Here in Canada they have a generic brand named No Name, and to me, that is some funny meta. It just has that self-reflexive word-play aspect to it which makes me giggle at night when im all alone and tucked under the covers.
Certainly over time, Ill get over it, but for now, whenever I see the No Name trucks rolling down the highway, my reflexive inclination is to think of Odysseus telling the blinded Cyclops that his name was No Man, so that when the Cyclops implores his father Poseidon to bring down terror upon No Man no harm would come to anyone. I wonder if the thinking at corporate headquarters was along the lines: If someone dies from eating our toothpaste, at the top of the Consumer Product Safety Commissions forms, they will have to fill in No Name on the line name of product. Well be scott-free!!
I love it. Though it seems rather dubious.
Certainly over time, Ill get over it, but for now, whenever I see the No Name trucks rolling down the highway, my reflexive inclination is to think of Odysseus telling the blinded Cyclops that his name was No Man, so that when the Cyclops implores his father Poseidon to bring down terror upon No Man no harm would come to anyone. I wonder if the thinking at corporate headquarters was along the lines: If someone dies from eating our toothpaste, at the top of the Consumer Product Safety Commissions forms, they will have to fill in No Name on the line name of product. Well be scott-free!!
I love it. Though it seems rather dubious.