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Pepsi's "Come alive with the Pepsi Generation" translated into "Pepsi brings

your ancestors back from the grave," in Chinese.

 

The Coca-Cola name in China was first read as "Ke-kou-ke la," meaning "Bite

the wax tadpole" or "female horse stuffed with wax," depending on the

dialect.

 

Coke then researched 40,000 characters to find a phonetic equivalent,

"ko-kou-ko le," translating into "happiness in the mouth."

 

 

 

Funny Quotables:

 

95% of this game is half mental.

 

-- Yogi Berra

 

When angry, count to four; when very angry, swear.

 

-- Mark Twain

 

All I want is a warm bed and a kind word and unlimited power.

 

-- Ashleigh Brilliant

 

It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is

lightly greased.

 

-- Kehlog Albran

 

The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax.

 

-- Albert Einstein