I often have a little chuckle to myself when I am shopping in a Spanish supermarket.
Seriously, would YOU buy some of these products?
Nelly hairspray
Bonka coffee
Bimbo bread
Now, call me fussy, but I can’t bring myself to wash my clothes in Colon Vanish washing detergent!
or (possibly) even worse, Flota Spa washing powder!
But, being a northern lass (originally from Lancashire in England), I always find some consolation knowing that at least I can always find Somat f’ert dishwasher! LOL
Have you spotted any products in other countries that sound strange or amusing in your own language? You will let me know, won’t you? LET’S HAVE SOME FUN!
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Marianne, would you mind if I used one of your pictures for a blog post? The Bimbo bread one would be really useful…
Sorry for the delay in responding – I’m in Prague – too much glühwein and dodgy wifi!
Yes of course you can use the photo 🙂
Sounds like heaven 😉
Thanks!!
ironicamente splendido
😆 bimbo bread hasn’t found its way to our shelves yet, but now that we are in the EU …. who knows 😀
You will soon have them, I’m sure 🙂
Think I’ll give the Vanish a miss!
….AH, but what about the 100% natural Bimbo?
I love this post. One of my favorite things to do when I am visiting a foreign country is to go to the grocery store!
Oh, boy, I’d buy them – just for the laugh every time I open the cupboard door!
Hahaha – I always laugh every time I see my Nelly in the bathroom!! lolol
har dee har har! thanks for the laugh – needed that! as for the vanish colon, do you think it can also make a fat butt shrink?
No, it doesn´t work – I´ve already tried it! 😉
bwohaha! i’ll check our aisles when I go shopping again but I don’t think I’ll come across anything that amusing.
Too much fun! Thanks for posting these. It felt great to have a good laugh. Cheers!
It’s nice to have a bit of fun sometimes, isn’t it, Sheri? 😉
“Bonka” and decafeinated seems like a contradiction in terms! Love these.
🙂
Ahhh, Bimbo Bread…takes me back to my travels through Central America…that, some peanut butter, and bananas got me through many a 8 hour (or longer) ride on a chicken bus on the beautiful, windy, i-guess-you-call-them roads…
…but what wonderful memories you have 🙂
Haha of course! The picture brought a huge smile to my face. Thanks for sharing!
You are most welcome – glad it made you smile 🙂
Great idea Marianne. Jealous I didn’t think of this first! I reblogged it on SFP (first time I’ve ever reblogged anything so well done you ;))
I remember when I was trekking in Peru there was one lunchtime when we were all treated to canned ‘fanny’. On closer inspection it actually transpired to be tuna. Unsettling, but gratifying all the same…
AHHH …. so that’s two “firsts” for me on your blog – a reblog and the first victim of your Spanish Inquisition! Nice 🙂
As regards your Peruvian tuna – well, I had to delete my initial response as, after all, this is a family blog! LOL
Reblogged this on Spain For Pleasure and commented:
This made me laugh. I’m off to Lidl to find some of my own examples now…
Reblogged this on You Couldn't Make It Up!!!! and commented:
hilarious blog post by East of Málaga…
They are funny aren’t they and they can still make me chuckle even after all this time. On arrival into Spain on Friday morning we stopped for a coffee at a service area. The guy who served us must have been christened Juan Carlos and he proudly wore a badge saying “Juancar”…I nearly choked on my cafe solo 🙂
OOHHH how unfortunate! 😉
There’s a chocolate bar here called ‘Nut Kick’ – makes me laugh every time I see it! Even took a photo of it – to the consternation of the security guard!
Hahaha Nut Kick! You couldn’t make these up, could you?
I feel a sympathetic twinge of pain every time I see it!
Shopping in Spain, really are a colorful experience… “lol”
It is indeed, Drake!
Haha! I spluttered on my cup of Bonka when I read your post! Vanish Colon-yeah, I could go for that one too! Hahaha!
Hehehe
Must be funny, shopping in Spain market 😀
It can be, Max 🙂
You missed FUCA tablets……to make you urmmmmmm go, if you get my drift 😉
OOHH didn’t know about those, Jess!
Is the Bimbo bread blonde I wonder (I am, blonde that is, but not natural like the bread claims to be, so I think I can ask that). My Dad is fond of saying “not on your nelly” “Nelly being a nickname ofor my stepmother, so that’s my answer to the hair spray. Decaffeinated coffee called Bonka, so it doesn’t send your bonkers… false advertising 🙂 All are wonderful. Great finds… and very funny 🙂
Hahaha – yes, I guess Bimbo MUST be a 100% natural blonde, EllaDee!
AH, bonka might have a different meaning in the UK 😉
I’d have to buy the Bonka!
🙂
Hahaha these are hilarious! I love Bimbo bread, and make sure any Spanish speaker who goes to the supermarket with me knows what Bimbo means.
Bimbo is a Mexican company, but it has barely any markets outside of Latin America and Spain. For THAT reason, no doubt. In German-speaking countries, “Bimbo” is akin go “Sambo”, i.e. what a racist might call a random dark-skinned person. So, as a brand name, it’s just not going to fly in Europe…
Good idea, Jess 😉
I used to crack up with Bimbo bread. Couldn’t understand why all the Spaniards around me weren’t cracking up haha.
I had to leave a cake shop the other week for fear of laughing out loud at a sign offering “Fanny’s – 3 por €1”
LOL!
There was a British car called a Nova, I don’t suppose the Spanish speaking world would have been exactly rushing to buy one of those… ps I think Bonka coffee is actually Dutch, but it still makes you wonder why?
Yes, there was! (For those of you that don’t know, “no va” in Spanish means “won’t go”). Wouldn’t you have thought that such a big car manufacturer would have done their research?
What about the Mitsubishi “PAJERO”? Quickly they changed the name to “Montero” in Spain.
Indeed!
These are so hilarious, Marianne. Especially the Bimbo bread and the Bonka coffee. And made by Nescafe, no less! 🙂
I am with you…Colon Vanish????
Yep 🙂
LOL! I had to laugh at the “Bimbo” bread. Funny names indeed Marianne. The Colon Vanish could be good for a spastic colon… drink it and your colon will vanish! hahahaha
Thanks for sharing hon! *hugs*
Yes, perhaps they put it in the wrong section of the supermarket! lol
Have a great weekend, Sonel 🙂
LOL! It seems so heheh.
Same to you Marianne. 🙂
*hugs*
Apparently there is a BARF washing powder in Iran…
Is there? Hahaha
Hilarious! I l
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