WELCOME to Tuesday, August 4, 2015.  

Nova Award Nominees….

These are the nominees for the Chevy Nova Award. This is given out in honor of the GM’s fiasco in trying to market its car in Central and South America. No va means, of course, in Spanish, “it doesn’t go.”

1. The Dairy Association’s huge success with the campaign “Got Milk?” prompted them to expand advertising to Mexico. It was soon brought to their attention the Spanish translation read “Are you lactating?”

2. Coors put its slogan, “Turn it Loose,” into Spanish, where it was read as “Suffer from Diarrhea.”

3. Scandinavian vacuum manufacturer Electrolux used the following in an American campaign: “Nothing sucks like an Electrolux.”

4. Clairol introduced the “Mist Stick,” a curling iron, into Germany only to find out that “mist” is slang for manure. Not too many people had use for the “Manure Stick.”

5. When Gerber started selling baby food in Africa, they used the same packaging as in the US, with the smiling baby on the label. Later they learned that in Africa, companies routinely put pictures on the labels of what’s inside, since many people can’t read.

6. Colgate introduced a toothpaste in France called Cue, the name of a notorious porno magazine.

7. An American T-shirt maker in Miami printed shirts for the Spanish market which promoted the Pope’s visit. Instead of “I saw the Pope” (el Papa), the shirts read “I Saw the Potato” (la papa).

8. Pepsi’s “Come Alive with the Pepsi Generation” translated into “Pepsi Brings Your Ancestors Back From the Grave” in Chinese.

9. The Coca-Cola name in China was first read as Kekoukela, meaning “Bite the wax tadpole” or “female horse stuffed with wax,” depending on the dialect. Coke then researched 40,000 characters to find a phonetic equivalent kokou kole, translating into “happiness in the mouth.”

10. Frank Perdue’s chicken slogan, “It takes a strong man to make a tender chicken” was translated into Spanish as “it takes an aroused man to make a chicken affectionate.”

11. When Parker Pen marketed a ballpoint pen in Mexico, its ads were supposed to have read, “It won’t leak in your pocket and embarrass you.” The company thought that the word embarazar (to impregnate) meant to embarrass, so the ad read: “It won’t leak in your pocket and make you pregnant!”

12. When American Airlines wanted to advertise its new leather first class seats in the Mexican market, it translated its “Fly in Leather” campaign literally, which meant “Fly Naked” (vuela en cuero) in Spanish.

That’s my story and I’m sticking to it! Have a great Tuesday people and whatever you do, don’t forget to LAUGH IT UP! Peace, I am outta here, Eucman! 

 

 

QUOTES OF THE DAY    

The true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life. – William Morris  

The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls. – Pablo Picasso   

Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is daily admission of one’s weakness. It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a heart. Mahatma Gandhi  

But I have found that in the simple act of living with hope, and in the daily effort to have a positive impact in the world, the days I do have are made all the more meaningful and precious. And for that I am grateful. Elizabeth Edwards  

Right now I am trying to be in a place of calm, a place where I can chill out and then handle the chaos of life better. You don’t just get it overnight; you have to work at it. It’s a daily struggle. Jackee Harry  

In every day, there are 1,440 minutes. That means we have 1,440 daily opportunities to make a positive impact. Les Brown  

All major religious traditions carry basically the same message, that is love, compassion and forgiveness the important thing is they should be part of our daily lives. Dalai Lama  

People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing – that’s why we recommend it daily. Zig Ziglar 

 

 

G U A R A N T E D T O M A K E Y O U L A F F….

A stingy old lawyer who had been diagnosed with a terminal illness was determined to prove wrong the saying, “You can’t take it with you.” After much thought and consideration, the old ambulance chaser finally figured out how to take at least some of his money with him when he died. He instructed his wife to go to the bank and withdraw enough money to fill two pillowcases. He then directed her to take the bags of money to the attic and leave them directly above his bed. His plan—when he passed away, he would reach out and grab the bags on his way to Heaven. Several weeks after the funeral, the deceased lawyer’s wife was up in the attic cleaning and found the two pillowcases stuffed with cash. “Oh, that old fool,” she exclaimed. “I knew he should have had me put the money in the basement.”

 

 

Monday’s Movie Trivia of the day!‘ What movie is this quote from??? “Where is he, your mother!”  

Answer: Three Fugitives! This quote was from “Three Fugitives” starring Martin Short and Nick Nolte. They dress Martin Short up as a woman and his daughter as a boy to avoid the cops. He takes a while coming out of the house while Nick and the daughter are waiting for him and that’s what Nick says.  

Tuesday Movie Trivia of the day! What movie is this quote from??? “Cute! Baby ducks are cute. I want to be exotic.”

 

 

Monday’s Quizzler is……….

My great-grandmother was exceptional from first to last. She was the first baby born in the state in 1851. She was almost the first centenarian in the family, but she died in 1950, one day before her 100th birthday.

The cause of her death was not unusual; thousands of people died of the same cause that year and also in previous years. Her death was exceptional because she was the last person ever to die from that cause in the United States.

What was the cause of death?  

ANSWER:  Old age. No American has died of old age since 1951. Old age was “cured” at a Public Health Conference on Records and Statistics. All state and federal agencies were ordered to adopt a standard list of 130 contributing and underlying causes of death. In 1951, the list deleted “old age” as a cause of death.

There is still some debate over whether old age is an appropriate cause of death. If someone dies peacefully in their sleep at age 95, one or several organs may have shut down, but isn’t the underlying cause old age? 

 

Tuesday’s Quizzler is……….

Feed, good, and kiss are 3 examples of words with double letters. Use the clues and fill in the blanks to find words with consecutive double letters. Remember, these words have 2 sets of double letters in a row!

1. A woodwind instrument that dates back to the mid 16th century.

B _ _ _ _ _ N

2. A sweet treat that is sometimes made with nuts or raisins.

T _ _ _ _ E

3. A term that can be used to describe boats and ships.

K _ _ _ _ _ _ S

4. A character in a courtroom.

A _ _ _ _ _ _ E

—Experts Only!—

5. A Belgian language.

W _ _ _ _ _ N

—Just For Fun!—

6. This word has 3 consecutive double letters!

B _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ R

 

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