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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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Thegracefuloctopus · 28/07/2019 06:26

Game of comes - ice cream shop

Thegracefuloctopus · 28/07/2019 06:27

*cones

thenewaveragebear1983 · 28/07/2019 07:23

Garden company near us called Plant and Deck

Dafspunk · 28/07/2019 07:41

Jack the Clipper - East London barber

Kernowgal · 28/07/2019 07:52

The Sunburnt Arms in Dawlish always used to tickle me, don't know if it's still there.

Ronsters · 28/07/2019 07:52

Scarbados tanning salon in Scarborough

SeaEagle21 · 28/07/2019 07:58

MonkeyTapper Schindler's Lifts is a worldwide elevator company.

SeaEagle21 · 28/07/2019 07:59

Our local Thai place is called the Beau Thai.

tenbob · 28/07/2019 08:06

I saw a van for Spruce Springclean..!

And there is a scaffolding company called Higher Hire near my family in Somerset

ihaveagoldenticket · 28/07/2019 08:14

A bar near me very close to the university is called Over Draught

AntonsMumsTeeth · 28/07/2019 08:30

Piece - brilliant sandwich shop in Glasgow.

(You have to be Scottish to 'get' the name!) Grin

PartTimePunk · 28/07/2019 08:39

There used to be a cafe near me called Bake My Day. Unfortunately new owners have taken it over and have changed the name to something dull and unimaginative.

Funnybunnyfluff · 28/07/2019 11:17

We have a bakery called

Mr Crustys and one of his other shops is called Crusty Kob

Can imagine what everyone calls it 😂

DerelictWreck · 28/07/2019 11:30

There's a Drop Shot Cafe in Wimbledon near the courts. Clever in so many ways!

goldrush2 · 28/07/2019 11:53

Chinese takeaway named Tak A Wa.

HouseworkAvoider10 · 28/07/2019 12:52

Ho Lee Fuk - a restaurant in Hong Kong.
Cyclelogical - a bike shop in Dublin city centre.

Frith2013 · 28/07/2019 14:11

Local curry house

The Major Curry Affair

mejon · 28/07/2019 14:33

These will only really make sense if you speak Welsh as they don't translate easily. Two Chinese takeaways, one in Tregaron, the other in Lampeter. Dan'i Sang & Ling Di Long.

giggleshizz · 29/07/2019 11:19

Just on the bus in Stockholm and have gone past a tapas bar called Mamas and Tapas 😁

BikeRunSki · 29/07/2019 11:26

There is a bakery in Castle Cary, Somerset called “Burns the Bread”, I can only imagine that the baker’s surname is actually Burns!

tenbob · 29/07/2019 12:35

@BikeRunSki

Burns is a chain with branches all over Somerset
They do amazing sausage rolls!

Mookie81 · 29/07/2019 12:38

Sofa King.
The slogan was 'Sofa king good' Grin.

Shortandsweet20 · 29/07/2019 12:39

Dog groomers called short bark and sides

Ratonastick · 29/07/2019 13:31

There’s a window fitter in a village called East Hanney near Oxford called “Hanney Glazed” and a local electrician called “Socket and C”.

DirtyDennis · 29/07/2019 13:33

There's a decorators firm round by me that drives around in a blue transit all done out like a police car. It says NYPD on the side... North Yorkshire Painting and Decorating