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  • AddamXavier, on 02/20/2008, -1/+11dugg for "killer for hire" that spells out the last for number of the phone for no apparent reason
    • tidu, on 02/20/2008, -0/+2It's secret killer-for-hire and people-searching-for-killers-for-hire code. Law enforcement can't decipher it
      • bitcloud, on 02/20/2008, -0/+3"Sisco tango, do you read? need a trace on the following number:
        1 8 0 0 7 9 3 Foxtrot, Oscar, Uniform, Romeo"
    • themastersb, on 02/20/2008, -0/+6I wish they didn't make "I" look like "l" on most fonts.
    • ross., on 02/20/2008, -0/+1I think the story is if you're smart enough to read the word and figure out which numbers they represent on your phone, then you're obviously intelligent enough to make a life or death decision and take someones life.
    • yoshman, on 02/20/2008, -1/+098 cents for gas? How freaking long ago was that taken?
      • cawpin, on 02/20/2008, -1/+1I paid 73 cents in 2001 where I'm from in central Indiana. It wasn't that long ago.
  • meshman, on 02/20/2008, -2/+19What's wrong with "Brick Furniture"? One of the biggest furniture chains in Canada is "The Brick".
    • Shadownix, on 02/20/2008, -1/+0The building is made of bricks. I guess it looks like the furniture you buy is made out of bricks.
    • mackdaddy187, on 02/20/2008, -0/+2The Brick sucks, buy from Leon's.
    • hayuitsme, on 02/23/2008, -0/+0Buy from the Brick and you'll still be paying when the junk is in the landfill
  • jeimus, on 02/20/2008, -0/+12No picture, but read the description for BJ services:
    http://www.bjservices.com/website/GBLocator.nsf
    • lougoose, on 02/20/2008, -0/+5BJ Services Company is a leading provider of pressure pumping services worldwide.
      Not a good way to start off.
    • psykiv, on 02/20/2008, -0/+2Lotus software FTL!
      On another note, my dad's company is in that same business and they also use Lotus software. Kind of interesting.
  • hdar3415, on 02/20/2008, -0/+4We used to have a car lot here called, Crook Brothers Used Cars.
  • oreonblade, on 02/20/2008, -1/+15Unbaweavable.
  • bstockwell, on 02/20/2008, -0/+2Tom Raper doesn't even own Tom Raper RVs anymore
    • cawpin, on 02/20/2008, -1/+1No, he does not. It's still an awesome name, though. I remember the commercials.
  • talonstriker, on 02/20/2008, -0/+26No wonder the gas costs $98 at Kum & Go.
    • Iamironman, on 02/20/2008, -0/+1I just wanna know whats for sale at T & A co.
    • walkingdogs, on 02/20/2008, -0/+2What's even better about Kum & Go are their mottoes. "We go all out" and "Always something extra"
  • dsully215, on 02/20/2008, -0/+34Is anyone else intrigued by "Stuff Mart"?
    • BTConan, on 02/20/2008, -0/+10Who wouldn't be? They've got some real good stuff.
    • ConeOfSilence, on 02/20/2008, -0/+1that one made me LOL the hardest.
  • SwimGeek0607, on 02/20/2008, -5/+0"Killer-For-Hire 747-One, Two, Three, Four"

    Gets me every time. Old but still good.
  • farrell13, on 02/20/2008, -0/+12How could they not include TeaBaggers? http://tinyurl.com/2qo2jz
  • rlzzld, on 02/20/2008, -0/+1We have a chinese food place around here named Tung's Garden.
    They have pretty good food if you can get past the name.
  • PatNolan, on 02/20/2008, -2/+1We have a law firm here named: Dull and Lowe. Swear to God. Dull and Lowe .

    They need another lawyer Mr. Down. Lowe, Down and Dull attorneys at law.
  • undersky, on 02/20/2008, -1/+6What happen when you put 300 Spartans on a plane?
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVzLqGrLDA0
  • UtahApocalyse, on 02/20/2008, -0/+2Dead Goat is no longer there. The LDS Church finally bought that block as well and removed them.
  • lougoose, on 02/20/2008, -0/+1What about this one?:
    http://flickr.com/photos/funfred/854177011/
  • ryanaz3, on 02/20/2008, -0/+18These remind me of Tobias' business card:

