# Least Appropriate Store Names **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 11, 2005, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-appropriate-store-names/294098 "2005-03-11T21:53:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![The\_Big\_Cheese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8baadc/32.png) [@The\_Big\_Cheese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Big_Cheese)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2005, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-appropriate-store-names/294098/41 "2005-03-12T11:21:38Z")
When i was in Rome, I walked past this store called ‘Bimbo’ all the time. It was clothes store for kids. Of course it’s a different lanuguage but it still made me smile, and if they ever branch out here they’ll need to ge a new name. ---
**Author:** ![BlackKnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eb8c5e/32.png) [@BlackKnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlackKnight)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2005, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-appropriate-store-names/294098/42 "2005-03-12T13:03:15Z")
There used to be a convenience store in town called “Pump and Munch”. Sadly, they closed down several months ago. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2005, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-appropriate-store-names/294098/43 "2005-03-12T13:07:35Z")
There’s a discount warehouse chain, like Costco, called BJ’s. Sounds more like a brothel to me. ---
**Author:** ![jimmmy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/73ab20/32.png) [@jimmmy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimmmy)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2005, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-appropriate-store-names/294098/44 "2005-03-12T13:18:33Z")
There was a “Houlihan-ey”/“More Bar-ey TGIF” professional-crowd-afterwork place (not at all sleazy) called **"Cheaters**" I hated that name. I thought that it killed business - I know it did mine. I mean, who really wants to invite the co-worker, or anyone from the opsex who you don’t know really well, to that? Or tell the SO you are going to “Cheaters with friends” Sounds like a strip club. ---
**Author:** ![cluelessnoob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df788c/32.png) [@cluelessnoob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cluelessnoob)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2005, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-appropriate-store-names/294098/45 "2005-03-12T13:33:45Z")
There used to be this online store that sold software to Academic and Government users (I tried them once). Their name was [soft4u.com](http://web.archive.org/web/20010701180723/http://www.soft4u.com/). Eventually, they decided to move into the hardware market and – in what was probably one of the stupidest naming decisions ever made – they tried to keep to the theme of their existing brand. So they called their new site [hard4u.com](http://web.archive.org/web/20000613124320/www.soft4u.com/hard4u.cfm). The first time I saw that, I couldn’t believe they let that happen. I still can’t believe it. Probably explains why they disappeared after a few years… (the links above are archived versions). ---
**Author:** ![UntouchedTakeaway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d78d45/32.png) [@UntouchedTakeaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UntouchedTakeaway)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2005, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-appropriate-store-names/294098/46 "2005-03-12T13:46:25Z")
“Cluck U” - which is the name of a chicken place. The one I’m familiar with is in Morristown, NJ - they might be a chain. Cracks me up every time. VCNJ~ ---
**Author:** ![manhattan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manhattan/32/7_2.png) [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2005, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-appropriate-store-names/294098/47 "2005-03-12T17:52:41Z")
> [@DMark](#): > > Terrible is a family name in Las Vegas, but still it is odd to see: > > Terrible’s Hotel And Casino as well as their chain of Terrible Gas Stations (although with the current price of gas, the name suddenly makes more sense). Heh. Terrible’s is owned by the Herbst family. “Terrible” is a nickname the family patriarch picked up and decided to use as a brand name. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2005, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-appropriate-store-names/294098/48 "2005-03-12T18:03:35Z")
There is a pretty fancy Japanese restaurant in Brookline, MA called “Fugakyu”. I don’t know how it is pronounced in Japanese, but I know a couple of ways you can say it in English and neither are good. ---
**Author:** ![Hugh\_Jass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/4da419/32.png) [@Hugh\_Jass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hugh_Jass)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2005, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-appropriate-store-names/294098/49 "2005-03-12T19:42:41Z")
Johnson Wax is a brand name that makes me giggle. ---
