Lets make the world a little weirder. Give your best idea for strange stores or shops or whatever

There's a dog groomer in my old town called "Bark n Fitz"

I don't watch broadcast TV or listen to commercial radio, mostly because I can feel my IQ dropping every time they play another mattress store ad (seriously, how much profit is there in a typical mattress, and how many does the average person buy in a week?) shouting at me in a voice more appropriate for directing field maneuvers than wishing someone a good night's sleep. So at one point I came up with the idea for a military-themed mattress superstore called Mattress Fortress. 

The ad copy will be shouted by a demented, dime-store R. Lee Ermy wannabe over a soundtrack of mortars and small arms fire:

"It's an artillery barrage of savings at Mattress Fortress! Come on down and endure a surplus of savings!  Fight off insomnia with these combat-ready mattresses from Simmons! Serta! and Sealy!  And if you're some kind of European weirdo, we've got Tempur-Pedic too!  Strap on your flak jacket and endure punishing rebates on all Sleep Number products!  And through the end of October, fall into our Fall Foxhole Spectacular!  It's a ground assault of values, only at Mattress Fortress!"

In reply to DarkMonohue :

Our high school had a mattress fundraiser- I thought it was odd but my wife didn't see the goofiness in it all.  They raised almost $7000.   
 

ShawnG said:

There's a dog groomer in my old town called "Bark n Fitz"

My aunts owned a dog grooming store called Dog Gonn'it

In reply to Datsun310Guy :

Yeah, that's a little weird. But then we used to raffle off a side of beef in Little League.  Selling a chance to win one half of an animal carcass is probably at least as goofy as selling a piece of furniture.

My wife and I were out somewhere and saw a young lady dressed in a very inappropriate outfit. It was basically a cross between a hooker and drag queen. We wondered were somebody would buy clothes like that and we assumed that it would be at a store called "Sluts R Us".

Now when we're out and about and we see a vacant store front we debate the merits if it would be a good location for a "Sluts R Us" franchise.

When gathering history on a pet, I ask about parasite control, both flea and heartworm.
 

For years I've been saying that I would like to market a topical flea control product named after a frequent response to that part of my question. "We use that stuff."

That's the name, and since whatever they're calling "That Stuff" doesn't work for more than a week, I don't have to worry about whether it's effective.

 I imagine this conversation: "I'm going to the store."

"Max kept me awake scratching last night. While you're out, pick up some of that stuff."
 

Later: what did she say to buy? Oh, here it is, That Stuff!

A store that just sells stuff like this would be great:

jimbob_racing said:

My wife and I were out somewhere and saw a young lady dressed in a very inappropriate outfit. It was basically a cross between a hooker and drag queen. We wondered were somebody would buy clothes like that and we assumed that it would be at a store called "Sluts R Us".

 

Now when we're out and about and we see a vacant store front we debate the merits if it would be a good location for a "Sluts R Us" franchise.

 

I was visiting Mom this weekend, her husband, my brother in law and his son in law all ride motorcycles.  She's about 30-45 minutes north of Daytona.  
This weekend was also Biketober fest, for all the Harley riders from the nearest four countries.  Of course we all wandered down there to see what was what.

Sluts R Us would have made bank from what I saw.  Very little of it did I want to see.

In reply to ProDarwin :

My single upvote feels so inadequate. 

In reply to Floating Doc (Forum Supporter) :

You'd probably like this one:

ProDarwin said:

A store that just sells stuff like this would be great:

I think Archie McPhee has you covered. 

In reply to Toyman! :

First place I played paintball was basically this, but only 6 stories. They had games that took a whole floor, some spanned 3 floors. inside were sheds, most of a twin engine airplane, barriers, etc. It was AMAZING. I think it was called splatball city, or maybe paintball city. Downtown Detroit. 

In reply to DrBoost :

Yes! That place was great! There was a smaller one in Pontiac that was good too.

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NY Nick said:

ShawnG said:

There's a dog groomer in my old town called "Bark n Fitz"

My aunts owned a dog grooming store called Dog Gonn'it

There's a dog rescue organization in Minnesota called Ruff Start.

If you didn't just smile, you're a horrible, horrible person. 

There's always this classic.

-Rob