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Title: Great business names
Post by: merithyn on June 26, 2013, 08:41:33 AM
If you were going to start a business, what kind of business would it be, and what would you call it?
Title: Re: Great business names
Post by: Eddie Teach on June 26, 2013, 08:49:45 AM
You trying to cybersquat on us? :shifty:
Title: Re: Great business names
Post by: CountDeMoney on June 26, 2013, 08:50:54 AM
Mother's Bail Bonds.  Warm, inviting, insultingly maternalistic.
Title: Re: Great business names
Post by: mongers on June 26, 2013, 09:10:14 AM
Quote from: merithyn on June 26, 2013, 08:41:33 AM
If you were going to start a business, what kind of business would it be, and what would you call it?

ECHINCOMCON . 

A chinese based hacking business dedicated to stealing US commercial secrets and overthrowing the constitution.  : :cool:


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Title: Re: Great business names
Post by: Caliga on June 26, 2013, 09:11:48 AM
I always liked North Pole Productions (Peter North's film production company). :cool:
Title: Re: Great business names
Post by: DGuller on June 26, 2013, 09:18:11 AM
Lifespan Management Corporation.  I'd rather not say what services it would offer.  :ph34r:
Title: Re: Great business names
Post by: Brazen on June 26, 2013, 09:35:36 AM
A hair salon called Curl Up And Dye.
Title: Re: Great business names
Post by: Brazen on June 26, 2013, 09:39:18 AM
A brothel, gun shop and euthanasia service called Bang, Bang, You're Dead.
Title: Re: Great business names
Post by: Malthus on June 26, 2013, 09:50:40 AM
Quote from: Brazen on June 26, 2013, 09:35:36 AM
A hair salon called Curl Up And Dye.

Two actual business names in my old neighbourhood when I was growing up:

- A hair salon called "Amorphous Hair Design"; and

- A place called "Entropy Skin Care Clinic".
Title: Re: Great business names
Post by: Eddie Teach on June 26, 2013, 09:58:00 AM
Quote from: Brazen on June 26, 2013, 09:35:36 AM
A hair salon called Curl Up And Dye.

/likes this
Title: Re: Great business names
Post by: Malthus on June 26, 2013, 10:10:54 AM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on June 26, 2013, 09:58:00 AM
Quote from: Brazen on June 26, 2013, 09:35:36 AM
A hair salon called Curl Up And Dye.

/likes this

Featured in the 80s movie "Earth Girls are Easy".  :D
Title: Re: Great business names
Post by: Richard Hakluyt on June 26, 2013, 10:27:02 AM
I always liked the Fryer Tuck fish shop up in Durham, especially since I had a female friend prone to inadvertent spoonerisms at the time. She said it once, quite loud, on a busy bus  :D
Title: Re: Great business names
Post by: garbon on June 26, 2013, 10:30:07 AM
Tedium
Title: Re: Great business names
Post by: Brazen on June 26, 2013, 10:31:43 AM
Quote from: garbon on June 26, 2013, 10:30:07 AM
Tedium
But Ennui would be so much more chic.
Title: Re: Great business names
Post by: garbon on June 26, 2013, 10:32:25 AM
Quote from: Brazen on June 26, 2013, 10:31:43 AM
Quote from: garbon on June 26, 2013, 10:30:07 AM
Tedium
But Ennui would be so much more chic.

That word now reminds me of Lettow. -_-
Title: Re: Great business names
Post by: Eddie Teach on June 26, 2013, 10:37:22 AM
I wonder if somebody's already taken the market on Confederate kitten figurines.  :hmm:
Title: Re: Great business names
Post by: CountDeMoney on June 26, 2013, 10:43:51 AM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on June 26, 2013, 10:37:22 AM
I wonder if somebody's already taken the market on Confederate kitten figurines.  :hmm:

That would be so awesome:  kinda like Precious Moments meets the ACW, only with kittens.  Mewlysses S. Grant, Lafayette McClaws, the possibilities are endless.
Title: Re: Great business names
Post by: derspiess on June 26, 2013, 10:45:18 AM
You guys run with those things.  I'll keep the rights to the Christmas-themed mammies, though, since Seedy showed no interest in pursuing.
Title: Re: Great business names
Post by: CountDeMoney on June 26, 2013, 10:58:59 AM
Quote from: derspiess on June 26, 2013, 10:45:18 AM
You guys run with those things.  I'll keep the rights to the Christmas-themed mammies, though, since Seedy showed no interest in pursuing.

Mammies are fun the whole year 'round.
Title: Re: Great business names
Post by: crazy canuck on June 26, 2013, 11:03:25 AM
Years ago when Fokker was in merger talks with Bombardier some wit quipped the new company would be called Bomfokker.
Title: Re: Great business names
Post by: Brazen on June 26, 2013, 11:05:36 AM
A race horse husbandry service called Filly Buster.
Title: Re: Great business names
Post by: mongers on June 26, 2013, 12:52:19 PM
Quote from: Brazen on June 26, 2013, 11:05:36 AM
A race horse husbandry service called Filly Buster.

