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the best company names you've ever come across...

― ken c, Wednesday, 26 November 2003 11:53 (twenty-two years ago)

there's a scaffolding company called "Pole Position"

― ken c, Wednesday, 26 November 2003 11:54 (twenty-two years ago)

there was a furniture shop in Bristol called Sofa So Good.

― MarkH (MarkH), Wednesday, 26 November 2003 11:54 (twenty-two years ago)

Tan-Fastic.

It has since closed down.

(*cries*)

(*becomes paler*)

(*cries*)

― neil simpson (neil simpson), Wednesday, 26 November 2003 11:57 (twenty-two years ago)

In the eighties I remember seeing posters for a firm of plumbers called Drips which ended, "Sadly, not all plumbers are Drips".

― MarkH (MarkH), Wednesday, 26 November 2003 12:00 (twenty-two years ago)

Car dealership in Edinburgh called 'Wheels' (i.e "Don't buy a car without Wheels").

― neil simpson (neil simpson), Wednesday, 26 November 2003 12:01 (twenty-two years ago)

We've got a Tanfastic over here, Neil! Granted, locally you wouldn't really need it nine months out of the year, but it's still a Tanfastic.

Oh yes, and Engrish.com to thread!

― Tenacious Dee (Dee the Lurker), Wednesday, 26 November 2003 12:03 (twenty-two years ago)

I Can't Believe It's A Law Firm!

Clumsy Student Removals

Painful Memories Party Supplies

― stevem (blueski), Wednesday, 26 November 2003 12:05 (twenty-two years ago)

more Simpsons gems:

Broken Home Chimney Repair
International House Of Answering Machines
Girdles 'N Such - Fancy Lingerie
All Creatures Great And Cheap

― stevem (blueski), Wednesday, 26 November 2003 12:09 (twenty-two years ago)

Working in directory enquiries means you can look up all sorts of fun company names...

A favourite of all of us here in DQ has got to be a Chinese restaurant in Chelsea called "Phat Phuc". Oddly enough, we've yet to find anyone who's actually been asked for it, but we do use it for test calls just to see what the reaction of the operators is.

― Rob M (Rob M), Wednesday, 26 November 2003 12:13 (twenty-two years ago)

Vampire penguins must die limited - the joys of working for companies house.

― leigh (leigh), Wednesday, 26 November 2003 12:14 (twenty-two years ago)

I dunno what it was named, but Police Squad had "that 24 hour Wicker place."

― sucka (sucka), Wednesday, 26 November 2003 12:14 (twenty-two years ago)

what's so funny about a restaurant that's pronounced Pat Puc? ;o)

― chris (chris), Wednesday, 26 November 2003 12:18 (twenty-two years ago)

A van drove past us on the way to work today with the word "Munters" emblazoned on the side.

― dog latin (dog latin), Wednesday, 26 November 2003 12:48 (twenty-two years ago)

French Gerleman--this name always makes me think of the snl skit with dana carvey and kevin nealon.

― Elle (elle), Wednesday, 26 November 2003 13:43 (twenty-two years ago)

I saw an exterminator truck in California drive by. It was a little truck with the name written in Olde English-type writing. It said "The Old Bugger"

― Octothorpe (Octothorpe), Wednesday, 26 November 2003 13:44 (twenty-two years ago)

Oh, and I saw a delivery van yesterday here in NYC: "Pleasurable Delivery"

― Octothorpe (Octothorpe), Wednesday, 26 November 2003 13:45 (twenty-two years ago)

Shoe shop on the King's Road - R. Soles (not sure if it's still there though)

― Jonathan Z., Wednesday, 26 November 2003 13:46 (twenty-two years ago)

We have a pine furniture shop in Didcot called Pine-demonium.

― Johnney B (Johnney B), Wednesday, 26 November 2003 13:50 (twenty-two years ago)

R Soles is still there, just looked it up.

― Rob M (Rob M), Wednesday, 26 November 2003 13:54 (twenty-two years ago)

my friend's parents own the building that pine shop occupies, Johnney B. They used to have an antiques shop there.

― MarkH (MarkH), Wednesday, 26 November 2003 14:02 (twenty-two years ago)

Wang

― Bryan (Bryan), Wednesday, 26 November 2003 14:18 (twenty-two years ago)

Nando Chicken's delivery vans have a slogan that says "Poultry in motion"

― ken c, Wednesday, 26 November 2003 14:25 (twenty-two years ago)

In the Washington area I've seen a truck for Peed Plumbing. The first time I saw it I went right up to the truck to make sure I was wasn't misreading "Reed."

