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[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 34 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Add it to the list

https://notes.rolandcrosby.com/posts/unexpectedly-eponymous/

[–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 32 points 8 months ago (4 children)

No way!

[–] cuerdo@lemmy.world 13 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 2 points 8 months ago

Danggggg we gotta email that guy!

[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Some of these must have been plays on their name that they knew worked well. Like price club, taco bell which used a bell for a logo.

But why unilever for lever brothers? Bilever would be more accurate.

[–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Price Club is an amazing play on the name.

But how good is Taco Bell? Stick the last name into the brand, then shove the image of a bell into the logo for no particular reason as far as Mexican-inspired food is concerned. Guess the proof’s in the pudding.

Unilever: it was the brothers’ marriage into business! They became one. …not sure if they co-CEO’d it though.

[–] gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

for no particular reason as far as Mexican-inspired food is concerned

Nah dude it's a really more clever than that, first image when you look up "california missions" is:

https://www.missionscalifornia.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/co01-san-diego-church.jpg

Those arches have the exact kind of bell in them that Taco Bell uses in their logo, and you can even still find TBs designed to LOOK like the missions, solidifying the connection even more.

So yeah it's his last name, but they actuslly tied it to Mexican history

[–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 5 points 8 months ago

Danggg I’ve seen these in person

Yet didn’t make the connection?! Thanks :)

[–] CptEnder@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

Ok that SF one should just be called Charles Main St. That's just egregious.

[–] rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I don't get John Cassell to gasoline. Casselline but horiffically butchered?

[–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 2 points 8 months ago

That’s what I’m thinking