# 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:** 17\ **Page:** 4
**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, 9:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/businesses-with-unfortunate-names/167852/61 "2003-04-12T09:51:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Zenster \* > \*\*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? \*\* Honesytly, old sport, I really did believe you. I just thought it was funny. ---
**Author:** ![Osakadave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f07891/32.png) [@Osakadave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Osakadave)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2003, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/businesses-with-unfortunate-names/167852/62 "2003-04-12T10:51:21Z")
I know of a Nose Cleaning and a Kinki Love Hotel. Nose (withg a long o and short e) is a suburb of Osaka and Kinki (pronounced the same as kinky) is a regional name for Osaka/Kyoto/Kobe. ---
**Author:** ![sbn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@sbn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sbn)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2003, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/businesses-with-unfortunate-names/167852/63 "2003-04-12T11:25:49Z")
> [@](#): > > In Copenhagen I seem to remember a Kuntzmuseum. Kuntz is Danish for art A good story, but not entirely true. “Kunst” is the proper Danish word for art and consequently, there are a number of “kunstmuseum(s)” here. There are some _real_ words you might find amusing, though. Whenever a sale is coming to an end, the last week or so, some stores find it necessary to put up signs with several-feet-high fluorescent letters spelling the Danish word for the end of a dash (in athletics, that is), you know, the action right before the finish line. trouble is, the word is …ahem… slutspurt. Not really related to unfortunate business names but you might also want to know that on the elevator in this building, there’s a small lamp that lights up whenever the elevator is in use. it says “I FART”. ---
**Author:** ![Bunnylady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Bunnylady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bunnylady)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2003, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/businesses-with-unfortunate-names/167852/64 "2003-04-12T15:40:35Z")
I work in health insurance, and I see lots of medical providers’ names. My favorites are: Foggy Bottom OB/GYN Resurrection Hospital Dr. Kevorkian (a dentist) Dr. Bone (an orthopedist) ---
**Author:** ![Kamikazee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Kamikazee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamikazee)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2003, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/businesses-with-unfortunate-names/167852/65 "2003-04-12T15:54:50Z")
Rock Enis insurance in Toledo. ---
**Author:** ![av8rmike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/edb3f5/32.png) [@av8rmike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/av8rmike)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2003, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/businesses-with-unfortunate-names/167852/66 "2003-04-12T16:04:28Z")
Apparently, there used to be a “Goodnuff Burnham Funeral Home” in Redford, MI. They have since dropped “Burnham” from the name. In the town where an old girlfriend lived, there was a Dr. Abusiev, OB/GYN. (Say it out loud) ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2003, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/businesses-with-unfortunate-names/167852/67 "2003-04-12T16:26:59Z")
A company in Detroit is called Pewabic Pottery. I believe it’s pronounced pew-a-bic, with a short a sound. But most people I know just say “pubic.” ---
**Author:** ![bjohn13](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@bjohn13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bjohn13)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2003, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/businesses-with-unfortunate-names/167852/68 "2003-04-12T19:08:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by auntie em \* > \*\*There’s a gas station/convenience store here called **Kum & Go**. > > I’ve never been. \*\* We got Kum & Go around here as well. My buddy calls it “Ejaculate and Evacuate”. Also, as posted in another thread, we have **Johnson Organs** here as well, though I did find out that the name has been changed recently to the **Johnson Organ Company**. Another one I ran into today (nobody else finds it funny) was a landscaping company in Moorhead, MN called \*_Gopher Augering_. At least they don’t call it **Gopher Burrowing** ---
**Author:** ![StanDup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e5b9ba/32.png) [@StanDup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StanDup)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2003, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/businesses-with-unfortunate-names/167852/69 "2003-04-12T19:24:03Z")
It woud be funny if Dr. Bone was a urologist…:smack: 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Profane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e47774/32.png) [@Profane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Profane)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2003, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/businesses-with-unfortunate-names/167852/70 "2003-04-12T19:41:58Z")
