Wow...

except with all their customers.

if it ain't broke...

 

it's a howler, isn't it?

And then there's the "Royal Mail" -> "Consignia" -> "Royal Mail"
fiasco.

 

Or NUCGU, pronounced nookgoo. It's just as daft as 'uvavoo'.

 

"NU and CGU merged in 2000 and the group took the name Aviva in 2002.
It's not the name of the parent company that's changing, it's the brand
used for the various subsidiaries of which NU is just one of many."

Not quite as catchy, mind.

 

****! Anyone got the Lat/Long of that? Just curious.

 

Well, if only obscure squirrels get it then most of us won't get to
hear about it.

 

http://www.thus.net/

 

If anyone ever saw one, would they know what it was?

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Squirrel

 

I try to steer clear of any company with a number in their name, e.g.
phones4u, floors2go, etc.

 

I worked for a hopeless-dot-com back in 2000 called 0800Freedom.

 

Ok, point taken - they're more "stealth" than "obscure".

Indeed.

Rather more obscure, camouflaged to avoid such persecution:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dd/MattiParkkonen_Orava.jpg

 

Heh, Pip's sceptic twin.

 

The felony codes are interesting: Domestic Abuse-Violate Order for
Protection and Failed to Register as a Sex Offender. Ouch.

 

<looks Brumwards, sceptically>

 

I misread it once, years ago, and it sort of stuck.

 

The reds round us are often nearly black.

 

who's that supposed to be?