1. Coors put its slogan, "Turn it loose," into Spanish, where it was read as "Suffer from diarrhea." 2. Scandinavian vacuum manufacturer Electrolux used the following in an American campaign: "Nothing sucks like an Electrolux."
3. Clairol introduced the "Mist Stick", a curling iron, into German only to find out that "mist" is slang for manure. Not too many people had use for the "manure stick."
4. When Gerber started selling baby food in Africa, they used the same packaging as in the U.S., with the beautiful Caucasian baby on the label. Later they learned that in Africa, companies routinely put pictures on the label of what's inside, since most people can't read.
5. Colgate introduced a toothpaste in France called Cue, the name of a notorious porno magazine.
6. An American T-shirt maker in Miami printed shirts for the Spanish market which promoted the Pope's visit. Instead of "I saw the Pope" (el Papa), the shirts read "I saw the potato" (la papa).
7. Pepsi's "Come alive with the Pepsi Generation" translated into "Pepsi brings your ancestors back from the grave", in Chinese.
8. Frank Perdue's chicken slogan, "it takes a strong man to make a tender chicken" was translated into Spanish as "it takes an aroused man to make a chicken affectionate."
9. The Coca-Cola name in China was first read as "Ke-kou-ke-la", meaning "Bite the wax tadpole" or "female horse stuffed with wax", depending on the dialect. Coke then researched 40,000 characters to find a phonetic equivalent "ko-kou-ko-le", translating into "happiness in the mouth."
10. When Parker Pen marketed a ball-point pen in Mexico, its ads were supposed to have read, "it won't leak in your pocket and embarrass you". Instead, the company thought that the word "embarazar" (to impregnate) meant to embarrass, so the ad read: "It won't leak in your pocket and make you pregnant."
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What if... God couldn't take the time to bless us today because we could not take the time to thank Him yesterday...
What if... God decided to stop leading us tomorrow because we didn't follow Him today...
What if... God didn't walk with us today because we failed to recognize it as His day...
What if... We never saw another flower bloom because we grumbled when God sent the rain...
What if... God stopped loving and caring for us because we failed to love and care for others...
What if... God took away the Bible tomorrow, because we would not read it today...
What If... God took away his message because we failed to listen to His messenger...
What if... God didn't send His only begotten Son because He wanted us to prepared to pay the price of sin...
What if... The door to the church was closed because we did not open the door of our hearts...
What if... God would not hear us today because we would not listen to Him yesterday...
What if... God answered our prayers the way we answer His call to service...
What if... God met our needs the way we give Him our lives...
===================================== I work at a large company, and we often get wrong numbers on the office phones. My cube-neighbor, Steve, is in the habit of answering all of his calls on speakerphone, which means I have the pleasure of hearing them.
Yesterday morning, his phone rang and he picked up, saying, "[name of company], this is Steve."
The woman on the other end said, "Who is this?"
Steve said, "With whom did you wish to speak?"
There was a long pause, and the woman said "Did you just say 'whom'?"
Steve: "Yes, I did."
Woman: "I have the wrong number." Click.
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As I glance out of a snow covered window I can see all the beauty that rests in heaven God please forgive me but I must ask: "Mr. Terrorists what were you thinking on nine-eleven?"
Mr. Terrorists, what you did that day was wrong As you look down upon us, you will see, your Country is still weak and our Country is still strong!
Mr. Terrorists, you should have just left every thing be, God will forgive your sins but he will not let you rest very easily
You see Mr. Terrorists, your pain has just begun You will have to look down at earth every day and see what you have done
You tore down our buildings and you left people to cry
But our hearts are strong and our pride for this great nation will not die
Mr. Terrorists do you see that here on earth you only brought us closer together And our love for this great undivided nation soars on eagel feathers
So you see Mr. Terrorists, we will rebuild and start anew as we put our hearts on the mend that day you took a few
So Mr. Terrorists, when you start to feel the pain of destruction caused on nine-eleven Just turn around and and look into the eyes of all the heros you took with you to heaven
Because at that moment Mr. Terrorists, your hearts will turn sad and you will see that you took away so many moms and dads.
So to all you Terrorists that plot and ploy of destructive schemes This is America, The Land of the Free Where no one will ever take away our Eagle Dreams!!!
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When I have no one to turn to And I'm feeling kind of low, When there is no one to talk to And nowhere I want to go, I search deep within myself For the love within my heart That lets me know my angels are there Even though we're miles apart.
A smile appears upon my face And the sun begins to shine, And I hear a voice, so soft and sweet Saying everything will be just fine... Though it may seem that no one cares I'm never alone at all - Whenever I need my angels near All I have to do is call!
An angel's love is always true, On that you can depend... They will always stand behind you And will always be your friend. Through darkest hours and brightest days Our angels see us through...
You are one of my Angels - Perhaps I am one for you!
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