Unlikely Company Names

[artag]

If I was selling pens I would name the company Pen Island. The website would read: PenisLand(dot)com

I think England beat you there, too

http://d.ibtimes.co.uk/en/full/198992/penistone.jpg

[amyk]

If I was selling pens I would name the company Pen Island. The website would read: PenisLand(dot)com

I think England beat you there, too

http://d.ibtimes.co.uk/en/full/198992/penistone.jpg

Perfect name for an audiophile equipment company (with "wank factor"...)

[vk6zgo]

In Greenwood West Oz,Penistone Road intersects Cockman Road.

[crispy_tofu]

Here is a BRAND brand cassette player  .

*insert placeholder text here* 

[vk6zgo]

Looking around Ebay, I came across this wall-wart.
Somebody actually thinks that "OEM" is a logical company name.
And If I'm not mistaken, it looks like they have actually invoked the circle-R registered trademark symbol.



It brings to memory those other legends like that post-war Japanese town that named itself "Usa" so that it could make products marked: "Made in USA"
http://www.snopes.com/business/genius/usa.asp

Looking back,I said I hadn't seen OEM until after the 1990s.
On reflection,I should have qualified it by saying I hadn't heard it used in the modern sense.

The old meaning of "OEM" was,where,say,Philips made a device "in house" & used it in their own equipment.
That exact device was not available elsewhere as a standard part----in other words,it was made by the "Original Equipment Manufacturer".

It has now morphed to the point that "OEM manufacturers" are those who make & sell sub units,or finished units to other companies to sell under their own brand,which is altogether a different shade of meaning.

"Badge Engineering" of this type has always occurred,but the terminology has changed.

[timb]

If I was selling pens I would name the company Pen Island. The website would read: PenisLand(dot)com

I think England beat you there, too

http://d.ibtimes.co.uk/en/full/198992/penistone.jpg

I'm confused... Is the penis a really good singer? Or is it English and just weighs a lot...

[calexanian]

Bigass fans actually work pretty darn well. They were specked into a design we made the controls for.

[AlxDroidDev]

Bigass fans actually work pretty darn well. They were specked into a design we made the controls for.

True. I saw several of them in the Vehicle Assembly Building, in Cape Canaveral (NASA).

[abaxas]

Note on Penistone...... it's famous for it's organ!

http://www.penistone-compton.co.uk/

[dannyf]

In the good old days of pay phones and land lines, there is a telephone company who connect collect calls named "Whatever":

Joe the customer picks up the phone: "could I place a call to my friend John? collect please."
Operator: "which company would like to route the call through, Mr.?"
Joe: "whatever".
Operator: "call going through"
....

[XOIIO]

Don't forget the classics

Another classic.

[Rick Law]

Back in the days (15-20 yrs ago) when large companies prints an internal phone directory...  One of the department of that company was "Analytical Service" (it analyze data)

The phone directory lists:

Doe, Joe... IT Sevice... 123-4567
Doe, John... Anal Service...  234-5678

[Refrigerator]

Don't forget Parts-express.com , the dash makes all the difference.

[gnavigator1007]

Hi,

I have to direct you:

http://www.bigassfans.com/company/

Regards,

Jay_Diddy_B

I used to get their catalog years ago.  Always lusted after a few of them, but never got to see one in action until or first local brewery opened.  Really damn impressive.  Really helps them keep their warehouse cool in the Florida summer.  And of course they live up to their name

[vk6zgo]

Voltaren analgesic gel was originally marketed in Oz as "Voltaren Analgel".

They changed the name to "Emulgel"------- perhaps there were complaints that it was ineffective when applied to some parts of the  body ?

[crispy_tofu]

Kissing and Wedding? 

I was looking for that picture but can not find it anywhere.

This one? 

[rrinker]

 OK, if we're including city and town names...

Here in Pennsylvania, USA we have: Paradise, Intercourse, Blue Ball, and Virginville. If you try to drive from Virginville to Paradise via Intercourse, but make a wrong turn, you end up in Blue Ball. But first you have to go through Bird-in-Hand.

All 100% true.

[apelly]

Don't forget Fairydown. Great Kiwi brand. Didn't sell that well in Aus.

