Brand Names.

[Mr Angry]

My mum, who passed 40 years ago always called a vacuum cleaner a Hoover, so now does my daughter.

Best Australian export is Speedo, eg.


Like seriously do you call them anything else?

Budgie smugglers. dickstickers, but in the end speedos.

Canadian Bacon comes to mind.

# this thread came about as I was asked to Hoover to floor...

 

[The Rosco]

Yep. That a brand dominates the market to that extent is amazing.
Kleenex is another.

 

[The Lounge Lizard]

Hand me a Biro will ya?

 

[TDD91]

Jacuzzi
Aspirin
Escalator
Heroin

 

[Parra]

Walkman

 

[The Lounge Lizard]

Jacuzzi
Aspirin
Escalator
Heroin

Bayer lost its trademarks for heroin and aspirin in 1919 under the Treaty of Versailles.

Otis Elevators lost their trademark for escalator in the early 1950s.

So Jacuzzi is the only proper current brand name on the list.

 

[NK Arsenal]

Chux

 

[The Lounge Lizard]

Coke.

Nobody says "Can I have a can of cola please?"

 

[The Lounge Lizard]

Chux

And his best mate - Spray n Wipe.

 

[horrie hastings]

And his best mate - Spray n Wipe.

and its other mate Windex.

 

[horrie hastings]

Coke.

Nobody says "Can I have a can of cola please?"

Yep back in my younger days it would always be a scotch and coke at the pub not a scotch and cola.

 

[Mr Angry]

FTR I own speedos, not sexy enough to just wear them, they go under my "Billiabongs" or "Quicksilver" shorts, Australian brands. As a teenager i wore nothing else....

Now kmart works......lol.

 

[Mr Angry]

I conned my dad into buying a town and country surfboard.

 

[Parra]

Esky

 

[horrie hastings]

Esky

Unless you are a Kiwi and its a chilly bin .

 

[horrie hastings]

Bic

 

[Parra]

Unless you are a Kiwi and its a chilly bin .

Chilli bun?

 

[Mr Angry]

Bic


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French, they are everywhere.

 

[Mr Angry]

Freakin everywhere, I live in Queensland, New Caledonia a French place in closer than New Zealand.

 

[Mr Angry]

French ladies, sooooo, so fine.

Men surrender.