that's nothing new, for many years, some people put their advertisements to run upside down Since it's not the norm, it draws your attention....as well as billboards.
> -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:u2-users- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Steve Romanow > Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2011 10:03 AM > To: U2 Users List > Subject: Re: [U2] [SPAM?]Re: silly company names > > We have a silly marketing ploy in my town that tweaks me every time I > drive by. A local security company has their sign on the pole upside > down. Been that way for 3 years now. I have no idea why they have > not made them flip it over, but it certainly draws the eye. Grrrr. > > On Sun, Feb 20, 2011 at 10:00 AM, Steve Romanow <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I am not in marketing by any means, but isnt the chore for branding > > to make something that "sticks" whether it is a word or not? Sony is > > not a real word, but a great company name. > > > > The source for Ubuntu's name is pretty well known and documented on > their site. > > > > On Sun, Feb 20, 2011 at 9:57 AM, Steve Romanow <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Or the Gnu version, Gawk King. Had to go there. > >> > >> > >> > >> On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 7:53 PM, Kevin King <[email protected]> > wrote: > >>> Ah how I miss the caveman days when you could name your kids "awk", > "grep", > >>> and "sed" and people wouldn't stare... > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> U2-Users mailing list > >>> [email protected] > >>> http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users > >>> > >> > > > _______________________________________________ > U2-Users mailing list > [email protected] > http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users _______________________________________________ U2-Users mailing list [email protected] http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
