Business Ideas that Somehow Failed

  • Geriatric City
    Quality housing for older citizens that couldn’t attract retirees, despite the mirrored bedroom ceilings, the hot tubs, the adjacent burial plots and other amenities.
  • Pump and Hump
    A Nevada brothel that offered self-service gasoline to its customers.
  • Sticky Wickets
    Pre-owned erotica for sale at attractive discount prices.
  • Hair and Now
    Fast, inexpensive hair replacement using cat fur and thumb tacks.
  • Paradise Lost and Found
    A gynecological clinic franchise specializing in “50,000 mile tune-ups”.
  • UNIX for Hire
    A computer consulting firm that just couldn’t build a long-term customer base.
  • In the Closet
    A line of closet organizers that never caught on with young marrieds and new homeowners.
  • Scratch and Sniff
    A new medication for hemorrhoids…available in all your favorite fragrances.