Reader Tim Long sent in this photo taken in Harrisburg, North Carolina, the latest installment in our collection of odd pairs. Alas, the strange bedfellows didn’t work out: Long tells us that the insurance office has since moved and Aggressive Motoring has closed up shop. (Remember to send your own FREAK Shots here.)
Photo: Tim Long
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My first thought on seeing this was that “Dan Nied” makes me think of denied. Terrible name for an insurance salesman.
What a horrible name for an insurance agent!
I don’t have a picture… I kept intending to take one but have since moved away. In Lincoln, Nebraska a bait shop and a sushi bar share a window in a strip shopping center. Every time I saw that I said… “I always suspected”.
The last name is prounouced “Need”…what a great agent!
A friend in need is a friend indeed!
When I first saw the insurance agent’s name, I read it as ‘Nan Died’!
Maybe I should go and get my eyes checked.
@Andy
I saw the same as well: “Nan Died”. Perhaps Mr. Nied should reconsider the layout of his future signage.
Hopefully he is also careful to avoid:
D. Nied
Insurance for Auto, Home, Life
(Sorry, Pal!)
I’m sure many others suspect it’s pronounced nyed…