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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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Sunshineandgin · 05/05/2018 04:28

Miami Beach on the Gold Coast in Aus has a takeaway called Miami Rice.

When I lived in Singapore there was a store that looked fairly high end night street selling handbags it was called Nose tickled me every time I saw it.

And in the town where my Grandma lives the greengrocers and florist was called Meloncauly Rose. (Melancholy)

Lotuslots · 05/05/2018 04:30

Gay pub (lesbian) called Tongue and Groove.

JJS888 · 05/05/2018 05:13

Cunning Stunts kite shop

Although might be an urban myth, can't remember how I know the name Grin

BikeRunSki · 05/05/2018 05:19

Tyrannosaurus Pets - exotic pet shop in Leeds

muffyduffster · 05/05/2018 06:01

Jamaicaway in Manchester

Belleende · 05/05/2018 06:06

Mobility shop in my town called Cane and Able. Makes me chortle every day.

DeepInFrance · 05/05/2018 06:07

Secondhand shop called Junk and Disorderly.

Addy2 · 05/05/2018 06:14

Pub called the Stumble Inn

LS83 · 05/05/2018 06:22

Burger van in Swansea: Only Food and Sauces. Makes me laugh every day on the way to work

Liaoyang · 05/05/2018 06:50

Very good book store in Beijing genuinely called Wong Fook Hing Book Store

livelyredjellybean · 05/05/2018 06:57

Pub called “The Office”!

Hoppinggreen · 05/05/2018 06:59

Where my Grandparents used to live ( Shirley near Birmingham) there was a Chinese restaurant called The Shirley Temple, the outseide was done to look a bit like a temple
Near me there is a Yoga studio called Om is where the heart it.

GalactiCat · 05/05/2018 07:09

Used to live in Essex where I used to see Jim'll mix it on a concrete lorry.

Lallypopstick · 05/05/2018 07:10

Amy's Winehouse in Sunderland

Toadsrevisited · 05/05/2018 07:13

Jason's donner van

Groovee · 05/05/2018 07:16

Chippy used to be called the Cod Father

QueenOfMyWorld · 05/05/2018 07:17

A manual car wash called The Hand Job

Buggeritimgettingup · 05/05/2018 07:19

Chippy called 'cod'rophinia

TroysMammy · 05/05/2018 07:21

An area in Swansea called Killay, pronounced Kill-ay. The Indian Restaurant there was once called the Klay Oven.

Belindarocks · 05/05/2018 07:22

Shop in Dewsbury called Guns N Roses. An air gun shop which also sell flowers!

Unevenbeard · 05/05/2018 07:24

There's a pub I know called the spreadeagle Grin

PanPanPanPing · 05/05/2018 07:27

I used to go to a pub in Eastcote called The Case Is Altered. Rumour had it that the name was a corruption of a Spanish expression, but I'm not sure that anyone really knows!

AmethystRaven · 05/05/2018 07:35

We had a Hair'Say for a while just after Popstars was on. They even had the same logo, they must have been gutted when they broke up!

Ohyesiam · 05/05/2018 07:36

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Ratonastick · 05/05/2018 07:41

I recently called an electrician called Socket and See. And I regularly see a van for a window company based in a village called East Hanney callec Hanney Glazed.

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