Corporate myths and truths

This is a myth. They actually shortened it to downplay the "fried" part (not very healthy-sounding in this health-conscious age, don'tcha know).

I thought about this thread when I was in Starbucks. They claim that their coffee is made from the top 10% of Arabica beans, when I could have sworn they used robusta in there too. having said that, the tatse does seem to have improved since a couple of years ago, so maybe things have changed?

What really made me wonder was their claim that the coffee they bought was fair trade, good non-exploitative business practices etc. Does this mean that small, independent coffee shops forced to compete will use less morally sound suppliers?

I have become Shiva, destroyer of threads.

What's in a Name?

Mount Rainier in Washington State was so designated due to the influence of Rainier Brewery.

The name of the San Diego Wild Animal Park's Wgasa Bush Line railway was taken from a crude acronym.

The Baby Ruth candy bar was named after President Grover Cleveland's daughter, Ruth.

The name 'Aspirin' was taken from the terms 'acetylsalicylic acid' and 'spiraea ulmaria.'

The word nylon was formed by conflating the names 'New York' and 'London.'

The flush toilet was invented by Thomas Crapper.

German chocolate cake comes from Germany.

The Japanese corporation known as Sony based its name on an acronym formed from 'Standard Oil of New York.'

The athletic shoe Adidas gained its name from an acronym for 'All Day I Dream About Sex.'

The word 'chad' comes from the "Chadless keypunch," so named after its inventor, a Mr. Chadless.

The discount chain E.J. Korvette took its name from a shortening of 'eight Jewish Korean War veterans,' the founding
partners.

The popular urban sportswear clothier FUBU took its name from 'For Us By Us.'

Chef Boyardee was a fictional creation whose name was taken from the given names of the company's three founders:
Boyd, Art, and Dennis

Baseball's championship is known as the "World Series" because it was originally sponsored by the New York World
newspaper.

The Gap takes its name from the gay pride slogan "Gay and proud."

The lubricating spray WD-40 is so named because it was the product of the 40th attempt at creating a water displacing
substance.

Coca-Cola's original diet cola drink, TaB, took its name from an acronym for "totally artificial beverage."

Bottled water giant Evian named its product as a sly dig at consumers.

Life Savers candy was so named because its inventor's daughter died from choking on a non-holed mint.

UK power company chooses an unfortunate domain name for the web site of their Italian division.

Maybelline, the first commercial mascara, was named for a real person.

Gatorade was named for the Florida Gators, the University of Florida's football team.*

(I don't see how this can be true, surely it's named after the founder's pet robot or something.)

I could post a lot of things on here but fear the Google.

The next day, our email server shat itself.

Any story suggesting an alternative origin, however good for a larf, is not one cobbler, but a load thereof.

heh. cue the Puma ads!

I thought Demon Seed was bad.