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Naming things is an art, as we all know, but sometimes names for products or events can't be explained with ignorance. They must be some kind of joke.
Here we have a kind of backpack with only one diagonal strap. Some genius invented the name 'body bag' for them. And then we have 'public viewing', which surprisingly does not take place after someone died. Instead, it happens at all kinds of championships and other sports events.
Here are some more great products.[^] Granted, some words from other languages may have a totally different meaning in English, but whoever made up these names should have been aware of that.
Edit: Liberals and Sander avert your eyes![^]
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
modified 20-Feb-17 8:36am.
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CDP1802 wrote: Here we have a kind of backpack with only one diagonal strap.
Most uncomfortable bag ever.
* CALL APOGEE, SAY AARDWOLF
* GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
* Never pay more than 20 bucks for a computer game.
* I'm a puny punmaker.
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While you are carrying it or while you were carried away in it?
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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While I'm carrying it - if I'm being carried in one I would't feel uncomfortable, or any other way 
* CALL APOGEE, SAY AARDWOLF
* GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
* Never pay more than 20 bucks for a computer game.
* I'm a puny punmaker.
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That makes being carried away in one preferrable over having to carry one?
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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I wouldn't try, but I'd definetely suggest it to quite a number of people 
* CALL APOGEE, SAY AARDWOLF
* GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
* Never pay more than 20 bucks for a computer game.
* I'm a puny punmaker.
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Carry on. I am sure you can come up with more jokes!
... such stuff as dreams are made on
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Vegetarian and under $1.50.. what a bargain! 
Ah, I see you have the machine that goes ping. This is my favorite. You see we lease it back from the company we sold it to and that way it comes under the monthly current budget and not the capital account.
modified 31-Aug-21 21:01pm.
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Well 燕丸 is swallow balls, I'm not sure how else you'd put it, even though it now carries an unfortunate connotation..
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Nothing wrong with a nice tasty Pork Faggot[^]. 
And the food pre-dates the American pejorative slang by at least 63 years, so don't try to claim the makers should have "been aware" of that alternative meaning.
(There are plenty of other meanings[^] too.)
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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CDP1802 wrote: Edit: Liberals and Sander avert your eyes![^]
ARGHHH WHY DID I LOOK!? 
Reminds me of some brand of paracetamol. Their packaging had instructions in pictures.
Picture 1: Person with headache.
Picture 2: Person takes pill.
Picture 3: Person is happy.
They then shipped to the Middle-East and Asia... Where they read from right to left 
Can't find a picture right now.
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Not always the same meaning, could be historical, geographical
consider something like this
Sin tack
the any key okay
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There is also the Mitsubishi Shogun (UK name) also known in Australia and Japan as the "Pajero".
Which is unfortunate if you speak Spanish ... as it means "a person who plays on their own", if you know what I mean. A neighbour of mine had a second hand imported one, and I have to say that watching him drive round with "Pajero" emblazoned on his vehicle fit really well...
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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How much does Wo get paid for coming up with these names?
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I take it you have a yen to find out?
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A typo! How Wong of me!
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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Freudian slip, there, given that half the products are Chinese?
Wo == mandarin for "I".
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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@melchizidechh
You won on Friday - nobody got it - so you're supposed to be up again today.
But I guess it's getting a bit late - so we'll make it tomorrow, OK?
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Sorry, yes, I'll have summat for tomorrow. Snowed under today.
One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got in my pajamas, I don't know.
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So what was the answer to Fridays?
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Trainspotting
Wee Tom : T
Keeps an eye on the weather : Rainspotting
Trainspotting 2 had just come out that morning so I figured it was a timely cultural reference
One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got in my pajamas, I don't know.
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Ah, I see.
Easy when you have the solution...
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LOST
One took a $100 bill from the register without being noticed. After that he collected goods worth $70 and payed with the stolen bill... The cashier - unaware of the theft - gave back the $30 change. How much was actually stolen from the shop?
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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$100.
-100: The person took $100 from the register.
-70: The person purchased $70 goods from the shop.
+100: The person paid $100 to the cashier.
-30: The person received $30 change from the cashier.
-100: Total
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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Ah, but there was nothing about the money being given back being counted as non-stolen.
0. He stole $11
Amount stolen = $100
1. He paid for goods with stolen money, from which he got change; i.e. he stole $100-worth of goods and change.
Amount stolen = $100
Total amount stolen = $200
You have to remember the devious mind of the question-setter.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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