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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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ShakeShakeTheMuffin · 05/05/2018 08:30

Not a name but a funny slogan... some years ago outside a camping shop near Newcastle. "Now is the winter of our discount tents" Grin

Fannyfanakerpants · 05/05/2018 08:35

Boglin I followed one of their trucks recently. It did make me giggle.

DumbledoresArmy · 05/05/2018 08:36

The Flying Handbag in Blackpool (club).

We've got a scaffold company near us that also say "a perfect election every time" on their vans.

Dog groomers near us called " Hair off the dog". & " Bow Wow Boutique".

SerenDippitty · 05/05/2018 08:37

A bit cheating as not in England but in Continental Europe there's a chain of shops called "athletes foot". Apparently no-one told them that it actually means something else.

Saw a bike shop called Erotic in Tokyo.

DumbledoresArmy · 05/05/2018 08:37

I ment 'erection' not 'election' lol!!

GETTINGLIKEMYMOTHER · 05/05/2018 08:39

Best lawyers' firm name I know is unfortunately fictional - Slow and Bideawhile. (Trollope). Evidently not a lot has changed since Victorian times.

happystory · 05/05/2018 08:43

Seen a landscape gardening van around - Planet Turf!

dietcokemango · 05/05/2018 08:44

There's a pub somewhere in Scotland called the Stagger Inn but surely you would stagger oot, not in?Grin

GETTINGLIKEMYMOTHER · 05/05/2018 08:44

It was in Oman, so they weren't to know, but there used to be a picture framing etc. shop named FF ARTS in big red letters.

I took a picture of it and sent it to Private Eye for their I Spy slot - got £10.

Brokenfurnitureandroses · 05/05/2018 08:45

A door accessory shop called “Knobs and Knockers” in Dublin.

The80sweregreat · 05/05/2018 08:48

I saw a funny thing on facebook the other day that Marks and spencer were going to team up with Poundstretchers and be known as ' stretchmarks'

Bluesheep8 · 05/05/2018 08:56

In the film Brassed Off, the chippy is called "In Cod We Trust" always liked that one Grin

goose1964 · 05/05/2018 09:01

not a shop but Sandy Balls holiday park

CatAnnoyance · 05/05/2018 09:05

We were looking for a local window cleaner and found one that called himself Lord of the Rungs. Ha!

And saw a gardeners van nearby that was called The Lawn Ranger.

I love a good pun Grin

onemorecupofcoffeefortheroad · 05/05/2018 09:05

An all-women plumbing company called ‘The Cockstoppers’

There’s a pub near us called The Amble Inn - when I suggested going there my other half said: “The Ann Boleyn? Never heard of it” Not sure it’s intentional though.

Pecano · 05/05/2018 09:07

I always laugh at he Everton Football shop inside Liverpool One - they called it “Everton Two” so that the address would be Evertone Two, Liverpool One 😂

dietcokemango · 05/05/2018 09:08

An all-women plumbing company called ‘The Cockstoppers’

Here come the cockstoppers (murderer)
I'm the lyrical gangster (murderer)

dietcokemango · 05/05/2018 09:09

I always laugh at he Everton Football shop inside Liverpool One - they called it “Everton Two” so that the address would be Evertone Two, Liverpool One

Grin
Angie169 · 05/05/2018 09:10

Pubs in Manchester called The Corner Shop , The Office. Manchester students union used to have a bar called The Hop & Grape , its was nick named by the local students The Hope and Grope .
A off licence call Booze cruze

and not a name but cheeky and funny , A very dirty Marks and Spencers van with not just any dirt this is M&S dirt ( remember their ads' on tv 'not just . . cake / bread / whatever but M&S . . .. .. )

WeirdCatLady · 05/05/2018 09:12

In Bude there is a craft shop called Beau Nidol (bone idle) 😂

Angie169 · 05/05/2018 09:12

this thread has had me in stitches Grin Grin

Paleshelter · 05/05/2018 09:42

There is another Cod Father near me too a mobile fish and chip can. They got another van and called it the Cod Father II. (As in 2!)
There was a cafe/ deli in Glasgow called Roland Butter.
I've seen the hardware shop called Knobs and Knockers, I'm sure that's in Glasgow too.

Paleshelter · 05/05/2018 09:46

There is a dog groomers in Glasgow called the Wizard of Paws.

FowlisWester · 05/05/2018 09:51

I've just passed a fruit and veg van. Lettuce turnip the beet 🤣

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