Mergers


There has long been a rumor that W. R. Grace Co. was going to buy the
Fuller Brush Co. and Mary Kay Cosmetics and then merge with the Hale
Business Systems. This would result in the new mega-corporate entity
known as ... "Hale Mary Fuller Grace." (By Gary Hollack).

Don't forget the failed merger between Yahoo and Netscape. ...
Net'n'yahoo. ... It didn't work out because they were afraid they would
have to relocate the headquarters ... InTel Aviv. (By Gary Hollack)

A great number of years ago there was a proposed merger between
Fairchild Electronics and Honeywell Computers. Rumor had it that the new
company would be called ... Fairwell Honeychild. (By P. C. Swanson)

It was announced that Wurlitzer is merging with Xerox. They are going to
market ... reproductive organs. (By Brian Near)

There is a merger in the works involving Polygraph Records, Warner Brothers,
and Keebler. It will be called ... Poly-Warner-Cracker.


3M & Goodyear = mmmGood

John Deere & Abitibi-Price = Deere Abi

Playboy & Toys R Us = Boy Toy

Crabtree & Evelyn  and Apple computer = Crab Apple

Zippo Manufacturing & Audi & Dofasco & Dakota Mining = Zip Audi Do Da

Folger Coffee & Detroit Edison & Rolex = Folderal

Swissair & Cheseborough-Ponds = Swisschese

Honeywell & Imasco & Home Oil = Honey, I'm Home

Denison Mines & Alliance & Metal Mining = Mine, All Mine

3M & JC Penny & Canadian Opera Company = 3 Penny Opera

Mattel & Pacific Gold = Ma & Pa

Sears Roebuck & Rogers Cable = Buck Rogers (By Doris Goodnard)


Cracker Jacks + Maxwell House = Crackhouse

Luvs Diapers + Hertz Rent-a-car = Luv Hertz

Grey Pupon + Dockers Pants = Grey Pupon Pants

Buttmaster + Sunkist = Buttkissed

Knott's Berry Farm + National Organization of Women = Knott NOW

Upjohn + Chuckie Cheese Pizza = UpChuck

White Castle Burgers + Glad Trash Bags = White Trash Bags

Uncle Ben's Rice + Ben Gay = Uncle Ben's Gay

Federal Express + UPS = Fed Up.


Thanks to Stan Kegel