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Best pub/ shop names ever!

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honeybeeq · 04/05/2018 22:06

Doing some research on the house we're moving to and it's very near to a pub called.. the Malt Disley!

I love it!! I'm having a bitch of a time with the letting agent and this house is very worth it but aibu to ask you to cheer me up with funny shop/ pub names?

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JohnnyMcGrathSaysFuckOff · 09/05/2018 19:53

We have a local cycle shop that occupies a basement premises - The Bike Cellar

On the next block is a barber's on the top floor - A Cut Above

There used to be a salon in Stoke called The Head Gardener

shelleybee · 09/05/2018 20:59

Not sure if it's still there, but right near to the main uni campus in Southampton there was a mobility shop called AIDS FOR THE DISABLED
Always thought that was pretty harsh!

lookout · 09/05/2018 21:21

Hairdresser near us called Let's Blow Your Top Hmm

The80sweregreat · 09/05/2018 21:41

‘Blow and go ‘ in Benidorm comedy makes me laugh.

midgetgemtheunicorn · 09/05/2018 22:05

chip shop in a village called Lavey near me called "Frying nemo"

CupcakeVampire · 09/05/2018 22:06

I rolled up behind an empty vehicle recovery truck at a set of traffic lights once and had a laugh at the slogan on the back of the cab: “On the pull 24/7”.

Nextloorejext · 09/05/2018 22:22

Saw a picture of a cafe today called

TEA CAKE MAX

Had a chinese take away in my toen called

The Wok In, Carry Out

Sldo had a takeaway called The Shat Inn

AnElderlyLadyOfMediumHeight · 09/05/2018 22:53

Not funny but clever for the double meaning - bike shop in Berlin called Velocity.

Germans' love of English can have unintended consequences. I've seen or heard of bathroom shops (Bad = bathroom) called Bad Design and Bad Idea.

ChippyMinton · 09/05/2018 22:55

There’s a haulage company for construction machinery like diggers that's called Tomato Plant.

whyIsARavenLikeAWritingDesk · 09/05/2018 23:00

There's a little second hand shoot near me called Knockers, Jugs and Chests! Makes me smirk everytime I pass

BikeRunSki · 09/05/2018 23:10

Next the next village tonmebos known as Shat (its official name is different, Shat is its old name) so we have Shat Taxis etc....

cheshiremama89 · 09/05/2018 23:15

Love this near us...

Best pub/ shop names ever!
BigPinkBall · 09/05/2018 23:20

There’s a white goods shop in Shiney Row, Durham called Shiney New Appliances- always made me smile Grin

TheToldYouSoDance · 09/05/2018 23:36

Once knew a gardener who wanted to call his own company Fecking Decking. Not sure if he ever achieved it, but do hope he did. Grin

pigmcpigface · 10/05/2018 08:40

I haven't read the whole thread, so apologies if this has been mentioned. I once stayed next to a portaloo company called WC in the Fields. Grin

Also in my city now/in the last few yeasr: Codrophenia (chip shop), the Codfather (Chip shop), Battersea Cod's Home (chip shop), A Salt and Battered (chip shop), Wok this Way (Chinese), British Hairways (barber), Hand Job (car valeting), Just Falafs (falafel).

There's also I Go Hungry (Chinese) and Mange (Chinese), but I think those are 'lost in translation' errors!

QueenofWhisperz · 10/05/2018 09:50

Theres the "Athletes Foot" which is a shoe store (chain) in the states, it grosses me out every time I see it; but they also hand out candy corn on halloween and I just can't get over it.

amusedbush · 10/05/2018 09:56

a mobility shop called AIDS FOR THE DISABLED
Always thought that was pretty harsh!

I posted an almost identical facebook status to this a few years ago about a shop local to my parents (nowhere near Southampton)!

TaurielTest · 10/05/2018 09:59

I have a great one for Calamity Jane fans - Kent-based rubbish clearance company called Whip Crap Away.

KaliforniaDreamz · 10/05/2018 10:05

I love shop names.
Recently i've seen...
Hairdressers - Love and Dye
Chippy - Rock and Roe
Fireplace shop - Grate Expectations (this is my favourite).

This is quite amusing..,
www.timeout.com/london/comedy/londons-funniest-punniest-shop-names

Ladymadness · 10/05/2018 13:31

Just remembered a local hairdressers called scissor sisters

There is also a local car wash that advertises "the best hand jobs in town" Grin

BikeRunSki · 10/05/2018 18:43

Whip Crap Away is genius!

AJPTaylor · 10/05/2018 22:56

R Soles of Olney coach company..

Arkengarthdale · 11/05/2018 12:16

Gardening company in north cumbria called Lawn Order.

I loved All Pizzas Great and Small in Bedale in Wensleydale (James Herriot country) with their pink Ladas with telephones on the top. It's a little bit more dull without them.

Arkengarthdale · 11/05/2018 12:17

Oh and Baguette-me-not sandwich shop

spidey66 · 11/05/2018 12:30

There was a white goods shop in Stoke Newington called Sell Fridges....closed down now though.

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