F***** China!!!!!

[Exceller8]

I want one of those to weld to my King ****.

I wonder if the folk at the restaurant namesake lost their wrench.

Fukung King ****!! Bwahahahaha!!!!!!!

 

[uart]

I thought Fukung had a decent reputation for an affordable wrench?

They're ok wrenches, just as long as you don't need to make a warranty claim. Apparently their warranties are handled by their subsidiary company "Fuk Yu".

 

[uart]

They got an invoice from a vendor in China. The name of the person who generated the invoice was Ding Dong.

Hey give the guy a break, it took him a long time to work his way up to the job in accounts. He had to start out in door to door sales you know.

I know it's easy to make fun of names, and probably many of our real names sound like something funny in Chinese, but seriously this is one of the names I came across many years ago. "Wun Hung Lo". No BS, that was actually the guy's name.

 

[jcfields]

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[Gmonkee]

I have one offset DBE, sent a set of SAE DOE to a friend and have a set of Whitworth DOE yet.

Despite the silly name they're actually good tools to use. I know because I've used the SAE before they were moved on. Don't have much use for the whitworth, a metric set is what I'd love to find.

So now they've been spotted in NC and CA. too............. Good news to a friend of mine looking for some fukung wrenches,

 

[pauls_workshop]

Ha heh ha ha ha, that wrench is great!

Reminds me of an automotive story I once heard. Chevy once tried to market their Nova small car in the South American market. "Nova" apparently translated as "explodes" or something similar in the country targeted. They did not sell well. Chevy had to change the name of the car, then they sold ok. - Paul

 

[bonneyman]

Sort of how Datsun got their name.

When Datsun first thought about making cars, they had a group of German auto engineers come by the factory to examine their production techniques. One of the engineers asked how long they expected it would be before they rolled out their first car. The answer was about two weeks.
To which the German engineer exclaimed, "Dat soon?"

 

[Nick Danger]

Ha heh ha ha ha, that wrench is great!

Reminds me of an automotive story I once heard. Chevy once tried to market their Nova small car in the South American market. "Nova" apparently translated as "explodes" or something similar in the country targeted. They did not sell well. Chevy had to change the name of the car, then they sold ok. - Paul

It actually means "exploding sun" in Spanish. It didn't go over well in Brazil.

 

[Hojin101]

"Fukung" is also a special form of martial arts practiced only by dyslexic people.

hahaha

 

[Jarhead0408]

Oh damn.

This thread has turned out much better than I thought it would!

 

[McBrownie]

A few years back (well, like 15) I worked at a place where my desk was around the corner from the accounting people. One day I heard uproarious laughter so went over to investigate. They got an invoice from a vendor in China. The name of the person who generated the invoice was Ding Dong. We never stopped laughing about that.

I worked for a company with a large Chinese presence. Our two favorite names in the directory - Silky Wang and ****** Ho.

 

[McBrownie]

It actually means "exploding sun" in Spanish. It didn't go over well in Brazil.

"No va" means "doesn't go" or "won't go". Not a good name for a car. I had one and it lived up to it's spanish name on more than one occasion. My first car and still my favorite.

 

[RedRabbit]

It actually means "exploding sun" in Spanish. It didn't go over well in Brazil.

They speak mainly Portuguese in Brazil...