Questionable Pseudo-Branding

Questionable Things

A catalogue of nebulously inappropriate, vaguely unsettling, or bafflingly bizarre items.
Simple Truths

Simple Truths

03 Sep 2007 181
It's funny the life lessons you can learn from a box of dog treats.
Questionable Sign

Questionable Sign

10 Jul 2010 200
I'm not sure who thought using a mummified lawn jockey to advertise their soup was a great idea, but it didn't make me want to buy any.
Questionable Product Names

Questionable Product Names

19 Oct 2011 155
WTH-inducing on several levels.
Questionable Sign

Questionable Sign

22 Oct 2011 180
With a sign like that, you can be pretty sure they sell Viagra.
Questionable Advertising

Questionable Advertising

01 Jul 2012 214
In multiple ways. 20160412: four years later, per Google Earth, there's a different Mike Tyson sign for the same product in the same place.
Questionable Window Display

Questionable Window Display

02 Jul 2012 195
Sheepish.
Questionable Advertising

Questionable Advertising

07 Jul 2012 200
Apparently this translates as "Open Pleasure", in the imperative sense of "open". But if you leave the "it" off the second word, it translates as "Pleasure Holes". "Have a Coke and a smile", indeed. Good thing I didn't know this at the time. And that had I known it, I didn't have some white tape with me and a few minutes unobserved...
False Advertising

False Advertising

14 Aug 2012 214
I don't think you could really fit one into that thing.
You Just Knew...

You Just Knew...

22 Sep 2012 179
...this had to be in Germany. (At the Bremen Karstadt.)
Questionable Advertisement

Questionable Advertisement

22 Sep 2012 202
Seen on the tram in Zurich.
Questionable Product Names

Questionable Product Names

02 Nov 2014 161
Especially amusing given I only recently learned the term "bell end" (it's apparently Australian slang). Note how much more efficient the label is in English vs. Spanish. The word for "bell" alone has more syllables than all three spelled-out words in the English version together.
Questionable Product Names

Questionable Product Names

15 Nov 2014 1 224
Imported from Y'ha-nthlei by Marsh, Inc. Innsmouth, Massachusetts.
Questionable Christmas Sign

Questionable Christmas Sign

24 Nov 2014 207
It's beginning to look a lot like child abuse. [Via Gina]
Questionable Pasta

Questionable Pasta

23 Dec 2014 176
"It's a surprise!"
Questionable Book Cover

Questionable Book Cover

29 Dec 2014 183
Spissky Hrad is not in northern Michigan. I don't think there's that much exposed rock in Michigan. Compare with mine: www.ipernity.com/doc/revenki/26822403
Questionable Search Results

Questionable Search Results

17 Jan 2015 178
This is so horrifying if you understand the implications that it's actually hilarious.
Questionable Movie Poster

Questionable Movie Poster

17 Jan 2015 191
I'm guessing this one got higher than a PG rating.
Questionable Advertisement

Questionable Advertisement

17 Jan 2015 207
The downside of hydration packs.
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