# I want to open \_\_\_\_ so I can name it \_\_\_\_ **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [July 9, 2016, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-open-____-so-i-can-name-it-____/759481 "2016-07-09T16:50:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [July 9, 2016, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-open-____-so-i-can-name-it-____/759481/1 "2016-07-09T16:50:02Z")
A simple format. Name a (fictional) business, group, etc. that you would like to open/start, just so you can give it the clever/humorous name of \_\_\_\_\_. To start: I want to open a large drugstore so I can name it **Big Pharma**. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2016, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-open-____-so-i-can-name-it-____/759481/2 "2016-07-09T17:24:36Z")
I want to open a store that sells legal marijuana, so I can name it **Seedy Green** ---
**Author:** ![mascaroni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dc4da7/32.png) [@mascaroni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mascaroni)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2016, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-open-____-so-i-can-name-it-____/759481/3 "2016-07-09T20:23:46Z")
A low budget Thai eatery: “Pho Caff”. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2016, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-open-____-so-i-can-name-it-____/759481/4 "2016-07-09T20:43:05Z")
I want to open a neighborhood coffee shop so I can name it _Cup o’ Diem_. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2016, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-open-____-so-i-can-name-it-____/759481/5 "2016-07-09T21:31:06Z")
> [@mascaroni](#): > > A low budget Thai eatery: “Pho Caff”. I just saw a restaurant in Toronto called Pho King Awesome. I want to open a newspaper so I can name it _The Time Being_: “I’m a reporter for _The Time Being_, but I may change careers.” ---
**Author:** ![boffking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/858c86/32.png) [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2016, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-open-____-so-i-can-name-it-____/759481/6 "2016-07-09T21:34:42Z")
I want to open a store that sells shelves and call it Rack City. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2016, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-open-____-so-i-can-name-it-____/759481/7 "2016-07-09T21:37:27Z")
I would open a chili restaurant in Dallas. I’ll call it _The Gassy Bowl_. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2016, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-open-____-so-i-can-name-it-____/759481/8 "2016-07-09T22:42:55Z")
I want to start an underwater mental health facility in France, so I can call it **Inseine**. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2016, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-open-____-so-i-can-name-it-____/759481/9 "2016-07-10T05:50:50Z")
I want to start a brothel in an RV so I can call it Hauling Ass. ---
**Author:** ![Martini\_Enfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/martini_enfield/32/11123_2.png) [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2016, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-open-____-so-i-can-name-it-____/759481/10 "2016-07-10T06:16:44Z")
I want to open a shop dedicated to astronomy/amateur radio/model rocketry etc stuff so I can call it _Star Wares_. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2016, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-open-____-so-i-can-name-it-____/759481/11 "2016-07-10T09:54:53Z")
I want to open an optometrist’s shop, so I can call it \*Stare Wares. \* ---
**Author:** ![mascaroni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dc4da7/32.png) [@mascaroni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mascaroni)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2016, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-open-____-so-i-can-name-it-____/759481/12 "2016-07-10T13:10:57Z")
Manson Family Butchers. (“Family Butchers” is a term used in the UK for longstanding independent butchers shops, which, as the name suggests, have been in the same family for a number of generations). ---
**Author:** ![Obeseus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbce88/32.png) [@Obeseus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Obeseus)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2016, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-open-____-so-i-can-name-it-____/759481/13 "2016-07-10T13:23:37Z")
I want to open a used clock store and call it _Second Hand Clocks_. ---
**Author:** ![Jesta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Jesta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jesta)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2016, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-open-____-so-i-can-name-it-____/759481/14 "2016-07-10T13:31:11Z")
I want to open a Divorce Lawyers, and call it _Ex Files._ ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2016, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-open-____-so-i-can-name-it-____/759481/15 "2016-07-10T14:03:45Z")
I want to open an internet café with an emphasis on the café, and call it The High Tea Crowd. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2016, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-open-____-so-i-can-name-it-____/759481/16 "2016-07-10T14:08:32Z")
I want to open a pet grooming salon, so I can call it “Doggie Styles”. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2016, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-open-____-so-i-can-name-it-____/759481/17 "2016-07-10T14:39:03Z")
I want to build a large room where female sheep can meet, so I can name it “Ewe Hall.” ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2016, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-open-____-so-i-can-name-it-____/759481/18 "2016-07-10T14:47:49Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > I want to build a large room where female sheep can meet, so I can name it “Ewe Hall.” How about a store that specializes in spike-like tools named “Y’Awl”. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2016, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-open-____-so-i-can-name-it-____/759481/19 "2016-07-10T16:35:36Z")
I want to open an Italian odor-control company, so I can name it “Arrivederci, Aroma.” ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2016, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-open-____-so-i-can-name-it-____/759481/20 "2016-07-10T17:37:09Z")
I want to open a used flower shop and call it Second Hand Rose. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-open-____-so-i-can-name-it-____/759481.md?page=2)