Comments on: My favorite logo for a pest exterminating company

By: Halloween_Jack

Halloween_Jack — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 03:06:00 +0000

Done in one.

By: L_Mariachi

L_Mariachi — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 00:27:00 +0000

There’s a renowned store on the Lower East Side of NYC called Russ and Daughters. They sell caviar and smoked fish and such. It was on an episode of Louie. The “and Daughters” here is a little more unusual due to the nature of the profession. It’s more commonly seen in (for lack of a better word) “daintier” businesses. The first relevant hits for “and daughters” are an interior design firm, the aforementioned Russ, a sprout farm, and a shopping consultancy, whatever that is. (YMMV, Google seems to be prioritizing local results for me.)

By: Donald Petersen

Donald Petersen — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 00:01:00 +0000

Another bit of anecdotal evidence to reinforce the idea that I didn’t grow up in the most progressive part of California, it’s true.

When I was a kid, my favorite primetime TV show was Sanford and Son, more for the junkyard than anything else (I still love junkyards), and ever since then I wondered why so few daughters elected to join the family business, or at least advertise thus, even late in the 20th century.

(On a side note, I assume someone here has seen the British original, Steptoe and Son. Was it any good?)

Suddenly I’m thinking of an all-female reboot of Sanford and Daughter. All-female except for Uncle Ernest. And now my mind is blowing itself.

By: Antinous / Moderator

Antinous / Moderator — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 21:39:00 +0000

There was a store in SF when I moved there in the 70s called Ann and Daughters. Mission Street, maybe.

By: Donald Petersen

Donald Petersen — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 17:44:00 +0000

Ditto. I’ve been waiting a lifetime to see that, and honestly, this is the first time I’ve come across it.

By: Ipo

Ipo — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 14:32:00 +0000

I was stunned by the sites advanced design.
Turning on scripts for Wix (German for cum), facebook and CloudFront before seeing ANYTHING.

By: Ipo

Ipo — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 14:18:00 +0000

I like pie.

By: Alan Graham

Alan Graham — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 12:06:00 +0000

The pest control firm I use in Portland OR is called The Killers. “We Kill Em, Not Control Em.”

By: Sheryl Westleigh

Sheryl Westleigh — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 09:36:00 +0000

Me too.

By: Itsumishi

Itsumishi — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 04:38:00 +0000

That episode is brilliant. Just watched it again.

By: Robert

Robert — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 04:11:00 +0000

Sad testicles?

By: pjcamp

pjcamp — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 02:47:00 +0000

Also, nothing about weird logos could possibly be complete without a reference to Mr. Sparkle from the Simpsons.

http://simpsons.wikia.com/wiki/Mr._Sparkle

By: pjcamp

pjcamp — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 02:45:00 +0000

Not sure I’d trust an exterminator who thinks termites have four (or eight) legs.

By: oasisob1

oasisob1 — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 02:32:00 +0000

BB should feature this.

By: rattypilgrim

rattypilgrim — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 02:14:00 +0000

I think the wonderful part is …”and Daughters”.

By: Ping Kee

Ping Kee — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 01:35:00 +0000

I’ve seen this logo in Hong Kong a few times and have always thought it one of the best.

FYI, the company is now called Yamato (sans Space Battleship…).

By: morcheeba

morcheeba — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 01:18:00 +0000

My favorite logo … kuroneko, a japanese shipping company.

By: Warren_Terra

Warren_Terra — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 00:22:00 +0000

“four-legged”? Given the apparent bends in the legs, I’m assuming you can see the animal’s four left legs, and it likely has eight.

By: David Weintraub

David Weintraub — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 00:03:00 +0000

What do you expect from a website done entirely in Flash? You don’t have Flash, you see only the box on the bottom of the page telling you to upgrade Flash. Strange considering how static this page is.

Stuff on this page points to Wix.com. Wix.com claims to use “Advanced HTML5 Technology” to help build your “Free Stunning Website”.

By: David Peverley

David Peverley — Sun, 18 Nov 2012 22:48:00 +0000

If you like that, I suspect you’d very much like Mr Scruff’s work!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJQ2jKvPjHI

By: Kevin Pierce

Kevin Pierce — Sun, 18 Nov 2012 22:13:00 +0000

I came to comments to mention Western Exterminator and you beat me to it. See image.

By: Rand HOPPE

Rand HOPPE — Sun, 18 Nov 2012 21:56:00 +0000

Hoboken Exterminators has been such a classic, that the Hoboken Historical Museum sells their shirts now...

By: Antinous / Moderator

Antinous / Moderator — Sun, 18 Nov 2012 21:51:00 +0000

Sad peanut.

By: johndavidstutts

johndavidstutts — Sun, 18 Nov 2012 21:50:00 +0000

They killed mr peanut!!!!!!

By: L_Mariachi

L_Mariachi — Sun, 18 Nov 2012 21:23:00 +0000

Cute, but it’s no Western Exterminator. (Which I always suspected was drawn by Joost Swarte, but no, it was “telephone company artist Vaughn Kaufman” in 1931.) (On an unrelated note, my favorite muffler logo.)

By: Glippiglop

Glippiglop — Sun, 18 Nov 2012 21:17:00 +0000

Bug? My first thought on landing on the front page was ‘hairy testicles’, but I guess that’s just me.

By: Jeremy LaGant

Jeremy LaGant — Sun, 18 Nov 2012 19:54:00 +0000

I’m thinking that is the work of one of the younger daughters. Good stuff.