Weird Businesses In Your Area?

[Scott]

Here in South Jersey (New Jersey) we have this new business being advertised on pick-up trucks.

http://southjerseypooperscoopers.com/

Do you have a Weird Local Businesses in your area? What is it?

[Shadow]

I've noticed some of those poop scoop businesses around here, too. Is dog poop that toxic, that people need specialists to dispose of it?

[Susan]

yeah we got one of those here too, only their slogan is "too pooped to scoop? We scoop poop!"

http://www.petbutler.com/pbx/

these days, honesty, nothing suprises me. The only thing that does is why there is no kid smart enough to start a business taking people's trash (who live in apts) to the dumpster. Doorside pickup

because i'm too lazy

[CheezeFlixz]

Oh I want that on my resume' ...

Being in the south and in the country there is no need for a business like Pooper Scooper. But we do have some businesses with goof names, generally revolving around shade tree mechanic businesses.

Get-R-Done Brakes
Bubba and Earl's Transmissions and Stuff  (Actually the guys names are Bubba and Earl)
and funniest one we have is
Hump's Stump Grinding (Just sounds dirty - guys name is Humphrey and he runs a stump grinder.)

Years ago there was a hotdog stand named Peter's Wiener just sounded funny but alas Peter passed and the wieners went.

[Ash]

Here in Iowa, we have a chain of convenience stores called Kum & Go.
I've heard there are stores in other states but the majority of them are here.



They've been around since I was a kid and in my early 20's, I used to date a girl who worked the register at one.
She would always hook me and my friends up with free fountain soda.

Around here, we jokingly refer to the stores as "Jerk & Squirt"
 

[Allhallowsday]

Susan,
We have PET BUTLER here by us in Monmouth county, New Jersey (Hi Scott!)  They stop by our neighbor's house across the street. 
What a crappy job!     I have to admit that since our neighbors have four children living in their house, I'm surprised that these kids don't have to pick up their dog's waste.  These same dogs have been brought back to their house by most of the surrounding neighbors, including us, because they were running free in traffic.     I have two dogs and today, like most days ('specially in warm weather) I search the yard for landmines and pay no one to pick up dee doodoo.   

[dean]

Wow that seems extravagant, poop scooping. 

Can't think of any odd places here off the top of my head [except for the little dog, but on funny names like Ash said, there's a place called Kum Den in Chinatown in the city.  Good cheap eats, and I'm sure it makes sense, but you can't help but be immature and giggle all the same [yes, giggle...]

[Susan]

right. why PAY for someone to scoop your poop?

That's what children are for. After all, exactly WHAT are they doing to earn those allowances and ipods and mp3's and cell phones these days...mmmm?

[Scott]

Susan,
We have PET BUTLER here by us in Monmouth county, New Jersey (Hi Scott!)  They stop by our neighbor's house across the street. 
What a crappy job!    

Hello Allhallowsday ! ! ! Saying hello from the humid tick infested salty sand bar that is South Jersey.

What I liked about http://www.southjerseypooperscoopers.com/ is the the photo of the "Pooper Of The Month".

Here in Iowa, we have a chain of convenience stores called Kum & Go.
I've heard there are stores in other states but the majority of them are here.



They've been around since I was a kid and in my early 20's, I used to date a girl who worked the register at one.
She would always hook me and my friends up with free fountain soda.

Around here, we jokingly refer to the stores as "Jerk & Squirt"
 

Ash, don't please don't follow this up with Encino Man dialogue. Thank you. 

[DodgingGrunge]

I live in the southwest corner of Las Vegas.  Unlike the infamous Strip, this area is a slapdash sprinkling of ancient mom and pop stores and decaying casino-motels.

There's a local yokel dive bar called Dew Drop Inn.

There's a gentleman's club called The Library, boasting the sexiest librarians in town.

There's also an entire stripmall where businesses are named rather unambiguously:  a coffee shop called Coffee, a print shop called Copies, a tire shop called Tires / LLantas, and a general store called General Store.  Unfortunately they're adding a CVS, which kind of ruins the effect.

[CheezeFlixz]

I live in the southwest corner of Las Vegas.  Unlike the infamous Strip, this area is a slapdash sprinkling of ancient mom and pop stores and decaying casino-motels.

There's a local yokel dive bar called Dew Drop Inn.

There's a gentleman's club called The Library, boasting the sexiest librarians in town.

There's also an entire stripmall where businesses are named rather unambiguously:  a coffee shop called Coffee, a print shop called Copies, a tire shop called Tires / LLantas, and a general store called General Store.  Unfortunately they're adding a CVS, which kind of ruins the effect.

I've been to the Dew Drop Inn years ago driving across country ... wonder if it was the same one?

You should start a petition for CVS to be named "DRUGS" to preserve the community flare. 

In my po-dunk town we have a store named, oddly enough ... 'Store' and always on the front step is a dog named "Dawg" keeping a eye on things. Really it's just an eye, he has only one.

EDIT:Oh let tell you how it got to be called "Store" a guy named Wilson owned it, it's just a spot in the road general store, it was called 'Wilson's Store' Wilson hired only cute college girls to work there, one day Wilson was busted by Mrs Wilson cleaning up the back room with a college girl if you know what I mean. So Wilson and the girl split town, a guy named Smuthers bought the store. He scrapped "Wilson's" off the glass and got some of those cheap stick on letters and now it was "Smuther's Store" well one day someone scrapped off the "hers" of the name and it became the "Smut Store" this cause some talk with the seniors of the town. So inflamed Smuthers scrapped off the remaining "Smut" and all that was left was "Store" and he never added his name back again. He still runs the store and folks still say "Be right back, gonna run up to the Smut Store and get a sandwich." Which by the way still hires cute college girls .. adding to the whole Smut Store theme.

[Derf]

In a nearby town there used to be a business called Ray's Hair Salon & Car Wash. Unfortunately, the last time I drove through that town, it was gone. It was apparently run by the town's only out-of-the-closet homosexuals, but it did stay open for several years, so I guess the townspeople weren't too bigoted. I also once got a computer monitor fixed at a place whose name I can't exactly remember, but it was something like Joe's (I don't remember the owner's name) Computer Repair and Lawn Maintenance. It didn't stay in business very long.

[Shadow]

In the small town I lived in a few years ago, there was a place that advertised "Chinese Take Out and Donuts." I never had the guts to try either.

[Scott]

Kum N Go commercial.

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kOnrfIDT_Y&mode=related&search=

Interviewing Kum N Go employee.

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54_3EiYKLcM

[Allhallowsday]

"All employees must wash hands . . . " 

I...i...I feel dizzy...