# Product names--what were they thinking? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 27, 1999, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/product-names-what-were-they-thinking/10149 "1999-10-27T11:08:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![eden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5f9b8f/32.png) [@eden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eden)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 1999, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/product-names-what-were-they-thinking/10149/41 "1999-10-28T16:22:00Z")
WIGGUM: Unfortunately, I think you’ve been beaten to the punch, so to speak, with Fellati-os. They do make penis-shaped macaroni and other food products that they sell at places like Spencer’s. Better get a copyright on the name quick… ---
**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:** [October 28, 1999, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/product-names-what-were-they-thinking/10149/42 "1999-10-28T16:23:00Z")
Close to where my grandparents live in Buffalo is the **Amigone Funeral Home.** Yes, it’s owned and operated by the Amigone family. But the sign still cracks me up every time. ---
**Author:** ![meek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce73a5/32.png) [@meek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meek)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 1999, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/product-names-what-were-they-thinking/10149/43 "1999-10-28T16:55:00Z")
other bad product names… in with the ford “probe” category… the “aspire” - like what is it aspiring to be? - a real car? anyone remember the kids toy called “slime”? also - adhesive remover called “Goo-be-gone” I also never liked the name for the undergarmet “depends”… it sounds … unsure. “Gonna wet yourself today grampa?” “well that depends…” later ppls ---
**Author:** ![John\_Hobson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f1d935/32.png) [@John\_Hobson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Hobson)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 1999, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/product-names-what-were-they-thinking/10149/44 "1999-10-29T05:06:00Z")
Minor correction. “Nova” means “new” in Latin. The reason that it is the word for “exploding star” is that the first description of one in the scientific literature is a paper by Tycho Brahe about 1575 entitled “De Nova Stella” – “About the New Star”. ---
**Author:** ![cher3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 1999, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/product-names-what-were-they-thinking/10149/45 "1999-10-29T05:44:00Z")
TennHippie wrote: “Unintentional humor is best. Near here is a place called Adcock Prosthetics.” There is a Green Prosthetics near where I live. What would they be called if there was a merger? ---
**Author:** ![Daniel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Daniel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daniel)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 1999, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/product-names-what-were-they-thinking/10149/46 "1999-10-29T05:56:00Z")
“Bob Dole, do you wear boxers or briefs?” “Depends.” * * * “I’m just too much for human existence – I should be animated.” –Wayne Knight ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 1999, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/product-names-what-were-they-thinking/10149/47 "1999-10-28T18:03:00Z")
I understand that in a particular section of the Borough of Queens, New York, there is a plumbing supply store called Flushing Toilets. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Hobson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f1d935/32.png) [@John\_Hobson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Hobson)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 1999, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/product-names-what-were-they-thinking/10149/48 "1999-10-28T18:16:00Z")
In Downers Grove, Illinois, there is a “Toon Funeral Home”. Obviously where they are going to bury Roger Rabbit from. In Wautoma, Wisconsin, there at least used to be a “Hi’s and Her’s Beauty Salon”. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 1999, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/product-names-what-were-they-thinking/10149/49 "1999-10-28T18:20:00Z")
In San Francisco there is a store called “Guns and Things” In Milwaukee I always enjoyed “Art Smart’s Dart Mart and Juggling Emporium” ---
**Author:** ![Sealemon88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@Sealemon88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sealemon88)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 1999, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/product-names-what-were-they-thinking/10149/50 "1999-10-28T18:26:00Z")
Oh _man_. How could I forget **Two Guys Foreign Car Repair?** I can just picture it now. You drive your car in, and the first thing the Turkish mechanic says is “I kiss you!” * * * You say “cheesy” like that’s a **BAD** thing. ---
**Author:** ![engineerboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f07891/32.png) [@engineerboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineerboy)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 1999, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/product-names-what-were-they-thinking/10149/51 "1999-10-28T18:29:00Z")
Along the lines of “hey, that means WHAT?!” has anyone else heard of the Australian hair removal system called NADS? Stuff like that kills me… maybe because I’m still seven at heart 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 1999, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/product-names-what-were-they-thinking/10149/52 "1999-10-28T22:56:00Z")
> [@](#): > > The joke’s on you, OpalCat. Products called Cat Poo and Dog Poo are so named precisely because of the silliness. We laugh and we remember the name, ight? Well DUUUUHH!! The “joke” isn’t on me. I understand that they thought the name was funny, but MY point, which you have missed entirely, is that it is still a bad idea. Naming a cleaning product after feces is just lame. I know _I_ wouldn’t buy it. * * * – O p a l C a t [www.opalcat.com](http://www.opalcat.com) ---
**Author:** ![chief](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df788c/32.png) [@chief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chief)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 1999, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/product-names-what-were-they-thinking/10149/53 "1999-10-29T08:35:00Z")
my personal favorite is - Black Death vodka 🙂 * * * Chief’s Domain - [http://www.seas.ucla.edu/~ravi](http://www.seas.ucla.edu/~ravi) ---
**Author:** ![Mojo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Mojo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mojo)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 1999, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/product-names-what-were-they-thinking/10149/54 "1999-10-29T14:09:00Z")
> [@](#): > > When I was in Tucson a few years back there was a skateboard shop called “Itz PÜP” (notice the umlaut). Hmmmm. When I posted this I proofed it and saw a “U” with an umlaut over it- Pup (pronounced “poop”). Maybe if I wrote it P(Alt+154)P you could visualize it properly. In fact, it seems that all of the Alt+ codes are hosey… ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 1999, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/product-names-what-were-they-thinking/10149/55 "1999-10-29T14:35:00Z")
I saw the umlat… wonder why you aren’t seeing it? * * * – O p a l C a t [www.opalcat.com](http://www.opalcat.com) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 1999, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/product-names-what-were-they-thinking/10149/56 "1999-10-29T14:46:00Z")
To each his own, **OpalCat**. That sort of thing works on me. If I still drank & smoked, you can bet I’d search high and low trying to get Black Death Vodka and Black Death Cigarettes. And if they made a jam called Painful Rectal Itch, my fridge would be full of it! ---
**Author:** ![eden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5f9b8f/32.png) [@eden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eden)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 1999, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/product-names-what-were-they-thinking/10149/57 "1999-10-29T15:01:00Z")
I can’t remember the manufacturer (Daewoo or Daihatsu), but there’s a car called the Charade. Masquerading as a real car! Driving through Tennessee once I spotted the Pet Wash. It wasn’t drive-through, though. ---
**Author:** ![Luvsadawg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dc4da7/32.png) [@Luvsadawg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Luvsadawg)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 1999, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/product-names-what-were-they-thinking/10149/58 "1999-10-29T16:24:00Z")
He he Here in Phoenix I always laugh at the used car lot named Miracle Cars. Their motto is “If it’s a good car, it’s a Miracle!” Sure, I’ll run right over and get one of those lemons. I sure miss you guys Luvs ---
**Author:** ![robertfhm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b5a626/32.png) [@robertfhm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robertfhm)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 1999, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/product-names-what-were-they-thinking/10149/59 "1999-10-30T01:24:00Z")
Does anyone remember a glass cleaner called “Blue Stuff”. I haven’t seen it for years. It was so much more descriptive than Windex. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/product-names-what-were-they-thinking/10149.md?page=2)