# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2021, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-business-names/949342/61 "2021-08-27T02:08:53Z")
Nan’s book store in Grover Beach always has a pun/wordplay joke on the sign out front. They change it every couple of months. Checking street view just now, it says [A dog in winter is called a chili dog](https://www.google.com/maps/@35.1211994,-120.6155975,3a,15y,110.69h,93.51t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sEbnNVlcKnrrEFrZ2j2qNAQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192) ---
**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 27, 2021, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-business-names/949342/62 "2021-08-27T02:14:19Z")
I saw a van today with the business “Air Force One.” I didn’t see the whole van but I guessed it was an HVAC company. I just looked it up and I’m right. ---
**Author:** ![kferr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/71e660/32.png) [@kferr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kferr)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2021, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-business-names/949342/63 "2021-08-27T11:30:53Z")
Fun fact - the plane used to transport horses to the Olympics is known as “Air Horse One”. ---
**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:** [September 4, 2021, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-business-names/949342/64 "2021-09-04T00:21:45Z")
I got an ad in my Facebook feed last night for a local bakery called **Nothing Bundt Cakes**. ---
**Author:** ![X.L.Lent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/a5b964/32.png) [@X.L.Lent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/X.L.Lent)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2021, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-business-names/949342/65 "2021-09-04T04:26:42Z")
I’ve seen a place that sells truck accessories that has the name **Mother Truckers**. In my home town, just a few miles down the road from Disneyland there was bar with the name **Dizzyland**. The bar is no longer there and the building was torn down many years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Kimble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kimble/32/19185_2.png) [@Kimble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimble)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2021, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-business-names/949342/66 "2021-09-04T04:49:44Z")
On my self-guided tour of southern Mississippi hometowns of NFL quarterbacks in 2000, I saw a sign for what was apparently a video/electronics store called Kiln-N Time. (The N at the end of the town name is silent.) I didn’t see any relevant businesses in Mount Olive. However, it still had light and dark blue ribbons all over the main street with a banner saying “Congratulations, Steve.” ---
**Author:** ![D\_Anconia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@D\_Anconia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Anconia)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2021, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-business-names/949342/67 "2021-09-04T04:56:51Z")
FYI, they’re actually a nationwide chain. ---
**Author:** ![Esturionette](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9d8465/32.png) [@Esturionette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esturionette)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2021, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-business-names/949342/68 "2021-09-04T14:09:51Z")
There used to be a fish-and-chip place in Kentish Town, London, called Kenfish Town. When I was last there, I noticed they changed the name to something ordinary, what a shame. I’ve seen more than one fish restaurant called The Codfather. There’s one in Ryde with the tagline “we’ll batter anything” - you can bring your own food and they throw it in the fryer for something like £2.50. ---
**Author:** ![Toxgoddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Toxgoddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toxgoddess)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2021, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-business-names/949342/69 "2021-09-04T15:12:22Z")
There’s a small town in Michigan named Hell. It’s actually a pleasant rustic little place with a stream and a water wheel and a pretty little footbridge. And right next to that bridge is a pub called the Dam Site Inn. You can buy t-shirts advertising that you went to the Dam (site) Inn in Hell. ---
**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:** [September 4, 2021, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-business-names/949342/70 "2021-09-04T16:17:10Z")
> [@Esturionette](#): > > I’ve seen more than one fish restaurant called The Codfather. There is or was one in Putney (London) called Rock’n’Roe (for those who don’t know, a fish called huss is sold in chippies as “rock salmon”). ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2021, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-business-names/949342/71 "2021-09-05T01:10:09Z")
> [@WildaBeast](#): > > **Lawn and Order Landscaping Service**. Our guy is Joe, and his company is MOW JOE’S. Across the River, we get our gravel and pavers from CLASSIC ROCK. ---
**Author:** ![Bookkeeper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bookkeeper/32/281_2.png) [@Bookkeeper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bookkeeper)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2021, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-business-names/949342/72 "2021-09-10T08:00:59Z")
Not a pun, but a local landscaping company has the website name [www.greensideup.com/](http://www.greensideup.com/). ---
**Author:** ![aurora\_maire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aurora_maire/32/328_2.png) [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2021, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-business-names/949342/73 "2021-09-10T22:45:19Z")
I just found out about this one: [Curl Up and Dye](https://www.wellness.com/dir/2560271/salon/curl-up-and-dye-hair-nail-salon/memphis/tn#referrer) ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2021, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-business-names/949342/74 "2021-09-11T01:38:11Z")
Ash Wipes Chimney Sweeps. > [@Bootb](#): > > **Peoples Natural Gas**. My own gas company is called Peoples Gas and I’d never noticed the pun. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2021, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-business-names/949342/75 "2021-09-11T13:23:39Z")
El Paso Gas. ---
**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:** [September 11, 2021, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-business-names/949342/76 "2021-09-11T16:52:07Z")
I noticed an auto repair place on Google Maps last night called **Honest Engine**. ---
**Author:** ![chappachula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2021, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-business-names/949342/77 "2021-09-12T10:53:14Z")
This isn’t the name of a business, but its slogan was pretty good: An automotive radiator repair shop in a small town, with a sign: “Smith’s Radiator Repair–the best place in town to take a leak”. ---
**Author:** ![Sarabellum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarabellum/32/3492_2.png) [@Sarabellum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarabellum)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2021, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-business-names/949342/78 "2021-09-12T13:27:45Z")
Wreck-a-Mended is a local auto body shop here. ---
**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:** [September 14, 2021, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-business-names/949342/79 "2021-09-14T20:15:24Z")
A couple more, from southern Maine: Eyephoria Optical\* Brewed Awakenings (coffee shop) \*there was a central Ohio optical place called Eye Columbus (add your own exclamation point). Sadly, they changed the name. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2021, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-business-names/949342/80 "2021-09-15T22:44:02Z")
On the old NPR _Car Talk_ show, they had a list of joke-name staffers, and they got their glasses from “C F Eye Care.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-business-names/949342.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-business-names/949342.md?page=5)