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BJ's has been around for a while. Maybe not on the left coast.

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The classic:

     
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BJ's has been around for a while.
Since prehistoric times.
     
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Mar 19, 2011, 09:03 AM
 
Bj's Brewhouse and Restaurant just opened a restaurant near me. They have rather tasty food, their own lines of beer and sodas, and great service. I guess they want everyone to look past the obvious connotations of their name. Like anyone ever does....

But I'm curious; is it only guys that automatically think of "that" meaning when they see the two letters 'B' and 'J' so juxtaposed?
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Originally Posted by ghporter View Post
Bj's Brewhouse and Restaurant just opened a restaurant near me. They have rather tasty food, their own lines of beer and sodas, and great service. I guess they want everyone to look past the obvious connotations of their name. Like anyone ever does....

But I'm curious; is it only guys that automatically think of "that" meaning when they see the two letters 'B' and 'J' so juxtaposed?
No, girls do too.

I’ve been asked by many people, guys and girls alike, why I’d given them the e-mail address (myfirstname_b_j@etc) that I use for hookups, and have had to explain on numerous occasions that my last names are Bahs Jacquet.


And there’s the other classic, too:

     
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Mar 19, 2011, 09:16 AM
 
Well, I just got fired for reading the OP at work. Totally NSFW!!!!1

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Originally Posted by subego View Post
The classic:

This one’s actually doubly bad to a Dane (and others too, perhaps?): not only is there the obvious misreading, but even if you read it the way it was intended, locum to a Dane means ‘loo’ or ‘outhouse’. There’s really no good way for a Dane to read this card.
     
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Originally Posted by subego View Post
The classic:

It's actually spelled come. Yes, even the NSFW variety. I realize lots of people spell it the way in this ad, but lots of people can't use apostrophes properly either.
     
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Originally Posted by ghporter View Post
Bj's Brewhouse and Restaurant just opened a restaurant near me. They have rather tasty food, their own lines of beer and sodas, and great service. I guess they want everyone to look past the obvious connotations of their name. Like anyone ever does....

But I'm curious; is it only guys that automatically think of "that" meaning when they see the two letters 'B' and 'J' so juxtaposed?
The BJ's in the advert is a wholesale retail store.
     
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I knew it wasn't the same people, I had meant to point out that there are a number of businesses that either capitalize on or try to ignore "that" meaning. Maybe this thread could include a "what other businesses use those initials, and what do they do?"
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Originally Posted by ghporter View Post
Maybe this thread could include a "what other businesses use those initials, and what do they do?"

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(In this case, though, I think they knew exactly what they were doing.)
     
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Wonder what flavor these Doritos are?
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They taste like genital pain.
     
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Originally Posted by design219 View Post
Wonder what flavor these Doritos are?
According to Google Translate, they’re ‘electric back massage’ flavour. Erm. I wonder if that’s sweet or sour.

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That just raises more questions.
     
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Originally Posted by The Final Dakar View Post
That just raises more questions.
It’s Japanese. That always raises questions, and you very rarely really want to know the answers.
     
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Well, if you find the answers feel free to post them, just make sure they're pixelated.
     
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They always are.

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What always is?
     
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Originally Posted by design219 View Post


Wonder what flavor these Doritos are?
Fixed.
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Yep, that.

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Mar 22, 2011, 08:21 AM
 
I see this on busses and billboards around town.
     
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Since prehistoric times.
And even before that.
     
   
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