**Author:** ![Agrippina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8797f3/32.png) [@Agrippina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agrippina)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2005, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-appropriate-store-names/294098/50 "2005-03-12T19:58:04Z")
> [@The Big Cheese](#): > > When i was in Rome, I walked past this store called ‘Bimbo’ all the time. It was clothes store for kids. Of course it’s a different lanuguage but it still made me smile, and if they ever branch out here they’ll need to ge a new name. Here in Kansas City there is a chain of Mexican restaurants named **Chi-Chi’s**. If my sources are correct, Chi Chi is also a slang term for breasts in Spanish. ---
**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2005, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-appropriate-store-names/294098/51 "2005-03-12T20:11:29Z")
Chi Chi’s is at the minimum, regional and bankrupt. My brother used to work at a Kum 'N Go. ---
**Author:** ![Garfield226](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Garfield226](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Garfield226)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2005, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-appropriate-store-names/294098/52 "2005-03-12T21:39:07Z")
There’s a small restaurant nearby here named Gross’ Burgers. ---
**Author:** ![inkleberry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f17d59/32.png) [@inkleberry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/inkleberry)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2005, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-appropriate-store-names/294098/53 "2005-03-13T08:16:10Z")
There’s a restaurant in SF called\*\* “Squat and Gobble” \*\*, which often reminded me of some of the bad lesbian dates I’ve been on… ---
**Author:** ![Elza\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Elza\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elza_B)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2005, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-appropriate-store-names/294098/54 "2005-03-13T16:23:57Z")
> [@Fritz](#): > > Somewhere in or around Chicago - many years ago - a Chinese place called “Takee Outee.” There’s a place in Gainesville, Florida (near UF) called Chinee Takee Outee. My husband says it was the best Chinese restaurant he’s ever been to. E. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Big\_Cheese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8baadc/32.png) [@The\_Big\_Cheese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Big_Cheese)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2005, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-appropriate-store-names/294098/55 "2005-03-13T17:55:23Z")
There’s a laundromat in LaCrosse, Wi named **Willy Wash**. Ok, not so bad, but this morning in the sunday paper there’s a story about a guy who got arrested there for stripping naked. He was trying to make a point about being naked or something. Stripped naked in the **Willy Wash** …?? :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Hyperelastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Hyperelastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hyperelastic)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2005, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-appropriate-store-names/294098/56 "2005-03-14T06:43:34Z")
There’s a “Hand Job Auto Detailing” in Hermosa Beach, CA. Yes, they know what it means. ---
**Author:** ![DrLoveGun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@DrLoveGun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrLoveGun)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2005, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-appropriate-store-names/294098/57 "2005-03-14T07:01:40Z")
There was a place out in the middle of nowhere in Colorado called Burgers and Stuff. Always wanted to go order some stuff. No burger, just stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2005, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-appropriate-store-names/294098/58 "2005-03-14T07:27:23Z")
There’s a Pho restaurant around here called **Pho Bich Nga**. ---
**Author:** ![DoctorJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctorj/32/2904_2.png) [@DoctorJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorJ)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2005, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-appropriate-store-names/294098/59 "2005-03-14T07:58:58Z")
We drove by a place in Indiana once called **Raper’s Rent to Own**. My friend said, “Hey, at least they’re up front about their interest rates. They can’t say you weren’t warned.” Here in Greensboro we have **Hairport '77**. My favorite, even though it is entirely deliberate, is a company back in Lexington, KY that specializes in big-ass fans (for warehouses, and the like). Their name? **Big Ass Fans**. They have a huge sign that has not pleased the local constabulary. ---
**Author:** ![seosamh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@seosamh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seosamh)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2005, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-appropriate-store-names/294098/60 "2005-03-14T12:04:44Z")
There’s a shop called **S & M Stores** on Uxbridge Road in West Ealing. Unfortunately, all it sells is camping equipment. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-appropriate-store-names/294098.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-appropriate-store-names/294098.md?page=4)