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Post by BurlyBeaR on Oct 13, 2019 18:07:07 GMT
Lady plumber who used to live in my apartment building “April’s Showers”.
She wasn’t called April and she wasn’t a very good plumber either. She knew how to charge though 😡
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Post by ptwest on Oct 13, 2019 18:14:25 GMT
At a slight tangent but in the same spirit - from today's Sunday Times: 'Grit Rhys Jones, Spred Sheeran and Sir Melton John are among the gritters that will take to the Suffolk roads this winter after a naming competition. Suffolk Highways asked people to suggest monikers for its 41 gritting lorries and received 500 entries.' In Doncaster you will find gritters named "Gritsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Anti-Slip Machiney" and "David Plowie". |
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Post by basi1faw1ty on Jan 13, 2020 14:06:51 GMT
Finally I can contribute to this thread with... this...
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Post by dazzerlump on Jan 16, 2020 20:51:33 GMT
We had local hairdressers called Crops and Bobbers and I've seen a Chip shop in the Leeds area called Frying Nemo, bet it traumatises kids!!
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Post by originalconceptlive on Jan 17, 2020 20:32:37 GMT
I've seen:
A Chinese food court outlet: Ho Inn
A framing and photography shop: Shot, Framed and Hung
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Post by Deleted on Jan 17, 2020 20:55:24 GMT
I saw a van today for an ironing service: "The Iron Lady".
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Post by bimse on Jan 18, 2020 16:21:29 GMT
Tanfastic (a tanning salon)
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Post by xanady on Jan 18, 2020 20:29:41 GMT
Barney’s Rubble(Demolition Company)
Sew It Seams(Dressmakers)
Darth Vaper(Vaping...obvs)
Jack The Snipper(Barbers)
Abra-Kebabra(Chip Shop)
Spruce Springclean(Valeting)
Bapman(Bakers’ Shop)
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Post by Someone in a tree on Jan 26, 2020 9:07:30 GMT
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Post by theglenbucklaird on Jan 26, 2020 9:42:01 GMT
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Post by theglenbucklaird on Jan 26, 2020 9:43:40 GMT
South Wales village Treorchy won best high street in the UK this week. Their chippy is called A Fish Called Rhondda
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Post by Deleted on Jan 26, 2020 11:17:58 GMT
The part I love in these stories is the part that goes: "It's just a coincidence. My name is Singh, and I went to Bury once. Well, Rochdale. OK, Huddersfield. But it never even occurred to me it was similar to Sainsbury's." |
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Post by richey on Jan 26, 2020 12:44:04 GMT
Just passed a hairdressers here in Greater Manchester called Happy Mandys
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Post by bee on Jan 26, 2020 13:23:06 GMT
There used to be hairdressers near me called Julius Scissors.
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Post by xanady on Apr 24, 2020 21:35:55 GMT
Bits and PC’s(Computer Shop)
Thistle Do Nicely(Scottish Kilt Shop)
Temple Of Vroom(Driving School....must be run by an Indiana Jones fan)
Solely Tempted(Shoe Shop)
Sunny and Shears(Tanning and Hair Salon)
The Umpire Strikes Back(Cricket Equipment Suppliers)
Darth Vaper(Vape Shop)
You Should Be Shot(Photographers...perhaps a bit too radical for a company name)
Pulp Friction(Juice Bar)
Cash 22(Loans)
Lino Ritchie(Flooring Company)
Wooden It Be Lovely(Wooden Toys)
Mission Inflatable(Bouncy Castles)
A Brewed Awakening(Cafe Bar)
Specs In The City(Opticians)
Hairy Pop-Ins(Pet Walkers)
Morrisinghs(Asian owned mini-market)
Sew and Sews(Wool/Knitting Shop obvs)
and my current favourite....
Shack Of Sit (a real Furniture Store)
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Post by talkingheads on Apr 24, 2020 21:45:53 GMT
I often travel past a bakery called Betty's Baps. Very nice they are too.
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Post by Dr Tom on Apr 25, 2020 22:36:01 GMT
I often travel past a bakery called Betty's Baps. Very nice they are too. And how is the bread? |
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Post by talkingheads on Apr 25, 2020 22:59:39 GMT
I often travel past a bakery called Betty's Baps. Very nice they are too. And how is the bread? Not sure, it;s an artisan bakery so I never have enough dough. |
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Post by impossibleprincess73 on Apr 25, 2020 23:11:40 GMT
Dog-grooming 'salons' seem particularly prone to silly names. Near where I live in Glasgow are Pawcasso and Glamour Paws. The latter is particularly irritating, because the name is clearly a play on "glamour puss", and a puss is a cat, not a dog. There is a dog groomers near Glasgow called Captain Dugwash. Cracks me up every time I see it. |
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Post by Someone in a tree on Apr 26, 2020 11:40:07 GMT
I spotted this yesterday in Whitechapel  |
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Post by Someone in a tree on May 25, 2020 15:27:43 GMT
Spotted this morning on a walk around clerkenwell.  |
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Post by originalconceptlive on Apr 21, 2023 22:45:20 GMT
Bringing this thread back because: Pegasus Horse Floats
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