Guest guest Posted March 8, 2006 Report Share Posted March 8, 2006 Hay, Doc, remember when you were doing your pre-seminar consult with XXXX, and you called me in to be the UKE, and you had XXXX do the zip up w/ the affirmation of his name??? That was really NEAT! I wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't been there! That was the COOLEST thing! And the best part is I made a list of all the ways I can USE that particular bit of information! Thanks, XXXX, and THANKS, DOC!!!! Jim >Helen Driscoll <helen >Mar 7, 2006 9:08 PM > >Re: Re: Name test > > >She got shy about it - like she wanted to hide something.... > >Which is at the crux of her 'issues' - she had the face/personality >she shows the world and the one she hides... > >And - she gets away with it cause she's really cute, talented, funny >and charming. > >Helen > > >> >> Did SHE figure it out yet? >> >> >> >> >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 31, 2008 Report Share Posted March 31, 2008 Unappetizing Moniker: Patagonian toothfish New and Improved Name: Chilean sea bass History of the Switch: In 1977, fish merchant Lee Lantz traveled to Chile and " discovered " the toothfish, a species the locals deemed too oily to eat. Thirty years and Lantz's name change later, Chilean sea bass is so popular with American palates that it's almost on the verge of extinction. Unappetizing Moniker: Rapeseed oil New and Improved Name: Canola oil History of the Switch: After research in the 1970s suggested that rapeseed oil's high level of erucic acid may cause heart damage, the Canadian seed-oil industry grew a strain called " low-erucic-acid rapeseed oil. " In 1988, the FDA approved a name change to canola oil, and sales shot up. Unappetizing Moniker: Prunes New and Improved Name: Dried plums History of the Switch: When the California Prune Board realized that the words " prune " and " laxative " were inextricably linked, they switched to " dried plums " in 2000. People bought it--in one test, tasters preferred the flavor of dried plums to prunes. Unappetizing Moniker: Chinese Gooseberry New and Improved Name: Kiwi History of the Switch: In the 1960s, American produce importer Frieda Caplan renamed the Chinese gooseberry the kiwi, after New Zealand's national bird (also round, brown, and fuzzy). In no time, the fruit's popularity spiked. Unappetizing Moniker: Dolphin New and Improved Name: Mahimahi History of the Switch: Even though the bony fish listed as " dolphin " on menus was unrelated to the mammal of the same name, diners still balked at ordering it. As a result, in the mid-1980s, restaurateurs started using the Hawaiian name--mahi-mahi--and all thoughts of Flipper were forgotten. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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