iPad, iTampon...

[Joel S. Berson]

At 1/27/2010 04:00 PM, Geoffrey S. Nathan wrote:
>Shortly after the announcement of the new Apple tablet, known
>officially as the iPad, CNN reported that some found the name
>questionable, and reported on the existence in blogs of the
>alternative name iTampon. Turns out there are about 19K ghits for
>iTampon, although I couldn't tell if all were making fun of the new
>Apple toy (which has been rumored for months, including its name...)

With due acknowledgements to "Putting on the Ritz," I can almost hear
and see the new song and dance craze -- "Tapping on my iTampon"  Or
variants, depending on one's dialect and raunchiness.

Joel

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