Then there A.G. Prada Air Conditioning Maintenance. I can just picture some label-whore types going, "Oh, I have a Prada air conditioner repairman!"

― j.lu (j.lu), Wednesday, 26 November 2003 14:32 (twenty-two years ago)

possibly an urban myth, but the roving kebab vendor:

jason's donner van

― enrique (Enrique), Wednesday, 26 November 2003 14:33 (twenty-two years ago)

We have Weed Man here (a weed control company). Here's what their trucks look like.

― Bryan (Bryan), Wednesday, 26 November 2003 14:35 (twenty-two years ago)

greengrocers in Newport called 'MelonCaulie'
chinese takeaway in Leicester called 'Wok This Way'
all those awful hairdressers called things like 'Curl Up and Dye'
a shop in Newport that sold nothing but fireplaces called 'Flaming Grates'

oh, you wanted best. oops.

― zappi (joni), Wednesday, 26 November 2003 15:11 (twenty-two years ago)

Opticians in Hyndland, Glasgow = Hyndsight.

― Madchen (Madchen), Wednesday, 26 November 2003 15:25 (twenty-two years ago)

One of my agency's clients is a portapotty company called Johnny On the Spot.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 26 November 2003 15:27 (twenty-two years ago)

I will hear nothing against "Flaming Grates" in Newport, they did a superb job installing a new boiler for me last week. We took the staff a big box of Roses to say thank you.

"Melon Cauli" is in Great Barr, can't find one in Newport.

― Rob M (Rob M), Wednesday, 26 November 2003 15:46 (twenty-two years ago)

i hope there's a "Great Barr" in Great Barr.

― ken c, Wednesday, 26 November 2003 15:49 (twenty-two years ago)

Not company names, but instead the names of special lunch offers seen recently:

At the petrol station: Tuck & Chuck, £2.49. If I chucked after I tucked I think I'd want a refund.

On Uxbridge Road: £1.99 KEBAB SNATCH. Oh dearie me.

― suzy (suzy), Wednesday, 26 November 2003 15:52 (twenty-two years ago)

i'm going to start a buffet store one day with the slogan

Chu's - more than you can eat

either that or I'll stick with "Getting Pissed Off Licence"

― k chu, Wednesday, 26 November 2003 16:01 (twenty-two years ago)

'Touching Cloth'

Fabric shop on Brick Lane

― MikeB, Wednesday, 26 November 2003 16:14 (twenty-two years ago)

right by the curry houses as well..

i have yet to see a curry house with a punny name.. chinese takeaway names however are amazingly punnable mostly revolving around woks.

There's a chinese restaurant unfortunately called "The Queen of Ming"

― ken c, Wednesday, 26 November 2003 16:17 (twenty-two years ago)

never been to Balti Towers then?

― ds, Wednesday, 26 November 2003 16:31 (twenty-two years ago)

wahey!

― ken c, Wednesday, 26 November 2003 16:35 (twenty-two years ago)

I'll always be a big fan of Grimsby's stellar "Popular takeaway", which, iirc, was situated just down the road from Kerr-Ching Pine furniture.

― Matt (Matt), Wednesday, 26 November 2003 16:37 (twenty-two years ago)

let's not forget this review of the Oxo Tower:

"When my boyfriend told me he wanted to take me up the Oxo Tower for my birthday, I was a bit hesitant at first because I didn't really think it was my scene. How wrong I was! I mean, yeah, so it's a bit of a strain on the old back pocket, and I admit I did feel a bit uncomfortable initially. But a couple of cocktails helped me relax and soon I was really getting into it - we carried on well into the night. It was a great experience and I really loved it - so much so that I won't let my boyfriend take me anywhere else now! So if anyone ever wants to take you up the Oxo Tower, just throw caution to the wind and go for it! "

― MarkH (MarkH), Wednesday, 26 November 2003 16:42 (twenty-two years ago)

Not a company name as such, but when I was in Nice recently with friends we were taken aback at the site of a clothing company's van that bore the (English language) slogan 'A FIST FUCKING COMPANY'.

― N. (nickdastoor), Wednesday, 26 November 2003 18:06 (twenty-two years ago)

Prince Telecom

― bad jode (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 26 November 2003 18:08 (twenty-two years ago)

'sight' not 'site', idiocy spotting fans.

