11 Mar 08
Originally posted by NordlysOMGLOL!!!! 😀
I don't know when this will stop, but when it does, will User 234133 change his user name?
12 Mar 08
Originally posted by nmdavidbWhen I finally figured this out after the first time I saw it..I felt sofa king we tod did.
I agree...my favorite will always be
"U R sofa king we tod did"
First time i saw it I tried to analyze it. Who in the hell is the sofa king? Does he work near Mattress World? And what does tod have to do with it?
Then it hit me...and i felt like a we tod...hehehe
Dave
12 Mar 08
Originally posted by adam warlockWiki has a slightly different version:
Actually Mercedes was the name of the daughter of the guy who invented that car. So in order to honour his daughter he named the car after her. So everything is just coming full circle with this one.
edit: rbmorris had already said that this was a real name.
In 1899, DMG automobiles built at Untertürkheim (a city district of Stuttgart) were raced successfully by Emil Jellinek (1853-1918), an automobile enthusiast and dealer. He had the name of his daughter, Mercedes, painted on the automobiles for good luck. Wanting faster race cars, it was Jellinek who spurred the development of the seminal 1902 DMG model that would be the first of the DMG Mercedes series, bearing the name of his daughter.
When the Daimler company DMG merged with the Benz operation they didn't have the right to use the Daimler name as a trademark, so took the Mercedes name from the DMG model series instead to make Mercedes-Benz.
Slightly different detail, same outcome.
12 Mar 08
Originally posted by MissOleumKinda like how Datsun got it's name...which is now Nissan.
Wiki has a slightly different version:
[i]In 1899, DMG automobiles built at Untertürkheim (a city district of Stuttgart) were raced successfully by Emil Jellinek (1853-1918), an automobile enthusiast and dealer. He had the name of his daughter, Mercedes, painted on the automobiles for good luck. Wanting faster race cars, it was Jellinek who spurred the ...[text shortened]... the DMG model series instead to make Mercedes-Benz.
Slightly different detail, same outcome.
But they started the factory and after 6 months they had produced 35 cars.
The owner came to see them and after seeing how good they cam out he looked at the plant manager and said...
"We want 6,000 more by next week" and the plant manager in a state of shocked yelled...
"Dat Suuun????"
hehehe
Dave
12 Mar 08
Originally posted by AttilaTheHornhe meant well though, and it would've been an improvement in the horrible phonemic ortography english has. maybe we would've even seen americans writing 'weird' or 'grammar' correctly after the reform.
George Bernard Shaw said that the way to spell "fish" was g-h-o-t-i, ghoti, i.e., "gh" as in enough, "o" as in women (plural) and "ti" as in caution.
although I doubt it.
12 Mar 08
Originally posted by MissOleumI first heard this at my 9th year from my history teacher and I couldn't remember all details. 😳
Wiki has a slightly different version:
[i]In 1899, DMG automobiles built at Untertürkheim (a city district of Stuttgart) were raced successfully by Emil Jellinek (1853-1918), an automobile enthusiast and dealer. He had the name of his daughter, Mercedes, painted on the automobiles for good luck. Wanting faster race cars, it was Jellinek who spurred the ...[text shortened]... the DMG model series instead to make Mercedes-Benz.
Slightly different detail, same outcome.
12 Mar 08
Originally posted by AThousandYoungThat is a real name...but people are naming their kids after ESPN...the sports network.
"Espen" is a Norwegian name, isn't it?
I find that quite nutty.
I think we should be like those parents on Chalie Brown and just name a kid "5"
Or maybe name the kid your phone number...now that would really screw the yellow pages up!
Dave
12 Mar 08
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Originally posted by NordlysAbbreviations don't count I said, ya nob licker...as in Use Less
I don't know when this will stop, but when it does, will User 234133 change his user name?