# Bad Business Names **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 3, 2007, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-business-names/402609 "2007-05-03T14:04:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![NailBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecae2f/32.png) [@NailBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NailBunny)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2007, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-business-names/402609/61 "2007-05-04T17:06:01Z")
[QUOTE=el\_nombre] Here in Vegas there’s a Hotel/Casino plus about 50 gas station called **Terrible’s**. I know a guy from out of town who always mistakes it for Horrible’s. [/QUOTE] Damn, you beat me to it! We have **Terrible’s** here in Reno, too. It’s the last name of the family that owns it, if memory serves. Their commercials always give me pause: “Come enjoy Terrible Tuesdays!!!” ---
**Author:** ![Carl\_Corey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Carl\_Corey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carl_Corey)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2007, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-business-names/402609/62 "2007-05-04T17:26:40Z")
As for kosher chinese restaurants, I always liked the name “Genghis Cohen.” And I once went to see a neurologist named Dr. Malatesta. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2007, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-business-names/402609/63 "2007-05-04T17:43:58Z")
[QUOTE=Yllaria] There are two companies, locally, that fit this thread. One is OK Monuments, located near the hospital and cemetary. In my head I keep hearing: “OK Monuments. For when Aunt Betty didn’t leave you as much as you’d hoped.” [/QUOTE] At UNCG, a campus help service is named after the school mascot. But even knowing that, it’s still a little weird to see a sign advertising “Spartan Services.” For when you don’t want much. ---
**Author:** ![bartleby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bartleby/32/10491_2.png) [@bartleby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bartleby)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2007, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-business-names/402609/64 "2007-05-04T17:51:52Z")
Oh yeah, there used to be an gynecologist in Northampton MA named Dr. Finger. -d ---
**Author:** ![Potato\_Pancakes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/65b543/32.png) [@Potato\_Pancakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Potato_Pancakes)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2007, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-business-names/402609/65 "2007-05-04T18:00:22Z")
[QUOTE=Vinyl Turnip] I still find it hard to believe that someone would name a women’s clothing store **Dress Barn**. Even stranger, it’s apparently been around since 1962 and seems to be doing well. [/QUOTE] Isn’t Dress Barn for plus sizes too? I’m almost certain it was last time I saw it at the mall. That’s like a shoe store for big feet being called Sasquatch Shoes. There’s a hole-in-the-wall eatery around here called Greasy Tony’s. I’m sure it’s meant to be humorous. They have a sandwich called a “trashcan” which is excellent. [QUOTE=bartleby] Oh yeah, there used to be an gynecologist in Northampton MA named Dr. Finger. -d [/QUOTE] No lie, my mom had a gyno years ago named _Dr. Semen_. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2007, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-business-names/402609/66 "2007-05-04T18:15:25Z")
There was a restaurant in Cooksville named Kim Fook Yuen. If it wasn’t for that last ‘en’… ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2007, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-business-names/402609/67 "2007-05-04T18:19:24Z")
[QUOTE=Potato Pancakes] Isn’t Dress Barn for plus sizes too? I’m almost certain it was last time I saw it at the mall. That’s like a shoe store for big feet being called Sasquatch Shoes. [/QUOTE] Dress Barn proper, if you will, sells misses’ sizes. The plus-size version is Dress Barn Woman. At least that’s how I’ve always seen them. ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2007, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-business-names/402609/68 "2007-05-04T18:23:46Z")
[QUOTE=TheLoadedDog] There was a firm in Sydney, back in the 90s, called ANALGAS. I have no idea who or what they were, but they were in the telephone book. [/QUOTE] Looks like they were in the business of supplying “analytical gases” - a fancy name for pure gases that have gone to college and are used in laboratories. ---
**Author:** ![postcards](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8e8cbc/32.png) [@postcards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/postcards)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2007, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-business-names/402609/69 "2007-05-04T19:14:13Z")
[QUOTE=elmwood] I’ve seen photos of different New York City neighborhoods showing _JFK Fried Chicken_ stores. [/QUOTE] You may be confusing it with _Kennedy’s_ Fried Chicken. KFC, get it? Long ago there was a Chinese dive in the Bronx called, no kidding, Fook King. Honest. I have a picture somewhere… ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2007, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-business-names/402609/70 "2007-05-04T19:14:58Z")
