REAL worst names for businesses

[sakabatou]

Putzmeister (on several construction rigs)

[no name no slogan]

1. Doody Mechanical and Plumbing

a real company in the Twin Cities area of MN

[SmileyBoy]

2. At a construction site in suburban Istanbul about 10 years ago:

I was riding along in my uncle's car, and I saw a semi trailer with the name "MASTURB" on it.

[grace0418]

3. Athlete's Foot.

Why do I want to by shoes at a store called Athlete's Foot?

[plcdude]

4. Kum and Go

has to be.

[SmileyBoy]

9. There's TONS of Kum and Go's in my city.

To tell you the truth, I think they may have started here...

[supernova]

5. Klutz Piano Company

You would think the name would be a customer turn off. But, they've been in business here for 40 years at least.

[Earth_First]

6. A. Duie Pyle

It's a trucking company I see whenever I travel long distances...

[seemunkee]

7. Ginalick, A woman owned company

I see their trucks on my commute occasionally.

[grace0418]

8. Dress Barn.

Why would any woman even want to walk *into* a store that's called Dress Barn?

[Canadian Socialist]

10. PMS Hobby Shop

I'm always afraid to ask the sales women for help...

[Oeditpus Rex]

11. There's a firm in Silicon Valley

that goes into businesses that are tanking, figures out why and tries to get them back on their feet.

It's called "Failure Analysis," and the big sign that says so is quite visible from U.S. 101.

[Richardo]

14. They had a whole show on them once - on Discovery I think

Fascinating stuff.

[DS1]

17. Agreed

But they weren't about why businesses fail, they were about why the buildings around them failed.

[DS1]

12. There's some local frieghtliner - A. Duie Pyle

Say it.

http://www.aduiepyle.com/pyleco/

[Richardo]

13. Hughes Erection Company

OK I made that one up.

[Tom Kitten]

15. Lolita Gardens Day Care

don't even wanna comment about it...

[SmileyBoy]

19. Oy oy oy...

:yoiks:

[SoCalDem]

16. We had a Cheatum Furniture Company

[EstimatedProphet]

18. Kuntzman's

[Alleycat]

20. Hurleys Supermarket

A real store about a hour away from me.

[Ron Green]

21. In-N-Out Lube (in Ft. Worth, Texas)

[SoCalDem]

22. Language barrier created a funny sign for a few weeks

these guys rented a closed down grocery store and use the parking lot for car washing & detailing. They put up a sign that said "Car Washing" on the top line and "Hand Job" on the second line.. :)

[NMMNG]

50. Kind of like this one?

[SoCalDem]

53. These guys painted their own on plywood

and apparently when the real sign people showed up, they "corrected it"..It now reads. Hand Car Wash & Detailing

[RumpusCat]

23. Stubbs Medical Prosthetics

I kid you not! It's a store in Chattanooga, TN (well, at least last time I was there), right next to the ridge cut tunnels on the downtown side. It's been there forever, so far as I know. I can only imagine that Stubb is a family name..?

[KamaAina]

24. Ham Produce and Seafood

their trucks are all over O'ahu.

No ham, just produce and seafood.

[Deja Q]

25. Schwing Manufacturing

(seriously... White Bear, MN)

[sakabatou]

29. Sha-wing!

[uncle ray]

49. haha, i was thinking about that one!

when i lived in MN i worked for a shop that made parts for the Schwing trucks.

the name is quite applicable to their product, cement pumping trucks that have an articulated boom that can reach hundreds of feet...schwing indeed!

IIRC they were the US offshoot of a German company.

[donheld]

59. Like this?

[Richard Steele]

26. "Bland Park" (Small amusement park in Altoona, PA)

The place was there for DECADES before the Bland family
caught on, and re-named it Bland's Park a few years back.

[yewberry]

27. Bunghole Liquors

...in Peabody, MA. They even sell t-shirts.

[Rabrrrrrr]

30. That actually makes sense - a hundred years ago,

no one would have thought that an unfortunate name.

Today, though - it IS pretty funny!

[twenty2strings]

28. Kumho tires

A big int'l rubber outfit.:eyes:

[xmas74]

31. Big Boys Erection Setters.

I used to dispatch and had to read back the license plate to the officer once.

I've always hoped that it was a misprint by Department of Revenue.

[Red State Rebel]

32. FAG Bearings

Along highway 44 in SW Missouri they have a building and in the grass are these huge red letters that just say FAG. I almost drove off the road when I saw it!!

[Clintmax]

58. I used to laugh at it every time I drove by it too!

I used to live in Springfield and I would have to go to Joplin once in a while. Laugh my ass off every time! :rofl:

[baldguy]

33. Amigone Funeral Homes

[blondeatlast]

34. LOL! If you are able to ask, then no, I suppose! nt

[HuskerDU]

35. Dick Witham Ford

Master Bait and Tackle
John Long Protective Products
Nate Moore Plumbing

[Arkham House]

36. Adolph's Meat Tenderizer

I know, I know...a little sick...but I think it every time I see the damned product, and if I do, others so too...

[blondeatlast]

37. You Lounge Lizards are so perverted; I never thought of it

that way until now.

:rofl:

[swag]

38. Tosis

is a restaurant.

[HEyHEY]

39. They make concrete pumps

AND their main competition is called "Schwing"

[MiniMandaRuth]

40. A car dealer- Lemco.

Ouch.

[amitten]

41. Strap-On Tools.

x(

[boilerbabe]

45. I think it's snap-on

But strap-ons are for lovers!!

[gmoney]

42. Krap Towing, Butt Construction, and Try-n-Buy Auto Sales

Spotted Krap Towing this weekend, and happened to have a camera handy... photographed BOTH sides just to ensure that it actually said KRAP


Butt Construction had large trailers with their name prominently painted on the side in my neighborhood for a while.

Try-n-Buy Auto Sales is one of these cheesey used car outfits that challenges you to be their customer...

[alphafemale]

43. Badcock furniture. In one town that's real close to a Beaver Insurance Co

[donheld]

44. How's this?

[Gato Moteado]

46. there was a diet product called AYDS in the 70s

it was like a chocolate bar. i have no idea how it worked, but there were commercials for it all the time. after AIDS came out, i think the company went out of business.

[AllegroRondo]

61. I remember their commercials

"How did you lose all that weight?"

"I got AYDS!"

[Gato Moteado]

47. there's a mexican baked goods company called....

bimbo. they sell some of their stuff in texas.

[Gato Moteado]

48. lacks furniture

what does it lack?

[TheBaldyMan]

51. Wanker - a master baker (IKYN) in Austria

where Wanker is a common surname.

[Dem2theMax]

52. Aids Ambulance Service.

A friend of mine used to work there. I would imagine that they have changed their name.
(This was pre-aids.)

[ScreamingMeemie]

54. Dick Moran Chevrolet...which never would have been thought twice

about if it wasn't for our freeper friends.

[JCMach1]

55. Twitty Kids Saloon

A hair-cutting place for kids in the UAE... There are numerous examples here where they don't quite get the language correct...

In the above, they were referring to tweety bird...


Another favorite is




Manhatin Motors (obviously run by a couple of disgruntled lesbians)...

I think they mean Manhattan

[Skittles]

56. Peoples Natural Gas

I remember seeing it in Decorah, Iowa when I lived there in '72

[Karenina]

57. Fuck Fleisch

seen in Hessen.

[slide to the left]

60. Kar Hunter Buick

I just always thought it was funny

[DancingBear]

62. Peed Plumbing

This is a real firm in northern Virginia.