# Businesses with names which sound like puns, but aren't

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/businesses-with-names-which-sound-like-puns-but-arent/594298>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 27, 2011, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/businesses-with-names-which-sound-like-puns-but-arent/594298 "2011-08-27T17:10:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![scratch\_llll](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc348/32.png) [@scratch\_llll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scratch_llll)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/businesses-with-names-which-sound-like-puns-but-arent/594298/41 "2011-08-31T04:09:18Z")

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Everett Cock Insurance

Theres an insurance for that? It’s in the south too. What parent gives thier kid a name he will get his butt kicked for just speaking aloud? A Cock apparently.

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**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/businesses-with-names-which-sound-like-puns-but-arent/594298/42 "2011-08-31T06:48:19Z")

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> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#):
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> I’ve wondered whether that was the convenience store involved in [this recent story](http://notalwaysright.com/conveniently-ambiguous/13392) at Not Always Right.

Ha! I also assumed it was Kum-N-Go…

Joe

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**Author:** ![Bordesley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c89c15/32.png) [@Bordesley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bordesley)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2011, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/businesses-with-names-which-sound-like-puns-but-arent/594298/43 "2011-08-31T10:50:26Z")

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I used to know an Estate Agent in Brum called CHISLERS

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