# Businesses With Unfortunate Names **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 10, 2003, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/businesses-with-unfortunate-names/167852 "2003-04-10T19:07:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**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:** [April 11, 2003, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/businesses-with-unfortunate-names/167852/41 "2003-04-11T01:21:50Z")
\*\*Dick’s Collison \*\* always makes me think that this guy makes dents in cars with his schlong. ---
**Author:** ![Sidewinder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@Sidewinder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sidewinder)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2003, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/businesses-with-unfortunate-names/167852/42 "2003-04-11T01:30:30Z")
The aforementioned “Kum & Go” a.k.a. “Ejaculate & Evacuate” is common around me. Saw a truck in Oregon recently that said “Bimbo Bakeries” on the side. WTH? ---
**Author:** ![Ell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e47774/32.png) [@Ell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ell)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2003, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/businesses-with-unfortunate-names/167852/43 "2003-04-11T01:58:58Z")
Sneed’s Feed & Seed (Formely Chuck’s) … Well not really. But it would be a great business name. ---
**Author:** ![pom-pom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5e9695/32.png) [@pom-pom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pom-pom)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2003, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/businesses-with-unfortunate-names/167852/44 "2003-04-11T02:03:04Z")
On [engrish.com](http://engrish.com) there is a picture of a restaraunt called Pumkin Poo. ---
**Author:** ![Crakmine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Crakmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crakmine)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2003, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/businesses-with-unfortunate-names/167852/45 "2003-04-11T02:07:19Z")
Theres a hospital fairly near here called RHD Hospital or Robert H. Deadman Hospital, I’ve never been there, I plan on keeping it that way ---
**Author:** ![RawkStah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/46a35a/32.png) [@RawkStah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RawkStah)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2003, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/businesses-with-unfortunate-names/167852/46 "2003-04-11T02:37:59Z")
Once, travelling through central Missouri, I saw a billboard for Triple K Contracting. No way in hell that’s accidental. ---
**Author:** ![RobbieFal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c5a1d2/32.png) [@RobbieFal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobbieFal)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2003, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/businesses-with-unfortunate-names/167852/47 "2003-04-11T02:40:10Z")
Over here, we have “The Best Little Hairhouse in Texas” Note: this place is in Missouri. ---
**Author:** ![Shabadu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/46a35a/32.png) [@Shabadu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shabadu)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2003, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/businesses-with-unfortunate-names/167852/48 "2003-04-11T02:55:50Z")
I often find myself behind delivery trucks for **Molesta Floral** , and for some reason this name bothers me a lot. Also, in the northest, for some reason **Legal Seafood** seems like an unfortunate name. Why do they need to assure you it is legal? Not that I don’t love their food, but why give it such a stupid name? ---
**Author:** ![LifeOnWry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/96bed5/32.png) [@LifeOnWry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LifeOnWry)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2003, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/businesses-with-unfortunate-names/167852/49 "2003-04-11T04:15:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SmackFu \* > \*\*I’ve always been amused at the high number of companies named **Precision Screw**. A couple of towns over, there’s a building with that painted in huge letters on the side. \*\* I used to work for a company that ordered its fasteners from **Royal Screw**. I was further amused to meet their sales rep, because I THOUGHT his name was Hank Godshock. Then I saw it in print. Gotschalk. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Craneop2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@Craneop2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Craneop2)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2003, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/businesses-with-unfortunate-names/167852/50 "2003-04-11T04:40:21Z")
Ultimate Erections was a company in Houston for a few years… they installed flag poles… ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Tiger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Mama\_Tiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Tiger)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2003, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/businesses-with-unfortunate-names/167852/51 "2003-04-11T04:58:19Z")
[Engrish.com](http://Engrish.com) has a bunch of good ones – a barbershop called Hair Cook Pit, a clothing store called Wear House Sexy Cramp – but my personal favorite is the windsurfing company that has signs all over southern Japan which just have the company name (in English, of course): Break Wind. (My all-time favorite, but not quite fitting this thread, is the delivery service, Lapid Expless.) ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2003, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/businesses-with-unfortunate-names/167852/52 "2003-04-11T05:02:35Z")
[Anis Eye Institute](http://www.anismd.com/) has always left me with an image of _horrible_ ocular disease. ---
**Author:** ![Pixiesnix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/898d66/32.png) [@Pixiesnix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixiesnix)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2003, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/businesses-with-unfortunate-names/167852/53 "2003-04-11T05:11:21Z")
\*\* kirk280980 \*\*, there was an ice cream parlor (now out of business) not far from my home called “S & M Soft Serve.” In my father’s hometown, there was a laundry run my a Chinese family (please don’t hate me for this) called “Washee Washee.” :smack: ---
**Author:** ![TWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@TWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TWDuke)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2003, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/businesses-with-unfortunate-names/167852/54 "2003-04-11T05:16:43Z")
I never thought _Standard & Poor’s_ was a name to inspire confidence. There’s an internet service called [WhoRepresents.com](http://WhoRepresents.com) where you can look up celebrity management. That url again is [www.whorepresents.com](http://www.whorepresents.com). ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2003, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/businesses-with-unfortunate-names/167852/55 "2003-04-11T22:22:53Z")
Well Pepboys, Quick Lube, and Kinko are all fairly pervy. A famous shoe shop in London is R.Soles ---
**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2003, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/businesses-with-unfortunate-names/167852/56 "2003-04-12T00:26:55Z")
There used to be a diner in Oakland, California with a sign that read: **Snacks Dick’s Burgers** Next door was a place called: **Linoleum Dick’s** I’m still waiting to see a Stewart Anderson’s restaurant sign with the ‘g’ burned out so it reads: **Black An[sup] [/sup]us** There is also a scaffolding company in San Jose, California called: **R&S Erections** Believe it or not, the ‘R&S’ stands for “Rigid and Stiff.” ---
**Author:** ![Largo62](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/45deac/32.png) [@Largo62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Largo62)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2003, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/businesses-with-unfortunate-names/167852/57 "2003-04-12T02:42:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Zenster \* > \*\*\*\*R&S Erections\*\*Believe it or not, the ‘R&S’ stands for “Rigid and Stiff.” \*\* I wouldn’t question your veracity, **Zenster**. ::snicker! snort!:: No, really! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Terrifel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@Terrifel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrifel)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2003, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/businesses-with-unfortunate-names/167852/58 "2003-04-12T03:26:03Z")
In St. Petersburg, FL, there’s an outfit called: **Moss-Feaster Funeral Home** …That’s just\* wrong\*. Some businesses and some names should not encounter each other. ---
**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2003, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/businesses-with-unfortunate-names/167852/59 "2003-04-12T03:51:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by DesertGeezer \* > \*\*I wouldn’t question your veracity, **Zenster**. ::snicker! snort!:: > > No, really! 🙂 \*\* Go ahead, phone them up and ask! R & S Erection of Santa Clara County 1789 Junction Ave San Jose, CA 95112 Phone: (408)436-0331 Fax: (408)436-0331 Shall I mention that their T-shirts are highly prized among a certain age group of the local male population? ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2003, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/businesses-with-unfortunate-names/167852/60 "2003-04-12T04:06:14Z")
There’s a beauty shop near here called A Cut Ahead. I guess they think they’re being sorta clever, but every time I see it, I imagine bloody scalps. I want my _hair_ cut, not my head! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/businesses-with-unfortunate-names/167852.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/businesses-with-unfortunate-names/167852.md?page=4)