 10:50:31 pm
content: The mother of them all is the gambling company "Ladbrokes".They should have the slogan:- "Sending lads (& lasses) broke since 1886!"

author: coppice
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 06, 2024, 11:00:43 pm
content: The "slightly" should really have come out as something like "strategic", although in other contexts it can mean slightly (yeah, translation is funky). I guess that's what some translation software gave them.

author: Halcyon
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: December 06, 2024, 11:09:04 pm
content: https://www.analygas.comToo close to "Anal Gas" for comfort.

author: Analog Kid
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 07, 2024, 01:09:05 am
content: The company I once worked for used a company called Lou's Data to handle their database work ...

author: temperance
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 07, 2024, 01:12:49 am
content: Stiff nipples air conditioner service

author: tom66
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 07, 2024, 04:03:37 pm
content: Mammoth Erection scaffolding companyhttps://www.flickr.com/photos/davidfarrant/2527343106

author: vk6zgo
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 08, 2024, 12:12:26 am
content: Quote from: Halcyon on December 06, 2024, 11:09:04 pmVoltaren make some topical painkilling products, & used to sell one called "Voltaren Analgel" (apparently from the word "analgesic").Perhaps due to confusion about its intended use, the name has now become "Emulgel"

author: VK3DRB
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 12, 2024, 10:10:38 am
content: Not electronics, but say this Aussie company name quickly a few times...https://www.fodderking.com.au/It is a real company providing fodder for livestock.

author: cunningfellow
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: December 12, 2024, 10:02:14 pm
content: I know there is controversy about the past tense. Should it beit -> atit -> ittedhttp://www.chefshat.com.au/

author: TimFox
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 12, 2024, 10:06:19 pm
content: In the stop-action animated movie "Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit" (2005), Gromit (the dog) assembles rabbit crates using a "Botch" power drill.

author: Analog Kid
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 12, 2024, 10:09:37 pm
content: Quote from: cunningfellow on December 12, 2024, 10:02:14 pmGood one. I'm compiling a list. So far:therapist--> the rapistcoworker--> cow orkerchef's hat--> chef shatPen Island--> penis land

author: cunningfellow
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: December 12, 2024, 10:16:07 pm
content: Well there was the joke in the TV show Arrested Development that the guy was doingpsychoANALasys and also was a THERAPIST