Jif, Cif, Syphilis, Jyphilis

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If Jif is now Cif in Ireland and Britain, does this mean Cifilis is now Jifilis on the continent, or possinly was always called that over here. Why the name change? Whats wrong with Jif? Nothing is sacred anymore

― Ronan Fitzgerald, Thursday, 23 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I really couldn't care less what my cream cleaner is called. Why do people get het up about all this?

― Nick, Thursday, 23 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I wasn't exactly throwing my mouse in disgust. I'd just like to know. I mean I remember going to Germany and Irish Mist Whiskey was called something else because it had dubious connotations over there...........actually this is really dull

― Ronan Fitzgerald, Thursday, 23 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Sorry Ronan - it's just a contrarian bugbear of mine. I insisted on calling Marathons Snickers even before the branding changed. Also, I am in a foul mood this morning.

― Nick, Thursday, 23 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Ronan: it is on acct of something even more boring viz ECONOMIES OF SCALE in the GLOBAL MARKET. If Jif/Cif's uberlords have to print ten billion bottle-labels with Cif on (as it is in fact called worldwide) and 100,ooo with Jif, this costs more than if they are called the same thing. Monobranding across national borders = the future. Momus hates it, but actually what we share culturally – however apparently trivial – is the core and the key to any politics of resistance to ditto. The No-Logo Revolution marches to the rhythm of jokes abt Caesar once more Mr Dog...

― mark s, Thursday, 23 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

No problem, you don't work in a bathroom do you? I can see how it would really irritate you then. I'm in a foul mood with microsoft excel. You'd think one of the biggest companies in the world would have a website that was understandable to complete computer morons, but no no,

― Ronan Fitzgerald, Thursday, 23 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

in fact, key to any politics of resistance = microsoft are rubbish, as heard across the world, from ulan bator to baton rouge... The monoculture has to emerge and be panZoR everywhere, before NoLogoids can mass and not just be picky bohemian snobZoR

― mark s, Thursday, 23 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

You should try programming under Windows if you really want to hate MS. They give you a nice fluffy integrated development environment to lull you into a false sense of security and then batter you over the head with the deranged design of their libraries and the Win32 API.

― Richard Tunnicliffe, Thursday, 23 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Bastards!!! Haskell RuleZx0r!! YEAH!

― Sarah, Thursday, 23 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

(See look Ricky T I is being dork too! I do good?)

― Sarah, Thursday, 23 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Oh crumbs. What have I started?

― Richard Tunnicliffe, Thursday, 23 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Calling Opal Fruits Opal Fruits, Marathon Marathon, etc. is my effort to make myself appear more out-of-touch to the children of today.

― Greg, Thursday, 23 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

What I like about Cig is that now there can be confusion on how to pronounce the product - allowing people to appear stupid. So if they call it Jif they are old and out of touch. If they pronouce it Kif whey are unaware of adverts. If they say Cif they are media saturated whores.

Of course Welsh doesn't have a letter J so it means they can now sell it there with breaking some sort of silly law.

― Pete, Thursday, 23 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

my friends grandmother refused to buy Snickers after the namechange...because it sounded like Knickers and was therefore rude.

she stopped watching Barrymore after he came out as well

― gareth, Thursday, 23 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

WHy. He was just as funny. The real question is why did she start watching him in the first place.

― Pete, Thursday, 23 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

mark s: they have to print different labels for different countries anyway, because they need to be in different languages

― m jemmeson, Thursday, 23 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

They print multi-language labels these days. Pick up a pack of Always and you can learn how to stick on a panty liner in Spanish.

If you give Cif Italian pronunciation it's Chiff, which is similar enough for me to feel I'm getting away with continuing to call it Jif. Actuall, we use Safeways own brand cream cleaner, what am I talking about?

― Madchen, Thursday, 23 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

That's Jafeways now...

― Pete, Thursday, 23 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

This is all engagingly nuts. I like the idea of Sarah as Richard-scaring ubergeek. HAHAHA! Oh yes, you two, the Trig Brother pictures are going to be scanned later today, so you can start fearing now. ;-)

― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 23 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Pictures?? Oh dear. I am remembering... pictures. I've been drinking after my exciting parliament trip and am now swaying at desk trying not to fume the stench of ALE at my boss. Feeling wrong. Need to see pictures. I don't remember having my picture taken with Ricky T. Ned you secret VOYEUR.

― Sarah, Thursday, 23 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I think Ricky T. actually escaped most of my ROVING VOYEURISTIC CAMERA EYE! But you can still make fun. I think my favorite shot is the one where everybody is looking every direction *but* the camera -- an unplanned but fortuitous event.

― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 23 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

And it turns out no, there is some RickyT stuff to love. Refer to the appropriate thread elsewhere.

― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 23 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Aha! There is not! Yet again I have escaped the roving voyeuristic camera eye thingy. Hurrah!

― Richard Tunnicliffe, Thursday, 23 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

All too true. Next time.

― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 23 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

four months pass...

I have been pondering the Cif question too ... from the caribbean where it's been marketed as Jif, even in south american packaging. I was so pre-occupied by the name change, I actually spent valuable time searching for answers from Google ... I really can't work out what weird type of person I must be .... why can't I let it go??? We're pandering to them by even thinking about their product. argh.

― Nicky Maine, Friday, 11 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

one year passes...

How can they rename Immac to VEET? What an awful awful name.

(Not they have much knowledge of the subject and isn't renaming Immac like trying to rename hoovers or something?)

― Graham (graham), Saturday, 8 March 2003 15:20 (twenty-three years ago)

Maybe people were losing sales through people buying iMacs by mistake (cf. Munchies cat food / Munchies chocolates -> Brekkies / oblivion)

― N. (nickdastoor), Saturday, 8 March 2003 16:02 (twenty-three years ago)

oblivion chocolates?

― mark s (mark s), Saturday, 8 March 2003 16:04 (twenty-three years ago)

num num

― N. (nickdastoor), Saturday, 8 March 2003 16:04 (twenty-three years ago)

I can't get on the web with my immac, and my iMac isn't making my legs any less hairy. Shape up!

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Saturday, 8 March 2003 16:45 (twenty-three years ago)

Cif/Jif is some sort of cleaning product in the U.K. and Europe? In the U.S. Jif is a brand of peanut butter...did the name change come about as a result of product substitution/confusion?

― j.lu (j.lu), Saturday, 8 March 2003 20:48 (twenty-three years ago)

I can't say I've ever tasted Jif (kitchen and bathroom cleaner). Perhaps it tastes of peanut butter.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Saturday, 8 March 2003 21:24 (twenty-three years ago)

Yes, yes it does.

― N. (nickdastoor), Sunday, 9 March 2003 00:55 (twenty-three years ago)

Peanut butter with a hint of lemon, I assume

― caitlin (caitlin), Sunday, 9 March 2003 11:00 (twenty-three years ago)

one year passes...

Ha ha - corporate America wrong-foots/finds new ways to wind up the British bores.

― N. (nickdastoor), Saturday, 20 March 2004 02:16 (twenty-two years ago)

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