Why do organizations insist on having silly slogans - what are your favourites?

[Jonty]

Is anyone else irritated and annoyed by the silly, daft and meaningless slogans that it seems almost every company has under its name, whether it be on their buildings, shopfronts, vans, etc.

These slogans certainly don't fool me into thinking that this company is better than that company if you see what I mean!

Here is an example - a local lawyer has this slogan under his company name on the shopfront:

'Working with you - for you'

Well, who else are you working for, oh so you're not working for Joe Bloggs down the road on my case too, thats a relief!!

Another slogan which is really iritating is this one from a national company here in England (I think they dig the roads up, but I'm not sure as they don't actually say what they do. The company is called 24/7 which sounds like a foodstore in fact! This is their slogan:

'Brilliant people running world class utility services'

Meaningless or what!!!!!

So when that 'brilliant person' messes up is he still brilliant??

You've got the drift now - what are your favourite slogans - the sillier and meaningless the better!!!

[dafremen]

Off the top of my head I couldn't think of any really stupid ones.(Give me some time though I'm sure I'll recall some.)

What I DO remember vividly was a Bus Stop bench with advertising for a drilling company. It said:

Muelener Drilling - "The Deep Hole Specialists"

What was so hilarious about it was that the bench was sitting on a busy intersection right in front of the cemetery.

8) Daffy

P.S. I'll post with more as I either remember them or come across them. Very interesting topic! http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif

P.P.S. Just remembered one...

Schitl Chiropractic - "We've got your back."

P.P.P.S. What exactly does "Good to the last drop" imply? That the world is rampant with cups of coffee that are good EXCEPT for the last drop? They might as well have said "Maxwell House - It's Good." same difference. It's not as if a cup of coffee loses crunch like raisin bran or anything. Now "Crunchy to the last spoonful" might make sense. Unless of course your product is coffee! http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif




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[Szech]

Don't know if you all have Sit & Sleep Mattress supercenters over there, but every one of their commercials end with some guy saying, "We'll beat anyone's price or your mattress is free!"

Tell me... Why would they ever say, "No we won't beat that price, have it for free." ???

[spuck]

this one out-corners,out-lasts,out-rides any fat car around.(1962 dodge dart 440 add)any one seen one latly?

[OuTpaTienT]

I heard a good "should be" slogan from a dissatisfied United Airlines customer. He thinks their new slogan should be:

"We're not happy, until you're not happy."

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Acutally I like slogans that are genuinely funny or witty. For example, there is a local butcher shop in my area with the slogan:

"You can't beat our meat."

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But yes, you are correct, most slogan are just plain idiotic. Maybe I can think of a few...

Ford - "Quality is job 1"
(so I guess safety takes a backseat, huh?)

Chevy - "Like a rock"
(yeah, I want a vehicle that's a big, solid, dead weight with no moving parts.)

Calgon dishwashing soap - "Calgon take me away"
(yeah right, it's freakin' soap!!)

DeBeers - "A diamond is forever"
(uh, nothing, not even a diamond, is forever.)

Rolaids - "How do you spell relief? R-O-L-A-I-D-S"
{wrong! it's spelled r-e-l-i-e-f.)

Oldsmobile - "This ain't your fathers Oldsmobile"
(well it better not be or he'll be pressing grand theft charges)

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Oh I'm sure there's thousands more that are even more idiotic. But what can ya do. Me, I'm gonna go have a Coke & and smile.

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[Roy]

I chuckle when I hear Circuit City's Where Service Is State Of The Art!State of the art is an expression from Patent Law meaning ~ ORDINARY ! http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/biggrin.gif

Yeah! That's what I want! Ordinary Service! http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/wink.gif

[randy48]

MY favorite are the spetic tank pump trucks running around with "Your sewage is my bread and butter" painted on the sides http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gifhaha, I'd like to see em make a sandwich out of it http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/wink.gif

[spuck]

radioshack:you`ve got questions.we`ve got answers. my question is; shouldnt the people that work there know somthing about electronics?

