> > ObTrivia: In 1928, faced with declining sales, the makers of Vegemite decided to try renaming their product "Parwill". It didn't last long; even then, people thought it was a dreadful pun...
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> What pun. "Whippoorwill", a nocturnal nightjar? Or if you presume Mar Might, then Par Will? No... Sorry... That makes no sense at all. I just don't get it!
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> Wolf "Marmite is pronounced Mahr-MEET in French, and that means: 'a POT'" spirit


Or Veggie might and Par will?

Mel"I didn't understand it before, but if I do now I think I know why it was considered a bad pun, that's AWFUL"anie