https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxoD_1I6S_A
this is about a shop on the other side of town although the company seems to be based in Shropshire and has a number of outlets in the UK
― Cantera: Vulgar Display Of Puyol (DJ Mencap), Thursday, 29 March 2012 12:33 (twelve years ago) link
Lol at sellfridges. Crackle box - fishcoteque always made me smile too.
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Thursday, 29 March 2012 12:37 (twelve years ago) link
There's a textiles shop in town called 'Basket of Threads'. Before that, it was 'The Sewing Machine Box'. Ouch.
― Scary Move 4 (dog latin), Thursday, 29 March 2012 12:38 (twelve years ago) link
really grim chip shop called "fish plaice", looking at the pun on the shopfront is like seeing the ghost of a child in a dying old man's angry gnarled face.
― I'm going to allow this! (LocalGarda), Thursday, 29 March 2012 12:50 (twelve years ago) link
it's "flickers" apparentlyhttp://static.whoseview.com/files/1272475646051IMG1094739120.png
― Rosie 47 (ken c), Thursday, 29 March 2012 12:58 (twelve years ago) link
camden strikes againhttp://statics.192.com/estreet/original/large/1219/12193176.jpg
― Rosie 47 (ken c), Thursday, 29 March 2012 13:01 (twelve years ago) link
Dublin classics:
http://images.travelpod.com/users/paulandjenny/1.1299866393.knobs-and-knockers.jpg
http://50percenthuman.com/blog/wp-content/gallery/people/lino-ritchie.jpg
― James Bond Jor (seandalai), Thursday, 29 March 2012 13:06 (twelve years ago) link
there's a thai restaurant here called THAI COON, and it makes me a little uncomfortable
― these pretzels are makeing me horney (Hungry4Ass), Thursday, 29 March 2012 13:08 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.anglingfish.net/images/bait-sign-master-baits12.JPG
swear there used to be a tackle shop of this name in Hull, too.
not "horribly formed" tho imo
― red is hungry green is jawless (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 29 March 2012 13:11 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.chicagonow.com/blogs/the-green-mama/assets_c/2010/01/bebybaby-thumb-572xauto-66304.jpg
― Cuba Pudding, Jr. (jaymc), Thursday, 29 March 2012 13:12 (twelve years ago) link
i mean clearly it's a popular gag
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_isUvlzkZPIQ/TJuyad4f6HI/AAAAAAAAG5c/bWtVesg1jSw/s1600/838134437_bdc3e6b68e.jpg
― red is hungry green is jawless (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 29 March 2012 13:12 (twelve years ago) link
http://static.whoseview.com/files/1272615200290IMG0556417868.png
― I'm not going leftfield on you... (hypehat), Thursday, 29 March 2012 13:15 (twelve years ago) link
in peckham, used to pass it on bus to work....
I can think of a couple in Toronto - tbh I kinda love when shops go this route:
Grateful Head (hair salon)Snakes & Lattes (coffee shop w/many board games you can play on)
and this doesn't have a pun in general but it makes me lol everytime: Shorty Shack (womens' clothing store) which is close to Ghetto Stylez(!!)
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Thursday, 29 March 2012 13:20 (twelve years ago) link
OH!!! And north of Toronto, closer to cottage country, there is a place that makes decks and assorted cottage furnishings, called Deck in a Box!
oops I messed that up slightly
http://www.dockinabox.com/images/storefront.jpg
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Thursday, 29 March 2012 13:24 (twelve years ago) link
Maybe not appropriate for this thread, but I really despise the trend of naming business "Zen," e.g. Zen Hair Salon, Zen Massage, Zen Drywall, etc.
― tanuki, Thursday, 29 March 2012 13:44 (twelve years ago) link
lol @ deck in a box
knobs and knockers and lino ritchie also great
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Thursday, 29 March 2012 13:50 (twelve years ago) link
there was an excellent scaffolder's name "pole positions".
much better than, for example, another one i saw called "poles apart" - no thanks.
― Rosie 47 (ken c), Thursday, 29 March 2012 13:53 (twelve years ago) link
Chickpizz!
― Did you drop some flug in my cup? (Abbbottt), Thursday, 29 March 2012 14:38 (twelve years ago) link
ya that one is my fav so far
― Time, a group with Jam and Lewis (Stevie D(eux)), Thursday, 29 March 2012 14:43 (twelve years ago) link
http://easyweb.easynet.co.uk/~landau/about.1.jpg
kosher wine
― Roberto Spiralli, Thursday, 29 March 2012 14:48 (twelve years ago) link
There is a local bloke who does mowing, raking, etc. for the rich people around here. I see his old beat-up truck parked on the street, usually half-blocking traffic. Emblazoned on his truck doors: ESAD'S YARD MAINTENANCE.
― Aimless, Thursday, 29 March 2012 14:51 (twelve years ago) link
?
― beachville, Thursday, 29 March 2012 14:56 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.liloia.com/images/peabody.gif
― i think this is serious (elmo argonaut), Thursday, 29 March 2012 14:58 (twelve years ago) link
2 locations! salem and peabody, ma.
