# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![RealTronic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9dc877/32.png) [@RealTronic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealTronic)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-company-names/303372/41 "2005-05-12T01:45:43Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > **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.” Nope, not quite correct. The DAT part is correct, but the “sun” part actually meant sun, not son! And the sun part is pronunced more like “san” than “son” so there should have been no way to mix it up with the word for loss. ---
**Author:** ![RealTronic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9dc877/32.png) [@RealTronic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealTronic)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-company-names/303372/42 "2005-05-12T01:47:22Z")
> [@RealTronic](#): > > Nope, not quite correct. The DAT part is correct, but the “sun” part actually meant sun, not son! And the sun part is pronunced more like “san” than “son” so there should have been no way to mix it up with the word for loss. OOPS!!! I TAKE IT BACK - I DIDN’T READ YOUR POST CAREFULLY ENOUGH. You are correct, sir… I’m an idiot. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![MES690](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@MES690](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MES690)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-company-names/303372/43 "2005-05-12T02:25:00Z")
Growing up, about a mile from my house there was a dentist whose name was Edward Z. Filler. His sign of course said E.Z. Filler. ---
**Author:** ![Elenfair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cc9497/32.png) [@Elenfair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elenfair)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-company-names/303372/44 "2005-05-12T02:31:58Z")
(damnit, the hamsters ate my post!) COIT, the cleaning service, will forever make me giggle and wince at the same time. Someone should have thought about the fact that it’s damned close to the word “coitus”. So close, in fact, that it _is_ the french word for coitus. Brings a whole new meaning to “Yeah, we’ll take care of your shag, ma’am.” ---
**Author:** ![buns3000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c89c15/32.png) [@buns3000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buns3000)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-company-names/303372/45 "2005-05-12T03:34:38Z")
There’s a company in my building called **Burns Bridge Australia**. WTF were they thinking? ---
**Author:** ![Atheist\_Princess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a88e57/32.png) [@Atheist\_Princess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atheist_Princess)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-company-names/303372/46 "2005-05-12T03:53:41Z")
There’s a gyno office next to my beauty therapists office in Milton, Brisbane. The doctors name? Dr Butcher. And to make matters worse, the other doctor working there…her name Dr. M. Pale. The sign reads: Dr I Butcher & Dr M Pale :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Atheist\_Princess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a88e57/32.png) [@Atheist\_Princess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atheist_Princess)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-company-names/303372/47 "2005-05-12T03:54:42Z")
> [@Atheist Princess](#): > > There’s a gyno office next to my beauty therapists office in Milton, Brisbane. The doctors name? Dr Butcher. And to make matters worse, the other doctor working there…her name Dr. M. Pale. The sign reads: > > Dr I Butcher > & > Dr M Pale > > :eek: I should mention, that happens to be their business name. You can find them in the Yello Pages listed under that. ---
**Author:** ![Greg\_Charles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-company-names/303372/48 "2005-05-12T04:22:03Z")
> [@catsix](#): > > Greg’s Hoe Service :eek: I have to have a picture of that! Please, anybody? ---
**Author:** ![Joools](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6de8d8/32.png) [@Joools](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joools)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-company-names/303372/49 "2005-05-12T04:36:02Z")
In north Seattle there’s a dentist named **Anita Fok** who has a private practice (so it counts as a business!) My friend found a group of doctors in Hong Kong named “Dr. Jones, Fok & Associates”. Except they couldn’t fit all of that on the sign, so it just read “ **Dr. Jones Fok & Ass.** ” It’s crude, but it slays me. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-company-names/303372/50 "2005-05-12T04:51:43Z")
Here in Vancouver, we have a Gore Barber. I always suspected he’s a bit twitchy. We also have B.C. Reefer… And in the gay-friendly West End, a Fresca’s Pizza. Hottest pie in town. Personal favourite: Barren Investments. Dudes… pick another name. ---
**Author:** ![MaryEFoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@MaryEFoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaryEFoo)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-company-names/303372/51 "2005-05-12T04:52:42Z")
There used to be (still is?) a company on the San Francisco peninsula with a sign, “ **Rapid Mounting and Finishing** ”. And then someone told me that a block away is the “ **Screw and Bolt Co** ”. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-company-names/303372/52 "2005-05-12T06:34:31Z")
Huh huh huh. She said _“peninsula.”_ Huh huh huh. ---
**Author:** ![BwanaBob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bwanabob/32/2985_2.png) [@BwanaBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BwanaBob)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-company-names/303372/53 "2005-05-12T11:10:22Z")
Not as clever as the others but near my house is a Tanning Salon that goes by the name “TAN-FASIA” Also, somewhere in the DC area there was a Podiatrist named Dr. Korn. ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-company-names/303372/54 "2005-05-12T11:33:59Z")
> [@UncleBeer](#): > > 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) Nice to see my current municipality of residence making it into threadspotting. Anyway, back where I grew up (Sister Bay, WI) one of the companies that pumped out holding tanks was called “Royal Flush Sanitation.” Their slogan? “A Royal Flush beats a full house.” ---
**Author:** ![Mycroft\_Holmes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a5b964/32.png) [@Mycroft\_Holmes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mycroft_Holmes)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-company-names/303372/55 "2005-05-12T11:49:18Z")
> [@Hoopy Frood](#): > > Nice to see my current municipality of residence making it into threadspotting. Wow, that’s the first time one of my threads ever made Threadspotting. I feel so honoured. First of all, I’d like to thank the Academy, and all the lovely people who worked with me on this thread. **picunurse** , I couldn’t have done it without you. **Atherist Princess** , take a bow please. Also, I’d like to thank my great-aunt, my third cousin twice removed, my … _WHACK_ What? ---
**Author:** ![Eegba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Eegba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eegba)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-company-names/303372/56 "2005-05-12T13:52:24Z")
…there’s always the [Amigone](http://www.amigone.com/) chain of funeral homes in western New York. Good for a laugh. ---
**Author:** ![catsix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19b73/32.png) [@catsix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/catsix)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-company-names/303372/57 "2005-05-12T15:40:30Z")
> [@](#): > > **Happy Lendervedder** said: > 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. Whiskey Dick’s? They had a bar called that in the Strip District in Pittsburgh. Their motto was ‘At least the drinks are stiff.’ > [@](#): > > **Greg Charles** said: > I have to have a picture of that! Please, anybody? Next time I go out that way, I will take along le digital camera. Also, there is a place in Oakland, Pittsburgh called ‘Joe Mama’s’. It’s an Italian restaurant. ---
**Author:** ![Klytus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Klytus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Klytus)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-company-names/303372/58 "2005-05-12T15:50:14Z")
> [@Atheist Princess](#): > > There’s a gyno office next to my beauty therapists office in Milton, Brisbane. The doctors name? Dr Butcher. And to make matters worse, the other doctor working there…her name Dr. M. Pale. The sign reads: > > Dr I Butcher > & > Dr M Pale > > :eek: This reminds me of G.R. Eedy, Attorney at Law. ---
**Author:** ![Craneop2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@Craneop2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Craneop2)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-company-names/303372/59 "2005-05-12T17:11:41Z")
Used to be a company here in Houston called “The Ultimate Erection”. Their main business was installing flagpoles. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-company-names/303372/60 "2005-05-12T17:15:55Z")
On the highway not so long ago, we passed a pickup truck for a taxidermist: **Wet and Wild Taxidermy: We mount anything.** How awesome is that? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-company-names/303372.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-company-names/303372.md?page=4)