    Tobias Funke
    Analrapist
    • tdogg241, on 02/20/2008, -0/+2It's not really the pronunciation that bothers me.
    • 4LeggedtriPod, on 02/20/2008, -0/+1Damn! Beat me to the Tobias reference.
  • EmitStop, on 02/20/2008, -0/+2I have actually been to Stupid Prices. They are a like a Liquidation store
    • otakushark, on 02/20/2008, -0/+1If it's the same chain I've seen in California, they're operated by Costco, the big warehouse chain. They use them to get rid of old stock.
  • yoda17, on 02/20/2008, -0/+1In between Nairobi, KY and Moshi, TZ is the Golden Showers Hotel. I wish I would have had my camera ready as we drove past.
    • nepalikakro, on 02/20/2008, -0/+0You should have stopped and told the manager, "Urine need of a name change!"

      (duck)
  • Awspire, on 02/20/2008, -7/+2The best one I ever saw was shown on Americas Funniest Videos. It was the name of a lawyer firm, which went something like:

    Dewie, Chetum, & Howe
    • nepalikakro, on 02/20/2008, -0/+0It's Dewey, Cheatham & Howe. That's the name of the fake law firm of the Tappet Brothers (Car Talk - a radio show on NPR) and is displayed in their window in Harvard Square.
      • ronmexico, on 02/21/2008, -0/+1It's older than that. I believe they used it in an episode of The Three Stooges.
  • CTK14A, on 02/20/2008, -0/+1I've yet to take the picture, but I live 5 blocks from "Fabulous Meat City."
  • rluna559, on 02/20/2008, -1/+2I know the Donuts and Chinese food may seem odd, but I see places like that all over California.
  • fuerte, on 02/20/2008, -2/+0I love the dead goat!
  • woofers07, on 02/20/2008, -0/+6They have Kum and Go's in Montana, it pisses me off everytime I see them when I go back home to visit. I mean seriously, who thought that was okay? Why not 'Come and Go' nothin wrong with that. I would have loved to be sitting in the room when the marketing team suggested that name, It's a chain just like ampm, so a fairly large amount of thought had to go into it, with multiple people okaying it. WTF?

    /end rant
    • Awspire, on 02/20/2008, -1/+2"I would have loved to be sitting in the room when the marketing team suggested that name"

      The derogatory reference is typically spelled with a 'C', and their slogan is spelled with a 'K', so I'd say they were well aware of its slang, hence their modified spelling. Though, I still would have gone with something else as a slogan.
    • PatNolan, on 02/20/2008, -0/+2And the name predated your twisted thoughts.
    • tanside, on 02/20/2008, -0/+3here's an answer to the spelling of the name, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kum_%26_Go
    • sloppjyoe890, on 02/20/2008, -0/+0Do you want to know Kum and Go's company slogan?

      "We go all out"
      let your mind wander on that.
  • hobbitsareneat, on 02/20/2008, -1/+2I love Mandells Shooting Supplies that has a picture of a teddy bear holding a syringe.
    • hartley, on 02/20/2008, -0/+2That syringe is a gun.
    • spritom, on 02/20/2008, -0/+1I've been to Mandell's several times. They closed up shop a couple years ago.
      • cawpin, on 02/20/2008, -1/+1They did? *****, I thought they were still there. Dammit.
  • elizabethb221, on 02/20/2008, -0/+2Kum & Go is allllllll over Oklahoma.
    • sloppjyoe890, on 02/20/2008, -1/+0I see there is another oklahoma digg user. I thought i was the only one who admitted it. I live in coweta oklahoma, and during the summer my friends and i would spend all night hanging out in front of kum and go.
    • nepalikakro, on 02/20/2008, -0/+0Even the hair?
  • Nobiting, on 02/20/2008, -1/+3The bunghole place is real, I took this picture about 3 months ago when I was there. http://img184.imageshack.us/img184/8113/1115071143 ...
  • ShooterMcGavin, on 02/20/2008, -0/+1Why does the Mental Floss server seem to crap out at even the slightest provocation?
  • scarz99, on 02/20/2008, -0/+7I shop at Stupid Prices all the time...screw 99 cent stores.
  • N1HF, on 02/20/2008, -2/+0There is a place in Logansport Louisiana called "Morning Glory Yoga"

