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nads
03-08-2004, 12:31 AM
This post is not a joke, only the title is, but the rest is real...

I am restarting a company I had before but sold. Here's how it works. You have a dog or cat, some pet that poops. You also have more money than you have desire to clean the poop. That's where I come in. For a fee, I come by your house once, or twice a week, scoop your dog poop, and clean your cat box. That's it, easiest business in the world. I've done this before and was making about $1000.00 a month for 12 hours worth of work per week. Soooo, here's the thing, I can't think up a name for it. That's where you all come in. If your name is chosen as the name I use for my business, you will receive 1 human unit of your choi... wait, no, that was Bills' post, how about this, I'll pay for your gold account for 1 month.

Now here's the criteria.

1. The name has to suggest the nature of the business
For example, there's companies out there doing the same thing with names such as The Daily Scoop, Poo Nanny, Dog's Best Friend, Pup Patrol. All of these names are light hearted in nature, have a ring to them, are short, and suggest the nature of their business.

2. The name can't already be used as a name for an existing company of the same tpye of business
For obvious reasons, so the names given in #1 are examples only, and are already taken.

3. The shorter the better
"The Uberest Bestest R0x0rest Sexiest pooper scooper you ever laid your eyes on" is a good name, and very fitting for me, but it's not something people remember easily.

4. Profanity
Poop and such words are definately allowed, and encouraged. Shit is where we have to draw the line. Most of my customers are old rich white ladies. Think about your grandma, if she wouldn't say the name, it's over the line.

2 names I am already considering are Fresh Pets and Fresh Paws. I just need something with a ring to it though.

As I said before, I will pay for gold membership for 1 month for the person whose idea is chosen.

plusminus
03-08-2004, 03:40 AM
heyyy, I live near rich white ladies, I don't mind scooping pet crap...

erm, anyhow, for your business, how about the name "Poop-Away" or even "Pet Poop-Away". It's snappy and it's got a lovely double-meaning to it. And a hyphen.

Wurtil
03-08-2004, 08:46 AM
The Dark Lord would suggest something along the lines of
"Poopa Troopa" (or Pooper Trooper, as long as the point is made across). Again, light-hearted and to the point, this name also suggests that the extraction of feces from said paying customers home will be done with military like precision. Plus, little old rich ladies will almost always pay extra for a man in a good camo uniform.

Your friendly neighborhood Dark Lord,
Wurtil

Snarr
03-08-2004, 10:27 AM
Originally posted by Wurtil
The Dark Lord would suggest something along the lines of
"Poopa Troopa" (or Pooper Trooper, as long as the point is made across). Again, light-hearted and to the point, this name also suggests that the extraction of feces from said paying customers home will be done with military like precision. Plus, little old rich ladies will almost always pay extra for a man in a good camo uniform.

Your friendly neighborhood Dark Lord,
Wurtil

-=LOL=-
I like it!
Got a ring to it!

Jeffery
03-08-2004, 11:04 AM
"Pooper Scoopers" They poop it, we scoop it. No job too small, no poop too big.

Hans and Frans SNL Commercial
"We're here to scoop you up!"

Punishment Co.
03-08-2004, 01:18 PM
I agree.

meletus
03-08-2004, 01:45 PM
"Cleaner Greens"
We take the crap out of you life.

sorry had too.

Rescorlian
03-08-2004, 01:54 PM
Damn rights you had too, after all who better to make a suggestion for such a job.... :D

Hashish_Scout
03-08-2004, 02:04 PM
So far, I have preliminary (paper, iow :)) logos for the following names:

-Yard Defender
-Yard Yankee
-Poopa Scoopa
-Poop Guard
-Lawn Guard
-Lawn Guardian
-Poop Shield

This is kind of a weird thinking up pleasant and catchy words for "shit picker-upper"

Poop Shield looks the best to me when I made a logo for it, but I can finagle a logo out of whatever name you choose on this poll.

meletus
03-08-2004, 02:08 PM
Lawn Guardian.
Makes the most sense.. IMHO

Probably don't actually want the word poop in yor company name. Although it gets the point across and it is up to you.

nads
03-09-2004, 11:20 PM
Wow, you guys came up with some really good ones. There's 3 I could have seriously used, but one that stood out by far and away. In fact, I like it so much that yes, I will name my company Pooper Trooper. It has ring, it tells the nature of my business, and, perhaps most importantly, it has an obviously useable theme. I think my logo should have a cartoon dog wearing some sort of military uniform and carrying a poop scoop. I can see using it on shirts, hats, frisbees and whatnot too. It's absolutely perfect! So, a great heartfelt thank you to all who offered suggestions, and will I need to know from Wurtil what name and server he would like golded.


Originally posted by Wurtil
The Dark Lord would suggest something along the lines of
"Poopa Troopa" (or Pooper Trooper, as long as the point is made across). Again, light-hearted and to the point, this name also suggests that the extraction of feces from said paying customers home will be done with military like precision. Plus, little old rich ladies will almost always pay extra for a man in a good camo uniform.

Your friendly neighborhood Dark Lord,
Wurtil

Wurtil
03-09-2004, 11:57 PM
Gold account? Meh, I wasn't really interested in the reward in the first place as much as the thrill of trying to think of exciting names for a company such as this. You can keep the prize, for Wurtil rarely gets a chance to even come to these boards, let alone actually play TAO. However, if you do happen to ever make free hats or frisbees with the words "Pooper Trooper" on them, then you can definetly count the Dark Lord in on that action. Until then, just know that someone has been helped is enough to bring a smile to this Dark Lord's face. (wait, am I getting soft?) I mean. . . BACK TO WORKS SLAVES, BWAHAHAHAHAHA!

Your friendly neighborhood Dark Lord,
Wurtil

nads
03-10-2004, 12:14 AM
Dang, my reward was turned down! I was really going to do it too. Well, as I PM'd you, I don't have a timeline for hats yet, but I will probably have some shirts printed within the next few weeks and you will receive one if you'd like. That was really cool of you! What part of the world/country do you live in anyways?

Bob Marley
03-10-2004, 02:39 PM
Would you like to buy a logo? :p ($, not TAO membership)

meletus
03-10-2004, 10:13 PM
http://www.poopertrooper.net/movie.swf

a real company in Seattle.. Has lots of good press and advertising.. just not a good website.

Also here is a good bunch of links to other dogpile removers:
http://www.puppysites.com/waste.html

And this just reminds me of my avatar:
http://www.whatsbetter.com/display.pyt?item=34574

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03-10-2004, 10:32 PM
CRAPPER SCRAPPER