V2-OMG!

My apologies if this has been posted in the "Again" thread. I have not read all 23+ pages of reply........



Hard to believe it's been almost eleven years......



Hope this billboard wasn't on the expressway leading to the airport!.....

probes

Oh, God. Should we have a very black humour thread?

During the 9/11 - I happened to be in a pub for lunch - the weirdest feeling was that it felt like a movie. How do the blackest scenarios come true? (even the Titanic was preceded by a book describing almost identical shipwreck of a ship called Titan).

11Fan

Yeah, that one of the World Trade Center is eerie.

It's strange seeing the towers in older movies as well.

CityofFlight

Wow..... there is dark and then there is.....not appropriate. I'm thinking this is not the former.

11Fan

I'm wondering if the cover of the Entertainment Magazine was already in print (maybe not yet released) before the massacre. It wouldn't be the first time.

11Fan

Looks like the Entertainment Magazine was dated July 14th, 2012. At least the page of the story was.

Sorry, the link didn't work. It's a blog. If you Google "entertainment magazine batman" and select images, it shows up there. You can go to the story by opening the picture then hit Website for this image.

Wassat Noyze

McDonalds McWrap - fantastic! Never eaten one, but ordered loads!

Video: McDonald's European marketing gaffe - Telegraph

flynverted

The UAL 767 that was flown into the towers, taken pre 9-11 at KEWR, with the twin towers in the backround (visible under the tail)

angels

Isn't there a car called the 'Pajero' and it means 'w@nker' in Spanish?

Must be some good ads for that?

hellsbrink

Mitsubishi, ain't it?

Called the "Montero" in Spain.

Mercedes almost came a cropper in Finland with the "Vito". Pretty close to a rather strong profanity over there........

MadsDad

And, I believe, the 'Nova' didn't go down too well in Spain.

hellsbrink

Unfortunately, madsdad,

snopes.com: Nova Don't Go

Amelia_Flashtart

In Hong Kong just before the SARS outbreak they had a tourism campaign with amazing scenes of Hong Kong with the slogan "Hong Kong - it takes your breath away". This campaign was withdrawn very quickly. Brilliant campaign just very unfortunate timing......

Pelikal

angels, looks like you are correct:

pajero- en sentido sexual significa " ******/tosser"
it can also mean liar.

(Collins, Spanish Dictionary)

603DX

Rolls Royce cars were intending to call one of their models the Silver Mist, until it was pointed out that mist means manure in Germany.

Pelikal

From a word reference website:

Mitsubishi should definitely get a Spanish assesor - they've called another or their cars "laputa".

Literally: "laputa" "the-hore".

Heavens forbid, the w@nker and the whore.

MadsDad

Tair enoughm Hells.

One I definitely remember reading about though was in the European Touring Car championship in the 60s in the round at Estoril the car speonsored by Cona Coffee was black-flagged after the first couple of laps of practice and taken from the pits under police escort. Apparently nobody realised/remembered that 'Cona' has a different meaning in Portugese.

hellsbrink

Not as "unfortunate" as the ad run on NBC after Gabby Douglas won gold.......

That's what you call a MAJOR "Oopsie"

11Fan

For those of you unaware, this is what HB was referring to.

Poor sound quality though.

NBC: 'No Offense Was Intended' By Commercial That Played After Gabby Douglas Win

Fox3WheresMyBanana

Spanish friends of mine do refer to Nescafe as "No es cafe" - "It isn't coffee"