Money while in Europe

Martin wrote:

On Sun, 17 Jul 2005 16:31:40 +0100,
(chancellor of the duchy of besses o' th' barn and prestwich tesco)
wrote:

Stanislas de Kertanguy wrote:

Jim Ley wrote:

I'm amazed Pepsi haven't funded a challenge to one of the legal
notices, in the UK I'm sure coke would soon become a generic, it
clearly is to all the people who order coke and accept pepsi without
questioning.

Not to mention that "coke" is ALREADY a common word, albeit with a
meaning quite different of a cola drink. It irritates me badly when a
corporation wants to restrict the use of a common word (cf. Adobe and
"Reader")...

The mobile phone company Orange has tried to argue that other mobile
companies shouldn't use that colour in their ads or branding!

Fruit juice next?

You send texts from oranges?

--
David Horne- www.davidhorne.net
usenet (at) davidhorne (dot) co (dot) uk

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chancellor of the duchy of besses o' th' barn and prestwich tesco
writes
Stanislas de Kertanguy wrote:

Jim Ley wrote:

I'm amazed Pepsi haven't funded a challenge to one of the legal
notices, in the UK I'm sure coke would soon become a generic, it
clearly is to all the people who order coke and accept pepsi without
questioning.

Not to mention that "coke" is ALREADY a common word, albeit with a
meaning quite different of a cola drink. It irritates me badly when a
corporation wants to restrict the use of a common word (cf. Adobe and
"Reader")...

The mobile phone company Orange has tried to argue that other mobile
companies shouldn't use that colour in their ads or branding!

When I produced an in house intranet magazine for an ex-client, a well
known credit card firm, it told me to avoid using photos that largely
featured the colours associated with the branding of its main rival.

--
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What an interseting question, please tell us what is on your mind !

"Martin" a écrit dans le message de news:
...
On Sun, 17 Jul 2005 16:31:40 +0100,
(chancellor of the duchy of besses o' th' barn and prestwich tesco)
wrote:

Stanislas de Kertanguy wrote:

Jim Ley wrote:

I'm amazed Pepsi haven't funded a challenge to one of the legal
notices, in the UK I'm sure coke would soon become a generic, it
clearly is to all the people who order coke and accept pepsi without
questioning.

Not to mention that "coke" is ALREADY a common word, albeit with a
meaning quite different of a cola drink. It irritates me badly when a
corporation wants to restrict the use of a common word (cf. Adobe and
"Reader")...

The mobile phone company Orange has tried to argue that other mobile
companies shouldn't use that colour in their ads or branding!

Fruit juice next?
--
Martin

Stanislas de Kertanguy wrote:
Jim Ley wrote:


I'm amazed Pepsi haven't funded a challenge to one of the legal
notices, in the UK I'm sure coke would soon become a generic, it
clearly is to all the people who order coke and accept pepsi without
questioning.


Not to mention that "coke" is ALREADY a common word, albeit with a
meaning quite different of a cola drink.

It may be urban legend, but I always understood that the
original Coca Cola actually CONTAINED minute quantities of
cocaine! (Hence the "nickname".) There was a time in
comparatively recent history when today's "controlled
substances" were widely used, and required no prescription.
(How many Victorian ladies were addicted to Laudanum - a
morphine derivative?)

congokid wrote:


When I produced an in house intranet magazine for an ex-client, a well
known credit card firm, it told me to avoid using photos that largely
featured the colours associated with the branding of its main rival.

....And back in the days of pre-TV radio, "lucky strike" (a
commonly used phrase, at the time) was translated as
"fortuitous circumstance" in scripts for a series hosted by
a rival cigarette company. Humorist W. C. Fields had a
series (for that same company, I believe), on which he
managed for some time to refer to his "nephew, Chester"
before someone twigged to the fact that meant the nephew's
name would be "Chester Fields" (another rival brand)! ;-)

EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) wrote:

Stanislas de Kertanguy wrote:
Jim Ley wrote:


I'm amazed Pepsi haven't funded a challenge to one of the legal
notices, in the UK I'm sure coke would soon become a generic, it
clearly is to all the people who order coke and accept pepsi without
questioning.


Not to mention that "coke" is ALREADY a common word, albeit with a
meaning quite different of a cola drink.

It may be urban legend, but I always understood that the
original Coca Cola actually CONTAINED minute quantities of
cocaine!

It was flavoured from coca leaves and kola nuts (the latter giving the
caffiene.) Cocaine is a product of coca leaves, but a very refined one-
I don't think it would have ever been in the drink in a pure form. I've
drunk coca tea, which is popular for counteracting the effects of
altitude sickness. (People visiting places like Cusco in Peru sometimes
take it.) It's similarly made from coca leaves but doesn't contain
refined cocaine. I've actually had it in the US, but I don't know if
it's legal there.

--
David Horne- www.davidhorne.net
usenet (at) davidhorne (dot) co (dot) uk

EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) wrote:

Not to mention that "coke" is ALREADY a common word, albeit with a
meaning quite different of a cola drink.

It may be urban legend, but I always understood that the
original Coca Cola actually CONTAINED minute quantities of
cocaine! (Hence the "nickname".) There was a time in
comparatively recent history when today's "controlled
substances" were widely used, and required no prescription.
(How many Victorian ladies were addicted to Laudanum - a
morphine derivative?)

Oh, I'm a very sane individual - I was thinking about the variety of
coal... :-)

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"EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" wrote in message
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It may be urban legend, but I always understood that the original Coca
Cola actually CONTAINED minute quantities of cocaine! (Hence the
"nickname".)

'Tis true!

http://www.snopes.com/cokelore/cocaine.asp

Ian