An unfortunate company name

So there's a tree maintenance company here in Portland that obviously and probably obliviously went with a family name, but it's so unfortunate that you have to wonder just what the hell were they thinking?

When you need a tree cut down, you call Asplundh...
































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there's a company up here called the "Weed Man".
Once upon a time they had the unfortunate pledge of "Get Great Grass!"

I used to work for a company called Maxxguard Security.... Still do some research for them occasionally... But it was owned by Frank Lax...and had recently had a renaming that resulted in much more business and lots less laughter. He had named the company after himself originally....

Far down the funny name tree stands a company I knew in my youth just outside of Baton Rouge who dealt in fishing baits called Master Bait Company.

The memory of that nondiscript plywood roadside sign still brings a chuckle.

My two favourites were Powergenitalia (Italian battery company) and Nigaz (Gazprom's Nigerian offshoot).

Neither were really well thought out.

That one's not too bad. Now, if their name was Asphukt...

You've heard the old saying, "living well is the best revenge"? Asplundh is a good example. If they're laughing, it's all the way to the bank. They're nationwide and huge.

Ayds. They where a diet candy before AIDS gained national attention in the 80's.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7935064058166993925#

Asplundh has crews in this area. I see their trucks all the time.

Huh. I had always thought Asplundh was the company that made tree cutting equipment rather than the actual service...like Caterpiller or Husqvarna.

Here, too. They do a lot of road work.

From that website:

And here I thought their only purpose was to make my driving time more difficult.

At the time of Pearl Harbor , the top US Navy command was called
CINCUS (pronounced 'sink us').

When I lived in Memphis, they would come out from time to time to trim the tree limbs away from the power lines, but wouldn't touch a limb close to the phone lines. Well, we had a willow tree with a limb that was craping over a phone line, and every year it was pulling harder and harder on the line. I knew it was just a matter of time before it broke it, but nobody would trim it because they didn't want to be responsible for breaking something. I tried the Utility company and the City engineering office. The only suggestion I got was, "calling The Phone Company".

The Phone Company? WHAT The Phone Company???

There hasn't been a The Phone Company since, like 1980?

At any rate, I never could figure out who "owned" that line, but I figured I'd done my due dilligence for when it got broken.

A few months later, Asplundahuey came out again to trim branches from the power line, and the guy in charge is like, "Damn! That limb needs to come down". and I said, "Feel free." But of course, he says, "Ooooh no way! Can't go anywhere near that limb. Liability and all."

I had figured as much and let out a mournful sigh.

Then he says, "We can take the whole tree down if you want."

Me:

"DO EEEEET!"

Funny isn't it? Do something simple? No way.

We have that company in Chicago too.


At least they didn't name it Asplung.

I read "Asplundh" and I hear "Ass Plunder", which sounds to me a lot like a bunch of Gay Pirates...in other words, a company that Volpone might own!

Volpone's going to get a special achievement award in the area of the promotion of gay awareness this year, isn't he?

Enlisted Person deserves an honorable mention in that category

I wonder how many times the security company Wackenhut was assumed to be a porn store? :santa_shocked:

I should open a porn store called Wack+nut. :santa_ok:

That took 17 posts for that lame troll to come up. You guys are slipping

Shouldn't that be "Whackin' Hut"?

My wife used to patronize Finger Hut. I think they had an outlet store in Colorado Springs when we were there.

You wonder what those guards do in those little security booths with a name like Wackenhut.