# Store and other business names that bug you **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 17, 2020, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/store-and-other-business-names-that-bug-you/852001 "2020-04-17T19:36:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2020, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/store-and-other-business-names-that-bug-you/852001/223 "2020-05-02T21:34:34Z")
The [Itchy Butt](https://www.facebook.com/pages/Itchy-Butt/648578111892843) chicken restaurant here in Honolulu. I think “itchy butt” is a play on some Japanese or Korean term. > [@Reeses\_Monkey](#): > > I thought Sambo’s turned into Denny’s? Maybe that’s only how it happened in my neck of the woods. Possibly. I remember having both in my West Texas hometown but cannot say if they were there at the same time. ---
**Author:** ![CelticKnot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/celticknot/32/3392_2.png) [@CelticKnot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CelticKnot)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2020, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/store-and-other-business-names-that-bug-you/852001/224 "2020-05-02T22:14:09Z")
There’s (at least there was 15 years ago) a Chinese/Mexican restaurant in Phoenix called Chino Bandido. Made me cringe every time I saw it. I don’t like businesses that play on curse words in their names. There’s a BBQ place here called Shigs in Pit. How many cities in the US have a business (or 2, or more) named Three Rivers \_\_\_\_\_? So many cities were founded in places where 2 rivers conjoined and created a river with a new name, or two rivers both happened to flow into a big one. I’ve lived in 2 such cities, and sometimes get confused by it. “Wait, is this a chain? Because there was the same company in another town 4 states away.” ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2020, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/store-and-other-business-names-that-bug-you/852001/225 "2020-05-02T22:53:08Z")
> [@Reeses\_Monkey](#): > > I thought Sambo’s turned into Denny’s? Maybe that’s only how it happened in my neck of the woods. When the chain was in the process of closing down, a lot of the restaurants were sold to Denny’s. Others became Bakers Square restaurants. ---
**Author:** ![Asuka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2020, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/store-and-other-business-names-that-bug-you/852001/226 "2020-05-02T22:56:02Z")
There used to be a computer store near me called “Computers R Me” complete with a big red R in the middle, now using the word “R Me” would instantly make you think it’s trying to do a weird parody of “Toys R Us”, but “R Me” was meant to stand for “Army” apparently since all their local TV ads had horrendously bad CGI tanks driving around. Why they went with “Computers R Me” and not “Computer Army” I have no idea. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2020, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/store-and-other-business-names-that-bug-you/852001/227 "2020-05-05T01:01:14Z")
When my sister went to the beach a few years ago with some friends, they saw a restaurant named “Tarbaby’s”. > [@Chefguy](#): > > Johnsonville sausages. Are you kidding – that’s one of the best! I think there’s a liquor store named “Bunghole Liquors”. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2020, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/store-and-other-business-names-that-bug-you/852001/228 "2020-05-05T01:24:47Z")
Kum & Go recently opened a lot of locations in central Arkansas. The gas station/store franchise started in the mid-West. The large sign is a head turner. I can only assume the suggestive name is deliberate. No way could anyone be that naive. A spelling change doesn’t fool anybody. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2020, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/store-and-other-business-names-that-bug-you/852001/229 "2020-05-05T04:48:16Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > Kum & Go recently opened a lot of locations in central Arkansas. The gas station/store franchise started in the mid-West. > > The large sign is a head turner. I can only assume the suggestive name is deliberate. No way could anyone be that naive. A spelling change doesn’t fool anybody. Please say they sell T-shirts. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2020, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/store-and-other-business-names-that-bug-you/852001/230 "2020-05-05T05:07:10Z")
The shirts are on eBay. [https://www.ebay.com/itm/Official-X-LARGE-Kum-and-Go-T-Shirt-Raglan-XL-Gas-Station-Jersey-3-4-Sleeve-/264692082800](https://www.ebay.com/itm/Official-X-LARGE-Kum-and-Go-T-Shirt-Raglan-XL-Gas-Station-Jersey-3-4-Sleeve-/264692082800) ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2020, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/store-and-other-business-names-that-bug-you/852001/231 "2020-05-05T05:11:51Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > Kum & Go recently opened a lot of locations in central Arkansas. The gas station/store franchise started in the mid-West. > > The large sign is a head turner. I can only assume the suggestive name is deliberate. No way could anyone be that naive. A spelling change doesn’t fool anybody. > [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Please say they sell T-shirts. > [@aceplace57](#): > > The shirts are on eBay. > [https://www.ebay.com/itm/KUM-GO-CONVENIENCE-STORE-GAS-STATION-T-SHIRT-Black-XXL-2XL-/274351691132](https://www.ebay.com/itm/KUM-GO-CONVENIENCE-STORE-GAS-STATION-T-SHIRT-Black-XXL-2XL-/274351691132) Side Note: Lolitas, a nationwide chain of BJ bars in Thailand, used to sell T-shirts that said, “I Got Blown Away at Lolitas.” A guy told me had one and wore it here stateside, California I think it was, but said he stopped after one time in line somewhere, some other guy said very loudly, “OH HEY, ISN’T THAT THAT BLOWJOB PLACE IN BANGKOK?” ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2020, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/store-and-other-business-names-that-bug-you/852001/232 "2020-05-05T14:13:01Z")
right after 9/11 local media found a restaurant near Ft Bragg called Osama’s Place. I assume they either went bust or changed the name. Also Isis pharma is now Ionis Pharma. ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2020, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/store-and-other-business-names-that-bug-you/852001/233 "2020-05-05T17:22:06Z")
> [@UDS](#): > > Rapeseed isn’t “similar to” canola; it includes, but is not limited to, canola. > > Canola, the oil, wasn’t developed or named until the 1970s, and therefore the particular varieties of rapeseed from which the oil is extracted were also not known as canola until some time after that. Prior to that all varieties of the seed were known as rapeseed, and all varieties of the crop which produces that seed were also known as rapeseed, or simply as rape. > > In short, the crop from which canola, the oil, is extracted, is rape. While you can also call it canola if you are squeamish, presumably the good people of Tisdale are a thrifty lot and saw no need to waste good money on a new sign when the existing one is still perfectly correct. The origin of the name [Canola](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canola_oil): > [@](#): > > Canola was originally a trademark name of the Rapeseed Association of Canada, and the name was a condensation of “Can” from Canada and "OLA " meaning “Oil, low acid”,[6][7] but is now a generic term for edible varieties of rapeseed oil in North America and Australia. The change in name serves to distinguish it from natural rapeseed oil, which has much higher erucic acid content. I learned about this a few weeks ago while listening to “Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me” or “Ask Me Another.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/store-and-other-business-names-that-bug-you/852001.md?page=11)