― N. (nickdastoor), Wednesday, 26 November 2003 18:12 (twenty-two years ago)

Sighted in Krakow -

fashion boutique - Eva Minge

sports shop - The Athlete's Foot

― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Wednesday, 26 November 2003 18:13 (twenty-two years ago)

When filling out software registration cards, I often claim to be employed by the Discount Pet Warehouse.

― Aimless, Wednesday, 26 November 2003 18:17 (twenty-two years ago)

sports shop - The Athlete's Foot

We have these in the US -- pretty popular chain that's been around since the '70s.

http://www.theathletesfoot.com/corp/index.jsp

― bad jode (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 26 November 2003 18:19 (twenty-two years ago)

What's the name of that furniture shop on Trafalgar Road in Greenwich - NO IKEA, isn't it?

― Mooro (Mooro), Wednesday, 26 November 2003 18:37 (twenty-two years ago)

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― robin (robin), Thursday, 27 November 2003 02:33 (twenty-two years ago)

in real life,theres one of those shops that always changes owners in dublin,it recently went from "soup opera" to "deli-sh"

― robin (robin), Thursday, 27 November 2003 02:35 (twenty-two years ago)

So Fresh and So Clean'ers, 9631 Venice Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232

― Dean Gulberry (deangulberry), Thursday, 27 November 2003 02:36 (twenty-two years ago)

Theres a store in Melbourne called the Big Duck 'n Fish Company. I was rather puzzled until I noticed what it sells.

Large plates. Boom, and indeed, boom.

― Trayce (trayce), Thursday, 27 November 2003 02:39 (twenty-two years ago)

Also, a hairdresser's down the road from my house called Edward Scissorhands, and theres a bed n bath chain here called Holy Sheet! which I think is grand.

― Trayce (trayce), Thursday, 27 November 2003 02:41 (twenty-two years ago)

where's donut bitch? he promised me photos of vancouver's most popular vietnamese restaurant: "Pho Bich Nga"

― phil-two (phil-two), Thursday, 27 November 2003 02:57 (twenty-two years ago)

oh! and that construction company in melbourne called Hooker Cockram!

― phil-two (phil-two), Thursday, 27 November 2003 03:14 (twenty-two years ago)

Also the real estate agents LJ Hooker, Phil! Did you ever see their ads with the little girl saying "thank you, mister hooker!"

It still weirds me out, after all these years. Especially because their theme tune is "Nobody Does It Better".

Aaaaaaargh.

― Trayce (trayce), Thursday, 27 November 2003 03:19 (twenty-two years ago)

i missed that actually, but i certainly noticed that Australian cheese company, "Coon"

― phil-two (phil-two), Thursday, 27 November 2003 03:24 (twenty-two years ago)

There used to be a chicken joint called Cluck-U-Chicken.

― Lord Custos Omicron (Lord Custos Omicron), Thursday, 27 November 2003 03:30 (twenty-two years ago)

Lawyers in UK called Cheetham & Steel

― colin s barrow (colin s barrow), Thursday, 27 November 2003 04:01 (twenty-two years ago)

Gas company in Autralia called Analgas

Scrap company in Australia called Ausscrap

― colin s barrow (colin s barrow), Thursday, 27 November 2003 04:02 (twenty-two years ago)

Not the name, but the motto, emblazoned beneath a pic of a giant cow-head on their trucks:

Culver City Meat Co. : You Can't Beat Our Meat!

― Orbit (Orbit), Thursday, 27 November 2003 04:05 (twenty-two years ago)

Where in hell is "Analgas" Colin?!? gotta be a NSW thing ;)

― Trayce (trayce), Thursday, 27 November 2003 04:16 (twenty-two years ago)

Sisyphus Light Hauling. My godfather (not Italian) gave money to a PBS drive just so they'd put that company name on the "funded by" list they occasionally show whenever there are drives.

― soylent greenberg (soylent greenberg), Thursday, 27 November 2003 06:09 (twenty-two years ago)

pipe dreams - bathroom fixtures (somewhere in london, possibly near gloucester road)

― youn, Thursday, 27 November 2003 07:25 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.chronickingdom.com/images/pho.jpg

Gotta love the rain on the camera lens. So Vancouver.

A friend of mine started a furniture re-upholstery business called Fully Recovered.

― David A. (Davant), Thursday, 27 November 2003 07:48 (twenty-two years ago)

Hernia Movers Inc.

― Cameron (Cameron), Thursday, 27 November 2003 07:49 (twenty-two years ago)

down the road from me there are funeral directors called Reeves & Pain.

