Oh Dear ! What an unfortunate name.....

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That's pure class.  

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Wankel engines are thirsty IIRC...

Anyway, I was leafing through my paperwork yesterday morning and was handed a stack of P46 forms (these are sent to the local tax office to advise them when an employer takes on a new member of staff, listing their name, National Insurance number etc).

The company employes a large number of foreign workers, the one that caught my eye though was a gentleman named:

Mr Johnson S#itty

:lol:

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Wankel sounds much funnier though. Cars are great for double entendre with phrases like "big end", "crank shaft", "gear box" and "gear knob" being used to describe various mechanical shenanigans.

(just to bring us back on topic, can't have a reasoned debate on rotary vs reciprocating combustion engines now can we?)

Must be my filthy mind?  I remember finding the grille of an Edsel Ford to be incredibly amusing...

http://www.tvhistory.tv/1958%20Edsel%20Convert%20Green.JPG

Oh and is there any truth in the urban legend that Mitsubishi's Pajero means something very obscene in Portuguese?

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Doobrey wrote:
http://www.tvhistory.tv/1958%20Edsel%20Convert%20Green.JPG

 ..innocent whistle..
 Nope, dunno what you mean.. doesn`t look anything like a fanny
 ..innocent whistle..

Haha!  I wonder what was on the stylists minds when they sketched the front of the Edsel?  Actually I may have discovered the perfect company car for one of my bosses.

and you don`t need to be told what the Toyota MR-2 translated as....

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Speaking of which, the Japanese market has given is a few gems too:

http://www.engrish.com/detail.php?imagename=rav4.jpg&category=Cars&date=2004-08-18
http://www.engrish.com/detail.php?imagename=cr-v.jpg&category=Cars&date=2002-06-17

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Even though the Edsel was designed in very innocent times (the 1950s), it's difficult to imagine that not one single person pointed out the hilarity of that grille.  I mean, there must have been some married men on the design team?

I wonder what the reaction would be today if someone else unveiled a car with a similar grille?  

Come to think of it, it's an apt motif for BMW to adopt...