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The continuing saga of a single, burgeoning stand-up comedienne/wanna-be poker ingénue/bitter corporate drone/closet hermit/hapless homeowner…living in L.A.

Monday, January 02, 2006

Bone-tastic

How do you suppose drug companies come up with the names of their products? Do you think they sit around a large conference table and throw around ideas ‘til the silver-haired CEO says “that’s it!”

I picture that, plus about five half-empty bottles of liquor and boxes of take-out.

What else could be the excuse for a product named Boniva.

It’s for women fighting osteoporosis. I think the drug companies just took the word Bone and added a bunch of Greek-sounding suffixes ‘til they came up with Boniva?

Creative Guy 1: “Bonestra?”

Creative Guy 2: “Boneaprin?”

Creative Guy 3: “Boneagra?”

Creative Guy 2: “Hey that was my idea before we came up with Viagra, you stole that.”

Creative Guy 3: “Screw you Anderson, you wouldn’t know a good idea if it bit you in the Zicam.”

Grey Haired CEO: “Can we please continue?”

Creative Guy 1: “Bonecam?”

Creative Guy 3: “Oh come on, you just said that ‘cause I mentioned Zicam.”

Creative Guy 1: “I own two Porsches.”

Creative Guy 2: “How about Boniva?”

Grey Haired CEO: “I like it. Now let me get home to my trophy wife.”

4 Comments:

  • At 4:05 PM, Blogger SeriouslyNoWay said…

    It's part of the dumbing down of America. No more use of that ancient Latin to name products. Whose idea was that anyway? I suspect is also has something to do with the English takeover of the world. If you make all the products English then soon we will be globally English and not have to learn another language (except for SoCal who will have to learn Spanish to stay ahead. What! Don't act like it's not true! And it's not racist because I've have Mexican friends and coworkers screech about immigrants who don't learn English so don't get nasty.)

     
  • At 4:08 PM, Blogger SeriouslyNoWay said…

    Osteoniva is harder to spell and look up on internet search engines.

     
  • At 8:46 PM, Blogger SeriouslyNoWay said…

    What the hell is wrong with blogger. It won't show the comments on your page nor will it let me post my last two entries. Stupid blogger.

     
  • At 8:52 PM, Blogger Leana said…

    You are fired up!!!!

     

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