[dafremen]

LMAO @ OutPatient!

http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif

AT&T - Reach out and touch someone.
(Just a SLIGHT exaggeration don't ya think MA?)

Roto Ro0ter - "Wash your troubles down the drain" (Ok fine, how about starting with that @$$hole at work that just got my promotion? Then can we send my neighbor's dog that keeps crapping in my yard down there too?)


8) Daffy

[Gobi]

Hi folks!

I dont have any of those quotas to share with you, but I live in Norway (You know the place where the polarbears walks in the street, and there is 200 degree minus in the summer), and we got a shop in the mainstreet of Oslo (the capital of Norway) thats called...
"Free Record Shop".

(It's to bad that we doesnt have the same legal system as you guys in the states have...)

Best regards
Gobi.

[Biff]

At a local garage:

"We made a deal with the bank, they don't fix cars and we don't take cheques"

[Warthog]

How can McDonald's make me smile?!

They mash their burgers and salt the fries up the ****. The employees came out of the School For The Mute - they don't say a word!

Warthog

[dafremen]

Long John Silver's - Sounds Good To Me
"Well of course, it's a character name by Robert Louis Stevenson...but how does the food taste?"

[Jonty]

Keep 'em coming! Actually, I DO like the funny, witty slogans that small, local companies put on their vans etc., its the big company slogans that are supposed to be serious that get me! Especially as it is the big companies that generally mess up (but not always of course!)

Hey, Randy48, we have a local sewage tank company and on their vehicles is:

Same s**t different day

which I always find amusing!

Our local bus company has painted on the side of the buses:

'Moving comfortably ahead'

Er, no, not the one I got today or yesterday - I wonder which one of their buses is comfortable - I've yet to find out.

[dafremen]

Sounds like you misinterpreted AHEAD.

Have you sat in the driver's seat of one of those buses? The guy AHEAD of everyone else is probably moving VERY comfortably.

Construction Equipment Magazine - Forget the haystack, get what you need.(Accompanied by a picture of a needle in a haystack.)

Hey there's some "no $h!t" advice. Unless of course you need a haystack!

8) Daffy

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[alondra]

the sit and sleep one rung my bell, that guys "its free" speil is like fingernails on a black board, so dam* annoying I hit the mute button so I dont hear it. http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/frown.gif http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/frown.gif

[RADAR1797]

An Army of one! We don't care if you are the best you can be, just be an individual because we need people so badly. To hell with standards and quality recruiting, the flood gates are now open for you to trickle in.

-RADAR

[spuck]

"built by rock people for rock people"
(superstrike inc)
thought it was cute.

[t048]

You've got questions, we've got answers.
Do I really want answers from a company with a grammatically incorrect slogan? I'll keep looking.

[voogru]

Radio Shack: (AKA: Rat Shack)
we've got questions, You've got answers. http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/wink.gif

Microsoft:
Where Do You Want to Go Today?
Its more like:
Who Do You Want Too Throw Your Computer at Today?

also "how do you want to be ripoffed today?"

Bellsouth:
Nobody Knows a Neighbor Like a Neighbor
more like
Nobody Knows a worse Service Than Bellsouth

Connect to Bellsouth Like Never Before!
(umm its that same since before)

Office Max:
Where We go To the MAX for you!
(umm sure)

Telocity:
Push The Play Button In Life!
(Where is it!!!!!!!!)
You aint Seen Nothing Yet!
(Yes i Have I been around 14 Years)

FlashCom:
Internet At Rocket Speed!
(Internet At Rock Speed!)


I copied these from: http://www.net2business.com/humor/geek.html

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Thats all i can think of now http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/wink.gif

-voogru



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[voogru]

heres some links

funny as hell! http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif http://www.dreamhaven.net/~data/humor/slogans.html

I got Even More coming!

EVEN MORE!!!

http://www.net2business.com/humor/geek.html




[This message has been edited by voogru (edited 02-18-2001).]