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dazzledbeans @lemmy.world to Memes@lemmy.ml · 7 months ago

guess the company

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guess the company

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dazzledbeans @lemmy.world to Memes@lemmy.ml · 7 months ago
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  • JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works
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    Hence why their logo is 3 tuning forks.

    logo

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      BMW started off making aircraft engines over a hundred years ago when powered aircraft were first being developed … which is why their logo is a circle with four different coloured quarters, it’s the image of a spinning propeller

      Just don’t ask them what they were doing between 1933 and 1945

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        Nintendo started off making playing cards, that’s why their logo is a [Remainder of comment removed due to Cease and Desist]

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        This is a misconception. The chequered blue and white is part of a Bavarian flag, but due to some legal issues they had to straighten it.

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        Just don’t ask them what they were doing between 1933 and 1945

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          Silent movies with Chaplin?

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        I think it’s also a reference to the bavarian flag.

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          Yes … and because of that, for the longest time, because so many people repeated it, I thought the acronym stood for Bavarian Motor Works … its actually ‘Bayerische Motoren Werke’

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            Which is literally just German for Bavarian Motor Works.

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              German for Bavarian Motor Works

              God damit! … I was right all along … just in the wrong language!

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        The image of a propeller is from an ad they once ran, but the logo existed beforehand.

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        Business, ofc

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        Peugeot started off making pepper and salt grinders.

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      That’s awesome

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      Then they moved to motorcycle forks

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        Then they moved to motorcycle forks

        Maybe they can do Y-Wings next.

        Stay on target.

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      But also resemble a motor with three pistons.

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