This week's Mid-week Wizbang Contest is for the most clever business names. I'm looking for puns, innuendo, and downright ingenious terms. To cite three examples I've seen:
A restaurant outside Baltimore called Cluck-U Chicken; a hair styling salon in Plymouth, NH named Curl Up And Dye; and my favorite used computer store in Salem, NH, MicroSeconds.
Bonus points will be awarded for real businesses, but they do not have to actually exist.
Winners should be announced Thurdsay.
J.
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Yassin's Used Wheelchairs</... (Below threshold)1. Posted by Laurence Simon | April 5, 2005 2:44 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Yassin's Used Wheelchairs
1. Posted by Laurence Simon | April 5, 2005 2:44 PM |
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Posted on April 5, 2005 14:44
2. Posted by SamHell | April 5, 2005 2:48 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I've always wanted to own a fried chicken stand in Corpus Christi, TX and call it:
Corpus Crispy
2. Posted by SamHell | April 5, 2005 2:48 PM |
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Posted on April 5, 2005 14:48
3. Posted by Ken J | April 5, 2005 2:49 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
There's a place in Bellevue, WA called What The Pho. Pho is Vietnamese soup and it's pronounced fuh.
3. Posted by Ken J | April 5, 2005 2:49 PM |
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Posted on April 5, 2005 14:49
4. Posted by ibejo | April 5, 2005 2:49 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Cluck and Fuck - Brothel servicing chicken.
4. Posted by ibejo | April 5, 2005 2:49 PM |
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Posted on April 5, 2005 14:49
5. Posted by Jeremy | April 5, 2005 2:59 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Powergen Italia
They have the wonderfully funny powergenitalia.com domain name.
(Seems they took it down, as to prevent users like me for making fun of them.)
They are an italian battery company.
http://www.snopes.com/business/names/powergen.asp
5. Posted by Jeremy | April 5, 2005 2:59 PM |
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Posted on April 5, 2005 14:59
6. Posted by t. z. | April 5, 2005 3:03 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Ford dealership in Iowa:
Dick Withum Ford.
Real
6. Posted by t. z. | April 5, 2005 3:03 PM |
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Posted on April 5, 2005 15:03
7. Posted by dodgeman | April 5, 2005 3:05 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I've seen various examples of this, such as Konner's Kountry Kitchen, with big red lettered KKK on the billboard.
7. Posted by dodgeman | April 5, 2005 3:05 PM |
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Posted on April 5, 2005 15:05
8. Posted by dodgeman | April 5, 2005 3:07 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Three stores back home - Dick's foodstore, Weiner's 5 and dime, and H.E.B., the B. standing for Butt. Dick, weiner, and butt. Great stuff.
8. Posted by dodgeman | April 5, 2005 3:07 PM |
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Posted on April 5, 2005 15:07
9. Posted by mhking | April 5, 2005 3:15 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
There is a nail salon (Chinese of course) with the unlikely name of "Get Nailed" -- and no, I don't know if there's a massage parlor attached or not.
9. Posted by mhking | April 5, 2005 3:15 PM |
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Posted on April 5, 2005 15:15
10. Posted by D Swift | April 5, 2005 3:15 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
"You Can't Beat Wagner's Meat" is advertised all over New Orleans.
10. Posted by D Swift | April 5, 2005 3:15 PM |
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Posted on April 5, 2005 15:15
11. Posted by TOMO | April 5, 2005 3:16 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Vietnamese Dentist Office in San Jose, CA:
Phuc Lu Dentistry
Is that great or what!
11. Posted by TOMO | April 5, 2005 3:16 PM |
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Posted on April 5, 2005 15:16
12. Posted by mhking | April 5, 2005 3:17 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Oh, and by the way, Get Nailed is just down the street from a Chinese restaurant: Wan Fu? (complete with question mark).
12. Posted by mhking | April 5, 2005 3:17 PM |
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Posted on April 5, 2005 15:17
13. Posted by Chrees | April 5, 2005 3:23 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Not real, but one I'd like to see:
Clem's Sushi Restaurant and Bait Shop
13. Posted by Chrees | April 5, 2005 3:23 PM |
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Posted on April 5, 2005 15:23
14. Posted by Jim | April 5, 2005 3:24 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
A cousin of mine moved here from Greece and started a dental lab. He unfortunately used his initials, hence DK Dental Labs.
