Subject: RE: BS: Inappropriate company names From: Becca72 Date: 29 Nov 06 - 09:55 AM That last one reminded me of a chinse take away place in Williston, VT called "men at wok" |
Subject: RE: BS: Inappropriate company names From: Bernard Date: 29 Nov 06 - 10:00 AM A chippy in Ramsbottom... Fryer Tux Plaice |
Subject: RE: BS: Inappropriate company names From: GUEST,KB Date: 29 Nov 06 - 10:11 AM There used to be a chinese place near me. They had a bar called the Hung Far Lounge. I used to run a sandwich shop and we served hot apple cider in the winter. One of the brand names was Hardin Cider. True stories both. |
Subject: RE: BS: Inappropriate company names From: frogprince Date: 29 Nov 06 - 11:16 AM If not exactly a "company" name, I guess you could call this a "business" name. I think this one is for real. A Chicago cop was looking for a name in the phonebook one day, and his eye happened to fall on the entry, "Forni, Kate". For some reason he found that a little suspicious, so he checked it out. Yep: a call girl. |
Subject: RE: BS: Inappropriate company names From: Bob Hitchcock Date: 29 Nov 06 - 07:44 PM I once worked at a company which employed a Lawyer named Norman Sue. Which always reminded me of the "Private Eye" lawyers Sioux, Grabbitt and Runne. Also, back in the 80's the three main departments at the Securites and Exchange Commisson were headed by Messers Chase, Ketchum and Lynch. Years ago there was a company listed on the New York Stock Exchange called The Pittsburg Screw and Bolt Co. which the floor traders shortened to "Love 'em and Leave "em" Strange but true. |
Subject: RE: BS: Inappropriate company names From: The Fooles Troupe Date: 29 Nov 06 - 10:15 PM Two Wongs Chinese at the Toowong Village and Tower Brisbane Toowong In Aussie culture you need to understand a bit of Political History, to get the full impact of this originally 'racist' phrase cleverly turned back ... |
Subject: RE: BS: Inappropriate company names From: Mr Yellow Date: 30 Nov 06 - 07:19 AM Slippery Nipple - women's boutique in Stroud UK Shortened Curliz - hair dressers in Sarf London somewhere c 1983 |
Subject: RE: BS: Inappropriate company names From: Mr Red Date: 30 Nov 06 - 05:56 PM trailer tents in NZ - Towed Hall (as in Toad of Toad Hall - UK kiddy's book) Kiddies second hand clothing shop - "Small Change" |
Subject: RE: BS: Inappropriate company names From: Mr Red Date: 02 Dec 06 - 12:18 PM I just went into a "pound" shop called Buyology. Gloucester - that's where. |
Subject: RE: BS: Inappropriate company names From: Genie Date: 02 Dec 06 - 01:18 PM Pschitt - German company, I presume - also makes a cola. I used to see the ads for Pschitt on the sides of the ice rinks in the televised figure skating competitions back in the 1970s and 1980s, as well as Pschitt Cola cups in the stands. One I recall that's not so much inappropriate as humorously misleading is the "Limerick Generating Station." Once you know it's located in Limerick, PA, you can probably peg it as an electrical power plant. But I like my first impression of its "product line" a lot better. |
Subject: RE: BS: Inappropriate company names From: Genie Date: 02 Dec 06 - 03:36 PM KB, here in Portland, OR, one of our better known Chinese restaurants is "Hung Far Low." :) This isn't one I've seen, but I was thinking if my last name was Aids or Ayds, I would not open a "Tool & Die" shop. |
Subject: RE: BS: Inappropriate company names From: GUEST,HughM Date: 06 Dec 06 - 10:37 AM The Idle Working Men's Club, Idle, Bradford, Yorkshire. |
Subject: RE: BS: Inappropriate company names From: Mr Red Date: 07 Dec 06 - 08:09 AM In the town of Shirley, Solihull they have a restaurant that has been Chinese and now Indian called the Shirley Temple |
Subject: RE: BS: Inappropriate company names From: Stephen L. Rich Date: 08 Dec 06 - 03:48 AM In Libertyville, Il, USA there is a chimney sweep company called "Ash Wipes". |
