Archives for February 3rd, 2005

A Slovenian-made notebook from the "Nine-Eleven" series.

The Slovenian company ELISA Mengeš d.o.o. produces a line of 52-leaf striped-paper A4 notebooks under the brand-name "Nine-Eleven." To American ears, it’s a bit of an unfortunate choice in light of its negative connotations. When I first saw it, I expected to find some crude anti-American propaganda on it. At the very least: "Fak to the U.S. and A.!" or "Yankee go home!"

Instead, the notebooks are covered with standard graffiti-style drawings, with nothing even slightly hinting at the WTC attacks. The name presumably comes from the dimensions 9"x11", which is only problematic insofar as Slovenia uses the metric system, and thus no inches. So why isn’t it called Twenty-three-Twenty-eight?

I should also quickly mention that dates here are written as DD/MM/YY, so 9/11 would be read by everyone as the ninth of November. Unfortunately, as everyone knows, that’s the anniversary of Adolf Hitler’s 1923 Beer Hall Putsch.

What the hell is this company trying to tell us?

(Thanks Schmaren!)