12 Reasons These Businesses Have Ridiculous Names
![12 Reasons These Businesses Have Ridiculous Names](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/6/2/830062_320x180.jpg)
Congratulations, you’re starting a new business! You came up with a product or service that the world desperately needs, and that you’re uniquely equipped to provide. You managed to turn a series of electrical sparks up in your meat computer into an actual thing. You’re an alchemist. You’re more than an alchemist – you’ve made something… from nothing. You’re a wizard!
Now all you need is a good name. Something catchy, something that rolls off the tongue, something that lends itself well to a logo. Here’s where you run into trouble. It feels like all the good names are taken! And with PC culture these days, you have to make sure not to offend anybody.
… or do you? Maybe courting controversy is the way to go here! Yeah; if they’re too woke to patronize your business, you don’t need ‘em! On opening day, you only want the hippest of the hip filling your store. You can’t wait for the moment you get to swing open the front door and say “Welcome to…
![POUNDLAND CRACKED.COM The UK has a different word for their currency, so their Dollar General- like shop gets an unfortunately fun name.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/7/5/830075.jpg)
Source: Daily Record
![iMUFFS CRACKED.COM As an earmuff with electronics jammed into it, of course it was necessary to jam an unnecessary i at the beginning of the entendre'd name.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/7/4/830074.jpg)
Source: Wise Geek
![GOLDEN GAYTIME CRACKED.COM The famous Australian treat, a 'gold-covered ice cream bar, was originally created to be enjoyed at fun times, and now runs with all the jokes about it.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/7/2/830072.jpg)
Source: The Culture Trip
![i.BEAT BLAXX CRACKED.COM This sleek ebony version of an mp3 player attempted to add every stereotypical 2000s ad flair to its name without anyone questioning it.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/6/9/830069.jpg)
Source: Gizmodo
![BEANER'S CRACKED.COM It's a great name for a coffee place if you've never heard of racism. Luckily they were renamed to Biggby years ago.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/7/1/830071.jpg)
Source: MLive
![BACKRUB CRACKED.COM Before it became Google, the soon-to-be-world-changing search engine had a creepy name to describe the programming trick it did to rate websites.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/6/8/830068.jpg)
Source: Business Insider
![AYDS CRACKED.COM Made to aid your weight loss regimen, this diet pill's name couldn't survive an epidemic, no matter how hard the company denied it being a problem.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/7/3/830073.jpg)
Source: The New York Times
![DUMAS'S TACO CRACKED.COM A family who opened a taco restaurant wanted to lean into the fun of their last name, which led to them insulting themselves.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/6/5/830065.jpg)
Source: Chron
![CHOOSE SPAIN CRACKED.COM A fine name for a Spanish import website, but either the url wasn't double-checked or the webmaster is a sad person.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/6/6/830066.jpg)
Source: choosespain.net
![UNADULTERATED FOOD PRODUCTS CRACKED.COM The guys behind the idea to sell simple fruit juices to consumers picked a company name that sounds like a business in Blade Runner. Eventually they renamed to Snapple.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/7/0/830070.jpg)
Source: Mashed
![SARS SOFT DRINK CRACKED.COM A few different companies didn't let a thing like a massively deadly disease force them to change the name of their sarsaparilla soda.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/6/7/830067.jpg)
Source: Michigan’s Thumb
![SAM AND ELLA'S CHICKEN PALACE CRACKED.COM A pizza restaurant covered in chicken-themed decor that's named after it's owners who don't care about the potential disease connotation.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/0/6/4/830064.jpg)
Source: Tulsa People