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Unfortunate Caller ID Foreshortening For The Original Honeybaked Ham Company

By Ben Popken October 27, 2011

Probably should have thought that one through.

“Apparently someone in their marketing department never realized there’s a limit to how many characters you can fit in your CallerID name,” writes reader Sean. “At least it wasn’t my first girlfriend, who I dumped because she was sleeping around.”

When you’re branding, every last little detail counts.

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