# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![bob\_2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bob_2/32/3341_2.png) [@bob\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bob_2)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2021, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-business-names/949342/41 "2021-08-24T14:18:21Z")
> [@SanVito](#): > > My favourite was always a chinese restaurant in a suburb called Shirley, Birmingham UK, called the Shirley Temple. We dined there several times years ago. They used to have a ‘Lazy Susan’ table. Apparently it’s Italian these days. Of course there is the (in)famous mobile butty bar in Cornwall that sells burgers, kebabs and chicken and is called "_Jason Donervan"._ ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2021, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-business-names/949342/42 "2021-08-24T17:17:09Z")
I eaten at a restaurant called “Pho King” in Clarkesville, TN They have no website to link to. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2021, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-business-names/949342/43 "2021-08-24T17:38:45Z")
There’s one in Dayton, OH called What The Pho. ---
**Author:** ![TheGunIsMightierThanThePen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thegunismightierthanthepen/32/2981_2.png) [@TheGunIsMightierThanThePen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheGunIsMightierThanThePen)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2021, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-business-names/949342/44 "2021-08-24T20:23:14Z")
… I don’t get it. What’s the pun here? ---
**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 24, 2021, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-business-names/949342/45 "2021-08-24T20:35:20Z")
It’s not a classic pun, which is typically defined as wordplay using homophones. But it is word play in that a potentate is an absolute ruler, yet this one is doing manual labor. Then add in the rhyme, which is strong with onomatopoeia. Their name (Hernia) isn’t relevant to that but adds further humor to the concept. Or so I see it. Your mileage may vary. ---
**Author:** ![TheGunIsMightierThanThePen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thegunismightierthanthepen/32/2981_2.png) [@TheGunIsMightierThanThePen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheGunIsMightierThanThePen)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2021, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-business-names/949342/46 "2021-08-24T20:41:10Z")
While I can appreciate the alliteration in their slogan, I originally thought “hernia movers” was supposed to resemble some existing word if I said it really quickly but - nope, I got nothing. Thanks for explaining it anyway 🤷‍♂️ ---
**Author:** ![Toxgoddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Toxgoddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toxgoddess)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2021, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-business-names/949342/47 "2021-08-24T21:49:12Z")
Not a pun as much as a directive but there’s a bakery in Estes, Colorado called “You Need Pie.” After seeing the sign my kids decided that they did, indeed, need pie. The pie was quite good. ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2021, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-business-names/949342/48 "2021-08-24T22:10:00Z")
I saw a self car wash named “ **Sud-n-Glow** ”. And, [**Ebbetts Pass Gas**](https://ebbettspassgas.com/). ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2021, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-business-names/949342/49 "2021-08-24T22:14:46Z")
Maybe not exactly a pun, but the only gas station in the tiny town of Point Reyes Station, CA is called Point Reyes Station. ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2021, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-business-names/949342/50 "2021-08-25T01:26:17Z")
Royal Flush Sanitation — A royal flush beats a full house Brian ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2021, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-business-names/949342/51 "2021-08-25T01:49:46Z")
> [@madsircool](#): > > [https://pinktaco.com/](https://pinktaco.com/) > > Pink Taco > [@Bootb](#): > > There appears to be multiple companies across the country that are called **Peoples Natural Gas**. > [@needscoffee](#): > > A dog-grooming shop in Seattle named “Doggie Style”. > [@Melbourne](#): > > There was a restaurant here called “ghoti”. They eventually went away. I know that most people didn’t get the joke. ([Ghoti - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghoti)) > [@kayaker](#): > > 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. > [@jaycat](#): > > There’s one near me with the slogan, “We Meet By Accident.” > [@Asuka](#): > > I used to live by a Mexican restaurant called “The Whole Enchilada” Unless I’m missing something (very possible), none of these seem like puns. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2021, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-business-names/949342/52 "2021-08-25T02:10:03Z")
You are a Party Pooper, which could be a name for, well, no viable business I can think of. The now defunct Service Supply Co. (industrial products) for years had a giant logo painted on the side of its building along I-65 in Indianapolis, featuring the slogan “House of a Million Screws”. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2021, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-business-names/949342/53 "2021-08-25T02:58:50Z")
Party Pooper would be a great name for a Porta Potty rental company. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2021, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-business-names/949342/54 "2021-08-25T10:05:41Z")
That might actually be my number two choice. mmm ---
**Author:** ![caligulathegod](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/caligulathegod/32/9685_2.png) [@caligulathegod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caligulathegod)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2021, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-business-names/949342/55 "2021-08-26T04:49:31Z")
There is a Vietnamese restaurant here in Columbus Ohio named 6-1-PHO. Columbus’ area code being 614 and the pho dish already defined earlier in the thread. ---
**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 26, 2021, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-business-names/949342/56 "2021-08-26T09:12:13Z")
> [@madsircool](#): > > Party Pooper would be a great name for a Porta Potty rental company. All you have to do is wish… [https://www.thepartypoopers.co.uk/](https://www.thepartypoopers.co.uk/) j ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2021, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-business-names/949342/57 "2021-08-26T11:47:17Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > You are a Party Pooper… You are right. If I could redact my poopy post I would. mmm ---
**Author:** ![kferr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/71e660/32.png) [@kferr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kferr)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2021, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-business-names/949342/58 "2021-08-26T12:39:12Z")
Pet grooming business near me called **Spitz and Pawlish** ---
**Author:** ![Thing.Fish](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thing.fish/32/9168_2.png) [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2021, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-business-names/949342/59 "2021-08-27T01:04:20Z")
Not the actual business name, but a sign I saw in a window today: Do what the cool kids are doing — try cryotherapy! ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2021, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-business-names/949342/60 "2021-08-27T01:20:45Z")
The Mrs. and I were touring a little colony of tradesman and I saw an outdoor oven for firing ceramics. I said “Hey! Kiln me softly!” It turns out someone already happened on that pun. [https://www.google.com/search?q=kiln+me+softly&rlz=1C1CHBF\_enUS798US798&source=lnms&tbm=shop&sa=X&sqi=2&ved=2ahUKEwi0vLayhNDyAhV6RvEDHcIdA7UQ\_AUoAXoECAEQAw&biw=1366&bih=600](https://www.google.com/search?q=kiln+me+softly&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS798US798&source=lnms&tbm=shop&sa=X&sqi=2&ved=2ahUKEwi0vLayhNDyAhV6RvEDHcIdA7UQ_AUoAXoECAEQAw&biw=1366&bih=600) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-business-names/949342.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-business-names/949342.md?page=4)