# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2016, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-open-____-so-i-can-name-it-____/759481/21 "2016-07-10T17:38:59Z")
I want to start a rock and roll band where the instruments are all kazoos called kazooka Joe. ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2016, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-open-____-so-i-can-name-it-____/759481/22 "2016-07-10T17:39:54Z")
A fudgery called " 'Round the Corner" ---
**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, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-open-____-so-i-can-name-it-____/759481/23 "2016-07-10T17:40:55Z")
I want to open a company that supports wildlife by the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, so I can name it “Locks and Bay Gulls.” ---
**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, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-open-____-so-i-can-name-it-____/759481/24 "2016-07-10T17:45:05Z")
I want to write a southern play about ornithologists, called “Chat Ani Hoatzin Ruff”. The sequel will be a murder mysery, “Murrelet Ani Oriole Egrets”. ---
**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, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-open-____-so-i-can-name-it-____/759481/25 "2016-07-10T17:51:03Z")
> [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](#): > > I want to start a rock and roll band where the instruments are all kazoos called kazooka Joe. And all you play would be bubble gum pop? ---
**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, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-open-____-so-i-can-name-it-____/759481/26 "2016-07-10T17:51:07Z")
You want a smile for that special occasion? Get your false teeth from _Dental Rental_. Need a therapist as well? _Mental Dental Rental_ offers a one stop solution… ---
**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, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-open-____-so-i-can-name-it-____/759481/27 "2016-07-10T19:00:49Z")
A bar for animal costume fetishists underneath a heroin den called The Furry with the Syringe on the Top. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2016, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-open-____-so-i-can-name-it-____/759481/28 "2016-07-11T04:24:38Z")
> [@mascaroni](#): > > You want a smile for that special occasion? > > Get your false teeth from _Dental Rental_. > > Need a therapist as well? > > _Mental Dental Rental_ offers a one stop solution… I want to open a medical practice; a psychiatrist’s & proctologist’s office & call it _Odds & Ends_ ---
**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 11, 2016, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-open-____-so-i-can-name-it-____/759481/29 "2016-07-11T08:29:03Z")
I want to open a zoo for the pets of _Burn Notice_’s Madeline Westen, so I can name it “The Gless Menagerie.” ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2016, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-open-____-so-i-can-name-it-____/759481/30 "2016-07-31T01:34:30Z")
> [@mascaroni](#): > > A low budget Thai eatery: “Pho Caff”. Except that pho is a Vietnamese noodle soup. I’ve never seen it on any menu in Thailand except maybe at specifically Vietnamese restaurants. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2016, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-open-____-so-i-can-name-it-____/759481/31 "2016-07-31T02:01:01Z")
I’m going to open a bar and call it either The Ditch, or The Gutter. We’d open early and have breakfast specials. “Wake up in the Ditch/Gutter!” the ads will say. ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2017, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-open-____-so-i-can-name-it-____/759481/32 "2017-06-05T00:53:38Z")
A newspaper in Spokane and call it The Spokane Word. A grocery store in Marquette MI and call it The Village Marquette. ---
**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:** [June 5, 2017, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-open-____-so-i-can-name-it-____/759481/33 "2017-06-05T17:24:32Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > How about a store that specializes in spike-like tools named “Y’Awl”. It could also be a boating-supply store in the South. ---
**Author:** ![Thin\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Thin\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Ice)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2017, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-open-____-so-i-can-name-it-____/759481/34 "2017-06-05T20:35:00Z")
I want to open a kitchenware store so I can name it The Panhandler. ---
**Author:** ![aktep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f0a364/32.png) [@aktep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aktep)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2017, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-open-____-so-i-can-name-it-____/759481/35 "2017-06-13T20:52:13Z")
I want to open a coffee shop / cafe on the lot by the train tracks so I can call it “Chugga chugga chew chew” ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2017, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-open-____-so-i-can-name-it-____/759481/36 "2017-06-13T21:03:46Z")
I want to open a shop selling handcrafted baskets in Helena, Montana. ---
**Author:** ![Brooky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/35a633/32.png) [@Brooky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brooky)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2017, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-open-____-so-i-can-name-it-____/759481/37 "2017-06-19T20:50:39Z")
I’d like to open a women’s motorcycle clothing store ~~~~~ “Hooter’s on Scooter’s” I’m serious designed shirts for advertisement ---
**Author:** ![abashed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c6cbf5/32.png) [@abashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/abashed)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2017, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-open-____-so-i-can-name-it-____/759481/38 "2017-07-18T14:09:33Z")
I want to start an airline called: ‘Fly By Night.’ I want to start another airline called: ‘Winging It.’ ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2017, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-open-____-so-i-can-name-it-____/759481/39 "2017-07-27T23:26:14Z")
I want to open a used book store called Ye Olde Booke Jointe. ---
**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:** [August 5, 2017, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-open-____-so-i-can-name-it-____/759481/40 "2017-08-05T15:12:44Z")
A store that only sells statues of duck butts: Donald’s Rumps [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-open-____-so-i-can-name-it-____/759481.md?page=1)