Thursday, May 20, 2010

What brand what oil?

The man said he needed Rooster brand peanut oil at the store.

I stared at the huge array of 2-litre size cooking oils. Local and foreign. No Rooster brand peanut oil.

But this one label came close. I stared at it again. And again. In disbelief. I turned to ask the man if this was what he was looking for : Cock brand pure groundnut oil.

Yes. That's the one. Why didn't he say so; it's Cock brand pure groundnut oil. Not Rooster brand peanut oil.

He muttered something about trying to be a little more polite with words in public. Oh Bah.

Somebody loves his product enough to name it we should respect it enough not to change it...

5 comments:

wildgoose said...

hahahaha.... ya. must respect the brand.

there's a brand of shoes that is also Cock brand, just that the name is in French. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Coq_Sportif

tuti said...

ya mah. cock is rooster lor!
groundnut is also peanut. heeheehee.

wait till you hear me talk in person. i go more way off than that.

sinlady said...

wildgoose - haha

tuti - ok. one day...

eatdrinkplayjunkie said...

hahaha... this is funny.

sinlady said...

edpj - haha