This was sent to me via email, I thought it was funny, so I thought I would blog it...
A disappointed salesman of Coca Cola returns from his assignment to Israel.
A friend asked, "Why weren't you successful with the Israelis?"
The salesman explained:
When I got posted, I was very confident that I would make a good sales pitch. But, I had a problem. I didn't know how to speak Hebrew. So, I planned to convey the message through three posters:
- First poster : A man lying in the hot desert sand, totally exhausted and fainting.
- Second poster : The man is drinking our Cola.
- Third poster : Our man is now totally refreshed.
And then these posters were pasted all over the place.
"Then that should have worked!!" said the friend.
"The hell it should have!!" said the salesman. "I didn't realize that they read from right to left !!!!!!"



Comments
Very cute.
Chag Sameach &Kosher to you and yours Barry :-)
Posted by: Olivier Amar | April 7, 2009 11:08 AM
"I didn't realize that they read from right to left" - what a Farshlugginer!
Posted by: Michael Geneles | April 7, 2009 11:18 AM
"I didn't realize that they read from right to left" - LOL, what a Farshlugginer!
Posted by: Michael Geneles | April 7, 2009 11:24 AM
Very funny.
Posted by: Yehuda | April 7, 2009 5:24 PM
That's a good one, Barry. I knew the second I saw it. True story or just amusing?
Did you hear the one-- don't know if it's true or not-- about trying to sell a car in Latin America called the Nova? "No va" in Spanish means "doesn't go."
~ Maya
The New Jew: Blogging Jewish Philanthropy
Posted by: Maya Norton | April 12, 2009 12:20 PM
Just posted a comment that didn't show up. Hoping comments are moderated and saved before posting-- otherwise it was lost.
~ Maya
Posted by: Maya Norton | April 12, 2009 12:22 PM
@Maya
This is true.
There was a Romanian car called "Dacia Nova", but I don't think somebody tried to sell it in Latin America (maybe only in Spain), however they rebranded the model to "Dacia Supernova" [fail again "Super! No va!"] after a year or two.
However they have now the superhits "Dacia Logan" and "Dacia Sandero", 2 low-middle cost cars with a good market around the world, produced under the "Dacia" brand in Europe and "Renault" brand in Latin America and "Mahindra-Renault" in Asia.
Posted by: Robert | January 13, 2010 11:20 AM
And i,ll bet the local carwash owners a bird lover
Posted by: Birdzilla | January 15, 2010 2:15 AM