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10 of the Most Unfortunately Named Stores – What Were They Thinking?

by Kate on March 22, 2010 · 11 comments

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They say that “a good name is to be more desired than great wealth” and many people believe that a name determines your character and success in life.

In business a good name is crucial: this is what people will remember and this is what make them go to the place again.

However, some business owners choose so strange names that you can’t but wonder “What were they thinking?

Baby Dump

What? Dumping babies? Is that some wicked new service or something?

Baby Dump

MacStore what?

It probably is meant to be “The MAC Store” but reads nothing else but “WTF MAC Store”…

WTF MAC Store

Stolen

Well, at least they are honest:

Stolen

Hand Job…

I think it is pretty clear what they were thinking about:

Hand job

Sissy Boy

An embarrassing place to shop?

Sissy boy

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Diarrhea

Anyone has any idea what the name (and the image) are meant to represent?

Diarrhea

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Fartown

To make things worse, that’s a DIY fartown…

Fartown

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Arse

Arse

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LadBROKES

It’s a betting shop actually, how ironic: you’d definitively won’t bet in there unless you won’t to become one of those “brokes”

LadBrokes

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Happy Crack

Oh what a combination: it’s happy and it’s crack!

Happy Crack

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{ 10 comments… read them below or add one }

HD Blog March 23, 2010 at 5:03 pm

“Hand Job” :D :D

Saronita April 2, 2010 at 12:22 am

Every time I see Sissy Boy in Amsterdam I piss myself laughing!

Franny April 2, 2010 at 1:53 am

i thought i saw these on unfortunatenames.blogspot.com

jd April 2, 2010 at 2:33 am

How bout the gas station chain “Kum & go”?

trandre April 2, 2010 at 8:06 pm

In Norway we have Molde Bakery :)

Sadie April 29, 2010 at 12:01 pm

I’ve seen a bookstore in our area called “Cum Books”…

Genevee May 27, 2010 at 2:36 am

I agree, they are remarkably bad…….

gemini October 12, 2010 at 3:39 pm

in my country we have shop names like:

Petal-Attraction (a Flowershop)
Elizabeth Tailoring (you guessed it,tailor shop)
Harry Cutter (yep, a hair salon)

Margot Lane December 20, 2010 at 8:00 am

Hand Job is actually located in the Castro of San Francisco. Must be the best place to get your nails did.

Putri Sarinande January 2, 2011 at 8:36 pm

oh gosh, WTF Mac. sounds catchy L O L :D

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