Names for Things: The Debatable Best

Water fixes everything. Hot water from a shower, anyway. I am, right now, clean and warm. Now I can smell the rat cage. Hm.

Thanks to one and all who participated in the Names for Things thread. You gave everyone at the Atelier belly laughs, and made each other's days, too. NICE.

Home Despot was a surprisingly popular one. For no reason, I thought I was the only one who called it that. Taco Bell had the expected Taco Hell. There were some real gems in the answers, though, and here are my faves:

miwasatoshi "Black An(g)us (from a friend who used to work there, natch), Booger Fling (Burger King),"

[Unknown site tag][Bad username or unknown identity: "]Kentucky Fried Chicken becomes 'KFC and CPR!' (shamelessly stolen from David Letterman)"

iamdollface
"There is a local pet supplies chain called 'Furry Paws' or 'Friendly Paws' that we can never remember the exact name of. Garbled cellphone calls to pick up cat food would result in names like Dirty Paws, Skanky Paws, Ugly Paws, Scary Paws"

mattg
"In North Dallas, there's a combination KFC/Taco Bell/Pizza Hut that I call Kentacohut."

joncwriter
"Yank-Me Candle"

sclerotic_rings
"My ex-wife used to refer to Barnes & Noble as 'Barnes & Chernobyl', but that was because she wasn't thrilled that the bookstore that she used to work for was nicknamed 'Frumpy Fiftysomething's Used Books And Quiet Desperation Emporium.'"

ndgmtlcd
"When people around here (Quebec) don't know how to pronounce English much it comes out as 'diarrhée Queen,' very fast. It sounds a bit like diarrhea (yup, it really is the same stuff) but said faster because we don't have to pronounce an 'a' at the end. So, it's the same 'sound' length as 'Dairy.' Great for singalongs with the commercials."

dlphntat
"If you recall the old General Cinema chain, when I was working there, it became 'General Enema'"

bookiekat
"My husband always calls Red Lobster 'Dead Lobster' "

girlwithoutfear
"The combo of Taco Bell and KFC= Cluck n Hell
Reece's Pieces=Reece's Feces
McDonald's Big n Tasty=Big n Nasty
A local buffet place, Barnhill's=Barnswill's because it sucks"

Back to work.