14. Posted by Jim | April 5, 2005 3:24 PM |
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Posted on April 5, 2005 15:24
15. Posted by sortapundit | April 5, 2005 3:28 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
2 takeaways in York, England:
Kebabeque
AbraKebabra
15. Posted by sortapundit | April 5, 2005 3:28 PM |
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Posted on April 5, 2005 15:28
16. Posted by Yogurt | April 5, 2005 3:29 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
How about Goregle, the new internet search engine...
16. Posted by Yogurt | April 5, 2005 3:29 PM |
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Posted on April 5, 2005 15:29
17. Posted by Drew | April 5, 2005 3:29 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Texas Interstate Truck Stop (just read the first letters). Real business. I've got a picture of their sign here (you'll have to scroll down a bit to see it).
17. Posted by Drew | April 5, 2005 3:29 PM |
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Posted on April 5, 2005 15:29
18. Posted by Sharp as a Marble | April 5, 2005 3:30 PM | Score: -1 (1 votes cast)
Chicken Restaurant - Mother Cluckers.
18. Posted by Sharp as a Marble | April 5, 2005 3:30 PM |
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Posted on April 5, 2005 15:30
19. Posted by biker babe | April 5, 2005 3:30 PM | Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
Saw a jpeg image of the following: Big Dick's Halfway Inn. Resort was underneath in very small letters
19. Posted by biker babe | April 5, 2005 3:30 PM |
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Posted on April 5, 2005 15:30
20. Posted by Pietro | April 5, 2005 3:31 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Leaning Tower of Pizza
20. Posted by Pietro | April 5, 2005 3:31 PM |
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Posted on April 5, 2005 15:31
21. Posted by Karl Lembke | April 5, 2005 3:35 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Do they have to be intentional?
There used to be a Thai place in Tujunga called the Poo Ping Palace.
The sign may still be there, but the restaurant has long since closed up and gone away. It seems no one wanted to eat there.
Fancy that...
21. Posted by Karl Lembke | April 5, 2005 3:35 PM |
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Posted on April 5, 2005 15:35
22. Posted by bullwinkle | April 5, 2005 3:37 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
-, if you're a Texan you realize that's the cattle brand for "bar" is there's nothing after it it reads Bar None. Must be 20 of them in Texas. There used to be topless bar there named "-e Naked".
22. Posted by bullwinkle | April 5, 2005 3:37 PM |
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Posted on April 5, 2005 15:37
23. Posted by Louisiana Lad | April 5, 2005 3:37 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
How about the old classic Law Firm:
Trick'em, Dick'em & Dunk'em
headed by Richard Nixon, Bill Clinton and Teddy Kennedy?
23. Posted by Louisiana Lad | April 5, 2005 3:37 PM |
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Posted on April 5, 2005 15:37
24. Posted by debra | April 5, 2005 3:37 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
In Rehobeth, DE
"Worms and Perms", bait, tackle and hair styling.
24. Posted by debra | April 5, 2005 3:37 PM |
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Posted on April 5, 2005 15:37
25. Posted by CrankyBeach | April 5, 2005 3:41 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Back in the 70's I saw a restaurant in Seattle, I think, called Nuclear Fission Chips.
25. Posted by CrankyBeach | April 5, 2005 3:41 PM |
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Posted on April 5, 2005 15:41
26. Posted by Dave A | April 5, 2005 3:42 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
An actual Chinese resteraunt in DC: The Big Wong. (The food is not bad).
T-shirt worn by the Wesleyan ladies crew team back when I was in college (don't know if they still wear anything like it): WESCREW
(I know: not a business - we presume...)
26. Posted by Dave A | April 5, 2005 3:42 PM |
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Posted on April 5, 2005 15:42
27. Posted by Rob@L&R | April 5, 2005 3:52 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Real restaurant in Georgetown, DC:
Moby Dick House of Kabob
27. Posted by Rob@L&R | April 5, 2005 3:52 PM |
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Posted on April 5, 2005 15:52
28. Posted by McGehee | April 5, 2005 3:53 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
South of Fairbanks, Alaska there's a place called "Skinny Dick's Halfway Inn." Not sure if it was established before or after the one Biker Babe submitted.
Skinny's is halfway between Fairbanks and a town called Nenana. I used to dream of starting a newspaper there and calling it The Nenana Republic.
Failing that, I wanted to bankroll a boutique in Montana's capital, if the person running it would name it "Helena Handbasket."
