Chu's - more than you can eat
either that or I'll stick with "Getting Pissed Off Licence"
― k chu, Wednesday, 26 November 2003 16:01 (twenty years ago) link
Fabric shop on Brick Lane
― MikeB, Wednesday, 26 November 2003 16:14 (twenty years ago) link
i have yet to see a curry house with a punny name.. chinese takeaway names however are amazingly punnable mostly revolving around woks.
There's a chinese restaurant unfortunately called "The Queen of Ming"
― ken c, Wednesday, 26 November 2003 16:17 (twenty years ago) link
― ds, Wednesday, 26 November 2003 16:31 (twenty years ago) link
― ken c, Wednesday, 26 November 2003 16:35 (twenty years ago) link
― Matt (Matt), Wednesday, 26 November 2003 16:37 (twenty years ago) link
"When my boyfriend told me he wanted to take me up the Oxo Tower for my birthday, I was a bit hesitant at first because I didn't really think it was my scene. How wrong I was! I mean, yeah, so it's a bit of a strain on the old back pocket, and I admit I did feel a bit uncomfortable initially. But a couple of cocktails helped me relax and soon I was really getting into it - we carried on well into the night. It was a great experience and I really loved it - so much so that I won't let my boyfriend take me anywhere else now! So if anyone ever wants to take you up the Oxo Tower, just throw caution to the wind and go for it! "
― MarkH (MarkH), Wednesday, 26 November 2003 16:42 (twenty years ago) link
― N. (nickdastoor), Wednesday, 26 November 2003 18:06 (twenty years ago) link
― bad jode (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 26 November 2003 18:08 (twenty years ago) link
― N. (nickdastoor), Wednesday, 26 November 2003 18:12 (twenty years ago) link
fashion boutique - Eva Minge
sports shop - The Athlete's Foot
― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Wednesday, 26 November 2003 18:13 (twenty years ago) link
― Aimless, Wednesday, 26 November 2003 18:17 (twenty years ago) link
We have these in the US -- pretty popular chain that's been around since the '70s.
http://www.theathletesfoot.com/corp/index.jsp
― bad jode (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 26 November 2003 18:19 (twenty years ago) link
― Mooro (Mooro), Wednesday, 26 November 2003 18:37 (twenty years ago) link
― robin (robin), Thursday, 27 November 2003 02:33 (twenty years ago) link
― robin (robin), Thursday, 27 November 2003 02:35 (twenty years ago) link
― Dean Gulberry (deangulberry), Thursday, 27 November 2003 02:36 (twenty years ago) link
Large plates. Boom, and indeed, boom.
― Trayce (trayce), Thursday, 27 November 2003 02:39 (twenty years ago) link
― Trayce (trayce), Thursday, 27 November 2003 02:41 (twenty years ago) link
― phil-two (phil-two), Thursday, 27 November 2003 02:57 (twenty years ago) link
― phil-two (phil-two), Thursday, 27 November 2003 03:14 (twenty years ago) link
It still weirds me out, after all these years. Especially because their theme tune is "Nobody Does It Better".
Aaaaaaargh.
― Trayce (trayce), Thursday, 27 November 2003 03:19 (twenty years ago) link
― phil-two (phil-two), Thursday, 27 November 2003 03:24 (twenty years ago) link
― Lord Custos Omicron (Lord Custos Omicron), Thursday, 27 November 2003 03:30 (twenty years ago) link
― colin s barrow (colin s barrow), Thursday, 27 November 2003 04:01 (twenty years ago) link
Scrap company in Australia called Ausscrap
― colin s barrow (colin s barrow), Thursday, 27 November 2003 04:02 (twenty years ago) link
Culver City Meat Co. : You Can't Beat Our Meat!
― Orbit (Orbit), Thursday, 27 November 2003 04:05 (twenty years ago) link
― Trayce (trayce), Thursday, 27 November 2003 04:16 (twenty years ago) link
― soylent greenberg (soylent greenberg), Thursday, 27 November 2003 06:09 (twenty years ago) link
― youn, Thursday, 27 November 2003 07:25 (twenty years ago) link
Gotta love the rain on the camera lens. So Vancouver.
A friend of mine started a furniture re-upholstery business called Fully Recovered.
― David A. (Davant), Thursday, 27 November 2003 07:48 (twenty years ago) link
― Cameron (Cameron), Thursday, 27 November 2003 07:49 (twenty years ago) link
― MarkH (MarkH), Thursday, 27 November 2003 10:32 (twenty years ago) link
― C J (C J), Thursday, 27 November 2003 10:42 (twenty years ago) link
― Trayce (trayce), Thursday, 27 November 2003 10:46 (twenty years ago) link
Johnny English Potatoes & Melons (opposite Green Lanes Sainsbury's). Mmm, catchy.
― Madchen (Madchen), Thursday, 27 November 2003 21:43 (twenty years ago) link
― RJG (RJG), Thursday, 27 November 2003 22:56 (twenty years ago) link
― suzy (suzy), Thursday, 27 November 2003 23:03 (twenty years ago) link
Ladies and gents I give you 'Two Eggs And A Kebab'
― suzy (suzy), Thursday, 27 November 2003 23:05 (twenty years ago) link
Today on the way to work I saw a van, a pest control company proudly labelled W.R. GAY PEST CONTROL.