Of course we're all too enlightened these days to worry about a name, hey?

[Smokey]

Quit trying to steal my thread idea!

https://www.eevblog.com/forum/chat/funny-company-names/

My lawyers should be contacting you shortly

[Cerebus]

Or it could be a real brand name from before "OEM" came to have its current meaning.
Before the late '90s  "OEM" was not in general use---I  first heard it even later than that!

"OEM" was in use, with its current generally understood meaning, in the 1970's in the computer industry.

Ian

[tggzzz]

Or it could be a real brand name from before "OEM" came to have its current meaning.
Before the late '90s  "OEM" was not in general use---I  first heard it even later than that!

"OEM" was in use, with its current generally understood meaning, in the 1970's in the computer industry.

Ian

I couldn't be bothered to point that out a second time!

[vk6zgo]

Or it could be a real brand name from before "OEM" came to have its current meaning.
Before the late '90s  "OEM" was not in general use---I  first heard it even later than that!

"OEM" was in use, with its current generally understood meaning, in the 1970's in the computer industry.

Ian

I couldn't be bothered to point that out a second time!

With respect tggzz,that tsn't what you pointed out,& I quote:-

"Even back in the early '70s, there was debate/confusion as to whether OEM meant "Own Equipment Manufacturer" or "Original Equipment Manufacturer". Different people gave different answers, and there was a bias towards the answer being industry dependent"
You didn't refer to the computer industry at all,& neither of the terms sound anything like the current meaning.

I didn't have anything to do with the computer ingustry in the 1970s.
I can only quote my experience in the Electronics Industry.

[Psi]

[tggzzz]

Or it could be a real brand name from before "OEM" came to have its current meaning.
Before the late '90s  "OEM" was not in general use---I  first heard it even later than that!

"OEM" was in use, with its current generally understood meaning, in the 1970's in the computer industry.

I couldn't be bothered to point that out a second time!

With respect tggzz,that tsn't what you pointed out,& I quote:-

"Even back in the early '70s, there was debate/confusion as to whether OEM meant "Own Equipment Manufacturer" or "Original Equipment Manufacturer". Different people gave different answers, and there was a bias towards the answer being industry dependent"
You didn't refer to the computer industry at all,& neither of the terms sound anything like the current meaning.

I didn't have anything to do with the computer ingustry in the 1970s.
I can only quote my experience in the Electronics Industry.

When I wrote the comment I presumed you would accept the information. My mistake.

In any case, the computer industry was one of the industries, the electronics was another. And I didn't want to make any presumptions about other industries because I knew the limits to my knowledge.

As for what "Original Equipment Manufacturer" means, http://www.investopedia.com/terms/o/oem.asp notes that "... There isn't a typo here; the two definitions do contradict each other. This term has become very confusing since it now can be used in both contexts ...". That was true in the 1970s as well.

[vk6zgo]

Or it could be a real brand name from before "OEM" came to have its current meaning.
Before the late '90s  "OEM" was not in general use---I  first heard it even later than that!

"OEM" was in use, with its current generally understood meaning, in the 1970's in the computer industry.

I couldn't be bothered to point that out a second time!

With respect tggzz,that tsn't what you pointed out,& I quote:-

"Even back in the early '70s, there was debate/confusion as to whether OEM meant "Own Equipment Manufacturer" or "Original Equipment Manufacturer". Different people gave different answers, and there was a bias towards the answer being industry dependent"
You didn't refer to the computer industry at all,& neither of the terms sound anything like the current meaning.

I didn't have anything to do with the computer ingustry in the 1970s.
I can only quote my experience in the Electronics Industry.

When I wrote the comment I presumed you would accept the information. My mistake.

In any case, the computer industry was one of the industries, the electronics was another. And I didn't want to make any presumptions about other industries because I knew the limits to my knowledge.

As for what "Original Equipment Manufacturer" means, http://www.investopedia.com/terms/o/oem.asp notes that "... There isn't a typo here; the two definitions do contradict each other. This term has become very confusing since it now can be used in both contexts ...". That was true in the 1970s as well.

Maybe you had the best intentions,but you just had to spoil it with a "snarky oneliner".