In Mystic CT there’s a nice restaurant called [**Seamen’s Inne.**](http://www.seamensinne.com/) A firend of mine went there for his high school prom. They even do weddings! ---
**Author:** ![TheFunkySpaceCowboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a9a28c/32.png) [@TheFunkySpaceCowboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheFunkySpaceCowboy)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2003, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/businesses-with-unfortunate-names/167852/71 "2003-04-12T20:56:25Z")
Couple of good ones here in Houston, all car dealers too: There’s \*\* Gay Pontiac \*\* I found this really amusing the other day when I was behind an Aztek bought at this dealership. There was a big dealer sticker on the back just under the “Aztek” marque, which of course proudly proclaimed that this was a “Gay Pontiac” I thought to myself “Yup, can’t argue with that” Then there’s **Fred Hass Toyota** which isn’t too bad until you here the (annoying) radio ads. Something about the way the name is shouted on the air makes me hear it as “Fred’s Ass Toyota” everytime. Took me a couple weeks to figure out what the actual name was. And there’s \*\* David McDavid \*\* another car dealership. I don’t know if I feel sorry for him what his parents did to him or want to beat the hell out of him for having an annoying name. For some reason this name just annoys the hell out of me. Some people should really avoid incorporating their name into the name of their business. I swear. > [@](#): > > I’m still waiting to see a Stewart Anderson’s restaurant sign with the ‘g’ burned out so it reads: > > Black An us \*\* Zenster\*\*, I’ve seen this! In the small town in Florida where I spent part of my youth there was a “Black Angus” restaurant (don’t know if it was a Stewart Anderson’s or not though) whose ‘G’ had burned out or been smashed by vandals. The whole time I lived there I don’t ever remember them actually fixing it. ---
**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/businesses-with-unfortunate-names/167852/72 "2003-04-13T01:19:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by DesertGeezer \* > \*\*Honesytly, old sport, I really did believe you. I just thought it was funny. \*\* Fear not, I think so too. Just making sure all the folks at home know I’m on the up-and-up. PS: Precisely which desert do you geeze in? ---
**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/businesses-with-unfortunate-names/167852/73 "2003-04-13T01:26:53Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by TheFunkySpaceCowboy \* > \*\* Zenster_\*, I’ve seen this! In the small town in Florida where I spent part of my youth there was a “Black Angus” restaurant (don’t know if it was a Stewart Anderson’s or not though) whose ‘G’ had burned out or been smashed by vandals. The whole time I lived there I don’t ever remember them actually fixing it. Out here, all of their restaurants have signs made from one large panel of transparent colored plastic, lit from behind by a gang of fluorescent lamps. That way, it is impossible for a single letter of the sign to burn out. Perhaps your local establishment inspired the corporate policy to go with our local design format. ---
**Author:** ![Largo62](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/45deac/32.png) [@Largo62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Largo62)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/businesses-with-unfortunate-names/167852/74 "2003-04-13T06:21:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Zenster \* > \*\*PS: Precisely which desert do you geeze in? \*\* 😃 Another California valley, only this one has less silicon than it has jack rabbits, coyotes, ravens and Mojave greens (rattlesnakes, that is). It’s the vast and wondrous Lucerne Valley. It isn’t really near anything, but Apple Valley and Victorville are adjacent. I live so far in the boondocks that “geezing” is the only entertainment I get. I’m just hanging around here until I win the lottery and can move back to civilization (defined as anywhere “down the hill” from here). It’s gonna happen any time now. 😉 You won’t tell anybody where I live, will you? ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/businesses-with-unfortunate-names/167852/75 "2003-04-13T06:23:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by lost4life \* > \*\*There’s **Hitler Hussein’s Day Care Center** > > Okay, I made that up… \*\* Maybe so, but I did see a _Hansel and Gretel Day Care Center_. Not a name which inspires confidence. (Think about it…) ---
**Author:** ![even\_sven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dfb087/32.png) [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/businesses-with-unfortunate-names/167852/76 "2003-04-13T07:02:40Z")
The place where you buy film stuff in San Francisco is called **Adolph Gassers**. ---
**Author:** ![Fionn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Fionn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fionn)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/businesses-with-unfortunate-names/167852/77 "2003-04-13T07:48:09Z")
There used to be a restaurant called Fu Khim in a city close to my hometown. I’ve seen an S&M Crafts. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/businesses-with-unfortunate-names/167852.md?page=3)