July 29, 2008     

The Top 9 Unlikely
Tech Company Mergers

9> Farmer’s Insurance + Dell Computers = Farmer in the Dell

8> Google + Victoria’s Secret = Booble

7> Disney + Microsoft = Mickey Mouse

6> Nintendo + Huggies = Wii-Wee

5> eBay + Verizon = Buy and Cell

4> Mozilla Foundation + Catholic Church = Godzilla

3> Google + Apache = Search Injuns

2> Apple + Kotex = iPad

and the Number 1 Unlikely Tech Company Merger…

1> Microsoft + Hell’s Angels = Little Redmond Riding Hoods

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Credits:

Selected from 33 submissions from 12 contributors.
This week’s list authors are:

Douglas Frank, Crosby, TX — 1
Pam Wilhoit, Royal Palm Beach, FL — 2, 6
John O’Byrne, Dublin, Ireland — 3, 5, Topic
Brandon Hunt, Portsmouth, RI — 4, 8, 9 (Hat trick!)
Bruce Kane, Charlotte, NC — 7
Kim Moser, New York, NY — List Moderator

RUNNERS UP list — Merged and Purged

Cicso + Friskies = Frisco

(Andrea Kelly, Brookeville, MD)

Cisco + Playskool = Cisco Kid

(Bill Livingston, Decatur, AL)

Google + U.S. Army = Search and Destroy

(Douglas Frank, Crosby, TX)

Intel + G.Q. = IntelliGents

(Andrea Kelly, Brookeville, MD)

Trojan + Apple = Rubber Macintosh

(Donald Johnson, Cincinnati, OH)