Things with the same name but very different meanings

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Every time I see the Target ad for the woman who successfully started a company called “The Honey Pot” it makes me chuckle because where I live “Honey Pot” is the name of a porta potty company!

There are several national brands with the same/similar names (Dove soap vs chocolates, Delta airlines vs faucets, etc) but are there funny/ very different double meaning or shared (or similar) names of brands, companies, stores, restaurants etc. or ones with clever puns in their name in your area or that come to mind?

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Hike here is usually a rustic hardworking part of a mountain or monolith. Hike some parts of the country means taking a walk.

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jym, in Alaska chamber pots (to put it in polite terms) are called honey buckets, so we have the same reaction to that ad!

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Suddenly “honey trap” sounds less exotic and alluring.

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In Boston, there is a company called Privy that “empowers marketers to build more customer relationships”. Really? No idea how it was named, clearly disregarding the possibility of double entendre…

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Also in Boston, there’s a glass art/framing company called “Fracture” - it always gives me pause.

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D thought the Eager Beaver Car Wash was hilarious.

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My all time favorite name for an establishment was an “alternative” bar in West Hollywood called The White Swallow.

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And then there’s the town of Moose Pass Alaska that closed their only gas station, as Moose Pass Gas wasn’t working well for them. ?

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^^^^^^ Great one!!!

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I saw a sign once for the “Titanic Travel Agency.”

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When I lived, a favorite brand of toilet paper was ‘Uranus’ !
When my kids were little, the dentist was named Dr. Hirt!!!
A local chiropractor is named Dr. Beavers (glad she’s not my gyno!)

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Where I live there was a dentist named Dr. Payne and his office was in the Hurt building. My orthodontist was Dr. Fingeroth.

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I love it when parents name their child “Judge”. Instant respect.

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Evidently, some restaurant owners did not realize the similarity of the restaurant name they chose to an insult. For example (not unique):

http://www.honkeebbq.com/

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We knew a nurse whose last name was…bonecutter.

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We have a dentist in our area named Dr. Payne. I wouldn’t be able to bring myself to find out whether or not his name is appropriate!

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I spent a lot of time on Block Island, off the coast of Rhode Island. The doctor’s office was on Payne Street. At the time, we thought it was hysterical, but apparently Payne connected with dentists and doctors is very common!

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In the town next to ours there used to be a bakery named D!(& Fallis bakery.

I live near the Canadian border and one of the grocery store chains there is Overwaitea Foods.

I knew a Dr. named Dr. Slaughter at one time.

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@scubasue - I must be a blockhead, but I don’t get that one. Can you kindly clarify?