28. Posted by McGehee | April 5, 2005 3:53 PM |
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Posted on April 5, 2005 15:53
29. Posted by OregonMuse | April 5, 2005 3:59 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
On I-5 in northern California, getting on toward to the Oregon border, there's an establishment plainly visible from the highway, either a bait and tackle shop or a bar (maybe both!), called the "Basshole". The word is all spelled out, shaped like a fish and the 'B' at the beginning is real small. Subtle it ain't.
29. Posted by OregonMuse | April 5, 2005 3:59 PM |
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Posted on April 5, 2005 15:59
30. Posted by OregonMuse | April 5, 2005 4:01 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Do movie names count? I've heard that Pamela Anderson and Anna Nicole Smith are going to be in the sequel to 'The Incredibles' and they're going to call it 'The Inflatables.'
30. Posted by OregonMuse | April 5, 2005 4:01 PM |
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Posted on April 5, 2005 16:01
31. Posted by Jess | April 5, 2005 4:02 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
In Hod HaSharon Israel there's a Chinese restaurant called "Come Soon". It's written in English and in Hebrew phonetically. Pretty good little place.
31. Posted by Jess | April 5, 2005 4:02 PM |
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Posted on April 5, 2005 16:02
32. Posted by Captain Ned | April 5, 2005 4:05 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Curl Up & Dye was taken from "The Blues Brothers." It's the name of the salon Carrie Fisher's character owns/works in.
32. Posted by Captain Ned | April 5, 2005 4:05 PM |
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Posted on April 5, 2005 16:05
33. Posted by Neal | April 5, 2005 4:08 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Dick's Joint: "Liquor in front: Poker in the back."
33. Posted by Neal | April 5, 2005 4:08 PM |
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Posted on April 5, 2005 16:08
34. Posted by Bruce | April 5, 2005 4:09 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
There's a store in Dublin, Ireland that sells various accessories for your front door. It's called Knobs and Knockers. I think they sell more t-shirts with their name on 'em than actual door hardware.
I have a picture somewhere - wil scan it when I have a chance.
34. Posted by Bruce | April 5, 2005 4:09 PM |
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Posted on April 5, 2005 16:09
35. Posted by Bruce | April 5, 2005 4:11 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I guess there's one in Austraila too.
35. Posted by Bruce | April 5, 2005 4:11 PM |
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Posted on April 5, 2005 16:11
36. Posted by Aaron | April 5, 2005 4:12 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
There used to be a salon in my hometown called the "Hairport." That has to be the stupidest name I have ever seen.
36. Posted by Aaron | April 5, 2005 4:12 PM |
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Posted on April 5, 2005 16:12
37. Posted by Drew | April 5, 2005 4:15 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
No, Aaron, the dumbest one would be one here called "Al's Ratt & Roll Hair Stylist". Might have been a good idea in 1985, but they didn't even open it until 1995.
37. Posted by Drew | April 5, 2005 4:15 PM |
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Posted on April 5, 2005 16:15
38. Posted by Dwayne "the canoe Guy" | April 5, 2005 4:16 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Used to be a coffee house here in OKC called "Java the Hutt" & there was a restaurant on a lake near Tulsa called the "Hard Dock Cafe"
I always wanted to own a Tow Truck service called "This Little Piggy"
38. Posted by Dwayne "the canoe Guy" | April 5, 2005 4:16 PM |
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Posted on April 5, 2005 16:16
39. Posted by Dwayne "the canoe Guy" | April 5, 2005 4:18 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
The Curl Up & Dye was an actual salon in Wilmington Illinois, not far from Joliet & Elwood IL and was open for several years prior to the release of The Blues Bros.
Just wanting to keep the facts straight.
39. Posted by Dwayne "the canoe Guy" | April 5, 2005 4:18 PM |
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Posted on April 5, 2005 16:18
40. Posted by rampage trader | April 5, 2005 4:32 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
During my incareration at the Air Force Academy I had the opportunity to get a bottle of Jack Daniels at BEAVER LIQUORS in Avon, Colorado. You can visit their website at beaverliquors.com.
40. Posted by rampage trader | April 5, 2005 4:32 PM |
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Posted on April 5, 2005 16:32
41. Posted by Kevin | April 5, 2005 4:35 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
In Beaver Creek, CO (outside Vail) there's a liquor store named... Beaver Liquors.
41. Posted by Kevin | April 5, 2005 4:35 PM |
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Posted on April 5, 2005 16:35