# Funky names for local businesses **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 24, 2003, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funky-names-for-local-businesses/190614 "2003-07-24T13:33:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Janx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Janx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Janx)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2003, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funky-names-for-local-businesses/190614/1 "2003-07-24T13:33:31Z")
Here in Brazil it is often considered classy to dress your business’s name up with a little English, problem is, (often) ignorance of the languages structure and/or vocabulary can make for some funny or weird company names. For instance, we have the Terminal auto school ( I cant help but think of dead drivers ed students when I see this name) Art snake signs (I can explain that one but it would take some time) Fagg industries (I think its an acronym), Lord Cao (which means Lord Dog, literally), Master Boys, Mega Boys, Click Boys, Cooper Speedy Boys, Fly Boys, Friend’s Boy’s Express, (All the ones with Boy in the name are motorcycle delivery services BTW) And my personal favorite – Maxi Meat, which I think is hysterically funny in a Bevis and Butt Head sort of way. So that’s my mindless pointless bit to share today, what are some of the goofy business names you have in your town or otherwise have come across? ---
**Author:** ![80sHairMetalMaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/8/ed655f/32.png) [@80sHairMetalMaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/80sHairMetalMaven)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2003, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funky-names-for-local-businesses/190614/2 "2003-07-24T13:37:34Z")
The local Pancho’s Mexican buffet shut down and was replaced by the China Wang buffet. I just find the name ‘China Wang’ funny. [Beavis] Heh heh heh…wang…heh heh heh[/beavis] IDBB ---
**Author:** ![fotosbyfrank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/54ee81/32.png) [@fotosbyfrank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fotosbyfrank)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2003, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funky-names-for-local-businesses/190614/3 "2003-07-24T13:42:11Z")
Around here (although, I think it’s a US tradtion), ladies’ hairstylists all have to have some stupid play on words involving hair. Examples: “Mane Attraction” “Hair Today” “Shear Pizzazz” And, my favorite (which I think was reported in National Lampoon several years ago, complete with sign) was “Turn Your Head and Coiffe” ---
**Author:** ![October](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@October](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/October)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2003, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funky-names-for-local-businesses/190614/4 "2003-07-24T13:42:43Z")
I recently saw a sign for the “Big Baby Wear” store. Do they sell clothers for fat babies? You would think there wouldn’t be much of a niche for that–just buy the kid toddler clothes or something. Or maybe they sell reinforced strollers or extra-wide high chairs and stuff… ---
**Author:** ![October](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@October](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/October)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2003, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funky-names-for-local-businesses/190614/5 "2003-07-24T13:43:25Z")
I recently saw a sign for the “Big Baby Wear” store. Do they sell clothes for fat babies? You would think there wouldn’t be much of a niche for that–just buy the kid toddler clothes or something. Or maybe they sell reinforced strollers or extra-wide high chairs and stuff… ---
**Author:** ![Janx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Janx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Janx)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2003, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funky-names-for-local-businesses/190614/6 "2003-07-24T14:18:36Z")
\*\* I\_Dig\_Bad\_Boys \*\* wrote: > [@](#): > > I just find the name ‘China Wang’ funny. I’m with you, this and the post by \*\* fotosbyfrank \*\* reminded me of a news headline someone sent to the true section of National Lampoon, it said: > [@](#): > > \*\* _IBM BEATS WANG !_ \*\* Obviously the story was about the two computer companies compeating in some way, how the editor let that pass I will never know. ---
**Author:** ![fotosbyfrank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/54ee81/32.png) [@fotosbyfrank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fotosbyfrank)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2003, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funky-names-for-local-businesses/190614/7 "2003-07-24T15:58:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Janx \* > \*\*\*\* I\_Dig\_Bad\_Boys \*\* wrote: . . . how the editor let that pass I will never know. \*\* It had to be in the New York Post - another Murdocih tabloid. They are, after all, the same newspaper that gave us the never-to-be-forgotten headline “Headless Man Found In Topless Bar” ---
**Author:** ![Janx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Janx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Janx)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2003, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funky-names-for-local-businesses/190614/8 "2003-07-24T16:15:05Z")
heh heh heh…topless…heh heh heh… Since it’s slow today I will dig out the yellow pages and see if there are any good ones. ---
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2003, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funky-names-for-local-businesses/190614/9 "2003-07-24T16:33:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by fotosbyfrank \* > \*\*Around here (although, I think it’s a US tradtion), ladies’ hairstylists all have to have some stupid play on words involving hair. Examples: > > “Mane Attraction” > “Hair Today” > “Shear Pizzazz” > And, my favorite (which I think was reported in National Lampoon several years ago, complete with sign) was “Turn Your Head and Coiffe” \*\* Think that’s bad? Try **The Best Little Hair House In (city/state)**. **Curl Up and Dye** is another overused pun that’s a favorite among hair stylists. ---
