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[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Somehow it makes no sense, regardless how you order it. "Drink Their's - USE OURS!"

Any idea of the nationality of the tag? Three letters, three digits could be Belgium, but then the blue EU flag with the "B" would be missing.

[–] Frenchys_prospecting@aussie.zone 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Foster's plastic industries.

It's in Melbourne Australia. The truck is unregistered and I still have no idea what the sign means. I posted this to the same sub on Reddit 5 or so years ago. Lol

[–] TomMasz@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Foster's Lager is advertised as "Australian for Beer" in the US and other places, if FPI makes plastic cups this could mean drink Foster's (beer) in a Foster's (plastic) cup.

[–] psud@aussie.zone 1 points 17 hours ago

Fosters beer isn't popular in Australia, though beers of the same style are big.

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I don't understand what this is supposed to mean...

[–] vaguerant@fedia.io 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 2 points 1 day ago
[–] y0din@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Australian license plate according to chatgpt, the product could be water, it makes sense in an "use theirs" "drink ours" way, but I'm just guessing here

edit: drink theirs, use ours also makes sense if it's non drinkable water.. but again, just guessing

[–] Frenchys_prospecting@aussie.zone 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's a plastics company. I'm guessing they make party cups or something

[–] y0din@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

as a reference to @TomMasz@lemmy.world comment, I think the slogan is that you drink some brew, water, etc in "drink theirs" and in the cup manufactured by them "use ours" as in the cups they produce.. horrible slogan if you do not know what their product is.

I wholeheartedly agree. It's a relatively unknown background business that no one thinks about