# Business names that sound completely fake

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-names-that-sound-completely-fake/424354>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 28, 2007, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-names-that-sound-completely-fake/424354 "2007-10-28T18:19:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2007, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-names-that-sound-completely-fake/424354/122 "2007-11-05T22:49:34Z")

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[QUOTE=OneCentStamp]  
I totally expected you to have gone to [this place](http://www.kumandgo.com). They’re all over the Midwest and I laughed for about 150 miles the first time I saw one.  
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[Psssst…](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=9122828&postcount=65)

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**Author:** ![tonedef](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f05b48/32.png) [@tonedef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tonedef)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2007, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-names-that-sound-completely-fake/424354/123 "2007-11-06T02:13:59Z")

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There is a hairdress in an Asian suburb with the name  
**Tranny Hairdressers** It always makes me think there is transsexuals in there cutting peoples hair.  
**Faggs Miter 10** is a hardware store i have driven past a few times. As you drive past on this highway bridge all you see is “faggs” real big on the side of the store.

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**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2007, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-names-that-sound-completely-fake/424354/124 "2007-11-06T07:34:28Z")

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[QUOTE=OneCentStamp]  
I totally expected you to have gone to [this place](http://www.kumandgo.com). They’re all over the Midwest and I laughed for about 150 miles the first time I saw one.  
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Years ago, I saw a restaurant — somewhere in Wyoming, I believe — called the “Cum Inn”.

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**Author:** ![calm\_kiwi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc348/32.png) [@calm\_kiwi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/calm_kiwi)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2007, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-names-that-sound-completely-fake/424354/125 "2007-11-06T10:02:27Z")

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There is a shop here called Knobs and Knockers, factual yet mildly grubby and amusing.

Auckland also has an organisation called (archiacly) Auckland Old Folks Association, the building isn’t big enough to fit the whole name so I nominate what is painted on the side of the building as the fakest sounding name ever…Auckland Old Folks Ass.

Even the “Old Folk” bit indicates that the politicaly correct world has not caught up with them but old folk ass?! I will go and take a pic of it this weekend but bear in mind in NZ arse is more commom then ass but it still made me giggle when I saw it, they sell old folk ass???

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**Author:** ![calm\_kiwi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc348/32.png) [@calm\_kiwi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/calm_kiwi)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2007, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-names-that-sound-completely-fake/424354/126 "2007-11-06T10:07:40Z")

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To add insult to injury the Old Folks Ass is located in a handy side street from Auckland’s red light/gay bar/sex shop street.

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