― MarkH (MarkH), Thursday, 27 November 2003 10:32 (twenty-two years ago)

I saw lots of good company names when I lived in Hong Kong, i.e. Wang King Laundry. I've got a book filled with pictures of amusing company signs somewhere, I'll dig it out and scan some of them in when I get a free moment.

― C J (C J), Thursday, 27 November 2003 10:42 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.engrish.com has loads, tho I'm sure everyone knew this already.

― Trayce (trayce), Thursday, 27 November 2003 10:46 (twenty-two years ago)

I saw the Kebab Snatch too, Suzy!

Johnny English Potatoes & Melons (opposite Green Lanes Sainsbury's). Mmm, catchy.

― Madchen (Madchen), Thursday, 27 November 2003 21:43 (twenty-two years ago)

'thistle do nicely', for souvenirs on edinburgh's high street.

― RJG (RJG), Thursday, 27 November 2003 22:56 (twenty-two years ago)

Madchen, the next time I see Sarah Lucas I'm so telling her about it.

― suzy (suzy), Thursday, 27 November 2003 23:03 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.channel4.com/culture/microsites/A/anatomy_disgust/images/lucas.jpg

Ladies and gents I give you 'Two Eggs And A Kebab'

― suzy (suzy), Thursday, 27 November 2003 23:05 (twenty-two years ago)

I really wish I carried my digi camera around with me more often.

Today on the way to work I saw a van, a pest control company proudly labelled W.R. GAY PEST CONTROL.

― Trayce (trayce), Thursday, 27 November 2003 23:58 (twenty-two years ago)

The Millenium Kebab Saloon in Northampton. Kebabylon in Leeds.

― Nick Southall (Nick Southall), Friday, 28 November 2003 00:02 (twenty-two years ago)

it's funny when businesses make big signs and misspell words on them.

― RJG (RJG), Friday, 28 November 2003 00:15 (twenty-two years ago)

I am not being blamed for bad spelling at midnight.

― Nick Southall (Nick Southall), Friday, 28 November 2003 00:22 (twenty-two years ago)

I can barely fucking see.

― Nick Southall (Nick Southall), Friday, 28 November 2003 00:23 (twenty-two years ago)

there's a law firm called Trebilcocks in melbourne

― the surface noise (electricsound), Friday, 28 November 2003 00:23 (twenty-two years ago)

There is a big office building off of interstate 275 in Cincinnatti out by the airport for a company called "Wild Flavors", which has a really cool logo.

I looked them up, they make artifical flavoring, coloring and the like, probably for a bunch of Procter & Gamble companies in that area.

http://www.wildflavors.com/

― earlnash, Friday, 28 November 2003 00:38 (twenty-two years ago)

We register domain names here as part of what we do. I had to do one a while ago for Nudie. WTF, everyone thought it was some adult site.

But its for a new juice brand called Nudie. *baffled face*.

― Trayce (trayce), Friday, 28 November 2003 00:39 (twenty-two years ago)

nudie rox man!!

― the surface noise (electricsound), Friday, 28 November 2003 00:40 (twenty-two years ago)

hair salon in Glasgow - "hairdo shop"

― jed (jed_e_3), Friday, 28 November 2003 00:43 (twenty-two years ago)

also i've seen "touching cloth" in brick lane too - thats classic!

― jed (jed_e_3), Friday, 28 November 2003 00:44 (twenty-two years ago)

LAFF LAFF !@#$%!

my coworker loves "Pho Bich Nga" :)

― sucka (sucka), Friday, 28 November 2003 02:37 (twenty-two years ago)

Bich must be a reasonably common Viet word tho - theres a something bich something bakery down the road from me at work. I'll get a photo next week. And one of Holy Sheet! cos I think its cute.

― Trayce (trayce), Friday, 28 November 2003 02:45 (twenty-two years ago)

Bich is a common girl's name in Vietnam (I went to school with a total Bich).

― suzy (suzy), Friday, 28 November 2003 08:53 (twenty-two years ago)

'Abrakebabra' in Dublin. They served me the worst kebab I have ever had.

― neil simpson (neil simpson), Friday, 28 November 2003 09:23 (twenty-two years ago)

two years pass...

Revive, because the other day I saw a van for a carpet-cleaning service called Captain Rugwash.

― ailsa (ailsa), Sunday, 21 May 2006 17:08 (nineteen years ago)

There is a popular brand of bread in Spain called Pan de Molde. I have never bought it.

― Cathy (Cathy), Sunday, 21 May 2006 17:13 (nineteen years ago)

What I don't get about it is, molde means mould in Spanish, too.

