Embarrassing business names.

[RedCloud]

What is a business name that embarrasses you now but as a kid you just readily accepted when you went by that business?

My siblings and I used to climb Grassy Hill and get free candy at the Lick-A-Maid company! :blush: :blush: :blush:

[nolabear]

1. In-and-Out Burger.

It's a snickerfest.

[bigwillq]

32. I like when meat goes in and out of me.

:evilgrin: :rofl:

:)

[woofless]

78. Yeah! Strokeburgers!

[geardaddy]

2. Pump-N-Munch

:hide:

[old mark]

4. Great! I really don't care to eat food I get from a gas station, but the name...

do they sell tee shirts?


mark

[geardaddy]

6. I'm not sure.

I haven't been to one in a while.

[PassingFair]

26. Damn....did they get THAT backwards! n/t

[geardaddy]

27. ....

:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

[Rambis]

49. In Okoboji Iowa there was Pump-n-munch/ Kum & Go and Juice and junk

all right across from each other:crazy:

[underpants]

51. Wrong order

but that is funny

[old mark]

3. There once was a very fancy imported cheese shop in Nazareth, PA

(Home of Martin guitars) They called it...Cheeses of Nazareth. It died soon after opening.

mark

[ReggieVeggie]

5. Crook's Auto Insurance

"With a name like Crook's, you've got to be good" was their slogan

[Ptah]

7. Beaver's Band Box

[Arger68]

8. All Erection Crane Co.

Seriously, they answer the phone "All Erection, how may we help you?"

[Arugula Latte]

9. This one is in Portland:

[DainBramaged]

10. Linoleum Dicks ~ Floor Covering Store, San Jose, CA

2270 S BASCOM AVE, CAMPBELL, CA 95008-4330
Telephone: [phone]
Website: www.carpetone.com

[hifiguy]

11. McCarthy-Duce Services

No idea what they did or sold, but I used to drive by it regularly in St. Paul.

I couldn't help but think that Joe McCarthy and Benito Mussolini had gone into business together....

[mikeytherat]

12. No, but imagine you work for a technology company, and have to order lots of stuff,

and you work on this road:

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=lickinghole%20rd.%2C%20ashland%2C%20virginia&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&hl=en&biw=1114&bih=549&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=il

Good times.

mikey_the_rat

[mikeiddy]

44. I'll raise you . . .

http://www.lat-long.com/Latitude-Longitude-780125-Montana-Bloody_Dick_Creek.html

This particular stream is located in Beaverhead County, in the beautiful Big Hole Valley.

[Rochester]

13. I remember reading a story one time...

...about a British company that went by the letters "GPT" opened an office in France, and then every day, crowds of French schoolboys turned up to point and laugh at the sign in front of the building, or get their picture taken in front of it. They finally figured out that in French, the letters sounded like the French words for "I've farted".

[Bake]

14. How about this one? BJ Services, Inc.

Pub(l)icly traded, as I recall.

Bake

[KamaAina]

33. Or for that matter, the BJ's wholesale clubs

Costco-like outfits in the Northeast.

[mikeytherat]

40. Check this:

mikey_the_rat

[KamaAina]

42. One-stop shopping!

:rofl:

[Auggie]

37. There was a BJ Motel near where I grew up

Many, many moons ago in Northeastern Ohio.

[Orsino]

15. Pen Island. n/t

[nolabear]

16. My husband swears that in San Jose he saw a sign for "Animal Crackers, Veterinary Chiropractic"

[Orrex]

17. Until quite recently there was a Dick Corporation in Large, PA

Yes, the Large Dick Corporation.

Unfortunately, they changed the name not long ago.

[Initech]

18. Kids Exchange

[texanwitch]

19. Nobody saw that.

To funny.

[laconicsax]

20. One I came across while working accounts receivable...

http://maps.google.com/maps/place?hl=en&client=firefox-a&ie=UTF8&q=tranny+man+san+jose&fb=1&gl=us&hq=tranny+man&hnear=San+Jose,+CA&cid=10876981885103632267&t=h&z=14">The Tranny Man

Then there's this fictional dry cleaners: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoACQCJWx10

Edit: Oh, and this place I've driven past several times in The Dalles, OR http://www.yelp.com/biz/spookys-pizza-the-dalles">Spooky's

[pstokely]

21. Duncan Construction

Datboys Data Recovery

[Oceansaway]

22. Butts Florists...Dubuque,Iowa...nt

[Manifestor_of_Light]

23. These guys were on the docket in Civil District Court.

Ladies and germs, I present....


A TWO-BIT CORPORATION



:rofl:

And when I worked in United States Bankruptcy Court, I met Mr. Goodbar. Yes, for real. He was bankrupt.

And I wasn't even LOOKING for him.


:rofl:

In Houston they have Earthman Funerals.

[Frank Cannon]

24. Toronto real estate developers The WTF Group

http://www.wtfgroup.com/

[madinmaryland]

53. Obviously they are winning the future!

:P

[DBoon]

25. Korean evangelical church in Los Angeles

"Aroma of Jesus"

http://www.flickr.com/photos/auntylaurie/3853930130/

[LynneSin]

28. Crabby Dicks. Christine O'Donnell held a fundraiser at the Rehobeth one.

And their food is blah too

[LawnKorn]

45. I wonder if Crabby knows Dirty?

[arbusto_baboso]

29. Rod Sanders Insurance Agency.

I used to wince and involuntarily cross my legs every time I passed by that place...

