# Really unfortunate business names **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 3, 2001, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-unfortunate-business-names/71143 "2001-07-03T23:24:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![BlueMoonofKentucky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8dc957/32.png) [@BlueMoonofKentucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlueMoonofKentucky)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2001, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-unfortunate-business-names/71143/101 "2001-07-08T18:30:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Zenster \* > \*\ ***R&S Erections** > > A scaffholding company. The initials R&S stand for **rigid and stiff**. Gotta get one of their t-shirts one of these days. > > \*\* Chattanooga, TN has **B&B Steel Erection Corp** , their shirts have a large mobile crane with it’s boom raised at a humorously coincidental angle 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2001, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-unfortunate-business-names/71143/102 "2001-07-08T19:30:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by choosybeggar \* > \*\*A bar near where I grew up was called “Tushie’s.” > Beneath the bar’s name on their sign was the subtext, “parking in rear.” \*\* Someone needs to replace the “a” in “parking” with an “o”. ---
**Author:** ![hoopster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/f19dbf/32.png) [@hoopster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hoopster)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2001, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-unfortunate-business-names/71143/103 "2001-07-09T05:02:20Z")
My Mother grew up in Fruitland Idaho, which was pretty funny when I was a kid, but what was even better was that Fruitland is right next to the fine town of “Gayway”. Every time we went to visit my grandparents we always drove right by “Gayway Bowl”, which for some reason the owners painted a bright pink Color. ---
**Author:** ![Mekhazzio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b38774/32.png) [@Mekhazzio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mekhazzio)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2001, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-unfortunate-business-names/71143/104 "2001-07-09T06:05:58Z")
I was on college campus and was watching an excavation/construction business dig ditches, on this occasion it was to run electrical and computer networking cable to another building. One of their trucks happened to be nearby, with a gaudy decal on the side: “ **LagCo** ” Yes, I am enough of a geek to find that terribly amusing 😃 ---
**Author:** ![pink\_kitten](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9e8a1a/32.png) [@pink\_kitten](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pink_kitten)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2001, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-unfortunate-business-names/71143/105 "2001-07-09T07:18:10Z")
I live in Beaverton, Oregon. Just the name makes me laugh. There are many unfortunate business names around, but the best that I’ve seen is **Beaver Acres** , an apartment complex. “Yup, we’ve got acres of beavers here”. There was another one I was going to post, but after reading this long thread, it has vanished from my brain. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_the\_Immortal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Max\_the\_Immortal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_the_Immortal)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2001, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-unfortunate-business-names/71143/106 "2001-07-09T08:16:36Z")
Here in Edmonton there is a shop called “Tudor Tack”. You know, for those who need saddles from the Elizabethan era, apparently. Weird. ---
**Author:** ![Mystery\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f14d63/32.png) [@Mystery\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mystery_Dog)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2001, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-unfortunate-business-names/71143/107 "2001-07-09T17:39:13Z")
A few from near where I live: From the Setting Your Standards Too Low Dept.: **Sanitary Bakery**. From the Last Name Doesn’t Go Well With The Product Dept.: **Curry Donuts**. From the Doesn’t Sound Dumb Until You Stop And Think About It Dept.: **Just Windows & Much Much More**. (If you just sell windows, call the store Just Windows. If you sell more than windows, call it Windows & Much Much More. If you combine the two names, you look like a moron.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-unfortunate-business-names/71143.md?page=5)