    No lie.
  • scotishstriker, on 02/20/2008, -1/+0there is a stupid prices right down the road, it is a good place for the small electronics occasionally. there are so manythings in the store that are overpriced like a greatest hit xbox360 game was $45.
  • jgarland79, on 02/20/2008, -0/+1I just bought a Boat from Tom Raper RV, and I don't think I got raped.. I got a pretty decent deal, and on my way there I drove past that "Eat here & Get Gas" sign... I've driven past it hundreds of times. I only thought it was funny the first time I saw it, but not funny enough to take a picture.
  • adooga, on 02/20/2008, -0/+7I AM CORNHOLIO!
    I NEED TP FOR MY BUNGHOLE!
  • Jordan117, on 02/20/2008, -0/+1There's a hairdresser's shop in my grandparents' town called "JUDY'S CURL UP AND DYE".
  • reparsed, on 02/20/2008, -0/+1Rifle Range Baptist Church
    http://yellowpages.aol.com/business/rifle-range-ba ...
  • b8765g, on 02/20/2008, -0/+1There's a "Gaynor's Express Lube" about a mile from my house.
    http://www.dexknows.com/detailssearch.ds;jsessioni ...
  • StratoStreak, on 02/20/2008, -0/+1Pho Bich Nga in Vancouver, BC

    http://www.arthurhungry.com/pictures/jan04/phobich ...
  • BrianCarlstrom, on 02/20/2008, -1/+1Here is another one: "Anu's laser hair removal"
    http://digg.com/people/This_is_for_real_Anu_s_lase ...
  • Puffles, on 02/20/2008, -0/+10Yum Mee is actually a GREAT name for a Chinese restaurant.
    • Lythium, on 02/20/2008, -0/+1There's a Yumi-Yumi around here, too.
  • guackfoster, on 02/20/2008, -0/+1I've been to Bunghole Liquors in Salem; got a shirt that says "Bunghole is not a dirty word".
  • Antimatt, on 02/20/2008, -0/+1Here in Phoenix, nestled among the Chinese businesses at 43rd and Olive, is "Rhino Crap". I'm am thoroughly confused by that one.
    • cawpin, on 02/20/2008, -1/+1It is apparently a racing store. I live here but I've never heard of it.
  • bobartig, on 02/20/2008, -0/+1We used to live near the Bunghole liquors posted above. My friend, who lived in peabody was throwing a party, and The last step in directions to his house were "if you drive past Bunghole Liquors, you've gone too far"
  • yeahclick, on 02/20/2008, -1/+1Kum & Go- Better known as Ejaculate and Evacuate.
    • sloppjyoe890, on 02/20/2008, -0/+0"Jizz and Evade" "Splooge and lose" "Off and out". we've thought of them all.
  • KaJuN4, on 02/20/2008, -1/+3How come Sofa King didn't make this list? Their prices are Sofa King low it's unbelievable!
  • makerandcreator, on 02/20/2008, -0/+2Kum & Go gas -- 98 cent for gas; when was this, 1999?
    • tanside, on 02/20/2008, -0/+2Kum & Go, Sperm & Split, Came & Went, whatever you wanna call it i want those gas prices back!
    • cawpin, on 02/20/2008, -1/+1I paid 73 cents in 2001. It isn't that long ago, people.
      • tanside, on 02/21/2008, -0/+173 cents for what in 2001? if you meant gasoline, and you mean 73 cents American, you must have lived in a special place where gasoline was half off for 2001 then.
  • littlejoe, on 02/20/2008, -0/+8Those TOM RAPER RV'S signs are everywhere along I-70. There is a 1 mile stretch of road that has 5 of those billboards in a row. You cant help but go "seriously?!?" every time you drive past. There is even one that says "TOM RAPER RV'S: FREE HOT DOGS!"
  • Locke23, on 02/20/2008, -0/+2Dude, I don't care what the name is... did i read 98c?
  • fredmv, on 02/20/2008, -0/+1I've seen The Bunghole before in Salem, MA and always thought it was a pretty ridiculous name.
  • benitojuarez, on 02/20/2008, -0/+2I guess people just dont realize that bunghole has been in use for hundreds of years its a old tymey name for a pressure release valve on the barrels that liquor is aged/stored in. They just remember beavis and butthead called each other bungholes as an insult back in the day and laugh like idiots.
    • hartley, on 02/20/2008, -0/+2Yeah, that was stated in the article.
      • benitojuarez, on 02/20/2008, -0/+1yeah but how many people actually read the article, I looked at the pictures but personally i dont recall that info being in the article.
  • digihoffa, on 02/20/2008, -2/+1goddamit babyman another lame post. and woot for moby's :)
  • spineaches, on 02/20/2008, -1/+1im afraid i have to say this... LAME
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