> > > ObTrivia: In 1928, faced with declining sales, the makers of Vegemite decided to try renaming their product "Parwill". It didn't last long; even then, people thought it was a dreadful pun...
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> > What pun. "Whippoorwill", a nocturnal nightjar? Or if you presume Mar Might, then Par Will? No... Sorry... That makes no sense at all. I just don't get it!
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> > Wolf "Marmite is pronounced Mahr-MEET in French, and that means: 'a POT'" spirit
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> Or Veggie might and Par will?
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> Mel"I didn't understand it before, but if I do now I think I know why it was considered a bad pun, that's AWFUL"anie

Parwill sounds sort of like "power of will" in a Mid-Atlantic hick accent. Is that what you need to stomach it?

-Djin"100% hick, and proud of it"n