PIETER PAUL RUBENS,
If by now, there is no bell ringing inside your head, I dare say you are a CULTURE B!*#& !!!!:p
Anyway, for the uninitiated, Pieter Paul Rubens (or in short form, Rubens), was a renowned painter of the Renaissance era, late 16th century....
And as it happened to be, he was a citizen of my hometown, Antwerp, and thus since my early days at school we were bombarded with lectures about OUR famous artist, and we got to see up close his artworks for ourselves, e.g in the majestic cathedral of Antwerp....
So, the name Rubens conjures up many positive feelings and memories for me.
But I was unpleasantly surprised to notice something that my dearest brought along from her shopping spree the other day.....
She went to a supermarket, which specializes in overseas fare, and bought something which I wouldn't refuse......pate ( a type of meat paste).......:0
Good pate is quite hard to find around this region, and almost all of them are imported.....so it's considered a delicacy in this quarters of the world.
But heck, what did I notice.....pate, righto, but the brand itself......."Rubens"?!?!?
Ow, I thought, this is quite entrepreneurial.....sticking a well-known name on a product, hoping it would attract the customers........I can still live with that......but blimey, this pate product comes from Ozzie land!!!!!......
Now what does an Australian firm have anything to do with "Rubens" ??? Where is the connection?? Beats me.........this is pure 'blasphemy'!!! :p
Ofcourse, I did try the pate itself.....
Verdict = Pieter Paul Rubens paintings are a wonder from heaven......as opposed to this pate......on a scale from 1-10.....it definitely scores below par!!!
Either buckle up and improve your pate product or change your brand name to something more associated with Down Under, .....like Ayer's Rock Pate!!!!
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