― Trayce (trayce), Thursday, 27 November 2003 23:58 (twenty years ago) link
― Nick Southall (Nick Southall), Friday, 28 November 2003 00:02 (twenty years ago) link
― RJG (RJG), Friday, 28 November 2003 00:15 (twenty years ago) link
― Nick Southall (Nick Southall), Friday, 28 November 2003 00:22 (twenty years ago) link
― Nick Southall (Nick Southall), Friday, 28 November 2003 00:23 (twenty years ago) link
― the surface noise (electricsound), Friday, 28 November 2003 00:23 (twenty years ago) link
I looked them up, they make artifical flavoring, coloring and the like, probably for a bunch of Procter & Gamble companies in that area.
http://www.wildflavors.com/
― earlnash, Friday, 28 November 2003 00:38 (twenty years ago) link
But its for a new juice brand called Nudie. *baffled face*.
― Trayce (trayce), Friday, 28 November 2003 00:39 (twenty years ago) link
― the surface noise (electricsound), Friday, 28 November 2003 00:40 (twenty years ago) link
― jed (jed_e_3), Friday, 28 November 2003 00:43 (twenty years ago) link
― jed (jed_e_3), Friday, 28 November 2003 00:44 (twenty years ago) link
Every time i pass this place it makes me smilehttp://lds.localdataimages.com/large/1219/12196488.jpg
― not_goodwin, Thursday, 10 March 2011 08:21 (thirteen years ago) link
http://logisticsweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Renault_Premium-Norbert_Dentressangle_B-2002.jpg
― Cluster the boots (Billy Dods), Thursday, 10 March 2011 09:24 (thirteen years ago) link
I used to pass this place whenever I drove to Montreal, Quebec, Canada, visible from an elevated section of Autoroute 40:
http://citynoise.org/upload/9890.jpg
For years I figured that must mean something in French, but had no idea what. Evidently, they sold multilith printing presses made by A B Dick Co.
I'm saddened to learn they went out of business in 2006 and the building no longer stands.
― Lee626, Thursday, 10 March 2011 11:42 (thirteen years ago) link
Oops I miseed S1ocki's post who already noted this one. But there's the pic....
There's a local plumbing business named (i assume) for its founder, John Flood. I cannot think of a worse name for a plumber than John Flood.
There must be some good company names around here but can't think of them at this moment...
― Lee626, Thursday, 10 March 2011 12:14 (thirteen years ago) link
Passed a sign pointing towards this shop and my gast was flabbered:
http://www.p8ntball.be/
― StanM, Sunday, 17 June 2012 16:53 (eleven years ago) link
^ Oh man, that's super annoying.
I saw a truck on a Toronto highway painted with the company name 'Camel Towing'. Did not have a camera.
― franny glass, Sunday, 17 June 2012 17:04 (eleven years ago) link
There's a massage place in Atlanta that proudly advertises on billboards saying "The Rub Club".
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Sunday, 17 June 2012 17:16 (eleven years ago) link
chip shop in preston called "king kod".
― tell it to my arse (jim in glasgow), Sunday, 17 June 2012 17:19 (eleven years ago) link
Not a company name, but a local department store is selling a lamp called Massive Fanny!
― Tuomas, Monday, 4 February 2013 12:08 (eleven years ago) link
Sun of a Beach tanning salon
― ledge, Monday, 4 February 2013 16:20 (eleven years ago) link
http://nakedphilly.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/IMG_2706-560x420.jpg
― slam dunk, Tuesday, 5 February 2013 06:27 (eleven years ago) link
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, usually shortened to PNAS.
― go cray cray on my lobster soufflé (snoball), Friday, 21 June 2013 08:00 (ten years ago) link
Heh. I work for that company, but in the office it is always pronounced pee en ay ess, even though many other acronyms are given the phonetic treatment.
― how's life, Friday, 21 June 2013 11:26 (ten years ago) link
Si Senior, a company that adapts houses for the elderly. (in Dutch, senior sounds exactly the same as the Spanish señor)
― StanM, Sunday, 19 October 2014 21:24 (nine years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/yBZhrJk.jpg
is Capital Teas the only business name with a triple meaning?
1. excellent teas2. the uppercase letter T3. teas sold in the vicinity of the United States capital
― I Ville Valo HIM (unregistered), Monday, 13 March 2017 01:16 (seven years ago) link
(...and/or the capital of Maryland)
― I Ville Valo HIM (unregistered), Monday, 13 March 2017 01:18 (seven years ago) link
er, that's the United States Capitol you're probably thinking of
― a little too mature to be cute (Aimless), Monday, 13 March 2017 05:27 (seven years ago) link
er, no, if I'd been thinking of the capitol building (rather than D.C. in general), I would have used the word "capitol"
― I Ville Valo HIM (unregistered), Monday, 13 March 2017 06:54 (seven years ago) link