# Unintentionally evil (if perhaps morbidly funny) things you've seen **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 15, 2013, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unintentionally-evil-if-perhaps-morbidly-funny-things-youve-seen/658439 "2013-05-15T18:44:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Flywheel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Flywheel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flywheel)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2013, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unintentionally-evil-if-perhaps-morbidly-funny-things-youve-seen/658439/21 "2013-05-16T13:24:23Z")
The English town of Bury made the news recently thanks to a [poorly worded sign](http://www.burytimes.co.uk/news/10416261.Unfortunate __Helping_Bury_Animals__ charity_slogan_goes_viral/). ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2013, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unintentionally-evil-if-perhaps-morbidly-funny-things-youve-seen/658439/22 "2013-05-16T13:56:52Z")
Speaking of English unfortunate names, there’s the oft linked to in the board [faggot loving Doody family](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/2698507.stm) of the West Midlands. (Better than a [Doody](http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/graphics/news3/HowdyDoody_20Episodes.jpg) loving [Faggot family](http://www.ancientfaces.com/surname/faggot-family-history/1653017#faggot-family-history), I suppose.) ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2013, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unintentionally-evil-if-perhaps-morbidly-funny-things-youve-seen/658439/23 "2013-05-16T14:06:06Z")
I often see restaurant signs with smiling cartoon versions of the very animals whose flesh they’re serving up. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2013, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unintentionally-evil-if-perhaps-morbidly-funny-things-youve-seen/658439/24 "2013-05-16T15:03:02Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > I often see restaurant signs with smiling cartoon versions of the very animals whose flesh they’re serving up. On this note, the seafood-centered restaurant at the Shedd Aquarium makes me wonder if they serve the ugly fish, the ones that never come out of hiding, the slow learners for the water show… ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2013, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unintentionally-evil-if-perhaps-morbidly-funny-things-youve-seen/658439/25 "2013-05-16T15:08:42Z")
The oral surgeon who removed my wisdom teeth was named Dr. Fear. His partner? Doctor Hitchcock. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2013, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unintentionally-evil-if-perhaps-morbidly-funny-things-youve-seen/658439/26 "2013-05-16T15:14:41Z")
My dentist is Dr. Pitts. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2013, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unintentionally-evil-if-perhaps-morbidly-funny-things-youve-seen/658439/27 "2013-05-16T15:27:03Z")
> [@olivesmarch4th](#): > > The oral surgeon who removed my wisdom teeth was named Dr. Fear. My college synthesizer teacher was Mr. Noyse. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2013, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unintentionally-evil-if-perhaps-morbidly-funny-things-youve-seen/658439/28 "2013-05-16T15:29:38Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > I often see restaurant signs with smiling cartoon versions of the very animals whose flesh they’re serving up. For some reason, the smiling pigs outside of barbecue places bother me the most. ---
**Author:** ![Soylent\_Juicy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@Soylent\_Juicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Juicy)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2013, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unintentionally-evil-if-perhaps-morbidly-funny-things-youve-seen/658439/29 "2013-05-16T15:37:35Z")
There’s a nursing home in Collingwood, ON called “Sunset Manor.” _Sunset Manor._ Because you go there for the “sunset” of your life, I guess. My mom says that if I ever put her into “Sunset Manor” she will come back and haunt me. ---
**Author:** ![Gagundathar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gagundathar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gagundathar)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2013, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unintentionally-evil-if-perhaps-morbidly-funny-things-youve-seen/658439/30 "2013-05-16T15:47:20Z")
When I see the smiling pigs, I am reminded on the “Dish of the Day” from the _Restaurant at the End of The Universe_. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2013, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unintentionally-evil-if-perhaps-morbidly-funny-things-youve-seen/658439/31 "2013-05-16T15:55:10Z")
> [@](#): > > For some reason, the smiling pigs outside of barbecue places bother me the most. Four legs good, four legs slathered in sauce and slow-roasted better. Although you have to admit that Chick-Fil-A got it right. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2013, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unintentionally-evil-if-perhaps-morbidly-funny-things-youve-seen/658439/32 "2013-05-16T17:47:42Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > I often see restaurant signs with smiling cartoon versions of the very animals whose flesh they’re serving up. Conversely, I frequently torture my children by proclaiming, “Yummy! Doggie-Q!” when we pass [J.J. McBrewsters](http://jjmcbrewsters.com/), a barbecue place near us. Their sign prominently features a rather surly looking bulldog. ---
**Author:** ![Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/half_man_half_wit/32/21766_2.png) [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2013, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unintentionally-evil-if-perhaps-morbidly-funny-things-youve-seen/658439/33 "2013-05-16T18:05:23Z")
These probably don’t translate too well, but still: The cemetery in my home town is located in a road called ‘In Der Freiheit’ (‘in freedom’). That’s bad enough, but it also happens to be a dead end. A local Doner Kebab advertised on a small board outside their shop their ‘Hähnchendöner’ (‘chicken kebab’) and their ‘Kalbsdöner’ (‘veal kebab’), but also their ‘Kinderdöner’ (‘child kebab’)… ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2013, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unintentionally-evil-if-perhaps-morbidly-funny-things-youve-seen/658439/34 "2013-05-16T18:13:53Z")
[QUOTE=Chronos] Although you have to admit that Chick-Fil-A got it right. [/QUOTE] Actually, that’s a statement I’ve never uttered. 😉 And I’ve always wondered why they assume that if cows miraculously achieved the complete physiological rewrite needed to give them the dexterity and intellect to write they’d be lousy spellers with sloppy handwriting and be lousy spellers. In fact, add to Chick-Fil-A’s indictment that they insult the intellect of sentient dexterous cows. ---
**Author:** ![Slypork](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc29f/32.png) [@Slypork](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slypork)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2013, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unintentionally-evil-if-perhaps-morbidly-funny-things-youve-seen/658439/35 "2013-05-16T18:22:24Z")
My wife’s friend used to go to [this](http://www.healthgrades.com/physician/dr-john-bush-34v8b) gynecologist. Seriously, could he have found a better profession? ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2013, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unintentionally-evil-if-perhaps-morbidly-funny-things-youve-seen/658439/36 "2013-05-16T18:24:06Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > For some reason, the smiling pigs outside of barbecue places bother me the most. Oh, come on. That’s how you know it’s good barbecue. The food gets better the less pig-like the activity of the smiling pig. Wearing an apron and dancing the tango? That’s going to be some damned fine eating, there. ---
**Author:** ![KRC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/45deac/32.png) [@KRC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KRC)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2013, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unintentionally-evil-if-perhaps-morbidly-funny-things-youve-seen/658439/37 "2013-05-16T18:59:22Z")
My mother pointed to a Japanese restaurant called \*\*Nagasaki \*\*Steakhouse. I didn’t want to eat there. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2013, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unintentionally-evil-if-perhaps-morbidly-funny-things-youve-seen/658439/38 "2013-05-16T19:07:25Z")
> [@KRC](#): > > My mother pointed to a Japanese restaurant called \*\*Nagasaki \*\*Steakhouse. I didn’t want to eat there. You know the wasabi is going to be amazing, right? ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2013, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unintentionally-evil-if-perhaps-morbidly-funny-things-youve-seen/658439/39 "2013-05-16T19:17:32Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > I often see restaurant signs with smiling cartoon versions of the very animals whose flesh they’re serving up. As in the Saturday Night Live commercial for [Cluckin’ Chicken](http://www.imdb.com/video/hulu/vi3874422809/). ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2013, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unintentionally-evil-if-perhaps-morbidly-funny-things-youve-seen/658439/40 "2013-05-16T19:20:13Z")
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