There’s a church in my neighborhood called “Our Lady of Taking It Up the Ass from Satan.” not really It’s actually called “Our Lady of Transvestite Dogfuckers.” ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2007, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-business-names/402609/71 "2007-05-04T19:17:54Z")
It’s always bothered me that they named the most famous brand of condoms **Trojans**. I mean, aren’t they the ones that _lost_ the war? (Although I suppose you’d be sending wronmg message if you called them **Greeks**. And your average guy wouldn’t know from Achaeans or Argives.) ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2007, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-business-names/402609/72 "2007-05-04T19:42:35Z")
I wanna open up a business that sells sheets, comforters, pillows, bedspreads, mattress covers, shams, etc. I’m gonna name it “I’ve Made My Bed(store), Now Buy In It”. Is that the kind of bad you mean? ---
**Author:** ![metonymic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@metonymic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/metonymic)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2007, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-business-names/402609/73 "2007-05-04T19:44:15Z")
if you \*really \*use your imagination, this pharmacy on Queen St in Toronto could appear to be called “Up Yours Pharmacy”: [http://farm1.static.flickr.com/215/484159666\_d86ed43d6b.jpg?v=0](http://farm1.static.flickr.com/215/484159666_d86ed43d6b.jpg?v=0) 😉 The funeral home in Erin, Ontario (close to where my parents used to live) is called **Butcher Funeral Home**. Apparently it’s the name of the family that owns/operates – I’m so glad they decided to get into that business. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2007, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-business-names/402609/74 "2007-05-04T20:02:42Z")
[QUOTE=gotpasswords] Looks like they were in the business of supplying “analytical gases” - a fancy name for pure gases that have gone to college and are used in laboratories. [/QUOTE] Or they serve a kick ass bowl of chili. ---
**Author:** ![Auntbeast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Auntbeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Auntbeast)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2007, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-business-names/402609/75 "2007-05-04T20:07:00Z")
Make sure you stop in to Deal’s Drugs in Clayton, Georgia. All up in lights and stuff too. ---
**Author:** ![Slypork](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc29f/32.png) [@Slypork](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slypork)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2007, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-business-names/402609/76 "2007-05-04T21:06:50Z")
I used to work in a machine parts warehouse. We would get requests to pick up a couple different size [FAGs.](http://www.fag.com/content.fag.de/en/index.jsp) We also had a printer that was constantly spilling toner. “Hey, **erie**! That Siemens making a mess again!” ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2007, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-business-names/402609/77 "2007-05-04T21:52:14Z")
[QUOTE=bartleby] Oh yeah, there used to be an gynecologist in Northampton MA named Dr. Finger. -d [/QUOTE] I got a picture in a National Lampoon book somewhere that shows the office of a urologist named “Dr. Cockburn”. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Woo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7c8e57/32.png) [@Dr.Woo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Woo)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2007, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-business-names/402609/78 "2007-05-04T22:06:02Z")
Years ago when I lived in Raleigh, NC, there was a place that - no kidding - was called “RB’s Supreme Broasted Chicken and Concrete Contractor”. Yes. They sold broasted chicken (and it was good, geasy chicken, too) AND they had a concrete business. Out of the same location. I’m sure it’s gone by now, but boy, those guys’ trucks (with the business name on the sides) used to just crack me up. There was also a place called “Fat Daddy’s Record Shack and Rib Crib”. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2007, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-business-names/402609/79 "2007-05-04T23:47:25Z")
[QUOTE=Dr. Woo] Years ago when I lived in Raleigh, NC, there was a place that - no kidding - was called “RB’s Supreme Broasted Chicken and Concrete Contractor”. Yes. They sold broasted chicken (and it was good, geasy chicken, too) AND they had a concrete business. Out of the same location. I’m sure it’s gone by now, but boy, those guys’ trucks (with the business name on the sides) used to just crack me up. [/QUOTE] “Broasted”? A combination of “broiled” and “roasted”? And don’t forget, just off Highway 33 in the little town of Bath, Ontario, we have the Bath Water Filtration Plant. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2007, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-business-names/402609/80 "2007-05-04T23:59:38Z")
[QUOTE=Max Torque] I got a picture in a National Lampoon book somewhere that shows the office of a urologist named “Dr. Cockburn”. [/QUOTE] My wife’s old gyno was Dr. Katherine Box. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-business-names/402609.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-business-names/402609.md?page=5)