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Funny or unusual shop names you've seen while abroad

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hellokittymania · 14/10/2018 13:06

I am visually impaired and when I go to a new place, I find my way by landmarks. In Athens a few weeks ago I went into a shop because it smelled like perfume and it was right by a gallery which I needed to find on my way back to the hotel. Anyway, I asked what the name of the shop was. I thought the woman said something, but I wasn't quite sure. So I had her write it down. Unknown to me, I had been going around all afternoon asking where the pink pussy was. When I got home, I found out and I asked is there really such a place? Is that really the name. It turns out it was.

Also in Bangkok there is a restaurant called cabbages and condoms. I thought I had missed heard that one too. The food is really good there though. And it's run by a man who has an NGO for HIV aids so they give out free condoms and there are manikins dressed in clothes made of condoms. There is also a hotel somewhere run by the same man called the birds and the bees.

and in Vietnam, there is a google hotel for some strange reason

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SaveFerris1 · 14/10/2018 13:24

We found a shop called Fanny Face in Japan. Made us giggle 😂

ANellRetentive · 14/10/2018 14:36

There's shops in Bruges called Gymp and Miss Beaver...still got photos

brookshelley · 14/10/2018 14:38

There’s a shop in Hong Kong called Wanko.

Olderbyaminute · 18/10/2018 18:14

Piggly Wiggly a grocery chain

BezalHell · 18/10/2018 18:23

In Shanghai there's a shoe shop called "Robert de Niro" and a ladies' clothes shop called "Liv Tyler".

Funny or unusual shop names you've seen while abroad
Sadik · 18/10/2018 18:27

Factory/warehouse rather than shop but "Elastoquim" just off the motorway near Murcía is a favourite of mine (at least used to be, haven't been there for years)

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