**Author:** ![Jenny\_Haniver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Jenny\_Haniver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenny_Haniver)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2003, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funky-names-for-local-businesses/190614/10 "2003-07-24T16:39:25Z")
There’s a chicken shack near a local university called Cluck U. And a Thai restaurant called Thai One On, where you can order Drunken Chicken. Another US custom is to name a business after it’s original owner. Near where I work is a carry out shop that goes by the name Harry Little Pizza. I will never eat there. ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2003, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funky-names-for-local-businesses/190614/11 "2003-07-24T16:42:04Z")
My former boss is a partner in a construction company with several of her friends. They are all lesbians of the tool-belt and mullet wearing variety (their description of themselves). The name of the company: Broad Ass Construction Co. ---
**Author:** ![Thurgood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c0e974/32.png) [@Thurgood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thurgood)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2003, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funky-names-for-local-businesses/190614/12 "2003-07-24T16:49:13Z")
There are scores of Asian-owned business here on Buford Highway, including Bee-Bong Trading and My Dung Video. They make me giggle. ---
**Author:** ![jellen92](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@jellen92](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jellen92)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2003, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funky-names-for-local-businesses/190614/13 "2003-07-24T17:02:28Z")
The place I get my hair done is called “Curl Up & Dye” ---
**Author:** ![Jenny\_Haniver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Jenny\_Haniver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenny_Haniver)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2003, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funky-names-for-local-businesses/190614/14 "2003-07-24T17:20:16Z")
If the apostrophe police come looking for me, tell them I am willing to go quietly. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2003, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funky-names-for-local-businesses/190614/15 "2003-07-24T17:27:44Z")
How about **Peking Tom’s**? We used to have a _ahem_ house of ill repute here in town years ago that fronted as a womens’ undergarment store. Called themselves **Twin Peaks Bra Shop**. ---
**Author:** ![Terrorcotta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dbc845/32.png) [@Terrorcotta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrorcotta)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2003, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funky-names-for-local-businesses/190614/16 "2003-07-24T17:44:46Z")
On Mt. Vernon Rd, we have a hair salon called "M.T. Heads’ and I have passed by My Dung Video! Another fav hair salon is ‘Hair Port’. \<\\> ---
**Author:** ![BurnMeUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@BurnMeUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BurnMeUp)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2003, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funky-names-for-local-businesses/190614/17 "2003-07-24T17:54:23Z")
In Hong Kong, I came across a sign… a huge sign… like 6’ by 11’ that said “Hair Potato”. That’s it. No directions, no explianation… Just “Hair Potato”. Sometimes I meditate on the zen of that sign. ---
**Author:** ![Etherman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/958977/32.png) [@Etherman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Etherman)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2003, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funky-names-for-local-businesses/190614/18 "2003-07-24T18:07:17Z")
We have a “Children’s Recycling Center” here. Wonder what they make from them, baby oil maybe? ---
**Author:** ![Janx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Janx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Janx)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2003, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funky-names-for-local-businesses/190614/19 "2003-07-24T18:07:43Z")
b] Jenny Haniver \*\* wrote: > [@](#): > > Near where I work is a carry out shop that goes by the name Harry Little Pizza. Oh boy, I got a BIG laugh out of that one, I wonder if they sell much pizza? \*OK \* Lets see what else we have here from the “Guia Mais” (Guide [and] More) Yeller pages São Paulo, Brazil 2002. First I wanted to throw in that I met a girl named Madeinusa last year, Look again (Made in U.S.A.) Her mom thought is sounded cool, even though she had no Idea what the dress label she got the name from meant! Ahem: Mc Gelo (prounced Jello) Air conditioning place. Gengis Khan – (Looks like they service fire arms, which are illegal here BTW). Feelings (its a health insurance agency) Fat Balloon (party supplies) Mart Balloons ( I think the were going for something like Balloon Mart) Mega Pisos (floors) Karpet City Ohhh boy this is sad. ---
**Author:** ![Thurgood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c0e974/32.png) [@Thurgood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thurgood)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2003, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funky-names-for-local-businesses/190614/20 "2003-07-24T18:37:00Z")
I got turned around in Boston last year, and at one point ended up in front of a Chinese restaurant with its name on a huge marquee sign- Poo Poo Hot Pot [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funky-names-for-local-businesses/190614.md?page=2)