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Fuckoffee

116 replies

Trainday · 08/06/2024 07:42

The name of of a coffee shop I walk past daily.

Brilliantly clever fun play on words, or somewhere you'd avoid?

It's always very busy and according to colleagues serves excellent coffee.

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Blacknailer · 08/06/2024 08:09

If it's the one on Bermondsey Street, it's a nice place with good coffee. My kids do read the name out if we walk past it but I'm not too bothered.

AmelieTaylor · 08/06/2024 08:09

Kpo58 · 08/06/2024 08:00

I wouldn't avoid it. Though I would avoid the frozen yoghurt kiosk called Snog as that was just crude.

@Kpo58

snog - how is that crude? It's just a type of kissing.

has it gained a new meaning these days??

BitOutOfPractice · 08/06/2024 08:09

@jennifersa for coffee / fuck off-we

runningonberocca · 08/06/2024 08:09

Their coffee is great though. Really relaxed nice coffee shop. The name is silly but it did get my attention!

AmelieTaylor · 08/06/2024 08:13

If the coffee is good, I don't care what they call it!

For Coffee would have been better though. Give people a slow smile instead of being so obvious.

Pashazade · 08/06/2024 08:15

Not sure the name would fuss me either way, not that clever. Their is a vegan restaurant in Brighton called
Waikikamookau, that took me years before the penny dropped! 😁

Jk987 · 08/06/2024 08:18

Lighten up! I doubt that you and your MIL are their target market!

Gorgonemilezola · 08/06/2024 08:21

Waikikamookau - that's clever and not looking for shocks. Using the word fuck is just done for shock value (otherwise why use it), bit obvious and not very clever.

jennifersa · 08/06/2024 08:21

BitOutOfPractice · 08/06/2024 08:09

@jennifersa for coffee / fuck off-we

Yes I know what they are saying but writing fuck and offee isn't a play on words.

Moirarosesgarden · 08/06/2024 08:22

I prefer the Perky Blenders name… thought that was clever.

I’m surprised Fuckoffee got planning permission for signage (if indeed they need it)

IDontHateRainbows · 08/06/2024 08:23

Pashazade · 08/06/2024 08:15

Not sure the name would fuss me either way, not that clever. Their is a vegan restaurant in Brighton called
Waikikamookau, that took me years before the penny dropped! 😁

I must be a bit slow this morning, said it a few times now and still don't get it

zzplex · 08/06/2024 08:24

Does the play on words depend on your accent?

For me, "for coffee" doesn't sound like "fuck offee". More like "fork offee" (like the Two Ronnies sketch four candles/fork handles).

So "For Coffee" would be lost on me too.

Gorgonemilezola · 08/06/2024 08:25

IDontHateRainbows · 08/06/2024 08:23

I must be a bit slow this morning, said it a few times now and still don't get it

Why kick a moo cow

IDontHateRainbows · 08/06/2024 08:28

Gorgonemilezola · 08/06/2024 08:25

Why kick a moo cow

Why indeed?

I get that, but it's not a particularly funny pun IMHO

I guess with them being vegan it may make sense

MonaChopsis · 08/06/2024 08:32

'Waikikamukau' is New Zealand slang for a generic country town... Similar to in the wop wops or in the boonies. I'd suspect the Brighton café had an NZ connection somewhere.

Ginmonkeyagain · 08/06/2024 08:41

I seem to recall the Bermondsey one got in trouble with the Council. I think they were made to put in an asterisk.

You can't call your business anything. There was a short lived bar/restaurant near us a few years ago that decided to call themselves "Pussy Liquor". After a short and fairly blunt conversation with the Council they changed it.

FlyingSoap · 08/06/2024 08:43

I think it’s funny. I’d give them some business!

Gettingannoyednow · 08/06/2024 08:43

It's not that I'm offended by the profanity in the name exactly*, it's more that I'd be a bit miffed that they think I would be either offended or impressed by it. I imagine the proprietors being about 19, and very hipster.

*I would be pissed off if I had my young dc with me when I walked past.

MrsGhastlyCrumb · 08/06/2024 08:44

One of my nicknames is 'Tourette's Girl' (apologies to anyone who actually does suffer with the condition). Despite being a fairly sweary individual, I'd avoid it, with an eye roll.

LongSinceGotUpAndGone · 08/06/2024 08:45

The name wouldn't put me off if the beverage offering was good, but it isn't remotely witty or clever.

Coaltodiamonds · 08/06/2024 08:49

If the coffee's good, I'm in

Jk987 · 08/06/2024 08:49

Gettingannoyednow · 08/06/2024 08:43

It's not that I'm offended by the profanity in the name exactly*, it's more that I'd be a bit miffed that they think I would be either offended or impressed by it. I imagine the proprietors being about 19, and very hipster.

*I would be pissed off if I had my young dc with me when I walked past.

What if they are 19 and hipster? Good for them!

mewkins · 08/06/2024 08:53

jennifersa · 08/06/2024 07:56

What's the word play?

Writing fuck and adding offee isn't wordplay, it's stupid.

Agreed! I love a good pun, but this is shit!

ThroughThickAndThin01 · 08/06/2024 08:54

We’d go in, DH loves a bit of controversy.

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