# Punny business names **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 23, 2021, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-business-names/949342 "2021-08-23T04:14:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2021, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-business-names/949342/21 "2021-08-23T11:43:44Z")
Hairdressers go in for this quite a lot. “A Cut Above” is not uncommon, and decades ago, there was one near me called “Jefferson Hairplane”. And there is or was a florist in Ealing (London) called “Whoops A Daisy”. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2021, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-business-names/949342/22 "2021-08-23T11:52:04Z")
A friend, now retired, had a lawn care business he called **ALL GREEN**. I got access to his computer and played around, changing **ALL** to **AL** and swapping the mowers and grass for musical notes and Al’s likeness. ---
**Author:** ![doreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/858c86/32.png) [@doreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doreen)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2021, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-business-names/949342/23 "2021-08-23T11:54:49Z")
That wasn’t meant to be a pun - the pork store was on Forest Avenue, a couple of miles from Forest Park. ---
**Author:** ![mcgato](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac8455/32.png) [@mcgato](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mcgato)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2021, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-business-names/949342/24 "2021-08-23T12:37:45Z")
From when I lived in south Florida: Hannah and Her Scissors: Hair salon actually run by someone named Hannah. This was closer to when the movie “Hannah and Her Sisters” was relevant. Sherwood Florist: Flower store, obviously. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2021, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-business-names/949342/25 "2021-08-23T12:47:17Z")
When I was growing up in Chapel Hill, there was a Mexican restaurant called _Besa mi Burro_. Supposedly the bluehairs on the town sign committee or whatever were up in arms and tried to force a name change, but couldn’t find anything in the ordinance against a name that, the owner innocently explained, simply meant “Kiss my Donkey.” ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2021, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-business-names/949342/26 "2021-08-23T13:39:32Z")
never mind ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2021, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-business-names/949342/27 "2021-08-23T13:56:59Z")
There’s an auto body shop near me that I drove past a lot until I got the joke. It’s called **Auto Correct**. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2021, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-business-names/949342/28 "2021-08-23T14:16:35Z")
I drove by a new tattoo shop this weekend, called **The Tatt Cave**. It’s either the best or worst tattoo shop name I’ve ever seen. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2021, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-business-names/949342/29 "2021-08-23T14:30:40Z")
Same here. There’s a few of theses and apparently it was a Simpsons gag, too. We had a Chinese restaurant called Wok This Way up the street. And I’ve seen Pho King — I’m sure there’s a few of these. Pho Cue is a new one on me. Nice variation. (And to those that don’t know, while the pun works with the “foe” pronunciation well enough, the proper pronunciation of “pho” is more like “fuh,” making the pun transparent.) ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2021, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-business-names/949342/30 "2021-08-23T14:31:32Z")
Milwaukee has **Hernia Movers** , and their slogan is _The Potentate of Totin’ Freight_. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2021, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-business-names/949342/31 "2021-08-23T14:55:05Z")
The mass transit system in the SF Bay Area is Bay Area Rapid Transit, or BART. The shuttle bus system in Berkeley that takes students to the station was known as Humphrey Go-BART. ---
**Author:** ![jaycat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat/32/3015_2.png) [@jaycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaycat)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2021, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-business-names/949342/32 "2021-08-23T16:53:59Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > There’s an auto body shop near me that I drove past a lot until I got the joke. It’s called **Auto Correct**. There’s one near me with the slogan, “We Meet By Accident.” ---
**Author:** ![jaycat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat/32/3015_2.png) [@jaycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaycat)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2021, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-business-names/949342/33 "2021-08-23T16:54:43Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > Milwaukee has **Hernia Movers** , and their slogan is _The Potentate of Totin’ Freight_ . Excellent. ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2021, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-business-names/949342/34 "2021-08-23T16:58:25Z")
This doesn’t _quite_ fit the OP, but it’s worth relating anyways. Spent a career in the pharmaceutical industry; people who did veterinary pharmaceuticals were intrinsically more fun than the human side. The UK trade organization is called the National Organisation of Animal Health. The principle publication used to be (seemingly it no longer exists) Animal Pharm. > **[National Office of Animal Health](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Office_of_Animal_Health)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > The National Office of Animal Health (NOAH) is a British organisation that represents the voice of its members from within the animal medicine industry in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. > NOAH’s aim is to: > “... promote the benefits of safe, effective, quality medicines for the health and welfare of all animals.” j ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2021, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-business-names/949342/35 "2021-08-23T20:29:18Z")
Another hairdressers, that I saw in Sydney, Australia: Luvyado. (Stress on the last syllable!) ---
**Author:** ![Asuka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2021, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-business-names/949342/36 "2021-08-23T21:36:56Z")
I used to live by a Mexican restaurant called “The Whole Enchilada” ---
**Author:** ![PetroDude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/278dde/32.png) [@PetroDude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PetroDude)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2021, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-business-names/949342/37 "2021-08-23T22:13:58Z")
Florist in Oklahoma City called “Floral and Hardy”. ---
**Author:** ![Mark\_Finn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/34f0e0/32.png) [@Mark\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Finn)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2021, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-business-names/949342/38 "2021-08-24T11:27:11Z")
In the gay area of Sydney (Australia), there was a restaurant called “Thai Me Up”. It looks like it closed. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2021, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-business-names/949342/39 "2021-08-24T11:31:32Z")
> [@Mark\_Finn](#): > > restaurant called “Thai Me Up” Safe word, “Salmonella”. ---
**Author:** ![LH75](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lh75/32/4438_2.png) [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2021, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-business-names/949342/40 "2021-08-24T11:45:22Z")
There is a donut shop in my old neighborhood called [Holly’s Healthy Holes](https://hollyshealthyholes.com/) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-business-names/949342.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-business-names/949342.md?page=3)