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Have you seen many funny or silly names for serious businesses?

I mean, we've all seen the tired lame ones like "Hair Apparent" for a barber, or "Chicken Itza" for a takeaway BBQ chicken joint.

I thought these were pretty good




And Fred Harris, owner of this furniture store in New Zealand, is my hero for this pundemonium ...

Posted - September 4, 2021
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  • 1502
    That last one hits the spot. "Hey Fred, don't you run... shack of sit?" 

    I haven't come across any as good as that. "Let's talk about socks, baby" is another of those tacky ones. But there used to be a cardboard sign on a border between Croatia and Bosnia, with two golden arches painted on it, a sloppy arrow pointing to the right, and big letters spelling out, in the local language, "McBarbecue."
      September 4, 2021 4:38 AM MDT
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  • 23641
    :)
      September 4, 2021 5:58 AM MDT
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  • 23641
    Like I've posted before, I'm not thinking Wholesale Club when I see this place.


    Sales inch up in Q3 at BJ's Wholesale Club | Supermarket News
      September 4, 2021 5:58 AM MDT
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  • 19937



      September 4, 2021 6:17 AM MDT
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  • 1952
    Bunghole liquors 79 Lowell Street, Peabody, Massachusetts
      September 4, 2021 6:57 AM MDT
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  • 34432
    Curl up N Dye
    Tease Me

      September 4, 2021 8:09 AM MDT
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  • 53524

    “Crips’ Crypts” (a cemetery exclusively for the deceased members of a particular street gang)

    “Moore’s Morbid More Bids” (an auction house featuring gruesome artifacts and operated by a Mr. Moore)

    “Togo To-Go” (a fast food place specializing in cuisine from Togo)

    ”Pago Pay-Go” (a fast food place specializing in cuisine from Pago Pago)

    “Hare Today, Gun Tomorrow “ (a combination pet shop and firearms dealership)


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      September 4, 2021 9:03 AM MDT
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  • 44649
      September 4, 2021 9:10 AM MDT
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  • 53524

     

      Wow, you got two businesses for one in that photo. 

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      September 4, 2021 9:26 AM MDT
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  • 53524

     

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      September 4, 2021 9:25 AM MDT
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  • 44649
    I don't have a picture of it, but we had a multi-sign post with Kinko's on top and just below it was Bridal Aisle.
      September 4, 2021 12:30 PM MDT
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  • 2219
    Abrdn
      September 4, 2021 1:16 PM MDT
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  • 17614
    Yes, but I make it a point to forget them.  Clever is OK; cutesy names irritate the crap out of me.  Any store that has an N in its name representing AND has already lost me.  The one exception is Fish n Chips in a menu.  That doesn't seem to irk me.  Maybe because I've seen it my whole life.
      September 4, 2021 1:23 PM MDT
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