― Cathy (Cathy), Sunday, 21 May 2006 17:15 (nineteen years ago)

Actually I don;t think it is even a brand, just a kind of bread. Mould bread.

― Cathy (Cathy), Sunday, 21 May 2006 17:19 (nineteen years ago)

There's also a brand called Bimbo, which my dad still finds funny five years after moving to Spain.

― ailsa (ailsa), Sunday, 21 May 2006 17:28 (nineteen years ago)

I see mexican Bimbo soccer jerseys all over brooklyn.

PowerGen Italia!
mainly for the web address

― autovac (autovac), Sunday, 21 May 2006 17:34 (nineteen years ago)

There is Stoke Newington's Show Off Licence,which is terrible. Amazing Grates of Muswell Hill, poor. Marvellous: Humpit Removals of somewhere around Surbiton. "If it moves - We'll Humpit!"

My very favourite is the fried chicken shop across from White Hart Lane called USA Royal.

― matthew james (matthew james), Sunday, 21 May 2006 22:20 (nineteen years ago)

Apocryphal: A kebab house called 'Abera Kebabera'.

― chap who would dare to be a nerd, not a geek (chap), Sunday, 21 May 2006 22:49 (nineteen years ago)

Not apocryphal: a fried chicken joint in Norwich called The Chick Inn.

― chap who would dare to be a nerd, not a geek (chap), Sunday, 21 May 2006 22:50 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.chubb.dk/images/CHUBB_blue.gif

― sinful caesar sipped his snifter (kenan), Sunday, 21 May 2006 22:53 (nineteen years ago)

It is not uncommon here to see large trucks with 'Frigmobile' on the sides.

― S- (sgh), Monday, 22 May 2006 03:56 (nineteen years ago)

i've always liked 'eatmore poultry' for some reason.

― electric sound of jim (and why not) (electricsound), Monday, 22 May 2006 03:59 (nineteen years ago)

Chicken shop "Legs And Breasts", on a related note.

― edward o (edwardo), Monday, 22 May 2006 04:01 (nineteen years ago)

There's a chook shop in Orrong Rd that used to be called "the Chicken Machine". They changed the name to "the Chicken Specialists" recently - I guess they thought a chicken machine sounded grodey or something.

I wonder if that Big Duck n Fish Company is still up in Malvern...

― Trayce (trayce), Monday, 22 May 2006 04:20 (nineteen years ago)

I once came across a publisher called The Do-Not Press.

― Forest Pines (ForestPines), Monday, 22 May 2006 05:18 (nineteen years ago)

Apocryphal: A kebab house called 'Abera Kebabera'.

Abra Kebabra is not apocryphal. There's one on Sauchiehall Street in Glasgow.

― ailsa (ailsa), Monday, 22 May 2006 05:44 (nineteen years ago)

in cleveland there is an old building with a very old sign painted onto the side, in letters 15 feet tall:

UNEEDA FOOD

― lf (lfam), Monday, 22 May 2006 06:09 (nineteen years ago)

rotisserie chicken place in town:

MINI-COQ

some weird factory by the highway:

MULTIDICK

― s1ocki (slutsky), Monday, 22 May 2006 06:45 (nineteen years ago)

An off licence in Perth called Peter's Cellars.

― marianna lcl (marianna lcl), Monday, 22 May 2006 06:52 (nineteen years ago)

Perth, Australia? There's a restaurant in Edinburgh called that as well.

― ailsa (ailsa), Monday, 22 May 2006 06:58 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.golamers.com/user_images/Motorcoach_broch.jpg
First brought to our attention by tombot.

― Stephen X (Stephen X), Monday, 22 May 2006 13:22 (nineteen years ago)

theres a lunch chain in DC called sizzling express, shortened to "sizzex" on their sign

― SQUARECOATS (plsmith), Monday, 22 May 2006 13:26 (nineteen years ago)

like wanna have sizzex today

― SQUARECOATS (plsmith), Monday, 22 May 2006 13:26 (nineteen years ago)

There's a shop on Hyndland Road called Jean Darnielle. I don't think it's a pun.

― Mädchen (Madchen), Monday, 22 May 2006 13:33 (nineteen years ago)

There was apparently a chip shop in Brighton called "The Codfather" which a friend of mine thought was quite amusing. Don't know if it's still there.

I suggested to her that if you were going to make cod related puns there were IMO better ones to choose:

"In Cod We Trust"
"Cod is my Co-pilot"

― Stone Monkey (Stone Monkey), Monday, 22 May 2006 13:39 (nineteen years ago)

I ate at Abra Kebabra on that really wide road in Dublin.

