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Brand names that don't export well.

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We've been discussing brand names that don't export well on adlist this week. Some things can have names that people in other countries may misunderstand. It all began with this can:
spotted dick
To which I exclaimed "personally I'm simply horrified that it comes in a can and is microwavable." but UK adlisters assured me that it's actually pretty decent. American and other adlisters meanwhile, were rolling on the floor laughing.

The UK does have a few of these not possible for US export food gems, such as:

Pull over! Design police is here!

Bad boys, bad boys, what'cha gonna do, what'cha gonna do when they come for you? The Design Police are here and they will cover your documents with screaming red alerts pointing out all the mistakes you've made. You too can be a design police deputy, download the visual enforcement kit and stick it to bad design. *

* sorry, my puns get worse the later it gets.

It's for toothpaste?

Well it's not exactly front page news, but I hoped Adlanders out there might enjoy counting the number of ways in which this ad is just...wrong. It was discovered in a magazine recently and has had jaws dropping all over my agency.

You have to see this to believe it.

The ten biggest cocks in advertising

Who knows how long this BBC clip will last on youtube, but while it does, enjoy the truth! Charlie Brooker runs through the ten worst blokes in current UK TV advertising. Hee-larious.