There is (or used to be) an estate agent/solicitor’s/land agent by the name of Pink, Donger and Lowry here.
Whatever happened to Wang computers?
In New Jersey, there is a shopping complex with a “BJ’s”, “Dicks”, “Siemens”, and “Hooters”.
Great sign nearby with an arrow pointing the way.
As well know as it is, I still get a giggle out “Piggly-Wiggly” grocery stores.
Here’s one that didn’t make it to the stores according to my source:
For me, it’s Fleet. Unfortunately, the Bank has the same name as the drug store product.
Apparently, unless that’s a parody site, you did not dream the Wonder Boner
I just remembered another one.
When I was a child (a long time ago) there was, at least in Sweden, but I think also internationally, a brand of Razor blades called Matador. The idea was that the customers were supposed to think of a razor blade sharp sword from some smithy in Toledo. However, in Spanish matador means he or it that kills, so applied to a thing the best translation into English would be murder weapon. No va!
I always figured we got even with the Japenese for Pearl Harbour when they marketed their WANG computers here in the US and we didn’t tell them what it means here.
if i’m not mistaken, WANG computers were actually American. Dr. Wang was the guiding light behind the company.
goes off on a nostalgia trip, remembering first Wang word processor that was my introduction to computers…
but can anyone figure why a store chain would be named Wa-Wa?
subliminal messages, maybe? to make you suddenly feel thirsty?
lachesis
His name is Tom Raper, and he’s located in Richmond, IN off of I-70. www.tomraper.com
And Wankier Insurance is still doing business in Bloomington.
How about the Kutche Chevy Dealership in Elwood, IN?
These products may not have unfortunate names, but oh my god!!! www.birthcontrol.com
I’ve seen a few. Mostly French. 
At the local Sears:
Eau de toilette Boule
On the bottle of wine served on a Quebec airline
Vieux Chien
On a lawn chair at an Acapulco resort:
Grosfillex
My housemate used to work at a fair-trade import store, and sometimes shippers use odd things as packing material. One time a box came from India with a bunch of labels for HE-MAN Fine Whisky, complete with a very cheesy unlicensed drawing of the prince of Greyskull himself.
I looked up the distributor on the net, to see what other wacky products they had, (and they had a few doozies,) and found that they had been involved with a huge corruption scandal in Bhopal, which probably had something to do with their labels being used as packing.
Dr_Paprika just reminded me of two French wines that I purchased recently: Fat Bastard and Old Fart. They’re both fairly inexpensive. I didn’t care for the Fat Bastard but I liked the Old Fart.
That sounds like a joke but it’s true!
A quote from the Web site … “Sign of Good Things to Come.”
I always shake my head when I see the air freshener RenuZit. Why haven’t they changed the name?
The family across the street is trying to sell their house. The sign advertises this. The agents name: James Focker. I’m constantly tempted to go over there with a bottle of white out and do some editing to the ‘o’…
And I’m not sure why, but Fox & Roach Real Estate bothers me. If I were looking to buy a house, I’d want neither foxes nor roaches involved in the deal.
There used to be an ice cream place nearby: The Pink Flamingo. Because even tropical birds need to cool off sometime!