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To tell my friend her business name is rubbish?

161 replies

NChappy · 22/07/2017 12:21

She wants to call it Pasta Best. To me it sounds like her products are passed their best. Should I tell her before it is too late and she has started trading?

OP posts:
timshortfforthalia · 22/07/2017 18:53

Op, please tell us what the business is! If she doing something clever with out of date food then I fear we gave judged her too harshly Grin

CalmItKermitt · 22/07/2017 19:05

Huh??

Sadik · 22/07/2017 19:09

My favourite business name is Dog Food Dave.

Strapline: "So Much More Than Just Dogfood" - erm, maybe there's a reason people make assumptions . . .

MumBod · 22/07/2017 19:10

Barter in your Garter

MumBod · 22/07/2017 19:10

Take Stock in your Smock

MumBod · 22/07/2017 19:11

Oops - completely wrong thread BlushBlushBlushBlush

VeryButchyRestingFace · 22/07/2017 19:20

Oops - completely wrong thread BlushBlushBlushBlush

Still better than OP's friend's effort though. Wink

TheSpottedZebra · 22/07/2017 19:24

Bare Grillz is AMAZING.

ShmooBooMoo · 22/07/2017 19:27

Not pasta? What is it, then!?!

Kpo58 · 22/07/2017 19:38

There is a business near me called Good Luck Driving School. This makes me rather nervous.

Sushi123 · 22/07/2017 19:48

It's a very off putting name. You should definitely tell her

BeachyKeen · 22/07/2017 19:53

mrsovertheroad I've sent you a pm👍

cathf · 22/07/2017 20:00

When I was a headline writer, there was a condition called I've Got A Pun And I'm Going To Use It. That's why every story about parks in local newspapers has a headline about Park Life and every story about history is headlined A Hard Day's Knight. When there was no connection w with Blur, The Beatles or even music.
Sometimes when people spot a pun, they are so overwhelmed by how clever they are, they forget to check if the it makes sense.
That's what's happened here - please tell me the business is at least food related?

plimsolls · 22/07/2017 20:10

WTF?

This makes no sense! It made no sense when I thought her business was about Italian food ....why would she think Pasta Best is a good name unless she liked the pun of "past her best". Without seeing it as a pub, it's just like a cafe called Sandwich Good. And if she did see the pun then why would she use something so negative?

And now you say her business isn't even pasta?!?!

I need answers, my mind is boggled.

plimsolls · 22/07/2017 20:12

*pub = pun.

Autocorrect is confusing things by naming other types of businesses!

MrsApplepants · 22/07/2017 20:17

My fave business name was The Warm As Toast cafe. It's initials were very large and everyone referred to it as the twat cafe. It closed quite quickly though, don't know why

Admirablenelson · 22/07/2017 20:22

I saw an Impact Driving School once.

Sushi123 · 22/07/2017 21:36

It's not a pasta related business? Well what is it? Have I missed something?

BabychamSocialist · 22/07/2017 21:42

Tell her to call it Pasta Duchy on the Left Hand Side instead.

Dancinginthemidnight · 22/07/2017 21:47

I'm so confused about it having nothing to do with pasta.

Rednailsandnaeknickers · 22/07/2017 23:54

Well if it's not pasta related, then her Google search optimisation is gonna be utterly fucked isn't it? How the hell will people find her if they are looking for her type of service but she has a bloody stupid non-related name?

diodati · 23/07/2017 01:18

Curl Up & Dye Grin

diodati · 23/07/2017 01:22

It's not pasta-related? WTAF?!

Mynd · 23/07/2017 01:23

Pizza Resistance

LadyBitterSparkles · 23/07/2017 01:29

Pizza De Acton (this works best if she's trading in Acton)