― Crimea River (Mark C), Monday, 22 May 2006 13:44 (nineteen years ago)

http://static.flickr.com/36/110518020_60c393f3dd.jpg?v=0

― Nathalie (stevie nixed), Monday, 22 May 2006 13:51 (nineteen years ago)

There's a transport company here called Fluke.
It's not so much the name but the slogan; "If it arrives on time, it's a Fluke"!

― Thermo Thinwall (Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 22 May 2006 16:28 (nineteen years ago)

Abra Kebabra is not apocryphal. There's one on Sauchiehall Street in Glasgow.

I am very pleased to hear this.

If I owned a kebab house it would be called Kebabylon.

― chap who would dare to be a nerd, not a geek (chap), Monday, 22 May 2006 16:33 (nineteen years ago)

There is a haircutting place in Blackfoot, ID, called Sweeney Todd's. On a less scary note, there is an awesome business around here called FLAVORS!: Onions and Other Flavors.

― Abbott (Abbott), Monday, 22 May 2006 16:45 (nineteen years ago)

What is being flavoured with onions and other flavours? If bread=good, if ice cream=bad.

― chap who would dare to be a nerd, not a geek (chap), Monday, 22 May 2006 16:48 (nineteen years ago)

"Sweet Cheeses"

― Tracey Hand (tracerhand), Monday, 22 May 2006 16:49 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.nutgal.100megsdns.com/cartoon/Pump

― Fluffy Bear (Fluffy Bear Hearts Rainbows), Monday, 22 May 2006 16:59 (nineteen years ago)

Hairdressers and chippies got a monopoly on this:

H'Airport
Heir Apparent
Herr Kutz
Curl Up and Dye

Also:
http://www.shophorror.co.uk/photos/curtainsforyou.jpg

― ZOT! (davidcorp), Tuesday, 23 May 2006 14:13 (nineteen years ago)

I would buy curtains from those people.

― Fluffy Bear (Fluffy Bear Hearts Rainbows), Tuesday, 23 May 2006 14:57 (nineteen years ago)

"Hair Player 2000"

― Tracey Hand (tracerhand), Tuesday, 23 May 2006 15:09 (nineteen years ago)

2 real companies in Vancouver:

Hidden Talants - movie extras agency
The Butler Did It Catering Company

― scnnr drkly (scnnr drkly), Tuesday, 23 May 2006 15:22 (nineteen years ago)

eight months pass...

Apparently there's an engineering office in Central Finland called "Rape-Plan":

http://www.keltaisetsivut.fi/cgi-bin/gwi679/gSks/gwx/?model=adLoader.gws&file=base_64/m032066.gif

I have no idea what the hell they were thinking of, since neither "rape" nor "plan" means anything in Finnish.

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Wednesday, 24 January 2007 19:45 (nineteen years ago)

oh it means something

― cousin larry bundgee (bundgee), Wednesday, 24 January 2007 19:49 (nineteen years ago)

Ah, apparently "rape" is short for "rakenne" ("structure") and "perustukset" ("foundation"), since they specialize in these. Still, even the minimal knowledge of English would've told them this is not a good name.

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Wednesday, 24 January 2007 19:50 (nineteen years ago)

rape-plan, ky is just south of fuck-want, isn't it

― say it with blood diamonds (a_p), Wednesday, 24 January 2007 19:50 (nineteen years ago)

Rape-Plan or Consequences, NM

― do i have to draw you a diaphragm (Rock Hardy), Wednesday, 24 January 2007 19:55 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.cuppatea.org/imageGEJ.JPG

― Je4nn3 Fuhfuh (Je4nne Fury), Wednesday, 24 January 2007 19:57 (nineteen years ago)

OMG PUMP N' MUNCH

― Charlie Brown (kenan), Wednesday, 24 January 2007 19:58 (nineteen years ago)

maybe it's lube for Finnish summer camp instructors

― Dr. Alicia D. Titsovich (sexyDancer), Wednesday, 24 January 2007 20:00 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.transcender.com/images/transtop_logo.gif

Is it weird that "Exam Preparation Software" is not the first thing that comes to mind when I see this company's name?

― ianinportland (ianinportland), Wednesday, 24 January 2007 22:15 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.mcsweeneys.net/links/lists/badhair.html

― caek (caek), Wednesday, 24 January 2007 22:25 (nineteen years ago)

i like the sandwich shop in glasgow called Roland Butter

― Ward Fowler (Ward Fowler), Wednesday, 24 January 2007 22:26 (nineteen years ago)

and also the cafe called The Rumbling Tum

― Ward Fowler (Ward Fowler), Wednesday, 24 January 2007 22:27 (nineteen years ago)

So the rape plan is KY?

