NAME GAME #2

[WAHOONBOX]

WE AMERCIANS ....HOW HAVE WE ALLOWED OURSELVES TO BE SWEPT UP INTO THE CORPORATE MARKETING PLOT...THE NAME GAME? HELL I'M GUILTY...I BOUGHT A DOGGONE HEMI TRUCK AND IF THERE WAS A HEMEYE IN MY LIVING ROOM AND I HAD A WEBSTERS DICTIONARY ON MY LAP I STILL WOULD NOT KNOW THE DEFINITION OF "HEMI"

THE AUTOMOBILE NAME GAME: NOW THERE'S A GOOD ONE...

YUKON...TAHOE....SIERRA...ALL TOUGH BOY NAMES....WOULD YOU BUY A TRUCK CALLED THE MOREHEAD PICKUP? HOW ABOUT THE GMC CAPE MAY TRUCK? NOPE....WE WOULDN'T TOUCH IT...YET IT WOULD BE THE SAME TRUCK BUT WITH A DIFFERENT NAME...

"OH WOWWW!! YOU BOUGHT YOUR SELF A NEW OCEAN CITY!!! WOWWW...."


AND WHAT ABOUT ALL THE LETTERS AND NUMBERS THE MANUFACTURERS SO PROUDLY DISPLAY ON DECK LIDS AND FENDERS.....THE Q10.....WHAT THE HELL DOES THE Q STAND FOR? THE BMW 3-SERIES....3 SERIES??? REALLY...MAYBE I WANT A 5 SERIES

BMW 550i.. WHAT'S UP WITH THE LOWER CASE i......MAYBE I SHOULD BUY ME A 35is.........naaa...550 SOUNDS BETTER

WHAT WERE THEY THINKING WITH THE FAMED RAMBLER COUNTRY CLUB...OR THE DODGE DIPLOMAT? COULD THE PUBLIC DRIVE A DIPLOMAT AS A CIVILIAN?

THE DESOTA FIREDOM .....I AIN'T MAKING THIS SHIT UP PEOPLE...WHAT THE HELL IS A DESOTA? FOR THAT MATTER WHAT IS A BUICK? ...BUICK SOUNDS LIKE THROW-UP TO ME...."LOOK OUT I GOTTA BUICK"!! .....A DODGE CORONET? A SATURN VUE? HERE'S ONE YOU WILL RECOGNIZE: CHEVROLET CORVETTE....I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT A CHEVROLET IS OR WHAT A CORVETTE IS.....AND YET CHICKS DIG EM......I THINK IT'S FRENCH FOR SOMETHING

THE FORD GALAXIE 500...1963 FASTBACK MODEL...351 CLEVELAND ENGINE...WITH FENDER SKIRTS.....WINNER OF MOST NASCAR EVENTS IN '63....NOW THERE'S A SLED FOR YA


WHY ARE WE BUYING VEHICLES WITH NAMES SELECTED FROM OUT WEST? I HAVE NEVER BEEN TO TAHOE...DON'T KNOW WHAT'S THERE....SIERRA? WHAT PART OF THE SIERRAS? .....GRAND TORINO....TORINO ITALY? I DON'T GET IT.....

LURE NAMES ARE NO DIFFERENT...FOR FRESH WATER WE HAVE :

THE GRAVE DIGGER....THE FAT-A

THE ROCKET HAWG

THE LAZER EYE

THE X-RAP.............RAP? YOU'RE KIDDING? I WOULD RATHER DIE A SLOW DEATH DRINKING HEATED PABST BLUE RIBBON BEER THAN TO LISTEN TO RAP


AND WHY IS X SUCH A POWERFUL LETTER? MALCOLM X....JAYZX....X-FACTOR.......HOW ABOUT THE K-FACTOR? SPECIAL-K CEREAL....SO WHERE'S MY SPECIAL-X BOX OF CEREAL?

THE X-BOX.......THEY USE THE LETTER X TWICE HERE.....NO ROYALTIES PAID OUT EITHER

I THINK THE MATANZA IS /WAS MY ALL-TIME FAVORITE SALTWATER LURE NAME....I PROBABLY HAVE CAUGHT MORE SLABS OF MEAT ON A MATANZA STYLE LURE ON MY SNIPER ROD THAN ANY LURE OUT THERE....MATANZA REMINDS ME OF THE APOCOLYPSE NOW MOVIE ...WITH MARLON BRANDO GETTING HIS HEAD CHOPPED OFF BY CHARLIE SHEEN....WHO STILL TO THIS DAY , YOU CAN FIND WHACKIN & SMACKIN OTHERS AROUND ON A DAILY BASIS.

I HATE IT WHEN LURE BUILDERS SAY: "BUY MY YELLOWFIN LURE"....DOES THAT MEAN BLACKFIN ,WAHOO OR MAHI WILL NOT EAT IT? "OH SHIT...I JUST CAUGHT A MAHI ON MY YELLOWFIN LURE! I'LL THROW IT BACK!"

EAT ME LURES...NOW THERE'S A GOOD UN...VERY ORIGINAL AND WELL THOUGHT OUT

THE WAHOO WHACKER.....IS THAT A BAT OR A BILLY CLUB ...? AND WHO IS BILLY ANYWAY AND HOW DID HE GET HIS OWN CLUB?....THESE THINGS CONFUSE ME STILL TO THIS DAY

THE LIP RIPPER.....

