David on 2/7/2009 at 15:46
(
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/8130334.stm)
Russia's Gazprom and Nigeria's state-operated NNPC have formed a joint oil and gas company, which they have called Nigaz.
I really hope that it was a joke suggestion by a young marketing exec that just got out of control and the 'real' meaning passed right over the heads of the stuffy older ones, cos that'd be awesome.
Matthew on 2/7/2009 at 15:49
For a minute I thought this was another Transformers 2 thread.
van HellSing on 2/7/2009 at 15:58
Nigaz stole my central heating.
demagogue on 2/7/2009 at 16:13
I think we finally have a contender to the Ford Nova for most hilarious marketing blunder ever.
Ostriig on 2/7/2009 at 16:30
I don't think ol' Ivan cares enough that it could be labeled as a blunder.
P.S.
Quote:
Originally Posted by (http://bash.org/?113023) bash.org#113023 +(877)- [X]
<`Sonny-Michaels> Oh good lord
<`Sonny-Michaels> As if (
www.mofo.com) wasn't bad enough
<`Sonny-Michaels> You know the company Powergen?
<@Evil-PR-Director> uh oh
<`Sonny-Michaels> I'm told they're starting to move into Italy
<`Sonny-Michaels> Using the suffix Italia tacked onto the corp name
<`Sonny-Michaels> That's wrong in more ways than I want to think about
<@Evil-PR-Director> yeah...
<`Sonny-Michaels> Specially since they spelled it out for the url
<`Sonny-Michaels> (
http://www.powergenitalia.com/)
D'Juhn Keep on 2/7/2009 at 17:08
Toyota MR2
Briareos H on 2/7/2009 at 17:16
I AM LITERALLY ROLLING ON THE FLOOR LAUGHING THANK YOU FOR THIS DELIGHTFUL PIECE OF WORLD NEWS
A++++
hopper on 2/7/2009 at 18:37
Mitsubishi Pajero
Starrfall on 2/7/2009 at 18:40
It is my dearest hope that anyone who calls their customer service department or anything does so by saying "Nigaz, please?"
