Posts archive for: 6 August, 2006
  • Unusual names which have appeared on wine labels.

    Fat Bastard

    Scraping The Barrel

    Cardinal Zin

    The Unpronounceable Grape

    Eye Of The Toad

    Cat's Pee On A Gooseberry Bush

    The Dog's Bollocks

    Goats Do Roam

    Festival Of Clowns

    Two Toads

    Old Git

    Love My Goat

    Old Tart

    Rude Boy

    George Best

    Van der Table

    Hair Of The Dingo

    Flying Pig

    Smoking Parrot

    Frog's Piss

    Cleavage Creek

    Lazy Lizard

  • Origins of some company names.

    Amstrad - Alan Michael Sugar Trading

    Asda - Associated Dairies

    Aldi - Albrecht (name of founders) & discount

    Corel - Coupland Research Laboratory

    Esso - enunciation of the initials S.O. (Standard Oil)

    Fiat - Fabbrica Italiana Autimobili Torino

    LEGO _ portmanteau of Danish words 'leg godt' which mean 'play well'

    Pepsi - named after the digestive enzyme, pepsin

    Volvo - Latin for 'I roll'

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