Absurd names of "things"!

[PaulMB]

I was just struck by the absurd names that manufacturers sometimes give to their "things."

A pair of speakers called "Dali Royal Menuet Anniversary Edition."

 

[Mynamemynaim]

Pinkfish media forum ?

 

[TheDecameron]

Posselt Albatross- you’ll never be able to get rid of the bloody things.

 

[Bob McC]

Hamilton Academicals

 

[tpetsch]

Same with.com's too, only so many not previously used names / Brands / Trademarks available these days, read an article about this a while back, it's a problem for some new manufacturers that want their products to be taken seriously.

 

[ks.234]

Jacob Rees Mogg

Strange name, strange guy

 

[Mike Reed]

Jacob Rees Mogg

With a name like that, you'd never relegate him to 'Thingy'. Wonder how many pussycats have been named after him.

 

[Sue Pertwee-Tyr]

Mazda Bongo Friendee

 

[Jamie]

Puzzles me why Channel 4 catch up service is called More 4.
Surely the more obvious option would have been Four Play?

 

[chartz]

Nowadays teams of thinkers are really well paid to come up with silly names. What a job.

 

[narabdela]

Hamilton Academicals

'Hamilton Academical' (not a plural, common mistake) actually makes sense. It started life in the 19th Century as Hamilton Academy's school football team.

 

[JTC]

Mazda Bongo Friendee

Love that name!!!

 

[Dogberry]

"Sheela na gigs"

 

[TheDecameron]

Mazda Bongo Friendee

I was convinced you synthesised that till I opened the link. I’d buy one for the sheer pleasure of telling folk when they asked what size drove.

 

[martin clark]

@TheDecameron - note Mazda also make a very small commercial vehicle called the Titan Dump.

Presumably just in case the idea of swallowing 'Bongo Friendee' marketing completely disagrees with you...

 

[Joe Hutch]

Whatever happened to the transit van, the humble original transit van? Vans have become ridiculous, with their strategies and logistics.

 

[PaulMB]

Mazda Bongo Friendee

I see it has "Hyper Slide Seats."

 

[Seeker_UK]

Mazda Bongo Friendee

If that doesn't float your boat, there's the Nissan Homy Super Long

or the Suzuki Every Joypop Turbo.

My favourite, though, is the Isuzu Giga 20 Light Dump.

 

[kendo]

Boris should have a "Pajero"...

 

[martin clark]

My favourite, though, is the Isuzu Giga 20 Light Dump.

But why have a light dump, when you could have a ..Titan dump?

[per post 15 earlier]

urbane relief.