# Amusing Business Names **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 20, 2000, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-business-names/41914 "2000-11-20T02:30:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2000, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-business-names/41914/1 "2000-11-20T02:30:24Z")
While on a driving trip from Detroit burbs to Chicago Burbs, I spied alot of interesting and amusing business names. Some where, dare I say, even cute. A sampling of the ones that wrote down after I decided to turn my musings into a thread. Peter Piper’s Pizza Hair-a-scope ( hair salon) Garbage Gobblers ( trash company. This is from TX from a trip that I went on 9 years ago.) Chicken Coop Fish and Chips. ( I’m a little confused on where they are getting the fish and chips from.) ---
**Author:** ![porcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac91a4/32.png) [@porcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/porcupine)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2000, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-business-names/41914/2 "2000-11-20T02:32:02Z")
“Mr. Bulky” - I always thought this should be a men’s big and tall shop, but alas, it is a bulk candy store. ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2000, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-business-names/41914/3 "2000-11-20T02:56:54Z")
Master Bait & Tackle Country Cuzzins. Something about this just doesn’t sit right with me. KFC. Did you know that they changed the name because they stopped selling chicken there. It’s true, it’s made of soylent green and backwash. I read it on a bathroom wall so it’s gotta be true. I’ll tell you what else ::slap:: HEY! WHO DID THAT? :mad: ---
**Author:** ![tubagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b77776/32.png) [@tubagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tubagirl)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2000, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-business-names/41914/4 "2000-11-20T02:59:55Z")
Well down here in Florida we have: Cheap Guys Computers (great for fried modems) Big Al’s Hubcaps Circus A Go-GO (strip joint) Choo-Choos Chinese I went to a restaunrant in Chicago called: Dick’s Last Resort I’m sure I’ll think of more. ---
**Author:** ![nashiitashii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7c8e57/32.png) [@nashiitashii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nashiitashii)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2000, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-business-names/41914/5 "2000-11-20T03:03:34Z")
There’s also The Happy Hocker Pawn Shop. [Nearly every time I read this sign, I replace Hocker with Hooker.] ---
**Author:** ![Gunslinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4491bb/32.png) [@Gunslinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gunslinger)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2000, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-business-names/41914/6 "2000-11-20T03:04:06Z")
In Southern Louisiana: **Bayou Jeaux** (say: “Joe’s”) ---
**Author:** ![drewbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drewbert/32/15890_2.png) [@drewbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewbert)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2000, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-business-names/41914/7 "2000-11-20T03:05:28Z")
“Allred Optical” ---
**Author:** ![JuanDeCuba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a87d85/32.png) [@JuanDeCuba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JuanDeCuba)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2000, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-business-names/41914/8 "2000-11-20T04:01:13Z")
I saw a store in Vegas called Strip T’s. Mostly T-shirts and tourist stuff. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2000, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-business-names/41914/9 "2000-11-20T04:07:39Z")
A couple of car rental chains got cute: Rent-A-Dent and Rent-A-Wreck. My hair lady’s shop is called “Turning Heads.” Another one in town is “A Cut Above.” Seems like hairstyling salons get cutesy more than just about any other business. Frigidaire started out as Frigid-Air, as in the refrigerator. Lots of people still call their fridges fridgidaires, even if they’re not Frigidaire but might be G.E. or Maytag or Kenmore. Just thought I’d throw that out. I didn’t really have any good ones, did I? ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2000, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-business-names/41914/10 "2000-11-20T04:08:44Z")
W.C. Potts plumbing fixtures, Winnipeg. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2000, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-business-names/41914/11 "2000-11-20T04:09:18Z")
D’oh! How could I forget? The optometrist in my town is Dr. Gazaway. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Asbestos_Mango)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2000, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-business-names/41914/12 "2000-11-20T04:11:47Z")
COIT One of these days, I’m actually going to find out what business they’re in. ---
**Author:** ![zyzzyva](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@zyzzyva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zyzzyva)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2000, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-business-names/41914/13 "2000-11-20T04:16:23Z")
There’s a web hosting company that specializes in Windows NT servers. They call themselves simply “We Are NT Hosting”. That’s all fine until they have to make it a URL: [http://www.wearenthosting.com](http://www.wearenthosting.com) “So, if you aren’t hosting, what are you doing?” ---
**Author:** ![Erika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/47e85d/32.png) [@Erika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Erika)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2000, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-business-names/41914/14 "2000-11-20T04:27:33Z")
When I was down in Oak Ridge this summer, there was a place called “Atomic Pawn.” We were never entirely sure why it was disturbing, but it was. ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2000, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-business-names/41914/15 "2000-11-20T04:44:58Z")
I rented a '69 Goat from Rent-A-Wreck for a week in L.A. in '89. They had hearses and go-boys galore. That car was a lot of fun. I ran a business for several years named SeisImage (seismic imaging of prospective oil & gas reservoirs) that I’m sure several of my prospects’ secretaries concluded was to be written as Size Image and I just know they thought I was some sort of plastic surgeon. ---
**Author:** ![Mac\_Guffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2bfe46/32.png) [@Mac\_Guffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mac_Guffin)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2000, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-business-names/41914/16 "2000-11-20T04:46:09Z")
Here in the frosty north, the Seven-Eleven chain of convenience stores was recently bought out by a company calling itself **CUM-N-GO**. They even spell it that way. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2000, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-business-names/41914/17 "2000-11-20T04:46:29Z")
Our favorite breakfast place here in San Francisco is a crepe restaurant called “Squat ‘n’ Gobble”. ---
**Author:** ![Neenah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/958977/32.png) [@Neenah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neenah)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2000, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-business-names/41914/18 "2000-11-20T05:07:45Z")
> [@](#): > > My hair lady’s shop is called “Turning Heads.” Another one in town is “A Cut Above.” Seems like hairstyling salons get cutesy more than just about any other business. I agree. Around here, we have “Curl Up and Dye” and “Making Waves.” ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2000, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-business-names/41914/19 "2000-11-20T06:17:51Z")
I remember seeing an electronics store in Seattle called “Bozotronics.” The logo wasn’t a clown, though – it was a little dog. “I need a new CD player. Think I’ll go to Bozotronics.” ---
**Author:** ![OrcaChow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e47c2d/32.png) [@OrcaChow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OrcaChow)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2000, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-business-names/41914/20 "2000-11-20T07:38:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\*COIT > > One of these days, I’m actually going to find out what business they’re in. \*\* Drapery cleaning, IIRC. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-business-names/41914.md?page=2)