/diy/ - Do It Yourself

Life has blessed me enough that I live alone in a small house on a little bit of land with some I am able to develop. I've thought about this for a long while, and I've made up my mind to build a small farm. I've chosen vermiculture: worm farming. I'll sell nightcrawlers for fishing and chicken feed, and the "black gold" soil they produce I will sell as fertilized soil for gardening and growing potted plants.

Now, I've realized I'm in a position to nearly perfectly recreate the "Sneed's Feed and Seed" Simpsons gag which has become a popular meme, hence my dilemma. I'm not sure if I should do that or not.

My last name (Selwyn) means and translates directly to "Wild." So I thought of a few simple business names like "Wild's Worms," "Selwyn's Wigglers," "Selwyn's Squigglers," "Wild's Wigglers," etc.

I could name it "Wild's Worm & Dirt."

I have an ancestor who was known commonly by the name "Squire." So my signage could read "Wild's Worm and Dirt (Formerly Squire's). This is a sex gag, much like "(formerly Chuck's)." In this case, the joke is "Squire's Squirm and Squirt."

However, in this case, it offers a layer of plausible deniability if the gag alteration follows the same as The Simpsons', by using the name Squire to establish a rhyme scheme. With that, it would be "Squire's Wire and Dire." This very nearly works for the business idea, since I will sell bait to fishers. "Wire" could be affixing a lure to a line. "Dire" could be the impending fate of the prey (fish).

Here's why I hesitate: I am going to sell worms and dirt to clientele who will be mostly good old boys who have never left the country, and boomers who care a great deal about how the flowers and bushes in their front yard look. Neither of these types are the sort to know about 4chan memes.

I'm talking about naming an upcoming financial venture after an inside joke that none of my clients are likely to get.

What do you think? What would you do?

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