# Misleading Business names (that you've encountered in your travels)

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**Created:** [April 12, 2016, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misleading-business-names-that-youve-encountered-in-your-travels/751974 "2016-04-12T03:58:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2016, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misleading-business-names-that-youve-encountered-in-your-travels/751974/101 "2016-05-01T13:14:00Z")

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> [@Martini\_Enfield](#):
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> Japanese Zaibatsu make a huge range of random and seemingly unconnected products, though - Mitsubishi, for example, make (or are heavily involved in) cars, trucks, televisions, airconditioners, banking, coal mining and beer brewing, among other things.

My previous company had a life insurance package provided by Samsung… I thought of it as a money back warranty in case of equipment malfunction.

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**Author:** ![AmanoJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AmanoJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AmanoJ)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2016, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misleading-business-names-that-youve-encountered-in-your-travels/751974/102 "2016-05-02T10:46:27Z")

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Perhaps not so misleading, but an odd name anyway… we have a Long’s Meat Market here.

And though it is not a business name and doesn’t specifically fit the thread… we used to have a Farrell’s Ice Cream Parlor here years back with a sundae called “Kathy’s Pink Surprise”. I was just looking at their menu online… seems that one is no longer offered. 😛

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**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:** [May 2, 2016, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misleading-business-names-that-youve-encountered-in-your-travels/751974/103 "2016-05-02T13:37:11Z")

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I’ve been to the [5 Star Coffee Shop](http://www.allmenus.com/nj/teaneck/43844-five-star-coffee-shop/menu/) several times, but never even seen one star there.

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**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2016, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misleading-business-names-that-youve-encountered-in-your-travels/751974/104 "2016-05-02T13:38:29Z")

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> [@AmanoJ](#):
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> Perhaps not so misleading, but an odd name anyway… we have a Long’s Meat Market here.

I’d be worried if it was Long Pork Meat Market.

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