Badly-named businesses

[spinbaby]

Today I picked up lunch at the Bean Curd which is right across the street from where Terminal Travel used to be.

[flamingyouth]

1. T&A Supply Co. in Seattle

I have no idea what they sell.

[calico1]

3. I work in Payroll for my company.

The latest time card program they rolled out (about 3 years ago) is called "Time & Attendance" which is often shortened to "T&A." We also have a general ledger program which is called "ADES." Forgot what letters stand for but its called "Ades" by just about everyone who uses it. We have a reward breakfast every quarter in which people who do really outstanding things get nominated, get an award, etc. and get invited to the breakfast. The year ADES was successfully rolled out to replace an older program, my supervisor (a clueless ditz) presented an award to an IT guy that really worked hard to get all the kinks out and get the program to work well. So she stands there at the podium with a microphone making the presentation. Mind you there are a number of other people who are getting awards for other things, work in other departments and have no clue what this program is or what it does. So without explaining anything she says something like "I would like to thank Steve ... for helping us make ADES so successful and helping to spread it throughout the company." Needless to say, there was more than one confused expression in the room. :eyes:

Oh, when I started in the company I worked in Accounts Payable and saw more than one odd choice of words for a company. The one that stands out most was "Vibra Screw" which was a tool company.

I sometimes wonder what these people who give names to things are thinking when they arrive at a name they think is great. I mean do they all say to themselves "ADES! Now there is a catchy name!"

[NJCher]

13. I've heard of Vibra Screw!

In fact, I had my picture taken in front of their headquarters! LOL.

Then I had another one taken in front of a company called "Precision Screw."

Funny post, Calico.


Cher

[merwin]

54. I'm partial to 'Tacoma Screw' myself

[leftofthedial]

2. Dick's Towing

drug my car off one night for no reason and extorted $50 to give it back to me.

[JVS]

4. Sidewalk Pizza

[spinbaby]

10. We have "Olive Oil's PIzza"

Sounds really greasy.

[CanuckAmok]

5. "Hung Gay Produce"

Chinese grocery wholesaler in Vancouver.

[Stop_the_War]

6. Dick's Wings n/t

Saw it right across from Nora's Pizza.

[spinbaby]

7. Dick's anything is bad

Just makes too many people snicker.

[Dave Reynolds]

29. I saw a bumper sticker for a real business in Alaska

"Skinny Dick's Halfway Inn".

Between Anchorage and Fairbanks.

No kiddin'

[uncle ray]

52. i believe ya

i got a tshirt from there, one of my favorites. on the front is two polar bears copulating, and it says subliminally on the iceburg they are copulating on "FUCK YOU".

[giant_robot]

51. I was walking past a Galyan's Sporting Goods store with a friend

and his wife a few years ago. I mentioned that I liked Galyan's Sporting Goods much better than Dick's Sporting Goods, to which my friend's wife replied, "I love Dick's!"

Her husband has never let her forget that.

[ScreamingMeemie]

8. Moran Chevrolet in Roseville, MI

:hi:

[CatWoman]

9. The "Dew Drop Inn"

:D

[HamstersFromHell]

11. Used to be an S&M Restaurant in Gatlinburg, TN

Give me a cheeseburger and make it hurt!

[flamingyouth]

17. Hee hee

Used to be an S&M Market in Seattle. They actually sold T-shirts for a while before they finally closed up for good.

[fishwax]

28. S&M Auto Shop

:shrug: in a small town off I-80 in the western half of Kansas. We were having car trouble on our way to Denver, but elected to try our luck at a different establishment down the road.

[Swede]

12. Fuk Yuen Hot Pot Seafood.

nt

[Coventina]

14. S & M Rentals here in Phoenix

When I see their trucks I always giggle.

[Starlight]

42. So, um, what do they have for rent?

:spank: :evilgrin:

[Coventina]

56. Construction equipment I think.

But I'm really not sure.

I know it's not 12ft bull-whips, because a friend of mine crank-called them back in high school & they hung up on him.

[Bunny]

15. We buy parts from a company called

Uneeda Bolt and Screw. Their boxes arrive with Uneeda Screw! printed on the box.

[HamstersFromHell]

19. Reminds me of one here...

For ages, Nashville Bolt & Screw's logo was their name over a bolt with cartoon legs chasing a nut with same. Underneath it was captioned: "Not without a washer!"

[Bunny]

55. HAHA!

Pretty comical!

