The son of the bursar at the Oxford college where I work, a Mr. Derek Bourne-Jones, runs a tutorial college designed to prepare new students for university. Quite sensibly, he named the college after his last name. Well, part of it anyway…
BJ TUTORIALS
Dammit, I nearly died at work today when I found his business card in our files. How could anybody be so out of it to name their business something like that?
Any other business names out there along similiar lines?
Can I please get some of that letterhead?
Maybe some Aussies can help us out here, but I think the people behind the NADS hair removal product should have thought twice before either choosing a name or marketing to the US (does it mean the same over there as over here?).
Well, of course there was AIDS diet candy (or was it AYDS?). Either way, I sure haven’t seen that around since the early '80s.
When I was in High Scool in the Memphis area, one of our athletic conference opponents was First Assembly of God School. The acronym of course comes out as FAGS, which is not exactly the type of thing you want to have on your basketball jersey. Luckily, someone wised up and changed the name to First Assembly of Christ School, now known as FACS (each letter pronounced separately, not as “fax”).
Three guys in Long Island, NY all named ‘Richard’, had started a company, I think they decided against ‘Long Island Dicks’ as the name…
Of course, you can have a bad time with Milton’s Oldtime Latvian Deli (M.O.L.D.)
Don’t do your laudry at ‘Phuc Yu Clean’
Last year I saw Ping’s Parking Garage listed in a local yellow pages.
By the roadside in the Southeast USA:
S&M VegetablesThere’s a Thai restaurant here in San Francisco, on Divisidero street called Phuket Thai. I’m not sure if it’s pronounced the way you think it’s pronounced, but that’s the way we pronounce it.
Short review: Avoid the calamari.
IIRC, it’s pronounced, “Foo ket.”
It’s not a business name, but was a trade name: I think it was Dodge/Chrysler that had a model named the “Impact.”
Who the hell signed off on that one?
I’ve always wanted to start a bait shop called “Master Bait & Tackle”, but I have heard rumors one already exists. And let’s not forget Beaver Liquours, which was mentioned on this board a month or so ago.
Yes. Their sign was on the DailyRadar peepshow a week or so ago.
A buddy of mine on an IRC chat was telling me about going to his local Kum & Go to get one of those ‘big gulp’ things and a Snickers. Heh, big gulps and Snickers…
Now THAT’S a convenience store!!
Sigless so far 
There is a package store in Peabody, MA, named Bunghole Liquors.
Then there’s the sad story of Beaver College of Glenside, Pennsylvania.
The president of the school recently sent out a letter to all alumni, students and staff, citing the frequency of their web site being screened out by high school computer search engines, and the fact that many alumni are to embarrassed to put up their diploma’s, and asking if nobody minds could we please, please change the name now.
Two words: Ford Probe. Yep, there is a car named that. You would think that such a name would not sell, but you would be wrong. In fact, more than one car bears that awful title. How a single one is sold is beyond me. Yet you see Fords everywhere. Amazing.
Well the name of my business, Echo Base, is pretty risky…but that’s only because I live in Quebec and I have to constantly worry about The Language Police giving me a fine for not having a French name. Those bastards.
I just got an advertising post card at work from a company named Blonder Tounge.
Down the street from me there’s an auto repair shop named Crack Masters.
There’s a type of Australian cheese called “Coon”.
I’ve always been amused at the company called ** “Snap on Tools”. ** but then, I’m easily amused.