― A-ron Hubbard (Hurting), Wednesday, 24 January 2007 22:52 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.dnr.mo.gov/env/swmp/facilities/chris.htm

― teeny (teeny), Wednesday, 24 January 2007 22:54 (nineteen years ago)

I require their services.

― A-ron Hubbard (Hurting), Wednesday, 24 January 2007 22:57 (nineteen years ago)

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/157/359987975_4025f03b43.jpg

― patita (patita), Wednesday, 24 January 2007 23:33 (nineteen years ago)

Heluva Good Cheese

― Mr. Snrub (Mr. Snrub), Thursday, 25 January 2007 00:25 (nineteen years ago)

The Ash Wipe chimney sweeps had a phone number one number off from my number as a kid. As you can imagine we got wrong numbers, "hey is this the ash wipes?" Or at least I have convinced myself these were "wrong numbers". BTW they're still in business at ashwipes.com.

― drench (drench), Thursday, 25 January 2007 01:15 (nineteen years ago)

Lower East Side / West Village fish n chip shop called "A Salt & Battery"

― paulhw (paulhw), Thursday, 25 January 2007 01:16 (nineteen years ago)

Correction: ASHWIPE.COM

― drench (drench), Thursday, 25 January 2007 01:16 (nineteen years ago)

Eurotard

― svend (svend), Thursday, 25 January 2007 01:22 (nineteen years ago)

Toxic Black Mold Discovery in Monroe, GA---- it's the specificity that cracks me up

― emilys. (emilys.), Thursday, 25 January 2007 04:23 (nineteen years ago)

I got a magazine from these people before their name became an internet joke, but I still nominate...the Official Meeting and Facilities Guide, or...
http://www.omfg.com/

― Rebel.yell.For.Internet.cakes (nordicskilla), Thursday, 25 January 2007 04:32 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.fhhk.com/eng/info.html

― pabs (Pablo A), Thursday, 25 January 2007 04:48 (nineteen years ago)

Dong Key, a Chinese and other Asian restaurant on Broadway (Chicago).

― GEAUX BEARS. (unclejessjess), Thursday, 25 January 2007 05:10 (nineteen years ago)

Apropos of Tuomas' thread revival, there is of course
http://www.therapistfinder.com/

This Lake Tahoe tourist site might also have been able to choose a better name/url...

― The Vintner's Lipogram (OleM), Thursday, 25 January 2007 18:27 (nineteen years ago)

every time i'm riding the bus on wilshire i see a sign for a business called "masters realty" -- which i always read as "masters of reality."

― tom mix-a-lot (get bent), Friday, 26 January 2007 06:20 (nineteen years ago)

"ICE CREAM"

Wait, did I meantion this was just white block stickers crooked on a tint-windowed minivan driven by an old man? Because that's kind of important.

― Lukewarm Watery G. Tornado; Vampires Eat Christians (The GZeus), Friday, 26 January 2007 06:42 (nineteen years ago)

here in austin there's a company called UK plumbers and on the side of their vans it says "the british are plumbing! the british are plumbing!" awesome.

― fortunate hazel (f. hazel), Friday, 26 January 2007 07:06 (nineteen years ago)

Houndstretcher - SW London dog-walking service

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/121/312099120_e89e5cb13f.jpg

― === temporary username === (Mark C), Friday, 26 January 2007 10:57 (nineteen years ago)

Steve's Simpsons ones upthread made me remember Stern Lecture Plumbing, which always cracks me up.

― Trayce (trayce), Friday, 26 January 2007 11:12 (nineteen years ago)

Suite Dreams - Sofa Shop in Bellshill

Get Your Dome Done - I kid you not, a hairdressers in Paisley.

― JohnFoxxsJuno (JohnFoxxsJuno), Friday, 26 January 2007 11:19 (nineteen years ago)

four years pass...

There's this outdoor/trekking/camping chain of stores over here in Belgium that's called A.S. Adventure : http://www.asadventure.com

I can't help reading the name as "a sad venture" every time I see one of their stores or advertisements.

― StanM, Wednesday, 9 March 2011 19:53 (fifteen years ago)

Oh, and it's not intentional either: the A.S. stands for "American Stockhouse" = the store they started with originally.