THE BALLY HOOD.....YOUR BALLYHOO WILL NOT SPIN...IT WILL NOT WASH OUT THEY SAY! .....WELL DUDE, YOU MIGHT JUST TRY RIGGING THE BALLYHOO PROPERLY AND USING A FRESH BAIT AND CHANGING IT OUT MORE FREQUENTLY THAN DRAGGING IT FOR STRAIGHT 5 HRS...

IT'S ALWAYS THE SAME SET OF SKIRTS ON LURES ...THEN DESIGN A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT HEAD AND INVENT A FUNKED UP NAME....




I'M SORRY BUT I CAN'T TAKE IT ANY LONGER HERE WITH THIS NAME GAME

I'M OTTA HERE...I GOTTA GO BUICK!

I'M WAHOONBOX....AND THAT'S MY NAME GAME FOR THIS RAINY MONDAY JAN 21ST...OR 22ND...OR WHATEVER DAY IT IS.

[Bodie]

I don't know I might buy a MOREHEAD truck if it meant i got more head.

[Flatdog]

And so I bestow my 1001 post on the best and funniest world Box's....... I think you are on to something fiendish here, or are you pulling my MATANZA

[saltwaterbucks]

Can somebody go by BOX's house and check on him for me, his brother..............


Jan. 21 or 22 WTF ???????????


Is he having spells or something?

[SeaBiscuit]

Those creative moments come out of nowhere and like Ole Faithful erupt through the surface to keep us entertained!
Fine work brother Box. Thanks for the smiles.
SeaBiscuit

[BahamaLure]

Maybe I can shed some light on this ever so confusing issue..... but to begin I do agree the names are usually dumb. What the heck is an 'Imprezza' or 'Lumina' (does it glow in the dark?) for example?

When I came up with my second lure head design I quickly realized I needed names for them or else complete confusion would ensue. All the molds look the same for example so unless they were corralled in their own individual box and labeled they would be all mixed up and indistinguishable. Not to mention I needed something the customer could remember and be able to use easily.

So then I needed a theme. Just about every silly aggressive sounding lure name had already been taken, from grave-digger to tormentor and all points in between so that was no help. I needed something nobody had thought of before so I came up with the names of moons at first and then expanded that to use the planets too. Explanations of each name can be found on my web site. In short the names are either from Greek Mythology or Shakespearian characters. Fortunately the names stuck and I have noticed that once people remember their particular favorites they become familiar and easy to use.

[WAHOONBOX]

OH ........YOU'RE GOOD!


THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF FINE PRODUCT MARKETING....TAKING ADVANTAGE OF AN OTHERWISE RIDICULOUS THREAD THOUGH READ AROUND THE WORLD ...AND TURNING IT INTO A MARKETING MARVEL....

[Capt,Ray]

Can somebody go by BOX's house and check on him for me, his brother..............


Jan. 21 or 22 WTF ???????????


Is he having spells or something?

The winter doldrums are setting in,I told the Beast on the phone earlier''God created February and March for those that think eternity isnt long enough.''

[FLATLINER]

I kinda like the "Morehead City Slob Slayer". The results show the accuracy of the name!!!!!





And "The Beast"??? Well, you decide 'Box!!!




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[WAHOONBOX]

I'M SORRY BUT I CAN'T HELP IT.....I REMAIN MYSTIFIED AS TO HOW SOME AUTOMOBILES ARE NAMED.

AS I WAS DRIVING DOWN HIWAY 24 THROUGH CAMP LEGUENE YESTERDAY I CAME UPON A HIWAY SIGN THAT READ: KIA- MIA- POW HIGHWAY.

I WAS IN THE RIGHT HAND LANE DOING THE SPEEDLIGHT 55.
A KIA CHANGED LANES RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME FORCING ME TO SLAM ON THE BRAKES (THANK GOD MINE WORKED) AND PULL THE THROTTLE BACK....MY DIET DR PEPPER WENT FLYING SLINGING FOAM SPRAY INTO MY CD PLAYER.

KIA.....KILLED IN ACTION.

NOW HOW INAPPROPRIATE IS THAT? ...HOW DISRESPECTFUL IS THAT TO SLAIN AMERICAN HEROES TO NAME A CAR KIA....

AND LATER, A FABLED TOYOTA CAMRY PASSED ME DOING 80 IN A 55.....I BACKED OFF ONE MORE TIME TO GET OUT OF HARMS WAY OF THIS BULLET.....A CAMRY? NOW WHAT THE HELL IS A CAMRY? ANYONE KNOW? I MEAN WHY DO PEOPLE BUY A CAR THAT HAS A NAME THAT NONE OF US KNOW THE MEANING OF?

MAZDA CX-9...........CX??? WHAT DO THEY MEAN CX? 9? WHERE'S THE CX-8? OR THE CX-2? WHY DIDN'T THEY CALL IT THE MAZDA ABCDEFG-9? SOMETHING EASY TO REMEMBER?

THE AUDI-8..........ATE WHAT?

Dakota
Dart
Dasher
Daytona
Defender
del Sol
DeVille
Diablo
Diamante
Dino
Diplomat
Discovery
DTS
Durango
Duster
Dynasty

SOME SOUND LIKE LURE NAMES DON'T THEY....THE DIABLO....THE DUSTER....TUNA DART