Indonesia Offers Some Tasty Poo
Nothing spells ‘name fail’ better than a bad combination of product and company name. Stik Tahu by Poo is one such example.
This snack from Indonesia might mean finger-licking good in the local lingo but, in English, comes across as sticky pile of unmentionables from the loo.
Stiks are local variations of chips which can be conjured up using anything from tofu to bananas. Thus, ’stik’ means ’stick’ while tahu is the Indonesian word for tofu.
Apparently the Kediri region, with its famous Poo stores, is particularly well-known for ’stiks’. A few travelers cite Jl Yos Sudarso street, near Madu Center, as the hot spot for hot sizzling Poo stiks.
Here, the snacks come in various forms – packaged and ready to go as a travel souvenir or served fresh from the kitchen.
By shinigami on 11-09-2009
Comment by thekid
September 11th, 2009 at 3:37 pm
From link #2, POO is an abbreviation of Pusat Oleh-oleh or Souvenir Center in English.
Nothing special there. It's just an abbreviation that happens to be a word in English.
Comment by Brad F.
September 11th, 2009 at 7:28 pm
Good job ruining all the fun. I thought it was amusing. I know a girl from Indonesia so I'll ask her tomorrow morning if she's ever eaten any poo. She might not get the joke but I'll have a good laugh.
Comment by Pam Black
September 11th, 2009 at 9:56 pm
oh you mean, mean man !!!!,she said as she grined sheepishly
Comment by Brad F.
September 11th, 2009 at 11:25 pm
Why are you referring to yourself in the third person? That's really not cute. Not at all.
Sent from my iPhone
Comment by PamELA
September 12th, 2009 at 2:01 am
BEING THERE ARE THREEOF US SHARING THIS NAME AND ADRESS,IT IS PERFECTLI CORRECT TO YOU THE THIRD PERSON.Brad i THINK YOU NEED TO TAKE A LAXATIVE AND GET RID OF THAT ANAL RETENTION.
Comment by BUNNY LOVE
September 12th, 2009 at 2:07 am
HEY PAMELA,I HAVE SOME EXLAX
Comment by Brandt
September 12th, 2009 at 5:34 pm
Wow. What a great comment thread!
Comment by Brad F.
September 12th, 2009 at 6:23 pm
No kidding. This is more entertaining than most movies I've watched.
Comment by PAMELA
September 12th, 2009 at 6:53 pm
BRAD, THE CAPITAL LETTERS ARE FOR YOU. YOU ARE JUST TO SAD TO ENJOY PLAYING WITH. LOOK INTO THE LOOKING GLASS AND RELAAY SEE THE PERSON LOOKING BACK
Comment by two-faced joel
September 14th, 2009 at 11:36 am
BLACH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!no way im gonna eat that its DISGUSTING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Comment by shinigami
September 14th, 2009 at 12:41 pm
@thekid To be fair, we also laugh at English words used by English speaking folk. I mean, think of the number of people who snicker every time the pilot or cabin crew of a plane says cockpit.
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