Eat Shit And Die Yard Maintenance xxp
― Valéry Giscard d'Staind (NickB), Thursday, 29 March 2012 14:59 (twelve years ago) link
This is actually a national chain: http://www.sweatshop.co.uk/
― emil.y, Thursday, 29 March 2012 15:02 (twelve years ago) link
― i think this is serious (elmo argonaut), Thursday, March 29, 2012 10:58 AM (11 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I almost bought a bunghole shirt the last time I was in salem. I didn't know what a bunghole was until recently and always thought it was someone's unfortunate last name.
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Thursday, 29 March 2012 15:11 (twelve years ago) link
the was a hair salon near my old place called follicles and a wine store called fermented grapes, i found them both a bit technical
― lag∞n, Thursday, 29 March 2012 15:17 (twelve years ago) link
oh oh and a restaurant called fish and crustaceans
― lag∞n, Thursday, 29 March 2012 15:18 (twelve years ago) link
I am always bemused by the memory of a roadside cafe that has since closed, named (as far as anyone could tell from the enormous signage) EAT.
― Aimless, Thursday, 29 March 2012 15:21 (twelve years ago) link
http://hilton.org.uk/facade/cambridge-eat.jpg
stands for 'excellence and taste'9 maybe not anymore).
anyway more interestingly:
http://tanksalot.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/thyme-to-eat-cafe.jpg?w=600&h=398
― ledge, Thursday, 29 March 2012 15:24 (twelve years ago) link
ooh there is a paint your own pottery place called Your Fired.. as well. I know technically it's not grammatically correct but it DRIVES ME INSANE.
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Thursday, 29 March 2012 15:29 (twelve years ago) link
(er, technically not INcorrect)
I never liked "Eggspectations"
― The Cheerfull Turtle (Latham Green), Thursday, 29 March 2012 15:36 (twelve years ago) link
salon names provide a rich vein of forced puns
― i think this is serious (elmo argonaut), Thursday, 29 March 2012 15:41 (twelve years ago) link
This is an imaginary one but I always fancied opening up shops called "occult bakery" and "occult drycleaners"
― I am using your worlds, Thursday, 29 March 2012 15:45 (twelve years ago) link
http://statics.192.com/estreet/original/large/1045/10457006.jpg
short cuts, obv, but OH FFS next door also
― Rosie 47 (ken c), Thursday, 29 March 2012 15:45 (twelve years ago) link
tbh i don't think anyone's ever gonna beat the 'neutring stops aids in cats' shop:
http://farm1.staticflickr.com/55/137639493_b1dce51087_z.jpg
― ledge, Thursday, 29 March 2012 15:46 (twelve years ago) link
there was little salon i saw recently named WE'RE HAIR, it just doesn't set right with me, because it's a pun on "we're here" which isn't really even a thing? plus they are saying that they ARE hair?
― i think this is serious (elmo argonaut), Thursday, 29 March 2012 15:47 (twelve years ago) link
wow wow wow @ cat neutering place
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Thursday, 29 March 2012 15:48 (twelve years ago) link
also a nail salon called GET NAILED
― i think this is serious (elmo argonaut), Thursday, 29 March 2012 15:48 (twelve years ago) link
this is in marylebone
http://static.whoseview.com/files/1273095385313IMG0509146271.pngyou can't quite read it here but this is the company
http://www.goaway.co.uk/index.php?page=ABOUT_US
it's meant to be a sentence, i think - but the way they coloured it made it look as though they thought of 2 puns but only had one shop and so they are tagging both names on.
― Rosie 47 (ken c), Thursday, 29 March 2012 15:51 (twelve years ago) link
Most terrible does-not-make-sense pun name is A Salt & Battery in NYC
― Valéry Giscard d'Staind (NickB), Thursday, 29 March 2012 15:52 (twelve years ago) link
you use salt and batter as ingredients for fish n chips come on
― lag∞n, Thursday, 29 March 2012 15:54 (twelve years ago) link
asphalt and rubbery?
― Rosie 47 (ken c), Thursday, 29 March 2012 15:55 (twelve years ago) link
this sign in fitzrovia http://pic.epicfail.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/sign-fail-weve-got-crabs-downstairs.jpg
― Rosie 47 (ken c), Thursday, 29 March 2012 15:57 (twelve years ago) link
In West Memphis: Hair "I" Am
akin to the We're Hair mentioned above. Don't know why the I's in quotes. Emphasis?
Also had a Doggy Style groomer up the street, but they finally apparently figured it out and changed the name to something bland.
― andrew m., Thursday, 29 March 2012 16:24 (twelve years ago) link
http://i486.photobucket.com/albums/rr222/Chass3ur/laundro.jpg
― low-rise concentration camps (Hunt3r), Thursday, 29 March 2012 16:39 (twelve years ago) link
I am firm that it is a non-filthy double entendre meaning "book passage" on a ship, and a "passage" from a book.
― deep wubs and tribral rhythms (Boring, Maryland), Monday, 27 November 2023 17:59 (six months ago) link
not exactly local but "Duke Cannon" always brings to mind someone launching dog turds at people
― never trust a big book and a simile (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 6 February 2024 18:35 (four months ago) link
Yeah, they sell that stuff at my local Ace Hardware and it just makes me think of poop shooting out of a butt, so no thanks.
― peace, man, Wednesday, 7 February 2024 12:59 (four months ago) link
http://hipsterbusiness.name
― budo jeru, Friday, 22 March 2024 00:45 (two months ago) link