# Clever or stupid company names **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 25, 2015, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clever-or-stupid-company-names/728828 "2015-08-25T13:54:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2015, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clever-or-stupid-company-names/728828/41 "2015-08-26T19:48:57Z")
The local racquet sport boutique is called “The Merchant of Tennis.” ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2015, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clever-or-stupid-company-names/728828/42 "2015-08-26T19:51:55Z")
The gas station/convenience store chain [Wawa](https://www.wawa.com/) is pretty bad. But it’s great compared to the [Kum & Go](http://www.kumandgo.com/) chain! ---
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2015, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clever-or-stupid-company-names/728828/43 "2015-08-26T20:23:16Z")
> [@Hari\_Seldon](#): > > There is, or used to be a company around here called Rapid Erection. They built scaffolds. In Bath, England there is/was a similar company named Bath Erections. I giggled at an advertisement of that one for awhile. ---
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2015, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clever-or-stupid-company-names/728828/44 "2015-08-26T20:38:06Z")
In the “stupid” category, we have the short-lived PR company named “[Strange Fruit,](http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/pr-firm-learns-why-strange-fruit-not-fit-company-name)” its owners evidently not expecting the sad history of that term to be a problem for them. ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2015, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clever-or-stupid-company-names/728828/45 "2015-08-26T20:38:59Z")
Ebbetts Pass Gas, in Arnold CA. [Cooking with Poo](http://www.cookingwithpoo.com/). ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2015, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clever-or-stupid-company-names/728828/46 "2015-08-26T20:53:48Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > There’s a place around the corner with the horrible name Get UR Done. What do they do? Extermination I think. Not only do I hate that redneck phrase, but it really annoys me they can’t misspell it correctly (Git’r done). Anyway, I hate them. Now I hate them too! ---
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2015, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clever-or-stupid-company-names/728828/47 "2015-08-26T20:58:47Z")
> [@Machine\_Elf](#): > > In the “stupid” category, we have the short-lived PR company named “[Strange Fruit,](http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/pr-firm-learns-why-strange-fruit-not-fit-company-name)” its owners evidently not expecting the sad history of that term to be a problem for them. It’s such a fine line… ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2015, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clever-or-stupid-company-names/728828/48 "2015-08-26T21:02:24Z")
I bet the people that work at the [Cleveland Vibrator Company](http://www.clevelandvibrator.com/) love telling new acquaintances where they work. ---
**Author:** ![yawuntz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a5b964/32.png) [@yawuntz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yawuntz)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2015, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clever-or-stupid-company-names/728828/49 "2015-08-26T21:33:13Z")
[Flying Carpet Cleaning](http://www.yelp.ca/biz/flying-carpet-cleaning-service-surrey) in surrey BC. The owner, Balbir, is a riot. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2015, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clever-or-stupid-company-names/728828/50 "2015-08-26T22:40:50Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > Is this (Bimbo bakery) a well-known product name in much of the USA? The stores around here (Extended San Francisco area) certainly have it. It’s a German company that’s buying up regional bakeries, so it’s becoming a major player. They’re in the northeast, having purchased Entemann’s and Freihoffer’s, but they have kept the brand names. They insist it’s pronounced “beem-bo,” but good luck with that. ---
**Author:** ![ToughLife](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8797f3/32.png) [@ToughLife](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToughLife)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2015, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clever-or-stupid-company-names/728828/51 "2015-08-26T22:48:58Z")
[Royal Flush](http://www.theroyalflush.org/) ( luxury loo hire) Credit Crunch removal > **[eBay Collections Service - Essex House Removals](https://www.essexhouseremovals.com/services/ebay/)** > > Purchased some items from eBay of Gumtree? Let Essex House Removals collect and deliver your items at a time suited to you. Call Us Today 01245 901696. I Scream ( Ice cream manufacturer) ---
