In 1906 Max Kiss(that's his real name), a Hungarian-born pharmacist living in the U.S., came up with an over-the-counter version of a new prescription laxative called phenolphthalein. Kiss called his new chocolate tablets Bo-Bos, but one afternoon he happened to read in the local Hungarian language newspaper about a deadlock in Hungary's parliament. The Hungarian words for "parliamentary deadlock" are sometimes shortened to "ex-lax" in print. Kiss thought it sounded like "excellent laxative."

hhhmmm some interesting things I found...
Strange Taste-a popular Chinese candy.
Zit!- a German "gourmet chocolate and fruit confection."
Pschit-a French soft drink, and Mucos, a soda sold in the Philippines.
Ass Glue-a Chinese patent medicine that is marketed as a "blood-nourishing paste."
Koff-a Finnish beer sold briefly in the USA.
Shitto-a spicy pepper sauce from Ghana.
Super Piss-a Finnish solvent that unfreezes car locks.
Little Hussy-a writing tablet for little girls, sold in Taiwan.
Kowpis-a "popular fremented milk drink."
Homo Sausage-beef jerky
Green Piles-lawn fertilizer



There was a young fellow called Cager,
Who, as the result of a wager,
Offered to fart
The whole oboe part
Of Mozart's Quartet in F Major.

I sat next to the Duchess at tea,
Distressed as a person could be.
Her rumblings abdominal,
Were simply phenomenal,
And everyone thought it was ME!

'scuse me I'm in an assy mood!
(no pun intended)