BJ Services (huge pressure pumping, oilfield services company in Houston) is one that I find humorous.
Not so much crazy/perverted as disturbing: Kountry Kar Kare or something to that effect... I can't believe that place hasn't been burned down yet from what I've heard about the owner. Gay Pontiac still gets an immature chuckle out of me every now and then.
My friend's mom's name is BJ She gives manicures, facials, etc. The name of her business...... BJ's Facials i kid you not
There is this huge plant right off of the interstate in Joplin, MO thats got a big sign out front that says "*** ENTERPRISES"
I used to drive by that place every day...I wonder how many black customers they get? Anyways, I read about this one scam down in Australia. These people were advertising pornographic materials on late night TV, and people would order them. After a few days, though, the company would call up the customer and tell them that the item they ordered is no longer in stock, so they would be getting a refund. Of course, they wouldn't send the original check back. They would cash the original check and then send people company checks. Of course, the company was named something like "Gay Anal Sex, Inc." or something like that, so the customers would be too embarrased to cash the check. The company would then get to keep the money after the time limit on cashing the check had expired... Of course, I have no idea if this is true or not (Probably an Urban Legend), but it's still an amusing story...
Not a business name, but I used to get a big kick out of the Gallery Furniture commercials where Mac would talk about that whale of a sofa with Starship sectionals, and a "built in Vibrator!" He proceeded to repeat about four times in the 30-second spot. It took them a year or more to finally realize that it could be misconstrued, and the future ones referred to the "vibrating action."
My grandfather had a construction company called the Paige Erection Company. I still have some of his old letterhead somewhere.
From snopes.com: Legend: A p*rn video retailer runs a clever scam by sending customers embarrassingly uncashable refund checks. Example: [Collected on the Internet, 1998] True Story - Australian Police have been unable to recommend a prosecution for the following scam: A company takes out a newspaper advertisement claiming to be able to supply imported hard core pornographic videos. As their prices seem reasonable, people place orders and make payments via cheque. After several weeks, the company writes back explaining that under the present law they are unable to supply the materials and do not wish to be prosecuted. So they return their customers' money in the form of a company cheque. However, due to the name of the company, few people ever bother to present these to their banks. The name of the company is: 'The Anal Sex and Fetish Perversion Company'. Variations: Some versions of this legend place it in New Zealand rather than Australia. Other versions omit references to locale and Americanize the spelling. Origins: This legend appeared widely on the Internet in early 1998, apparently springing from Australian-based USENET newsgroups. A clever setup offers a punchline that plays on our sexual duplicity: we'll willingly buy and watch hard core p*rn videos, but we'll throw away our money rather than admit to anyone else -- even someone we don't necessarily know -- that we do. For an American, at least, this one rates rather low in the plausibility category. Most of us deposit our checks by mail or through automated teller machines these days and rarely have any face-to-face contact with bank personnel. Even in the days before ATMs, the squeamish could always drop their "p*rn refund" checks in the night depository and avoid the embarrassment of presenting them to live tellers. A similar legend placing the story in London, England, was in existence in the early 1990s. In that tale, 10,000 orders at £25 each were placed. Refund cheques red-stamped "Returned with thanks, Child sex ring" were issued, with the kicker being that only two of them were cashed. Sightings: This legend is discussed as a potential money-making scheme by characters in the 1998 comedy thriller Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels.
Forgot the name but theres a hole digging company in Houston and there slogan was .. " Your hole is our goal"
In Alief at 6 and Clodine their used to be a chinese restauraunt called Wok Of Art. The thing is, is that they used all caps with no spaces between words. WOKOFART - I used to crack up every time I drove by it. Needless to say, I don't think it is there anymore.