Or is that a bespoke lingerie shop from CdM's neck of the woods ?
Title: Re: Great business names
Post by: fhdz on June 26, 2013, 12:57:11 PM
It depends. Is this an "I actually have to make money at this" business or is it an "I won the lottery and can do whatever business I like even if it runs a loss" business?
Title: Re: Great business names
Post by: Eddie Teach on June 26, 2013, 01:04:19 PM
If you're running at a loss, it's just an expensive hobby.
Title: Re: Great business names
Post by: merithyn on June 26, 2013, 02:25:54 PM
Quote from: fhdz on June 26, 2013, 12:57:11 PM
It depends. Is this an "I actually have to make money at this" business or is it an "I won the lottery and can do whatever business I like even if it runs a loss" business?

Either/or? :unsure:

I just wanted something to make me laugh today. Brazen has accomplished said task. :D
Title: Re: Great business names
Post by: Razgovory on June 26, 2013, 03:41:48 PM
Building demolition company called "Edifice Wrecks"
Title: Re: Great business names
Post by: Malthus on June 26, 2013, 03:43:14 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on June 26, 2013, 03:41:48 PM
Building demolition company called "Edifice Wrecks"

:lol:
Title: Re: Great business names
Post by: Maximus on June 26, 2013, 03:43:36 PM
That took me a moment
Title: Re: Great business names
Post by: Admiral Yi on June 26, 2013, 03:47:09 PM
Nice.  :ccr
Title: Re: Great business names
Post by: lustindarkness on June 26, 2013, 03:52:36 PM
Liquor in the Front, Poker in the Rear
Title: Re: Great business names
Post by: frunk on June 26, 2013, 04:23:30 PM
Candy Store In A Cool Dry Place


(We would get boxes labeled this way where I used to work)
Title: Re: Great business names
Post by: fhdz on June 27, 2013, 11:17:55 AM
Quote from: Malthus on June 26, 2013, 03:43:14 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on June 26, 2013, 03:41:48 PM
Building demolition company called "Edifice Wrecks"

:lol:

Their logo could be :bleeding:
Title: Re: Great business names
Post by: Malthus on June 27, 2013, 12:29:31 PM
Quote from: fhdz on June 27, 2013, 11:17:55 AM
Quote from: Malthus on June 26, 2013, 03:43:14 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on June 26, 2013, 03:41:48 PM
Building demolition company called "Edifice Wrecks"

:lol:

Their logo could be :bleeding:

Took me a minute.  :lol:

Ever heard the Tom Lehrer version?

QuoteFrom the Bible to the popular song,
There's one theme that we find right along.
Of all ideals they hail as good,
The most sublime is ... motherhood.

There was a man who it seems,
Once carried this ideal to extremes.
He loved his mother and she loved him,
And yet his story is rather grim ...

Title: Re: Great business names
Post by: frunk on June 27, 2013, 12:41:54 PM
Or PDQ Bach:

QuoteBut you know I kinda like this town
I think I'll find me a woman and settle down
Good folks and plenty of space
And besides it's nice to be in a place
Where everyone knows old Oedipus Tex
The brother of the legendary Rex
Yeah, I'm Oedipus Tex - that's what I said
But y'know my friends just call me Ed

Well you know me - I'm Oedipus Tex
I'm just as ornery as my brother Rex
Yeah I'm Oedipus Tex - that's what I said
But y'know my friends just call me Ed

Well, howdy, howdy, howdy, howdy, howdy, howdy - I'm Oedipus Tex
Some day I'd kinda like to know whatever happened to my older brother Rex
Yeah, I'm Oedipus, Oedipus, Oedipus, Oedipus - that's what I said
But my friends just call me Ed
Title: Re: Great business names
Post by: Savonarola on June 27, 2013, 01:11:03 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on June 26, 2013, 03:41:48 PM
Building demolition company called "Edifice Wrecks"

Derrida Deconstruction Services, LLC
Title: Re: Great business names
Post by: Maximus on June 27, 2013, 01:30:58 PM
A couple years ago I was part of a group doing summer research in data sciences here on campus. At one point I overheard one of the guys talking about starting a restaurant called the Random Wok. It's feature dish was to be the Gibb's Sampler.
Title: Re: Great business names
Post by: Richard Hakluyt on June 27, 2013, 04:59:47 PM
Quote from: Savonarola on June 27, 2013, 01:11:03 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on June 26, 2013, 03:41:48 PM
Building demolition company called "Edifice Wrecks"

Derrida Deconstruction Services, LLC

:lmfao:
Title: Re: Great business names
Post by: fhdz on June 27, 2013, 05:56:24 PM
Anybody here ever done demolition work? Nasty business.
Title: Re: Great business names
Post by: Razgovory on June 27, 2013, 06:01:27 PM
Quote from: fhdz on June 27, 2013, 05:56:24 PM
Anybody here ever done demolition work? Nasty business.

I've lit some fires...
Title: Re: Great business names
Post by: DGuller on June 27, 2013, 06:11:31 PM
Quote from: fhdz on June 27, 2013, 05:56:24 PM
Anybody here ever done demolition work? Nasty business.
I view it as more of a hobby than work.