― StanM, Wednesday, 9 March 2011 19:59 (fifteen years ago)

analtech

http://www.mediashow.ro/show/265347-3/analtech.jpg

― Space // Funk (Pillbox), Wednesday, 9 March 2011 20:18 (fifteen years ago)

I can't stop laughing at "It's Curtains For You"; it works on so many levels

― frogbs, Wednesday, 9 March 2011 20:39 (fifteen years ago)

Beaver Employment

― sometimes all it takes is a healthy dose of continental indiepop (tomofthenest), Wednesday, 9 March 2011 21:05 (fifteen years ago)

Hooker Cockram

― moley, Thursday, 10 March 2011 04:09 (fifteen years ago)

Dunno if I said this but always used to laugh when i'm in one of schindler's lifts, seemingly a market leader.

― I see what this is (Local Garda), Thursday, 10 March 2011 05:51 (fifteen years ago)

Every time i pass this place it makes me smile
http://lds.localdataimages.com/large/1219/12196488.jpg

― not_goodwin, Thursday, 10 March 2011 08:21 (fifteen years ago)

http://logisticsweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Renault_Premium-Norbert_Dentressangle_B-2002.jpg

― Cluster the boots (Billy Dods), Thursday, 10 March 2011 09:24 (fifteen years ago)

I used to pass this place whenever I drove to Montreal, Quebec, Canada, visible from an elevated section of Autoroute 40:

http://citynoise.org/upload/9890.jpg

For years I figured that must mean something in French, but had no idea what. Evidently, they sold multilith printing presses made by A B Dick Co.

I'm saddened to learn they went out of business in 2006 and the building no longer stands.

― Lee626, Thursday, 10 March 2011 11:42 (fifteen years ago)

Oops I miseed S1ocki's post who already noted this one. But there's the pic....

There's a local plumbing business named (i assume) for its founder, John Flood. I cannot think of a worse name for a plumber than John Flood.

There must be some good company names around here but can't think of them at this moment...

― Lee626, Thursday, 10 March 2011 12:14 (fifteen years ago)

one year passes...

Passed a sign pointing towards this shop and my gast was flabbered:

http://www.p8ntball.be/

― StanM, Sunday, 17 June 2012 16:53 (thirteen years ago)

^ Oh man, that's super annoying.

I saw a truck on a Toronto highway painted with the company name 'Camel Towing'. Did not have a camera.

― franny glass, Sunday, 17 June 2012 17:04 (thirteen years ago)

There's a massage place in Atlanta that proudly advertises on billboards saying "The Rub Club".

― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Sunday, 17 June 2012 17:16 (thirteen years ago)

chip shop in preston called "king kod".

― tell it to my arse (jim in glasgow), Sunday, 17 June 2012 17:19 (thirteen years ago)

seven months pass...

Not a company name, but a local department store is selling a lamp called Massive Fanny!

― Tuomas, Monday, 4 February 2013 12:08 (thirteen years ago)

Sun of a Beach tanning salon

― ledge, Monday, 4 February 2013 16:20 (thirteen years ago)

http://nakedphilly.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/IMG_2706-560x420.jpg

― slam dunk, Tuesday, 5 February 2013 06:27 (thirteen years ago)

four months pass...

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, usually shortened to PNAS.

― go cray cray on my lobster soufflé (snoball), Friday, 21 June 2013 08:00 (twelve years ago)

Heh. I work for that company, but in the office it is always pronounced pee en ay ess, even though many other acronyms are given the phonetic treatment.

― how's life, Friday, 21 June 2013 11:26 (twelve years ago)

one year passes...

Si Senior, a company that adapts houses for the elderly. (in Dutch, senior sounds exactly the same as the Spanish señor)

― StanM, Sunday, 19 October 2014 21:24 (eleven years ago)

two years pass...

http://i.imgur.com/yBZhrJk.jpg

is Capital Teas the only business name with a triple meaning?

1. excellent teas
2. the uppercase letter T
3. teas sold in the vicinity of the United States capital

― I Ville Valo HIM (unregistered), Monday, 13 March 2017 01:16 (nine years ago)

(...and/or the capital of Maryland)

― I Ville Valo HIM (unregistered), Monday, 13 March 2017 01:18 (nine years ago)

er, that's the United States Capitol you're probably thinking of

― a little too mature to be cute (Aimless), Monday, 13 March 2017 05:27 (nine years ago)

er, no, if I'd been thinking of the capitol building (rather than D.C. in general), I would have used the word "capitol"

― I Ville Valo HIM (unregistered), Monday, 13 March 2017 06:54 (nine years ago)

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