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Title: The worst-named business in history?
Post by: rhombus on March 05, 2017, 08:20:48 PM
While I was driving through Chicago on the way back from a job interview I saw, um... this...

(https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2359/2439465701_787cfe1a33_b.jpg)
Title: The worst-named business in history?
Post by: WeirdRaptor on March 05, 2017, 08:40:42 PM
:huh:  :o  :sducky
Oh... oh, my... Ahem. I see... Huh, well... Uh. I wish I had something clever to say to this, but anything I tried could not compare to the image itself.
Title: The worst-named business in history?
Post by: Nick22 on March 05, 2017, 08:49:31 PM
we should have gone with Benito instead.
Title: The worst-named business in history?
Post by: vonboy on March 05, 2017, 09:07:53 PM
Like I told Rhombus earlier. I honestly don't know whether I should be laughing at this or be disgusted by it. Both, I guess?
Title: The worst-named business in history?
Post by: ADFan185 on March 05, 2017, 10:36:46 PM
That's a interesting name to name a establishment
Title: The worst-named business in history?
Post by: Chomper98 on March 06, 2017, 12:46:06 AM
Wow. Just Wow. :blink:
Title: The worst-named business in history?
Post by: ADFan185 on March 06, 2017, 03:53:39 AM
Not a smart choice if you ask me
Title: The worst-named business in history?
Post by: Littlefoot fan 1990 on June 16, 2017, 02:26:33 PM
....what? naming a funeral home after a dictator? I find that pretty disturbing.
Title: The worst-named business in history?
Post by: pokeplayer984 on June 16, 2017, 04:10:28 PM
Okay, so there are laws as to what you can name a child.  Are there laws as to what you can name an establishment?  If not, it's no wonder the guy could get away with this.
Title: The worst-named business in history?
Post by: rhombus on July 10, 2017, 01:28:48 AM
Quote from: pokeplayer984,Jun 16 2017 on  03:10 PM
Okay, so there are laws as to what you can name a child.  Are there laws as to what you can name an establishment?  If not, it's no wonder the guy could get away with this.
It was named in the 1880s by an ancestor that was named Adolf.  That being said, you would imagine that they would have changed the name during World War 2.
Title: The worst-named business in history?
Post by: landbeforetimelover on July 10, 2017, 06:08:53 PM
I see nothing wrong with this.  Adolf is a normal name.  Now if they named it Adolf HITLER, then that would be bad.  But why should a business be forced to change it's name?  I'm sure they're very proud of their ancestor.  Just because some horrible dictator happened to share the same name doesn't mean that they should dishonor their ancestor and change the name of their business.
Title: The worst-named business in history?
Post by: Petrie on November 12, 2017, 11:18:19 PM
I couldn't stop laughing after I read this.  What a bad set of circumstance, and they weren't even trying to do this in poor taste either.  What were the chances of that happening when the business was created?

We could sing the "Bad Luck" song right now I suppose.
Title: Re: The worst-named business in history?
Post by: chomper94 on April 28, 2022, 09:46:50 PM
Well this building definitely aged well…