# 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:** 7
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2013, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unintentionally-evil-if-perhaps-morbidly-funny-things-youve-seen/658439/121 "2013-05-29T14:39:46Z")
> [@MacLir](#): > > You do realize “tod” is German for “death”, right? 😉 Gettysburg PA has [“Das Gift Haus”](https://www.sbn.com/Pennsylvania/Gettysburg/Listing/Das-Gift-Haus/_L1gJ2D) for tourists wanting a little Pennsylvania German culture thrown in with their Civil War history. It’s an unfortunate blending of languages since “Gift” is german for “Poison.” ---
**Author:** ![Harvey\_The\_Heavy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Harvey\_The\_Heavy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harvey_The_Heavy)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2013, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unintentionally-evil-if-perhaps-morbidly-funny-things-youve-seen/658439/122 "2013-05-29T15:16:23Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > I often see restaurant signs with smiling cartoon versions of the very animals whose flesh they’re serving up. I guess Foster Farms is mostly a west coast thing, but their [tv ads](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4fGAFrYCZE) are horrifying. These two Muppet-like chickens travel the west begging people to take them home, kill them and eat them. [Some are worse than others.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDsSIQ-ep5Y) ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2013, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unintentionally-evil-if-perhaps-morbidly-funny-things-youve-seen/658439/123 "2013-05-29T16:39:38Z")
The hospital Celtling was born in is on “Gallows Road.” Always makes me think of the quote from Mark Twain’s mother. When young Samuel Clemmons was brought home after having nearly drowned in a local creek, a neighbor asked her later why she’d been so calm through the whole episode. Her reply: “People who are born to be hanged are safe from drowning.” ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2013, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unintentionally-evil-if-perhaps-morbidly-funny-things-youve-seen/658439/124 "2013-05-29T18:31:16Z")
Re: dying animals, I give you [Michelin’s horrifying dancing roadkill](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jct1XSUjwAM). ---
**Author:** ![niffcreature](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/87869e/32.png) [@niffcreature](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/niffcreature)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2013, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unintentionally-evil-if-perhaps-morbidly-funny-things-youve-seen/658439/125 "2013-05-29T22:01:53Z")
So stoked about joining this message board. 😃 - The guy who invented segways drove a segway off a cliff and died - When Romney said “business are people” I thought it was funny. But I didn’t start laughing until it occurred to me… [![](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51dv3iThFnL._SX500_.jpg) ](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51dv3iThFnL._SX500_.jpg) PEOPLE!!! BUSINESSES ARE PEEEEEOOOPLE!!! lol have yet to make appropriate viral gifs… ---
**Author:** ![niffcreature](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/87869e/32.png) [@niffcreature](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/niffcreature)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2013, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unintentionally-evil-if-perhaps-morbidly-funny-things-youve-seen/658439/126 "2013-05-29T22:07:55Z")
> **[List of inventors killed by their own invention](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_inventors_killed_by_their_own_inventions)** > > This is a list of people whose deaths were in some manner caused by or directly related to a product, process, procedure, or other technological innovation that they invented or designed. Unfortunately its pretty easy to go from funny to just plain morbid > [@](#): > > Francis “Franky” Brohm, 23, of Marietta, Georgia was leaning out of a car window and decapitated by a telephone pole support wire. The car’s intoxicated driver, John Hutcherson, 21, drove nearly 12 miles (19 km) to his home with the headless body in the passenger seat, parked the car in his driveway, then went to bed. A neighbour saw the bloody corpse still in the car and notified police. Brohm’s head was later discovered at the accident scene. Not sure if he was found guilty of vehicular manslaughter or not, lol… ---
**Author:** ![AaronX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7bcc69/32.png) [@AaronX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AaronX)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2013, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unintentionally-evil-if-perhaps-morbidly-funny-things-youve-seen/658439/127 "2013-05-30T04:32:44Z")
> [@niffcreature](#): > > - The guy who invented segways drove a segway off a cliff and died He didn’t invent them. Jimi Heselden bought the company. ---
**Author:** ![Sophistry\_and\_Illusion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Sophistry\_and\_Illusion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sophistry_and_Illusion)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2013, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unintentionally-evil-if-perhaps-morbidly-funny-things-youve-seen/658439/128 "2013-05-30T09:46:14Z")
My favorite deli I visit when I am in Dallas is next door to “The Casket Store”. A couple of doors down from the casket store is “Boxes to Go”. In case you want to do things on the cheap, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2013, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unintentionally-evil-if-perhaps-morbidly-funny-things-youve-seen/658439/129 "2013-05-30T10:38:02Z")
The new bachelor-chow drink thing is called Soylent… idiots. ---