[RedCloud]

30. Proposed Hotel: Norfolk Inn Way

:rofl:

[Dulcinea]

31. Metro Medical Ass.

The full name is Metro Medical Associates, but the sign outside the office says "Metro Medical Ass."

http://www.wellness.com/dir/2657084/weight-loss-consultant/ga/tucker/metro-medical-associates

[KamaAina]

34. Dewey, Cheetham and Howe

that's the name of the company that produces "Car Talk"! The name is prominently displayed on their office window in Cambridge. :rofl:

[midnight armadillo]

60. Pic

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BYW4anrHl_8/TKMvGsblIEI/AAAAAAAAAwk/eZIU-ghw0_M/s320/Dewey+Cheatham+and+Howe.jpg

Right in Hahvahd Square.

[hifiguy]

71. That is the Car Talk guys!

[El Supremo]

73. You know they got that from the Three Stooges?

[Tikki]

35. We have a Dr. Cocain nearby...

his actual name.

Tikki

[Divameow77]

36. Dr. Richard Chopp

Urologist in Austin, TX. If you go to him for a vasectomy he gives you a t-shirt that says "I got chopped by Dr. Chopp"

I believe he does go by Dick too.

[hifiguy]

38. Not so much embarrassing as just plain weird

There used to be, and I would bet still is, a gigantic - no, HUMONGOUS - billboard facing 94 eastbound between the Minnesota border and Madison advertising "CHEESE and TAXIDERMY at the X Exit." Can't recall the name of the place.

Not gonna stop for cheese there. :yoiks:

[RedCloud]

41. That should be a special coincidental juxtaposition thread!

[Xithras]

39. Doggy Style Designs

They make clothing and accessories for pooches.

http://www.doggystyledesigns.com/

[PassingFair]

43. "Serf Credit Union" nt

[eShirl]

46. Seimens

[clyrc]

47. I wasn't a kid when I moved here

but I get a chuckle when I pass by the Wedding Night Services store, and the Fist Security business. Twitty Kids Saloon really makes me giggle, as does Snooker World. Classical Extrusions, though, just kind of makes me mad. And I'm not quite sure what to make of Fag Middle East. I have no idea what they sell there! (ALL real names of places of business, I swear)

[JCMach1]

48. Twitty Kids Saloon (hair cutting place for kids)

I think they mean Tweety as in Looney Tunes...

Also, there is there is:

Wedding Night Services (wedding catering, but still LOL)

Fag Arabia (Engineering consulting firm...


Foreign countries have the best stuff like that!

[RedCloud]

50. Here is a classic...

[madinmaryland]

52. "Lick and Putt"

:wtf:

A miniature golf course and ice cream store.

[madinmaryland]

54. Super Duper Weenie, in Westport, CT...

[krispos42]

64. Fairfield. Right off Exit 24.

Used to operate out of a truck, the Super Duper Wienie Wagon.

To find it, get off the exit and head for the BJs...

:D

[csziggy]

55. I used to wonder about the S&M Body Shop

But I never went there.

[u4ic]

56. Not embarrassing, just...unusual...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/7448265@N05/2615490260

[wickerwoman]

57. Not technically a business name,

but I always got a laugh walking past:

POS Plaza in Shanghai

I'd post a picture but somehow I can't link to flickr anymore :-( Anyone know how to post pictures now?

[Manifestor_of_Light]

58. Dr. Ed Cutshaw, Grapeland TX

Buyer beware: Local nickname is "Killer Cutshaw".

(I did not make this up.)

[Manifestor_of_Light]

59. Dr. Duncan Blades, dentist.

[kwassa]

61. Club Dong Bang

a nightclub in LA.

[Skittles]

62. in Decorah Iowa: Peoples Natural Gas

that struck me as a tad funny

[Liberty Belle]

63. There used to be an "AIDS" building in La Mesa, CA.

It was a big highrise by the freweay owned by an insurance co; they took the name down in a hurry when the disease by the same name emerged.

[krispos42]

65. Kum & Go

It's a gas station/convenience store chain in the Midwest.

I used to have a couple of the refillable mugs... 32-ounce fillups for 99 cents. Then I got the big one... 64 ounces! Fillups were still 99 cents. :-)

[GReedDiamond]

66. OK, for the last time...

...a Chinese restaurant that was (or maybe still is, I'm not sure), in Tujunga, CA (north of downtown Los Angeles, San Gabriel Mountains foothill community): Poo-Ping Palace.

[Bucky]

70. I believe it's a Thai restaurant

<== la!

[GReedDiamond]

75. Could be, the one in your post...

...certainly is.

However, unless they changed signs, this appears to be a different establishment.

Who woulda thought "Poo-Ping" would be chosen as a restaurant name more than once?

[GReedDiamond]

67. I have one more, formerly on Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles...

...it is gone now, not all that long ago.

A 1950's era neighborhood bar on the east side of L.A., on Beverly Blvd, east of Western Ave I think, called:

"One For The Road"!

[Bucky]

68. Worst name: the Scabby Penis Soup Company.

A wholly owned subsidiary of Festering Vagina Corp.

[BlueIris]

79. Disturbing. I have half a mind to hide this thread now. nt

[SoCalDem]

69. Cheatum Furniture ( a hometown business)

:)

[backwoodsbob]

72. place I used to see when I live In Metro Detroit

place in Redford called the goodnuff-burnham funeral home.

[El Supremo]

74. Dick's Liquors

in Las Vegas, NM.

[gimama]

76. "Pot-O-Gold" porta-potties

not back in the day, but NOW!
They roll out pink ones for "special events".
Galveston, south o' texas:loveya:

[ChoralScholar]

77. Kum & Go

Which is an excellent name for an Adult video store, or a brothel, for that matter.