Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site bucsb.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!bellcore!decvax!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!bu-cs!bucsb!boreas From: boreas@bucsb.UUCP (j) Newsgroups: net.jokes Subject: Re: Coca Cola and the Chinese market (a true story) Message-ID: <168@bucsb.UUCP> Date: Tue, 11-Mar-86 20:39:05 EST Article-I.D.: bucsb.168 Posted: Tue Mar 11 20:39:05 1986 Date-Received: Fri, 14-Mar-86 07:38:31 EST References: <766@cylixd.UUCP>, <4294@ut-sally.UUCP> Organization: Boston Univ Comp. Sci. Lines: 5 Keywords: translated ads Then there was Rolls Royce, who attempted to sell their "Silver Mist" limo in Germany. Sales weren't too good; they finally figured out that "Mist" in German means "manure".