**Author:** ![Mdcastle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/958977/32.png) [@Mdcastle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mdcastle)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2013, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unintentionally-evil-if-perhaps-morbidly-funny-things-youve-seen/658439/130 "2013-05-30T13:47:16Z")
There’s a city named Savage in Minnesota (after the guy that owned Dan Patch), which leads to “Savage Barber”, “Savage High School”, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Running\_with\_Scissors](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a183cd/32.png) [@Running\_with\_Scissors](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Running_with_Scissors)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2013, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unintentionally-evil-if-perhaps-morbidly-funny-things-youve-seen/658439/131 "2013-05-30T13:59:04Z")
NM. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2013, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unintentionally-evil-if-perhaps-morbidly-funny-things-youve-seen/658439/132 "2013-05-30T18:52:23Z")
There’s a middle school in Poteau, Oklahoma, named after some local hero. The name of the school: [Pansy Kidd Middle School](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pansy_Kidd_Middle_School). What a bunch of pansies! ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2013, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unintentionally-evil-if-perhaps-morbidly-funny-things-youve-seen/658439/133 "2013-05-30T19:10:52Z")
> [@Mdcastle](#): > > There’s a city named Savage in Minnesota (after the guy that owned Dan Patch), which leads to “Savage Barber”, “Savage High School”, etc. Shouldn’t he take his owner’s name? Dan Savage? ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2013, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unintentionally-evil-if-perhaps-morbidly-funny-things-youve-seen/658439/134 "2013-05-30T20:13:56Z")
At a strip mall just outside of St Paul, MN, there was a sporting goods store next to a women’s clothing store. Sometimes in their windows you’d see juxtapositions like (I still have a photo of this) “HOUSE OF LARGE SIZES”/“TENTS! TENTS! TENTS! BIG SALE ON NOW!” ---
**Author:** ![orderfire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/orderfire/32/10908_2.png) [@orderfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/orderfire)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2013, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unintentionally-evil-if-perhaps-morbidly-funny-things-youve-seen/658439/135 "2013-05-30T20:17:48Z")
This isn’t morbid but I thought it was funny. A guy in my town is a big Coca-Cola fanatic, and decorates his house and yard with all kinds of Coca-Cola-belia. The whole place is like a giant Coke ad. Someone driving by donated an empty red and white 12 pack box and a few empty cans to his front yard, it really complimented the decor! ---
**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2013, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unintentionally-evil-if-perhaps-morbidly-funny-things-youve-seen/658439/136 "2013-05-30T20:59:13Z")
My kid goes to a high school whose mascot is the cougar. At any given event you will see dozens of T-shirts emblazoned with “Cougar Mom”. I find it amusing. ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2013, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unintentionally-evil-if-perhaps-morbidly-funny-things-youve-seen/658439/137 "2013-05-30T21:07:55Z")
> [@InternetLegend](#): > > I used to see a gynecologist named Dr. Clapp. I’ve mentioned this before, but my wife’s first gynecologist was Dr. Hyman. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2013, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unintentionally-evil-if-perhaps-morbidly-funny-things-youve-seen/658439/138 "2013-05-31T14:54:11Z")
> [@Sophistry\_and\_Illusion](#): > > My favorite deli I visit when I am in Dallas is next door to “The Casket Store”. A couple of doors down from the casket store is “Boxes to Go”. In case you want to do things on the cheap, I guess. Cindi’s! I love that place. I live about 5 minutes away. But yeah, “The Casket Store” has always fascinated and creeped me out in turns. ---
**Author:** ![Orionizer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/orionizer/32/4442_2.png) [@Orionizer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orionizer)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2013, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unintentionally-evil-if-perhaps-morbidly-funny-things-youve-seen/658439/139 "2013-05-31T18:40:49Z")
> [@Renifer](#): > > I saw this unfortunately titled book at the library today: > > [Amazon.com](http://www.amazon.com/Kings-Road-Shorter-Rodgers-Alberto/dp/054777396X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1368679006&sr=1-1&keywords=kings+of+the+road) > > Obviously published before a certain notorious event. On that same line, I think [match.com](http://match.com) needs to rethink this commercial: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/UKbuZOTmCfc/hqdefault.jpg "Official Match.com Commercial | Marathon") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKbuZOTmCfc) ---
**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2013, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unintentionally-evil-if-perhaps-morbidly-funny-things-youve-seen/658439/140 "2013-05-31T20:17:22Z")
One of the student groups here has put up a bunch of posters advertising “a stage play geared toward making sex trafficking a reality in our community” :eek: I am _pretty_ sure they mean “raising awareness about sex trafficking,” but I did do a double take. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unintentionally-evil-if-perhaps-morbidly-funny-things-youve-seen/658439.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unintentionally-evil-if-perhaps-morbidly-funny-things-youve-seen/658439.md?page=8)