# Punny company names **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 11, 2005, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-company-names/303372 "2005-05-11T10:01:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2005, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-company-names/303372/21 "2005-05-11T18:58:47Z")
Ouch! 😃 I’ve got a whole list of these in my Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader, let me go and look them up… ---
**Author:** ![tofergregg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@tofergregg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tofergregg)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2005, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-company-names/303372/22 "2005-05-11T19:12:35Z")
In Gerringong, NSW, Australia, there is a real estate agent named “Dick Payne Real Estate.” That one always cracked me up. -Tofer ---
**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2005, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-company-names/303372/23 "2005-05-11T19:20:44Z")
In East Haven (or 'staven) There’s a shop that sells supplies used for fishing. The name? You guessed it: “Master Bait & Tackle” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2005, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-company-names/303372/24 "2005-05-11T19:34:47Z")
In Pennsylvania, there’s the People’s Natural Gas company. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2005, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-company-names/303372/25 "2005-05-11T19:58:09Z")
> [@](#): > > Years ago, when I was working in New York City, over on Varick Street, every morning on my way to the job I’d pass the “Ample Supply Company.” > > Always cracked me up. > > Wonder if they’re still around, or if they ran out, or what. Dunno if they have a branch in NYC, but there’s an Ample Supply Company in Huntley, Illinois. [http://www.amplesupply.com/about.aspx](http://www.amplesupply.com/about.aspx) ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2005, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-company-names/303372/26 "2005-05-11T19:58:48Z")
> [@furryman](#): > > There’s a Ewing Oil company based in Maryland. I always suspected it was a deliberate hommage. The way I heard it was:[ul][li]The Ewing Oil company in Maryland predated the _Dallas_ TV show.[/li][li]After _Dallas_ first hit the airwaves, the Ewing Oil company decided to cash in on their name by making baseball caps, belt buckles, T-Shirts, etc., that said “Ewing Oil”.[/li][\*]CBS sued the Ewing Oil company for allegedly cashing in on the popularity of _Dallas_ without giving CBS a cut.[/ul]I have no idea what the outcome of that lawsuit was, but I’ll bet the fact that Eqing Oil existed before _Dallas_ made CBS’s case pretty weak. ---
**Author:** ![catsix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19b73/32.png) [@catsix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/catsix)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2005, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-company-names/303372/27 "2005-05-11T19:59:44Z")
Greg’s Hoe Service Uniontown, Pennsylvania, just off US Route 40. Along the same road is the Triple Nickel bar. It’s not funny until you say it quickly and accidentally make it rhyme. ---
**Author:** ![lno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2005, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-company-names/303372/28 "2005-05-11T20:08:43Z")
> [@catsix](#): > > Along the same road is the Triple Nickel bar. It’s not funny until you say it quickly and accidentally make it rhyme. Oh, I get it! Trickle nickel. I get jokes. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2005, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-company-names/303372/29 "2005-05-11T20:21:58Z")
**Datsun.** One of the first successful Japanese cars was the DAT (an acronym for its owners’ names), and the original “Datson” was named because it was “son of DAT.” However, “son,” sounds a lot like the Japanese word for “loss,” so it was respelled as “Datsun.” Interestingly, Datsun experimented with a clockwork version of the car, using springs and cogwheels. It failed after a disasterous experiment in using zeppelins to transport parts from the factory. The airship developed a leak and had to dump the cargo, and soon it was raining Datsun cogs. The first paragraph is true; blame A. Bertram Chandler for the second one. ---
**Author:** ![rpinrd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b3f665/32.png) [@rpinrd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rpinrd)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2005, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-company-names/303372/30 "2005-05-11T20:43:59Z")
That’s funny. My grandfather always told me that the Datsun name originated when the Japanese company brought in a German brand design firm to help with the naming and launch of the new car line. When the design firm arrived at the Japanese headquarters, one of the first things they asked (in heavily accented English) was “How zoon vould you like ze new name to be ready?” The Japanese replied that they were really under a time crunch and could the Germans please have the name ready by the end of the week. The shocked German replied “DAT ZOON?!” and the new name was born. 😃 Also, in the spirit of the OP, my favorite company name is a local arborist who uses the company name “The Tree Fella’” ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2005, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-company-names/303372/31 "2005-05-11T20:58:03Z")
