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The best business names you’ve seen

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Snollygoster2019 · 26/07/2019 17:43

I saw a van for a landscape gardening firm called the Puzzled Monkey today, which I thought was very clever.

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MangoSpice · 26/07/2019 20:09

A family member had a chip shop in Dorset called 'The Cod Piece' Grin

Doormat247 · 26/07/2019 20:11

Mog on the Tyne cat cafe in Newcastle always makes me chuckle - seen it advertised a few times but haven't yet visited

slyoldfox · 26/07/2019 20:12

Tanerife (subbed salon)

Fernie6491 · 26/07/2019 20:18

Saw a kayaking company in New Zealand called Blazing Paddles.

wontletmelogin · 26/07/2019 20:21

Can't remember the exact but it was a van with Singh Builders - You've Used The Cowboys Now Try The Indians Grin made me laugh

NotExactlyHappyToHelp · 26/07/2019 20:24

An Irish dentist in Brum. Their slogan is

‘All we’re saying is ..... Give teeth a chance!’

Always made me snigger.

ForalltheSaints · 26/07/2019 20:25

Head of refuse collection when I was young- Mr Smellie.

bribery · 26/07/2019 20:25

Coffee shop called Fuckoffee in south London! Grin

Fernie6491 · 26/07/2019 20:26

Oh and a Chinese takeaway called 'Wok you want ? '

Ginpuddles · 26/07/2019 20:29

Gardeners in Birmingham- Ace with Spades

Youwantshoesinashoeshop · 26/07/2019 20:31

I love Suck-cess and Stopcocks. I'd have them both round on the premise that no-one with that leveln
of verbal ingenuity is going to be shit.

There is a company near me called VagTek which is something to do with cars but ... no. Sounds like a supplier of pelvic floor weights. Name fail although I guess I have remembered their name...

Has no-one cited Cheeses of Nazareth yet? In US but always made me laugh.

bionicnemonic · 26/07/2019 20:33

Saw a bar in Covent Garden called "Retox"!

Youwantshoesinashoeshop · 26/07/2019 20:33

I have also recently noticed Junk Monkey recently, which is a clearance firm but sounds like low rate porno.

I do like Hump It though, slogan: "we'll hump anything"..... peurile but works.

katseyes7 · 26/07/2019 20:37

There's a plumbing company in York called All Cisterns Go. l once saw their van parked near the Minster, and it amused me for the rest of the day.

katseyes7 · 26/07/2019 20:39

There was/is a dog grooming parlour in Plymouth called "Dirty Dogs and Filthy Bitches."

BahHumbygge · 26/07/2019 20:42

Tubular Wells - local scaffolding company

PinkSpring · 26/07/2019 20:43

I keep seeing a van around here for "Lick and Touchup - Female Decorator" Grin

SimonJT · 26/07/2019 20:45

Once in Leicestershire I saw a van owned by a plumber/plumbing company, they were called K Bottom Plumbers!

RedTideBlues · 26/07/2019 21:05

Saw a sewage company van "Your number 2 is our number 1"

HerculePoirotsGreyCells · 26/07/2019 21:05

There's a dog groomers near me called The Hairy Barkers

BuzzShitbagBobbly · 26/07/2019 21:06

There was a very famous domestic appliance retailer called Sellfridges Grin

Goes round the internet every so often.

MikeUniformMike · 26/07/2019 21:08

Eggham On Toast - cafe/restaurant. I've not been there (yet) but I went past and the name stuck

AlwaysOnAbloodyDiet · 26/07/2019 21:14

Tbf, 'Curl up and dye' hairdressers has been done to death.
But Kudos to the person who thought of it first

Knitclubchatter · 26/07/2019 21:17

Landscaping firm
Lawn and Order

Sparklingbrook · 26/07/2019 21:18

'For Cod's Sake' a chip shop in Cheltenham.

'Fawlty Tyres' a tyre place in Worcester.

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