# Poorly Conceived Shop Names **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 23, 2010, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poorly-conceived-shop-names/526127 "2010-01-23T16:06:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Small\_Hen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ad7895/32.png) [@Small\_Hen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Hen)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2010, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poorly-conceived-shop-names/526127/1 "2010-01-23T16:06:26Z")
The other day I saw a hair salon near my home named Electric Flesh. How anyone thought this a good name for their (non-adult video or sex toy) store baffled me, so I came in a bit closer to investigate. Turns out they also ink tattoos, which makes it a _little_ better, but still… There is also a toy store not far from me called Once Upon a Child. This one gets points off for being a stupid name even _before_ considering the pedophilic connotations. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2010, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poorly-conceived-shop-names/526127/2 "2010-01-23T16:29:04Z")
A friend once had an electrical repair shop and it’s name was Fry Electric. And he wondered why it folded… ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2010, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poorly-conceived-shop-names/526127/3 "2010-01-23T21:02:20Z")
I have a picture somewhere of Hong Kong’s Wong Foo King Bookstore. So where’s the right one? ---
**Author:** ![Randy\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ee7513/32.png) [@Randy\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Randy_Seltzer)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2010, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poorly-conceived-shop-names/526127/4 "2010-01-23T21:51:30Z")
There is a chain of pet supply stores in Philadelphia called “Doggie Style.” [I kid you not](http://www.doggiestyle2.com/). ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2010, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poorly-conceived-shop-names/526127/5 "2010-01-23T23:06:00Z")
> [@Randy\_Seltzer](#): > > There is a chain of pet supply stores in Philadelphia called “Doggie Style.” [I kid you not](http://www.doggiestyle2.com/). There’s one in Montreal, too. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2010, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poorly-conceived-shop-names/526127/6 "2010-01-23T23:16:21Z")
There’s a tourist trap highway-side store here in Lancaster called “Amish Stuff”. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2010, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poorly-conceived-shop-names/526127/7 "2010-01-23T23:47:53Z")
> [@Small\_Hen](#): > > Electric Flesh. It’s a Vibrator AND a Douche, in one convenient package! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2010, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poorly-conceived-shop-names/526127/8 "2010-01-24T00:04:05Z")
I used to pass a sign advertising the Hemlock Nursing Home. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2010, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poorly-conceived-shop-names/526127/9 "2010-01-24T01:06:48Z")
I saw a shop in Nice (South of France) called _Fanny Pressing_. I have no idea what it was. (The term ‘Fanny’, in the UK doesn’t mean the same as it does in the USA) ---
**Author:** ![Polly\_Glot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9de053/32.png) [@Polly\_Glot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polly_Glot)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2010, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poorly-conceived-shop-names/526127/10 "2010-01-24T01:28:49Z")
Tucson has (had?) a large infant supply store named, perhaps aptly, “Baby Bizarre.” ---
**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:** [January 24, 2010, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poorly-conceived-shop-names/526127/11 "2010-01-24T01:30:15Z")
On my bus ride home from work I pass a steakhouse named Clydesdale and a bar/surf&turf place called Shackleford’s. ---
**Author:** ![Xema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9de053/32.png) [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2010, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poorly-conceived-shop-names/526127/12 "2010-01-24T01:36:54Z")
A well-known one is the [Dedman](http://www.hospital-data.com/hospitals/R-H-DEDMAN-MEMORIAL-MEDICAL-CENTER-D900.html) hospital near Dallas. And I kinda like the [Damphousse](http://web1.userinstinct.com/21543861-damphousse-ray-e-jr-sons-roofing-co.htm) roofing company in Lawrence MA. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2010, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poorly-conceived-shop-names/526127/13 "2010-01-24T01:42:43Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > I saw a shop in Nice (South of France) called _Fanny Pressing_. I have no idea what it was. A _pressing_ is a dry cleaning establishment. Still funny, though. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2010, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poorly-conceived-shop-names/526127/14 "2010-01-24T02:07:41Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > On my bus ride home from work I pass a steakhouse named Clydesdale and a bar/surf&turf place called Shackleford’s. I bet you can still see the marks on the steak from where the jockey was hitting it. [With apologies to Rodney Dangerfield] > [@freckafree](#): > > I used to pass a sign advertising the Hemlock Nursing Home. Socrates was there for awhile I hear. ---
**Author:** ![sleeping](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/839c29/32.png) [@sleeping](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleeping)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2010, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poorly-conceived-shop-names/526127/15 "2010-01-24T02:54:28Z")
More for the sign than the name, [Arlington Pediatric Center](http://www.wordlab.com/APC.jpg). ---
**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:** [January 24, 2010, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poorly-conceived-shop-names/526127/16 "2010-01-24T03:12:05Z")
I don’t think this is a good name for a business - they rent giant inflatable toys for kid’s parties. [Little Monkeys Rental](http://www.littlemonkeysrental.com/) ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2010, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poorly-conceived-shop-names/526127/17 "2010-01-24T05:48:43Z")
> [@matt\_mcl](#): > > There’s one in Montreal, too. There’s a pet grooming place nearby called Doggie Styles, but I don’t know if it’s a chain. ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2010, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poorly-conceived-shop-names/526127/18 "2010-01-24T08:18:09Z")
There used to be a Chinese takeaway in my home town called the Fook Hing Chinese Restaurant. ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2010, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poorly-conceived-shop-names/526127/19 "2010-01-24T09:17:46Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > A _pressing_ is a dry cleaning establishment. Still funny, though. And Fanny is an affectionate diminutive for the first name Françoise, very common in the south. ---
**Author:** ![Gleena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b3f665/32.png) [@Gleena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gleena)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2010, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poorly-conceived-shop-names/526127/20 "2010-01-24T10:49:34Z")
There’s a cutting edge, hip, trendy clothing store near me called Passe’. That word does not mean what they think it means, I suspect. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poorly-conceived-shop-names/526127.md?page=2)