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Worst choice ever for a company name - 1/27/2011 5:27:36 PM

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http://www.hiscoxusa.com/small-business-insurance/

Someone totally dropped the ball on this one.

(Alright, so that's almost a groaner. Sue me.

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RE: Worst choice ever for a company name - 1/27/2011 5:30:12 PM

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Hahahaha.....what the heck? How did someone not see that? Really, how do you bat this name around and not have ANYONE nervously bring up the fact that it might not be a good choice?

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RE: Worst choice ever for a company name - 1/27/2011 6:23:11 PM

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Thanks to Sorceress J for resizing this pic.

I took it near where I live.

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RE: Worst choice ever for a company name - 1/27/2011 7:52:06 PM

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Okay....I have a couple really bad business names....

1. Dress Barn    I'm sorry...but nothing could be less flattering than saying "that dress makes you look like a cow..."

2. Ransome Airlines   (yes, this was an actual airline back in the 80's. they didn't do well. Gee....who wouldn't want to fly on an airline named after a terrorist methodology.....)

3. B & M Baked Beans      really. do I need to elaborate?

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RE: Worst choice ever for a company name - 1/27/2011 8:55:00 PM

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A wine bar in town called Il Fiasco. i know it means something different in Italian, but it's not located in an Italian neighborhood. It's not even located in a town with an Italian neighborhood. When i walk by it, i kind of hope for waitstaff dressed as clowns, but alas. . .

There's also a salon named Parvenu. If you want a new stylish haircut in order to impress your friends, this is not some place you want to get it:
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/parvenu

eta: an article.

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RE: Worst choice ever for a company name - 1/27/2011 9:30:47 PM

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Quality Screw & Bolt - I kid you not.

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RE: Worst choice ever for a company name - 1/27/2011 9:32:44 PM

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quote:

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Quality Screw & Bolt - I kid you not.

Wanna?

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RE: Worst choice ever for a company name - 1/27/2011 9:38:31 PM

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A chain of sushi restaurants called Todai. No, they didn't serve fugu.

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RE: Worst choice ever for a company name - 1/27/2011 9:43:05 PM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: Hillwilliam

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Quality Screw & Bolt - I kid you not.

Wanna?

You bet

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RE: Worst choice ever for a company name - 1/27/2011 9:43:26 PM

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RE: Worst choice ever for a company name - 1/27/2011 9:43:56 PM

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Wish I was close enough. Only thing is, I wouldn't bolt

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RE: Worst choice ever for a company name - 1/27/2011 9:45:21 PM

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There's Dress Barns up there, HausBoy? :O Have them all over the place here, and I feel the same. We also have this gem:

B&D Burgers. All I can think is, "Do you want fries? SAY IT! Tell me how much you want my fries! That's right. You LOVE fries with your burger, don't you? Now eat it, ALL!"

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RE: Worst choice ever for a company name - 1/27/2011 9:51:01 PM

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Wish I was close enough. Only thing is, I wouldn't bolt

I admit I was a little amused at the silly notion of you having the energy to bolt after a QUALITY screw

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RE: Worst choice ever for a company name - 1/27/2011 10:12:13 PM

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Wish I was close enough. Only thing is, I wouldn't bolt

I admit I was a little amused at the silly notion of you having the energy to bolt after a QUALITY screw

After a QUALITY screw, neither party should have enough energy to do more than reach for the quart cup of ice water that was previously placed on the night stand. I used to use a 1 gallon canteen but I lost it 20 or more years ago.

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RE: Worst choice ever for a company name - 1/27/2011 10:46:36 PM

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ORIGINAL: BKSir

There's Dress Barns up there, HausBoy? :O Have them all over the place here, and I feel the same. We also have this gem:

B&D Burgers. All I can think is, "Do you want fries? SAY IT! Tell me how much you want my fries! That's right. You LOVE fries with your burger, don't you? Now eat it, ALL!"

DAMMIT, BK!!

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RE: Worst choice ever for a company name - 1/28/2011 8:18:27 AM

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My cable and internet providor is Cox. Not Hiscox, or Yourcox...just plain Cox.
They have been servicing me for years.

Here's another example for you.

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RE: Worst choice ever for a company name - 1/28/2011 8:36:20 AM

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Yes, there is a Dress Barn in Austin. I plan to go there for some shopping in February.

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RE: Worst choice ever for a company name - 1/28/2011 8:45:02 AM

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ORIGINAL: BKSir

There's Dress Barns up there, HausBoy? :O Have them all over the place here, and I feel the same. We also have this gem:

B&D Burgers. All I can think is, "Do you want fries? SAY IT! Tell me how much you want my fries! That's right. You LOVE fries with your burger, don't you? Now eat it, ALL!"

Alright that was just damn funny there.

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RE: Worst choice ever for a company name - 1/28/2011 10:47:11 AM

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One time I went to a store, didn't really notice the name of the store, & decided to buy something. This was back in the days when people still wrote checks. So I'm writing out my check & ask the name of the store. The clerk says, "Who cares?" I said, "Well, I do, because I want to write it on the check." Again she says, "Who cares?" So I'm about to get all huffy when she explains that's actually the name of the store: Who Cares. Then I went out the front door & looked across the street. There was a fabric store called Sew What.

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RE: Worst choice ever for a company name - 1/28/2011 11:22:15 AM

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Earlier this morning, i walked by the local "Pho King Noodle Soup Hut" whose slogan out front reads, "Home of the Pho King" and thought of you all.

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