Do you know some strange company names

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I come across these 2 regularly where I live:

Strange company names:

the bookbinder in Germany rents out cars: http://www.buchbinder.de/

the bakery in France is specialist in home appliances and electronics: http://www.boulanger.fr/

Please explain why you think the name is strange and post a link to the site so people can see why it is strange.
 
It's funny you should bring this up. Recently I got a call about a shop name that had me on the floor. My dad was waiting for me to join him for a beer and was browsing a perfume shop when he noticed the name of the shop was....

'Fartier by Nature'

I didn't have any charge in my phone but next time I'm around that place I'll get a pic to put up here.

Also a shop I used to visit every year on holiday, just for their amazing icecreams was....

'Gays Creamery'. The writing below it, you may ask? 'We pack the best fudge in town'

Edit: Living in China I see plenty of these funny names everyday, I'm so used to it I don't often bother with a pic. Although there was this one shop......... 'Wanko' which sold womens clothes that I did take a pic of.
 
In Poland there is big lights producer which is called OSRAM - in polish literaly it means "I 🤬" (poo)
 
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http://www.boner-beer.com/
 
Seattle once named a train the S.L.U.T. South Lake Union Transit.

They changed it eventually after some one pointed out to the boneheads at city hall that the rest of the world was laughing.

But it was too late, the name stuck for the locals. You can still get a t-shirt - "Ride the Slut!"

http://ridetheslut.com/
 
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Self explanatory really.

I used to work for a uk stockbrokers and when the Northern Rock shares became nil value, my manager Ann came up for a procedure on what to do with northern rock shares when accounts are closing and the customer holds shares in northern rock.

This was at the height of the market crash and at the time, our company decided we couldn't do anything with them until the uk government made a decision. Anyway, my manager came up with a plan and as the company was named Northern Rock she proposed the procedure should be referred to as NORK. She emailed the whole department of about 200 people and we all had a laugh at her expense (which in those days of 80 hour weeks was a welcome relief). She was quickly informed of her error.
 
NINE_HUNDRED
http://www.gayscreamery.co.uk/

About 10 miles from me, they do the nicest Cream Teas (Real cream + Jam on a Scone) ever.
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Would be the one I mentioned. Best cream teas in the whole world! (Dawlish right?)

The was a list of company names that sounded fine before they were made into web addresses, it was on Yahoo!, the only one I remember is Therapist.com. I don't think I'd go there for a massage!
 
Midnight Snacks
Manlove Forensics.
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:lol: Top Gear ftw! For me, there used to be this Vietnamese restaurant that my parents and I would go to pretty often, and no lie, it took me quuiiitte a while to really figure out what it's hidden name. The restaurant was called "Pho King"

Another one was from when I driving home from dinner near downtown LA, and saw a hotel by the name of Gaylord.
 
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Would be the one I mentioned. Best cream teas in the whole world! (Dawlish right?)

The was a list of company names that sounded fine before they were made into web addresses, it was on Yahoo!, the only one I remember is Therapist.com. I don't think I'd go there for a massage!
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I do love Dawlish, lovely part of the world.
 
how about the Cocky leaky soup company and no I am not kidding
or the Hung Gay resturant

Both are here in Vancouver
 
Not sure if it counts, but there's a convienence store in my town that renamed itself "The Obama Shop" after Barack Obama got elected.
 
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Made by Dai youeng. Or something similar.
 

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