to think this shop name was a little bit inappropriate?

[sethstarkaddersmackerel]

I have just remembered there used to be a shop in Oxford that sold Japanese stuff, called 'Tsunami'.

AIBU to think that is a bit like calling a shop 'Nuclear holocaust' or 'Massive cholera outbreak'?

I wonder if it is still there. It used to be on Gloucester Green, for anyone who has been there recently.

There's a restaurant named 'tsunami' also.

here.

there are shops called Avalanche, Storm, Firetrap,

hmmmmmmm.

I drove past a hearse on Thursday with the numberplate D11 NOT.

There's a hardware store near me that sells brooms etc - it's called S&M Supplies.

lol!

Tsunami is the Japanese word for tidal wave, or wave train. Although currently topical given the terrible disasters in recent times I think it's probably no more inappropriate than calling a bar or club hurricane, cyclone or similar.

There used to be a hat shop called 'Krakatoa' in Brighton.

There's a hairdresser in my area called 'Hair Flick'. I'm not saying it's not a clever play on words but come on, naming your shop after a Nazi?

There are some sports stores in London that sell Nike et-al and the name of the store is "Sweatshop".

actually that just reminded me of the German company that made some running shoes called Zyklon. Inside German-speaking countries that just meant 'cyclone' but people who didn't speak German immediately thought of Zyklon B.

You remembered the name though didn't you? That's what they're aiming for ;)

Why did I put a ;)? Its been a long day!!

Did you read about the new bakery called "Nice Baps"!!!!

I call the remote control Heir Flick.

Aye Cook, heard about that wee bakery and, IIRC, did some of the residents sign a petition to get the owners to change the name, because they thought it was vulgar and brought down the tone of the village?