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Arizona Hot:
Did you know that the Microsoft “Critical Updated Notification Utility” was originally named the “Critical Update Notification Tool” (CUNT)? Comment from there: "Which makes me think the Microsoft one was intentional by some programmer prankster." by Presidential Fitness

rjbull:
I heard that, back when genetic engineering was hot and every hastily-created new company had to have some element of "genetic" in its name, the Italian government wanted to set up a state one.  It was to have been called "Genitalia."

In similar vein, there's a story that when Idi Amin was megalomaniac dictator of Uganda, he hatched a plan to rename Uganda "Idiland."  Until some brave soul pointed out that people who live in Cyprus are called "Cypriots"...

tomos:
^ sometimes I really wish there was a thumbs-up option here on dc ;D

Arizona Hot:
^ sometimes I really wish there was a thumbs-up option here on dc ;D
-tomos (September 10, 2012, 04:53 PM)
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Tomos: For rjbull or me?

Stoic Joker:
^ sometimes I really wish there was a thumbs-up option here on dc ;D
-tomos (September 10, 2012, 04:53 PM)
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Tomos: For rjbull or me?
-Arizona Hot (September 12, 2012, 10:44 AM)
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hehe, I'll give you both one:

 :Thmbsup: :Thmbsup:

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