[Seabiscuit]

16. A hotdog joint in San Francisco: "Franks For The Memories"

[Not_Giving_Up]

18. A hair place named

Curl Up and Dye

[kittenpants]

21. I have to admit I kind of like that one.

[realisticphish]

20. GOD

i always love watching for GOD semis when driving on the interstate:D


:hippie: The Incorrigible Democrat

[LeftyMom]

22. Athlete's Foot, a shoe store

They're going out of business. No surprise, my feet itched just going by on the highway. ;)

Here in Sacramento we also had a store called Sheepskin Outlet located next to the Church of the Good Shepherd. :evilgrin:

[Bouncy Ball]

23. There was a sign in Colorado

(don't remember which town, we were traveling).

It said "Christian Butchers--HOLY COW"

ROFL! We died laughing.

[Obamarama]

24. BEAVER RESEARCH

Don't believe me? You can even order your own Beaver Research baseball cap. See the link below.

http://www.beaverresearch.com/beaverresearchhats.html

[ironflange]

25. End of thread

[guitar man]

38. ROFLMGDAO!!!!!

Beaver Liquors, now that's fucking genius!

[erinlough]

26. S.O.L.

went to an educational training and the woman from Virginia said the state test in Virginia is called the SOL test. I forget what it stands for but I asked her if someone at the state level had a sense of humor...big repub so she didn't laugh.

[CBHagman]

27. Amigone funeral homes.

While I lived in Buffalo, I never could get over that name. The Goo Goo Dolls even have a song on Dizzy Up the Girl called "Amigone."

[rockedthevoteinMA]

30. there's a bunghole liquor's near where I go to school in Salem, MA

I'm NOT kidding.

[Merrick]

31. Larry's Bank

[Merrick]

32. .

[Tom Kitten]

33. I used to have a picture of the sign...

It was of the "Little Lolitas Day Care Center for Children"...

[Merrick]

34. Phuket Thai Food

I know how to pronounce it correctly, but I bet I'm in the small minority.

[Lars39]

35. Fifth Third Bank

Besides thinking of Tweety and Sylvester every time I see the sign,
I wonder about their accounting skills.

[Texasgal]

36. Beaver lick babtist church

in some town actually called beaver lick! :P

[achtung_circus]

37. Tasty, too.

[ironflange]

39. A few more

Doggy Style - a pet groomer that shares a mini-mall with a sex shop. While we're at it, the local pro-life head office shares a building with another sex shop. :)

PMS Hobbies - now called PM Hobbies

McInnes and Holloway ("Haul away") - funeral home

A local butcher gave out stickers, dunno if they still do, which read "You can beat our prices but you can't beat our meat." Another meat company, a packer this time, had aprons that said, "Our meat is hung longer." I own one of those. :D

[BlackVelvetElvis]

40. "Video/Bail Bond" and "House of Formica". nt

[ChoralScholar]

41. Kum & Go

Although, there are some other business for which the name 'might' be appropriate...

[ellie]

57. When DH and I are

traveling, we always see those and I always comment on it. The joke never gets old!

[jpgray]

43. Fishnet Security

Because when I think "secure"...

[Ellen Forradalom]

44. Ufuk Motel

in Goreme, Turkey
http://www.ufukpension.com.tr/

[NomoBreaks]

45. Ho Hum Chinese Restaurant

NYC E71&2 if i remember correctly

[Ellen Forradalom]

47. A. Dong Vietnamese Restaurant

in Grenoble, France.

[Ellen Forradalom]

46. Eat It and Beat It

Hot dog stand on First Avenue in Melrose Park, IL

[sundog]

48. Wienerschnitzel

:wtf:

[Lydia Leftcoast]

49. Not a business, but there's a

Catholic high school in St. Paul, Minnesota called Cretin High School.

One of the colleges I taught at had a dorm named Failing Hall.

The famous example in Portland, Oregon is an old-style Chinese restaurant (the kind that features "Chinese and American food") called Hung Far Low.

[knitter4democracy]

50. Does a badly worded sign count?

Hackett Fireplace and Patio had a sign up this winter:
"Free Blow with Wood Insert."

Cracked up every time I passed it. :)

[hfojvt]

53. these guys who had a 2nd hand shop wanted to call it

Furniture
Used
Collectibles &
Knick-knacks

[rooboy]

58. Instant Erections.

They were a scaffolding company that sponsored a women's rugby team. The logos were on the back of the players' shorts, so when they bent down to pack a scrum the 'Instant Erections' logo would be prominent.

I believe the national rugby association ordered the team to remove the sponsorship from their shorts.

[Redstone]

59. Master Bait & Tackle (in East Haven, CT)

Sounds like the practice routine for a junior-high football team.

Redstone