April 27, 2002
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How well do you know your consumer products? It's a simple concept - you're given the generic name, you type in the brand name. The chance to be listed as a "winner" has long since passed, but it's still embarrassing to see how easy it is to get them all.
blatantly stolen from a link on iconomy's blog.
Ha! Teflon was only my second guess after styrofoam, and I didn't have to look it up! Which, I guess, makes me ... oh dear lord, DEVO was right after all ...
posted by yhbc at 10:04 PM on April 27, 2002
posted by yhbc at 10:04 PM on April 27, 2002
What about unsolicited junk email? Yum! Ask for it by name. :)
posted by chipr at 10:17 PM on April 27, 2002
posted by chipr at 10:17 PM on April 27, 2002
Polytetrafluoroethylene is spelled wrong on the page (ou -> uo).
posted by geoff. at 10:24 PM on April 27, 2002
posted by geoff. at 10:24 PM on April 27, 2002
but weren't Icees around first anyway? Slurpees always seemed like a cheap imitation
posted by joemaller at 12:39 AM on April 28, 2002
posted by joemaller at 12:39 AM on April 28, 2002
Aspartame got me. What is that artificial sweetener stuff called?
Sidebar: the word for celophane tape in France is Scotch. In fact, when asking for any kind of sticky tape you ask for le scotch.
posted by Dick Paris at 12:55 AM on April 28, 2002
Sidebar: the word for celophane tape in France is Scotch. In fact, when asking for any kind of sticky tape you ask for le scotch.
posted by Dick Paris at 12:55 AM on April 28, 2002
Aspartame is an artificial sweetener - like Nutrasweet or Sweet and Low (I think). Heard the question asked in a game of Trivial Pursuit.
posted by adrianhon at 3:35 AM on April 28, 2002
posted by adrianhon at 3:35 AM on April 28, 2002
Aspartame = Nutrasweet
posted by andrewraff at 8:16 AM on April 28, 2002
posted by andrewraff at 8:16 AM on April 28, 2002
Well, what are counter-tops usually made of? Not counter-top laminate, but F _ _ _ _ _ _.
posted by kindall at 8:49 AM on April 28, 2002
posted by kindall at 8:49 AM on April 28, 2002
Name comes from a subsitute for mica, I believe.
posted by Dick Paris at 8:50 AM on April 28, 2002
posted by Dick Paris at 8:50 AM on April 28, 2002
Note that the Retail Alphabet Game on the same site is much, much harder.
posted by anastasiav at 8:52 AM on April 28, 2002
posted by anastasiav at 8:52 AM on April 28, 2002
yea, aspartame's real brand name is nutrasweet, and they use nutrasweet to make equal, but they also use it to make diet coke, and lots of other stuff, so that one isn't exactly right...
posted by rhyax at 9:30 AM on April 28, 2002
posted by rhyax at 9:30 AM on April 28, 2002
Hmmm. Both nutrasweet and equal (my original response) are accepted as correct answers. Going over it again, I also find that both Coke and Pepsi are accepted as correct answers to "cola beverage". There's probably other questions where more than one answer is accepted. If someone wanted to, it looks they could keep a running total of the responses that are given as answers to measure the brands' relative "popularity", at least so far as the brand names have permeated the culture. Now I'm wondering if that's what this is really all about.
posted by yhbc at 11:21 AM on April 28, 2002
posted by yhbc at 11:21 AM on April 28, 2002
there is no single product named "coca-cola"
According to the Coca-Cola company, that is the product name.
'Coke' was an "elf-like sprite" (1941-1959 section) introduced to promote the use of the word 'Coke'. It has become the (un)official name for the product, and we all say 'Coke', but it is called "Coca-Cola".
posted by mikhail at 11:30 AM on April 28, 2002
According to the Coca-Cola company, that is the product name.
'Coke' was an "elf-like sprite" (1941-1959 section) introduced to promote the use of the word 'Coke'. It has become the (un)official name for the product, and we all say 'Coke', but it is called "Coca-Cola".
posted by mikhail at 11:30 AM on April 28, 2002
I think that Icy's should have been accepted since the name is just a regional difference.
I bought my kid an Icy at 7-11 just yesterday here in Oklahoma, but out on the East Coast it would have been called a Slurpee.
posted by thatothrgirl at 5:42 PM on April 28, 2002
I bought my kid an Icy at 7-11 just yesterday here in Oklahoma, but out on the East Coast it would have been called a Slurpee.
posted by thatothrgirl at 5:42 PM on April 28, 2002
As an ex-Okie myself, I can attest to the fact that Icy Drinks and Slurpees are two different animals. The Icy is much smoother, more like a snow cone but only more saturated. A guy in high school had the theory that you could make your own Icy Drink by sawing a block of ice with a handsaw. Slurpees, OTOH, are little round ice nodules suspended in the syrup.
Just thought I'd throw that in.
posted by yhbc at 8:18 PM on April 28, 2002
Just thought I'd throw that in.
posted by yhbc at 8:18 PM on April 28, 2002
yhbc - ah, thanks for the clarification.
To me that sounds like a slush, ala Sonic or called a Slush Puppy(ie) in some convenience stores and are in mostly fruity flavors, whereas, the Icy was mostly Coke, Dr. Pepper, and then maybe cherry - which made a cool mix. 'Course now, they are using Pepsico products, which means no Icy (or Slurpee) for me.
posted by thatothrgirl at 4:45 PM on April 29, 2002
To me that sounds like a slush, ala Sonic or called a Slush Puppy(ie) in some convenience stores and are in mostly fruity flavors, whereas, the Icy was mostly Coke, Dr. Pepper, and then maybe cherry - which made a cool mix. 'Course now, they are using Pepsico products, which means no Icy (or Slurpee) for me.
posted by thatothrgirl at 4:45 PM on April 29, 2002
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there is no single product named "coca-cola"
"ptfe" isn't styrofoam
posted by yhbc at 9:38 PM on April 27, 2002