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SavageAmusement 12-04-2009 12:46 AM

Bizzzzzzzzzzzare Product names...
 
I just had to share this...


http://www.tvpast.org/forum/error.gif Golden Gaytime <small>(ice-cream)</small>

<center>http://www.tvpast.org/forum/error.gif</center> Golden Gaytime is an iconic ice-cream in Australia, its name survived intact despite the homosexual connotations in modern decades. The company just decided to play up the camp name with the boxes, holding the words "4 delicious chances to have a gay time."

Here's a classic Golden Gaytime TV ad from the 80s, "Let the Gaytimes roll!"
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And a more recent Golden Gaytime TV ad (hilarious!):
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<center><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Cv-2Z1qrrHs&rel=0&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl= en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></center></object> <nobr><small>(Photo)</small></nobr>


http://www.tvpast.org/forum/error.gif Vergina <small>(beer)</small>

<center>http://www.tvpast.org/forum/error.gif</center> <nobr><small>(Photo)</small></nobr>


http://www.tvpast.org/forum/error.gif Pee Cola <small>(soft drink)</small>

<center>http://www.tvpast.org/forum/error.gif</center> A soft drink from Ghana. <nobr><small>(Photo)</small></nobr>


http://www.tvpast.org/forum/error.gif Ayds <small>(diet candy)</small>

<center>http://www.tvpast.org/forum/error.gif</center> Ayds (pronounced "AIDS") was a diet candy from the 1980s. Years later, the name would have its current meaning.

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<center><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/eaiSWspfaiw&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&featur e=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></center></object> <nobr><small>(Link | Photo)</small></nobr>


<center><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-1943569606117530"; google_ad_width = 336; google_ad_height = 280; google_ad_format = "336x280_as"; google_ad_type = "text_image"; google_color_border = "eadec9"; google_color_bg = "eadec9"; google_color_link = "703a00"; google_color_text = "000000"; google_color_url = "703a00"; google_alternate_ad_url = "http://www.oddee.com/oddee/ads/Clicksor300x250.html"; // Oddee Article Middle google_ad_channel = "3828580229"; //--></script><script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"></script>


</center>http://www.tvpast.org/forum/error.gif Shitto <small>(sauce)</small>

<center>http://www.tvpast.org/forum/error.gif</center> Shitto is an allegedly delicious Ghanaian sauce with a name that makes Americans laugh, while everyone in Ghana seems to love it. <nobr><small>(Photo)</small></nobr>


http://www.tvpast.org/forum/error.gif Megapussi <small>(potato chips)</small>

<center>http://www.tvpast.org/forum/error.gif</center> --Our readers Oona, Lance and Peppar from Finland wrote us to explain "Megapussi" is a Finnish word for a "mega bag" and not actually the product's name. Thanks! <nobr><small>(Link | Photo)</small></nobr>


http://www.tvpast.org/forum/error.gif Wack off! <small>(insect repellent)</small>

<center>http://www.tvpast.org/forum/error.gif</center> Australian repellent "used by the armed forces." They surely need it. <nobr><small>(Photo)</small></nobr>


http://www.tvpast.org/forum/error.gif SARS <small>(drink)</small>

<center>http://www.tvpast.org/forum/error.gif</center> This drink from New Zealand shares its name with SARS: Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome. <nobr><small>(Link | Photo)</small></nobr>


http://www.tvpast.org/forum/error.gif Jussipussi <small>(bread)</small>

<center>http://www.tvpast.org/forum/error.gif</center> So that's how Finnish bread tastes like. <nobr><small>(Photo)</small></nobr>


http://www.tvpast.org/forum/error.gif **** flavoured mix <small>(soup)</small>

<center>http://www.tvpast.org/forum/error.gif</center> <nobr><small>(Photo)</small></nobr>


http://www.tvpast.org/forum/error.gif 666 <small>(cold medicine)</small>

<center>http://www.tvpast.org/forum/error.gif</center> Recommended by hell. <nobr><small>(Photo)</small></nobr>

SavageAmusement 12-07-2009 06:15 AM

No one else found these strange?

mrfibble 12-08-2009 05:40 AM

lol lol


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