To not buy Smeg products

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Because the name reminds me of smegma?

Seen a gorgeous pink coffee machine I really want but it has the word 'Smeg' slapped across it in massive letters and everytime I look at the machine and I see the word and instantly think of knob cheese and it's really putting me off buying it! 🤢

Same. We had a smeg kettle and I thought of that every time

Apparently 200% of people think YANBU!

I always think ‘smug’ 😂

Yanbu. We need a new fridge, and I like the look of theirs. But I just couldn't have one for this reason.

Hahaha! DH and I were saying the exact same thing last night when shopping for new kitchen appliances.

'That's a nice kettle'
'Yeah but... Smeg. Ugh'

When I first heard of Smeg products, I couldn't help but snigger as I can't help thinking of criton of red drawf, getting stuck saying SMEEEEEG.

Even years later, both DH and me do an impression of Criton everytime see a SMEG fridge. but we are really childish

I would agree with you, I'm normally so childish with these things but my beautiful blue fridge and pink range cooker are so worth getting over it for.

Trying to say smeg head

m.youtube.com/watch?v=RXKlC8ph7mM

I kind of get what you mean but I absolutely love my over-sized gorgeous Smeg fridge freezer so don’t actually care.

I have a amen fridge freezer 😬

A SMEG

It just reminds me of Red Dwarf... thankfully; because they do some gorgeous appliances and for the moment at least they still seem well built!

I completely understand where you are and I was there when finalising my new kitchen. but the fact of the matter was that the perfect combination of all the features I wanted for my cooker and extractor hood was from smeg and I had to choose whether to compromise on the features and sizes and performance just to not have the word Smeg emblazoned on my kitchen. it was a tough choice but I decided to go with smeg and the association with smegma has honestly faded and I barely think about it, because the primary association is with the quality and performance of the devices themselves.

Ugh, it's such a lovely machine.
I haven't seen any other pink coffee machines as nice.

I know they are meant to be a great quality brand but I just can't let it go.

I have tried to ignore it but the word is so big and in your face, you just can't ignore it.

I see the word and no matter how hard I try I can't stop myself adding 'ma' onto the end.

Then I naturally start thinking about actual smegma...
Not what you want to be thinking about over a lovely hot cup of coffee.

😡

Every fool I've known who has bought a Smeg fridge currently has it in their living room or hallway because they're too damn big for most kitchens. Ridiculous.

Yanbu
I thought it was just my sewer mind that associated them

We looked at Smeg fridge freezers recently but they seem TINY inside, like the casing is six inch bulletproof steel or something. The gross name just added insult to injury!

Perhaps you could cover up the SMEG with one of those ‘adorable’ pictures children bring home from school? Just ensure the picture - probably of you naked apart from a top hat and in the process of being burned to death by a huge sun - is large enough to disguise the giant reference to knob cheese you’ve got on your fridge.

They have some lovely things but the name puts me off as well.

I always think of Kryten.

I feel like this about Acne jeans. They are expensive AND have that gross name sewn on the bum.

I always think ‘smug’ 😂

So did Aardman - the fridge in one of the Wallace and Gromit films has SMUG across the door.

BTW they aren't any better quality than a lot of less trendy brands.

See also BMW, Bugaboo, Audi etc

We have had smeg kettles for years and it's literally never come into my head . I must be really weird

And they're not that good. You'd be better with Bosch/Neff/Siemens depending on your budget.