Advertising is often annoying but it's amusing to imagine the thought processes involved. Most clearly in the case of antibacterial wipes, where they have to convey that it will kill all germs ALL GERMS ALL OF THEM ABSOLUTELY NONE LEFT, but also that they feel nicey on your handy-wandys. So they call them Wet Ones, which sounds like the collective term for puppy noses.
Which brings me rather spuriously on to band names. You've got to have a certain amount of chutzpah to call yourself something that is clearly never going to be said in anything even vaguely resembling prime time. A name such as F*ck Buttons, for example. Their latest effort, Tarot Sport, is a very interesting industrially electronic effort, little bits of hook intermingling with harsh but passionate atmospheres. If you fancy something different but engaging then have a go at it. It's not getting anywhere near prime time, of course - so they might as well call themselves something confrontational and anti-mainstream. Thankfully, their name is not even remotely the most interesting thing about them.
Now if they were called the Humpto Bumpadoo Brothers, it might be a different story...
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