In one of the professional buildings on Pill Hill (that’s first hill to the uninitiated, its where many of the hospitals live in Seattle), there’s the orthopedic office of Drs. Pillow and Paine ---
**Author:** ![rackman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d07c76/32.png) [@rackman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rackman)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2005, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-company-names/303372/32 "2005-05-11T21:25:17Z")
Not exactly a pun, but I think it is related. In western Mass, there is a salvage company named Sanford and Kid. Always makes me smile. ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2005, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-company-names/303372/33 "2005-05-11T21:26:54Z")
Chicagoans have Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises, which operates R.J. Grunts and other restaurants. One of their restaurants that closed years ago was Jonathan Livingson Seafood. I seem to recall LEYE had other pun named restaurants, but I can’t remember any more. On a slight tangent, a page with a whole shitload of punny restaurant names: [http://www.dinersoft.com/sobriquets.htm](http://www.dinersoft.com/sobriquets.htm) ---
**Author:** ![quiltguy154](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/ad7895/32.png) [@quiltguy154](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy154)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2005, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-company-names/303372/34 "2005-05-11T21:43:31Z")
One of my favorites is the GOD Trucking Co. GOD does not stand for the deity, but Guaranteed Overnight Delivery. OR maybe IT IS a bit of silent witnessing. Perhaps someone will know. Many years ago a department store chain operated in and around these parts, with the name of E. J. Korvettes. The rumor, since disproved, is that the name stood for the founders of the company, who were a group of Eight Jewish Korean Veterans. ---
**Author:** ![Klytus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Klytus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Klytus)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2005, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-company-names/303372/35 "2005-05-11T21:48:16Z")
In the Delaware Valley, there is a company that hauls freight cnamed “A. Duie Pyle” (they even have a website). Guaranted Overnight Delivery (G.O.D.) is also popular (or at least it was bck in the 80’s). And where I’m living in MD, there is the ever popular excavation company “Busy Ditch.” ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2005, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-company-names/303372/36 "2005-05-11T22:00:03Z")
There’s a greengrocer in Southampton (UK) called ‘the Melon Cauli’, it’s directly opposite a large cemetery. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2005, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-company-names/303372/37 "2005-05-11T22:22:26Z")
Well, I can’t think of any puns at the moment; but here are some names I like. Dick Knows Video Nicewonger Seattle House of Hose Assman Electronics Sofa King ---
**Author:** ![The\_Weird\_One](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@The\_Weird\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Weird_One)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2005, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-company-names/303372/38 "2005-05-11T23:40:18Z")
Near the Fresh Pond reservoir in Cambridge is a questionably named petrol station: Fresh Pond Gas ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2005, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-company-names/303372/39 "2005-05-11T23:48:36Z")
> [@catsix](#): > > Greg’s Hoe Service > Uniontown, Pennsylvania, just off US Route 40. > > Along the same road is the Triple Nickel bar. It’s not funny until you say it quickly and accidentally make it rhyme. Double nickle is the speed limit. Triple nickel would be 555 mph. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-company-names/303372/40 "2005-05-12T01:17:53Z")
> [@](#): > > Along the same road is the Triple Nickel bar. It’s not funny until you say it quickly and accidentally make it rhyme. If I lived around there, and frequented this establishment, I’d probably be known for accidentally calling it the “Nipple Trickle.” Especially after a few beers. In Columbus, OH, I just heard a radio ad for a bar called Whiskey Dick’s. I wished I’d have been drinking something, just for the spit-take it would’ve generated. When I worked as a business editor, I received a press release from a law firm called “Weiner & Cox.” (I know it’s pronounced “Wye-ner,” but it still made me giggle.) The best part of the press release was that it was announcing the promotion of a woman named Sharon Moore. I actually called her work number listed on the release to see if she answered the phone “Sharon Moore, Weiner & Cox.” She didn’t. Happy [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-company-names/303372.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-company-names/303372.md?page=3)