Looks like there’s no one left in Venezuela brave enough to tell Hugo Chavez when one of his ideas is stupid.
The Venezuelan strongman (we can’t bring ourselves to call him “President”) just launched one of the world’s most inexpensive cell phones. At just $15, it rivals the cheapest Asian phones.
The stupid part is that he named it the Vergatorio, which is Venezuelan slang for penis. He even made penis jokes at the public product launch.
Why, you may wonder, is the Venezuelan leader introducing a new cell phone and giving it an offensive name? Because he can. He recently nationalized the company that developed the phone, which makes him its new chief executive.
Makes sense to us. And we look forward to seeing Barack Obama introduce the exciting new 2010 Chryslers in the near future.
Update: While we didn’t name it after someone’s body part, the United States has a free government cell phone.
Source: Telegraph UK
This post was last modified on October 18, 2023
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Didn't name it after his own? How modest.
At the presumed quality for $15 it should have been named after his own 'tool'- Don Juan.
Because after just Juan, it's Don. ( wink, wink)
He's a little late to the pecker naming party...In the late 70's, David Coverdale named his band Whitesnake after his...which BTW, if you're gonna go down that road (from a marketing standpoint), it's way better than Vertigo or Vegantoro or what ever the hell it is.
I guess he could have tried for "Members Only", but I'm sure the clothing manufacturer wouldn't have relinquished the name...not even for Hugo.
And speaking of Whitesnake, you may be able to convince me to tell you my Tawny Kitaen story someday when we hold our First Annual IHTM Convention.
What a coincidence! I have about 238 Tawny Kitaen stories, unfortunately, she was never physically present for any of them! Those teen years were hard! When's the IHTM convention? I'm there!
Sign me up!
dicktater communicater
Dick.
how about the iTool?
The Chrysler Schlong, coming soon.
"Shaft!"