# 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:** 15\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![postcards](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8e8cbc/32.png) [@postcards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/postcards)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2007, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-business-names/402609/101 "2007-05-06T13:06:29Z")
[QUOTE=postcards] Long ago there was a Chinese dive in the Bronx called, no kidding, Fook King. Honest. I have a picture somewhere… [/QUOTE] [Found it!](http://www.photochimps.com/pp/data/782/medium/Fook_King_copy.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2007, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-business-names/402609/102 "2007-05-07T02:25:46Z")
[MasterBait and Liquor](http://www.masterbaitandliquor.biz/), the proudest such establishment in Ellsmore, Kansas. ---
**Author:** ![Full\_Metal\_Lotus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df705f/32.png) [@Full\_Metal\_Lotus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Full_Metal_Lotus)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2007, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-business-names/402609/103 "2007-05-07T02:35:42Z")
The Dr who did my Vastectomy was named Dr Cutzof FML ---
**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 7, 2007, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-business-names/402609/104 "2007-05-07T11:59:56Z")
Let’s not forget the midwest’s largest RV dealer, Tom Raper! and of course, Big Bone Lick State Park, down in KY. Oh, and Big Bone Lick State park is on (wait for it)… Beaver Rd. (Down the street is a Beaver Lick Baptist Church) -d ---
**Author:** ![LightWithoutHeattttttttttttttt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bc8723/32.png) [@LightWithoutHeattttttttttttttt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LightWithoutHeattttttttttttttt)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2007, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-business-names/402609/105 "2007-05-07T12:47:40Z")
In Southfield, MI … “Mercury Fish And Chips” I still don’t believe it. ---
**Author:** ![LightWithoutHeattttttttttttttt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bc8723/32.png) [@LightWithoutHeattttttttttttttt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LightWithoutHeattttttttttttttt)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2007, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-business-names/402609/106 "2007-05-07T12:48:57Z")
Also, somewhere in Texas … “B.J. Services” I have a picture somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![WorkInProgress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@WorkInProgress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WorkInProgress)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2007, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-business-names/402609/107 "2007-05-07T13:34:05Z")
Hanger Prosthetics always makes me think of the camp fire story of hook handed murderer. ---
**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 7, 2007, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-business-names/402609/108 "2007-05-07T14:18:05Z")
There was a restaurant at the corner of Highway 10 and Bartley bull Parkway in Brampton, Ontario, across from the Shoppers World shopping centre. It was named “B. J. Bull’s” As you arrive in the town of Flesherton, Ontario, you see a sign proudly describing Flesherton as “The Gateway to the Beaver Valley”. 🙂 ---
**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 7, 2007, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-business-names/402609/109 "2007-05-07T14:27:21Z")
There was a Mexican eatery that opened in posh W.Hartford CT. it was blocked from opening for a good bit until it changed it’s name. it was GOING to be called C.O. Jones. not quite in the spirit of the OP, but funny nonetheless… -d ---
**Author:** ![T\_SQUARE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9de053/32.png) [@T\_SQUARE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/T_SQUARE)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2007, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-business-names/402609/110 "2007-05-07T15:02:23Z")
[QUOTE=LightWithoutHeattttttttttttttt] Also, somewhere in Texas … “B.J. Services” I have a picture somewhere. [/QUOTE] B.J. Services is a huge oilfield service company. They are indeed based in Houston but give B.J. service all over the world. ---
**Author:** ![T\_SQUARE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9de053/32.png) [@T\_SQUARE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/T_SQUARE)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2007, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-business-names/402609/111 "2007-05-07T15:03:43Z")
[QUOTE=bartleby] There was a Mexican eatery that opened in posh W.Hartford CT. it was blocked from opening for a good bit until it changed it’s name. it was GOING to be called C.O. Jones. not quite in the spirit of the OP, but funny nonetheless… -d [/QUOTE] I don’t get it. ---
**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 7, 2007, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-business-names/402609/112 "2007-05-07T15:21:27Z")
> [@](#): > > I don’t get it. Pushed the letters together without the periods or the capitalization and you get **COJONES** which is a gutsy name for a Mexican restaurant. Or a ballsy one. ---
**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 7, 2007, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-business-names/402609/113 "2007-05-07T16:27:27Z")
[QUOTE=CalMeacham] Or a ballsy one. [/QUOTE] Testify. ---
**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 7, 2007, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-business-names/402609/114 "2007-05-07T16:47:02Z")
[QUOTE=Cervaise] Testify. [/QUOTE] You people are driving me NUTS! ---
**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 9, 2007, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-business-names/402609/115 "2007-05-09T15:05:46Z")
I saw one on the way to work this morning: an old Chevy Suburban painted dark blue, with an amateurish sign on the side windows: “Dragin Towing”. If my car is being towed, I do _not_ want it dragging. Either that, or the owner can’t spell “dragon”. Either way, I am not filled with confidence. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-business-names/402609.md?page=5)