Subject: RE: BS: Inappropriate company names From: bill\sables Date: 08 Dec 06 - 09:16 AM There was a company who made soft drinkd called T&P and their slogan was "Drink T & P Lemonade" Also In Garforth Yorkshire there is a law company called "Godloves Solicitors" And I did see in Dublin some years ago an advertisment for "Mulligans Tires" |
Subject: RE: BS: Inappropriate company names From: Mr Red Date: 08 Dec 06 - 05:03 PM Since we are on slogans - Bargain booze "Making life richer for the pourer" |
Subject: RE: BS: Inappropriate company names From: Peter Kasin Date: 09 Dec 06 - 03:57 AM In Berkeley there used to be business called "Linoleum Dick's," and there currently is a Chinese restaurant called "King Dong." Anyone see a pattern here? Chanteyranger |
Subject: RE: BS: Inappropriate company names From: Schantieman Date: 09 Dec 06 - 09:28 AM ...and there was the famous headline in the newspaper the day after a lunatic escaped from the asylum (presumably this was before 'care in the community'), sexually assaulted two women in the launderette and ran off..... Nut Screws Washers and Bolts! |
Subject: RE: BS: Inappropriate company names From: catspaw49 Date: 12 Dec 06 - 07:00 AM Ya' know we sometimes talk of how perfectly innocuous words take on a new meaning with negative connotations........Okay, but it does work in reverse as well I guess...........For instance would you think of THIS if I said, "The girl has a "Virgin Snapper?" Spaw |
Subject: RE: BS: Inappropriate company names From: Seamus Kennedy Date: 14 Dec 06 - 12:51 AM Vietnamese restaurant on Penn Ave. in Pittsburgh-"My Dung". Seamus |
Subject: RE: BS: Inappropriate company names From: Trevor Date: 14 Dec 06 - 08:58 AM My dad's doctor was Dr Akin, and he worked with an electrician called Les Socket. How do they answer the phones at Otis in Reading, and Siemens in Staines? |
Subject: RE: BS: Inappropriate company names From: An Buachaill Caol Dubh Date: 16 Dec 06 - 10:43 AM Saw a cartoon in "Punch" once; a Boardroom meeting, one executive saying to another, "I'm all for truthfulness in advertising, but I do think 'Smith and Son' preferable to 'Smith and Bastard'". |
Subject: RE: BS: Inappropriate company names From: Gorgeous Gary Date: 16 Dec 06 - 05:57 PM I spotted a hair salon somewhere in Delaware (Dewey Beach, maybe) called Bad Hair Day. Also, last time I visited the Santa Monica Pier, I noticed a complex nearby called the Santa Monica Urban Runoff Recycling Facility. That's SMURRF, for those of you taking notes. (No, it didn't look like the workers were short & blue...) -- Gary |
Subject: RE: BS: Inappropriate company names From: GUEST Date: 17 Dec 06 - 09:41 AM An Indian restaurant in Loughborough - for a short time - was named ; Al ah Medina ! |
Subject: RE: BS: Inappropriate company names From: Dan Schatz Date: 08 Jan 07 - 12:19 AM For the longest time there was a Giant Food grocery store on Wisconsin Avenue in Washington, DC that had the first two letters burned out on its neon sign. ANT FOOD. Recently I drove by that same store and found that it is now called G IT FOOD. Dan Schatz |
Subject: RE: BS: Inappropriate company names From: GUEST Date: 08 Jan 07 - 07:51 AM About 15 miles out from Plymouth UK on the A38 there is a large sign, presumably advertising the purveyors of the finest animal produce, which says:- "The Well Hung Meat Company". I have, on occasion, been tempted to detour to find out exactly what they do sell..... Christine |
Subject: RE: BS: Inappropriate company names From: GUEST,Moses Date: 08 Jan 07 - 07:52 AM |
Subject: RE: BS: Inappropriate company names From: GUEST Date: 08 Jan 07 - 07:52 AM |
Subject: RE: BS: Inappropriate company names From: GUEST,Moses Date: 08 Jan 07 - 07:53 AM That, above, was from me, Moses. Lost my cookie, and, it appears, any control whatsoever of my computer!! |
Subject: RE: BS: Inappropriate company names From: dick greenhaus Date: 08 Jan 07 - 08:19 PM For enerybody's info, the First Chirch of Berkeley (formerly the First Church of Kensington) is located at the bottom of the hill. At the top, in Berkely, is (you guessed it) The First Church of Berkeley. We have High Church and Low Church Unitarians. 'Strewth. |