There was a podiatrist in DC in the 80’s named Dr. Korn.
A few years ago there was an excavation company around that called itself Biggus Diggus. I haven’t seen it lately, though.
There’s a few flexible tubing shops called “House of Hose”.
I’ve seen dumptrucks labeled “Dirt Done Cheap”. Looks like that’s also the name of a carpet cleaner in AZ.
There’s a salon in my home town called “It’s Only Hair,” which frankly wouldn’t really be the attitude I would want in a salon, noble though it is.
I think Takee Outee is some sort of chain or franchise. We had a place that used to have another name but at some point, maybe 10 years or so(and still today) it became Takee Outee. I’ve not been there, it’s near enough we often pass it, but not so near that we’d order from there when we have a half dozen or more places much closer.
There’s another place that had a name that amused me as a kid, Wok Inn.
Pizz Kingdom? ![]()
We had a salon called Public Hair. Their sign was in a font that made it easily misread.
The Chinese restaurant House of Poon went out of business, but we now have Thai Me Up.
A Chinese restaurant in Newport, Kentucky called “Wok Dis Way” and it has footprints painted on the sidewalk outside leading up to it.
A pet grooming salon near me called “Ben Fur”.
Did they do Brazilian waxes?
I once filled a prescription written by a urologist named Dr. Wiener.
There also used to be a podiatrist in Chicago named Dr. Frank Zappa.
A local lawyer is named Ronald McDonald.
He’s no clown–he’s actually a very well respected legal practitioner–and nobody, including the local judges, minds if he prefers to be called “Ron,” inside or outside of the courtroom, for obvious reasons. Mr. McDonald is old and close to retirement, and I think it’s safe to say that he received his name long before the fast food chain invented its clown.
In line with the “Curl up and dye”, there is a hairdresser in the Simpsons called Hairy Shearers. Nyuk nyuk nyuk.
A mate of mine had always wanted to open a delicatessen called “Cheeses Christ”. And a little googling reveals you can get a cheese grater called Cheesus Christ (slightly different spelling).
Reminds me of the time a friend of mine went up to the deli counter at the local supermarket, and asked if they had any cheese from Israel. Upon being told that they didn’t, he said, “What, you have no cheeses of Nazareth?”
Dew Drop Inn
When I lived in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, there was a candy shop with an English sign saying “Butt Sweet House”. Never quite could get myself to go in there.
ETA: And it’s closed… Bittersweet ending for Butt Sweets Shop | Uae – Gulf News
There’s this place here in town with a giant sign “KirkhamIT” but I can only read it as “Kirk Hammet” (guitarist for Metallica)
In the St. Louis area there is a company named Big Boy’s Steel Erection. They erect steel stuff dontcha know.
It always brings a smile to see their trucks around town. I’ve often wondered what it’s like to have the job answering the phone there, especially for a member of the fairer sex.
My town’s recycling bins say “GO ALL IN” and I know I am not the only one who thinks it looks like “GG ALLIN.”
We also have some car washes called “Supermatic” and I always read it as “Spermatic.” :smack:
I read somewhere else that this renowned oncologist has been called “Bud” since childhood and prefers to be called that for reasons that are now obvious (to many of us, anyway).