**Author:** ![FlikTheBlue](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fliktheblue/32/10972_2.png) [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2015, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clever-or-stupid-company-names/728828/52 "2015-08-26T23:34:21Z")
Here in Corpus Christi their is a post acute specialty hospital for patients that need to be in the hospital for long periods of time. The name of the hospital is Post Acute Medical Specialty Hospital. This is worse because it’s a new name. The facility was previously known as Kindred. I think they should have been more creative. It’s as if Home Depot decided to rename itself Hardware Store. ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2015, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clever-or-stupid-company-names/728828/53 "2015-08-27T15:36:23Z")
Love: In Sod We Trust (Landscaping). Don’t know if there’s such a place anywhere, but I saw the name used in a cartoon years ago and it stuck. Hate: Anything with the word “Solutions” in it. “Consolidated Solutions” - WTF service do they provide? I have lots of problems that need solutions, you’re going to have to be a little bit more specific. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2015, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clever-or-stupid-company-names/728828/54 "2015-08-27T15:43:21Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > There’s a place around the corner with the horrible name Get UR Done. What do they do? Extermination I think. Not only do I hate that redneck phrase, but it really annoys me they can’t misspell it correctly (Git’r done). Anyway, I hate them. > [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > Now I hate them too! Ever since good ol’ Larry the Cable Guy copyrighted the other misspelling as his personal catchphrase, it’s been much cheaper not to tangle with his lawyers and instead come up with your own creative (?) misspelling. Move along now; nothing to see here. ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2015, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clever-or-stupid-company-names/728828/55 "2015-08-27T15:45:23Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > It’s a German company that’s buying up regional bakeries, so it’s becoming a major player. They’re in the northeast, having purchased Entemann’s and Freihoffer’s, but they have kept the brand names. > > They insist it’s pronounced “beem-bo,” but good luck with that. German? Grupo Bimbo is a Mexican corporation. ---
**Author:** ![Nefario](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/59ef9b/32.png) [@Nefario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nefario)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2015, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clever-or-stupid-company-names/728828/56 "2015-08-27T16:38:14Z")
> [@Machine\_Elf](#): > > In the “telling it like it is” department, we have [Big Ass Fans.](http://www.bigassfans.com/) They do indeed manufacture some very large fans suitable for ventilating commercial structures. \*\*“…We have…”??? \*\*Are you in the area? I’m just down the road… One of the company founders used to drive a BIG older Cadillac stretched airport car to work with the license plate “FANNY”. I would see him on the interstate occasionally. ---
**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:** [August 27, 2015, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clever-or-stupid-company-names/728828/57 "2015-08-27T16:55:51Z")
> [@ToughLife](#): > > [Royal Flush](http://www.theroyalflush.org/) ( luxury loo hire) One company here leasing Port-a-Pottys is **Johnny on the Spot** ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2015, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clever-or-stupid-company-names/728828/58 "2015-08-27T17:30:53Z")
We have a shipping & packing store called _[Goin’ Postal](http://www.goinpostalnh.com/index.html)_. Nothing like a name associated with mass murder to stimulate business. Not so much a company name as a slogan. There is a concrete crack repair service here called [The Crack Team](http://www.thecrackteam.com/), and their slogan is, “A Dry Crack is a Happy Crack” ---
**Author:** ![stillownedbysetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@stillownedbysetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stillownedbysetters)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2015, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clever-or-stupid-company-names/728828/59 "2015-08-27T18:54:42Z")
Our friends at Bimbo Bakeries just announced a recall due to possible glass shards in the product. So if you have a bimbo lying aorund your house, take it back to the store for a refund! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![stillownedbysetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@stillownedbysetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stillownedbysetters)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2015, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clever-or-stupid-company-names/728828/60 "2015-08-27T18:57:06Z")
wrNow that I have my PSA out of the way…what I really came back here to mention is Tata motors, the Indian automobile manufacturer. A few years back when I worked for a steel manufacturer, they were one of our customers. We could never have a meeting and discuss the ‘Tata order’ without every male in the room snickering, accompanied, of course, by every female in the room rolling her eyes. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clever-or-stupid-company-names/728828.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clever-or-stupid-company-names/728828.md?page=4)