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Bizarre company names

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GoldenCagedBird · 21/04/2023 13:41

Was sat having coffee and saw van for a company called ‘Ghost Maintenance’ providing maintenance services for landlords. Their logo was literally a clipart, cartoon ghost. No wordplay. Just ‘Ghost Maintenance’.

was it the guy’s surname?
did he just really like ghosts?
can they also maintain your ghosts?

I can’t find it online and I am gutted

Have you ever seen an odd company name? I don’t mean a pun like ‘curl up and dye, just something…odd?

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Aylestone · 22/04/2023 19:07

My mate who has the initials KK opened a craft shop with her initials and then ‘kreations’ after to match. She changed it after I spotted her abbreviating it to ‘KKK’ in her online site, she didn’t realise 😂😂

Vroomfondleswaistcoat · 22/04/2023 19:09

I used to have to phone up many companies as part of my job. Two I used to love especially were Fairey Winches (I used to imagine these tiny little winch units, but they always answered the phone as 'FW Limited' which was disappointing) and Sparrow Cranes (again, imagining tiny little flying cranes).

Luckydog7 · 22/04/2023 19:09

Not sure if its still there but Stansted airport used to have a a smoothie bar called love juice 😝

Phineyj · 22/04/2023 19:24

We have a driving school locally called Skid Marks.

Neither interpretation is good!

forthisinamechange · 22/04/2023 19:30

I used to live in a town with a "Mike Hunt" he sold cut price carpets, we all grew up with Mike hunt's carpets 🤣🤣

HumanBurrito · 22/04/2023 19:57

Diaper Poultry. Roasting chickens from the Diaper family farm.

WeBuiltThisBuffetOnSausageRoll · 22/04/2023 20:03

Diaper Poultry. Roasting chickens from the Diaper family farm.

Is that in Norfolk? I seem to recall noticing that when we bought a chicken when we were on holiday there.

IbizaToTheNorfolkBroads · 22/04/2023 22:00

ThreeRingCircus · 22/04/2023 14:26

I've never understood the reasoning behind the high street shops Sweaty Betty and Fat Face.

Fat face started by selling T shirts out of the back of a van in ski resorts. A "Fat Face" is a slope of deep, untouched snow. It's a good thing!

MargaretThursday · 22/04/2023 22:04

Not a name, but there used to be a local delivery truck with "driven by pride and passion" as a tag line. I really wanted to ask the driver if he was "Pride" or "Passion" but he looked so grumpy I never dared.
Haven't seen it for years though.

IbizaToTheNorfolkBroads · 22/04/2023 22:10

I love the pun of Walter Wall flooring (Exeter).

But as for strange names - local first aid, H&S etc training company randomly called Purple Dog.

FettleOfKish · 22/04/2023 22:10

There's a small (Facebook) business near me called 'Self Love hampers and balloons'.

They sell, as described, celebration / gift hampers and balloons and they seem locally quite well renowned, but I can't get past the 'Self Love' bit....

(It's not just me, friends and colleagues also crack up at the name. Maybe all of our minds are in the gutter).

Disgustedandfreakedout · 22/04/2023 22:11

Splinters for a catering company 🤣🤣🤣

Lesina · 22/04/2023 22:13

Driving down the M1 a few years back, just past junction 11 to Luton I saw an estate car all liviered up with ‘Bishop on Call’…. Tried everything to find it since then. Never did. Still intrigued.

TroysMammy · 22/04/2023 22:16

FixMyEyebrows · 22/04/2023 09:06

Whenever I used to see the Patient Transport Service buses that transported locals to the hospital I smiled to myself. They use their initials and as someone who worked with animals Pts has another meaning.

Plumbing Trade Supplies by me use their initials too.

CherryRipe1 · 22/04/2023 22:18

Lol. Was he the headmaster of a West London comprehensive school as my ex-h went to said school?

CherryRipe1 · 22/04/2023 22:21

Oops forgot to insert @wheeltrims

TakeMyStrongHand · 22/04/2023 22:21

LazyDoll · 21/04/2023 16:53

I know you didn’t want puns buuuut….there’s a furniture place near me called Sofa King and their tag line is Sofa King Good. Makes me smile everytime I see their vans.

And the prices are sofa king low! I live here too 😂

Cosycover · 22/04/2023 22:23

TakeMyStrongHand · 22/04/2023 22:21

And the prices are sofa king low! I live here too 😂

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Me too! I didn't clock on for ages. Drive past it all the time aswell.

moonspiral · 22/04/2023 22:27

Fat Face

WeBuiltThisBuffetOnSausageRoll · 22/04/2023 22:30

There's a small (Facebook) business near me called 'Self Love hampers and balloons'.

If it's ballooning, you're really not doing it safely Grin

Remagirl · 22/04/2023 22:30

One near us called Border Scaffolding. Their strap line is The Erection People, it's all you see when you pass their vans 😂

Jointhecircus · 22/04/2023 22:32

Dick Lovett Mini in Bristol 😂

Pipsqueakpopsqueak · 22/04/2023 22:42

There was a pub in my old town called “The Halfway Inn”, and I once heard someone refer to it as “The Unsatisfied Lady” 😅

tillytoodles1 · 22/04/2023 22:56

Our local butcher was called Muff, he won awards for his sausages, but the name Muff's sausages made me laugh.

ichundich · 22/04/2023 22:58

There is a so called Lady Gardener in my town.

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