# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poorly-conceived-shop-names/526127/21 "2010-01-25T16:59:38Z")
> [@Gleena](#): > > 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. That is hilarious. A major real estate company in the Philadelphia area is called Fox and Roach. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poorly-conceived-shop-names/526127/22 "2010-01-25T17:03:23Z")
Some ad keeps running on the radio for Loan Shack. It continues to sound like Loan Shark in the ads. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poorly-conceived-shop-names/526127/23 "2010-01-25T17:06:07Z")
> [@faithfool](#): > > A friend once had an electrical repair shop and it’s name was Fry Electric. And he wondered why it folded… There is a Fry Electric around here too. It’s not related to the one you mentioned in Texas. ---
**Author:** ![Airk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@Airk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airk)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poorly-conceived-shop-names/526127/24 "2010-01-25T17:13:39Z")
Not quite poorly conceived (rather the opposite, I suppose) but there’s a local Piano Moving Company called “Deathwish Piano Movers” that always gets a chuckle from me. ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poorly-conceived-shop-names/526127/25 "2010-01-25T17:17:16Z")
[Amigone Funeral Home](http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&ct=res&cd=1&ved=0CAcQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amigonefuneralhome.com%2F&ei=-tFdS7XOKJXS8Aa0t9X7BA&usg=AFQjCNFXSJuZu45tb2X6yw8Joe6x8xJc8A) I know it’s not pronounced the same, but the signs are pretty funny. ---
**Author:** ![melodyharmonius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/melodyharmonius/32/21310_2.png) [@melodyharmonius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melodyharmonius)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poorly-conceived-shop-names/526127/26 "2010-01-25T17:18:01Z")
Krazy Katt’s Tattoo parlor gets me. Why would I want a crazy person coming at me with a needle full of ink? ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poorly-conceived-shop-names/526127/27 "2010-01-25T17:25:41Z")
**Aids for the Disabled** in Oxford folded in the late 80s. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poorly-conceived-shop-names/526127/28 "2010-01-25T17:30:40Z")
Payne Furniture Drug Palace ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poorly-conceived-shop-names/526127/29 "2010-01-25T17:31:23Z")
T&A Seafood seems a bit creepy to me. ---
**Author:** ![Umbriel2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/4af34b/32.png) [@Umbriel2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Umbriel2)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poorly-conceived-shop-names/526127/30 "2010-01-25T17:40:38Z")
I just today saw a used car dealership in Newark, NJ called “Mirage”. Not that they’d deceive you, or anything… ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poorly-conceived-shop-names/526127/31 "2010-01-25T17:41:37Z")
> [@Harmonious\_Discord](#): > > There is a Fry Electric around here too. It’s not related to the one you mentioned in Texas. Is it successful? 'Cause I just can’t imagine. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poorly-conceived-shop-names/526127/32 "2010-01-25T17:54:09Z")
There’s a bar in Brussells called **Drug Opera**. It’s like a soap opera but more surreal. ---
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poorly-conceived-shop-names/526127/33 "2010-01-25T18:14:10Z")
In the Pacific Northwest, we get constant TV ads for the ‘Senior Housing Assistance Group’ - which they refer to as SHAG… ---
**Author:** ![whole\_bean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/96bed5/32.png) [@whole\_bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whole_bean)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poorly-conceived-shop-names/526127/34 "2010-01-25T18:24:04Z")
> [@faithfool](#): > > Is it successful? 'Cause I just can’t imagine. I haven’t audited them or anything, but they pay for a lot of newspaper ads. Here’s the website: [http://www.frys.com/](http://www.frys.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poorly-conceived-shop-names/526127/35 "2010-01-25T18:37:28Z")
> [@Gleena](#): > > 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. There’s one down here named “Fat”! It appears to be quite successful… Talking of clothing stores, this is probably the place to mention how totally I am over “FCUK”. Yeah, you’re so clever you’re almost saying a rude word in public. At least before it actually left the shores of the UK there was some meaning behind the name, but here? I don’t think so. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poorly-conceived-shop-names/526127/36 "2010-01-25T18:41:41Z")
> [@faithfool](#): > > Is it successful? 'Cause I just can’t imagine. Sure they do wiring. At least they were doing well until there has been absolutely no jobs in the area. They are probably like most of the remaining contractors that are on the brink of going under around here. ---
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poorly-conceived-shop-names/526127/37 "2010-01-25T18:51:14Z")
> [@vivalostwages](#): > > T&A Seafood seems a bit creepy to me. How about T&A Supply Company? (No, it is not in Hollywood - it is another PacNW establishment) ---
**Author:** ![maladroit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f475e1/32.png) [@maladroit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maladroit)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poorly-conceived-shop-names/526127/38 "2010-01-25T18:57:55Z")
There’s a Mercury Fish & Chips restaurant in Southfield Mi. IIRC it was named for a nearby Mercury Theater. BTW the fish was great. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poorly-conceived-shop-names/526127/39 "2010-01-25T19:36:52Z")
> [@vivalostwages](#): > > T&A Seafood seems a bit creepy to me. Not to mention anatomically incorrect. What? ---
**Author:** ![Meyer6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cc9497/32.png) [@Meyer6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meyer6)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poorly-conceived-shop-names/526127/40 "2010-01-25T19:47:50Z")
> [@vivalostwages](#): > > T&A Seafood seems a bit creepy to me. That reminds me of **B & E Electronics**. Sounds like buying a stereo that some guy is selling out of his trunk. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poorly-conceived-shop-names/526127.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poorly-conceived-shop-names/526127.md?page=3)