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Give us a few that you have seen.

Curl Up and Dye Hairdresser in Tuam, Co. Galway, Ireland

Leech's Pharmacy Dublin, Ireland

Not really a name of business but when I was in denmark alot of the buses had "I FART" (it means "Fast") in large letters on the side.

One store in town has a huge sign saying WE BUY JUNK AND SELL ANTIQUES

My Great-Grandmother is a retirement home called "Dun Rovin."

"Hand-Job" car wash

The Dutch postal service is called TNT.

Give us a few that you have seen.

Curl Up and Dye Hairdresser in Tuam, Co. Galway, Ireland

Leech's Pharmacy Dublin, Ireland

There is a curl up and dye hairdresser here in Mt vernon, Illinois, USA!

Let's Get Stoned statue company was always one of my favs

Well, in my town we have "Hair to Dye For" and also "Big Hairy Deal" (Obviously hair salons =P). I did see something ironic though, but the name isn't funny... It was this crappy white old building that was rotting and falling apart, but on a neat little sign on the side it said "Martha's House Design."

Edit: Almost forgot, Fu King Chicken chinese restuarant..

I always like 'The Codfather', the name of a local chippy.

There's an undertaker's business in Castrop-Rauxel, Germany, called

"Bestattungshaus [funeral parlor] Hellfeier"

Give us a few that you have seen.

Curl Up and Dye Hairdresser in Tuam, Co. Galway, Ireland

Leech's Pharmacy Dublin, Ireland
I'm partial to "Crazy Chan's Chinese Food And Bowling Emporium." It's in northern Minnesota, USA.

I always like 'The Codfather', the name of a local chippy.
I love it.

I'm partial to "Crazy Chan's Chinese Food And Bowling Emporium." It's in northern Minnesota, USA.
Only in America.

Kindof off topic

There's a garage near Harolds Cross has one of those fold out signs out on the main road which says:

Buy 3 tyres for the price of 4 and GET ONE FREE

I think it's genius, can't be done for false advertising either and lets face it, if you're stupid enough to fall for it, you deserve it.

i was always amused by "TOP Muff" (service station) and "Muff Diving School", both in Muff, Co. Donegal.

I know the tourists are too.

Only in America.
Grand Marais, Minnesota, is also home to The Beaver Shack.

Not hilarious, but one idiot mexican family misused spanish grammar and named their resteraunt El Amigos(should be Los amigos, unless I am missing something)

Buy 3 tyres for the price of 4 and GET ONE FREE

I've always regarded "Get one free" schemes as actually meaning that the prices are reduced per unit (excellent way to avoid buying into such schemes, since you're not getting anything free, just at a lesser price).

But I like this one :D I might just buy those three tyres and get one free because they made me laugh (if I need tyres).

Ooh, and now that I think of it, that same town is home to The World's Greatest Donuts store. That's not such an odd name, but it's the only store I've ever been to where they claim to make the World's Best something...and they're right. Greatest donuts on planet Earth, I swear to you.

I always like 'The Codfather', the name of a local chippy.
The Codfather..you wouldn't happen to live in Watford,would you?

Not hilarious, but one idiot mexican family misused spanish grammar and named their resteraunt El Amigos(should be Los amigos, unless I am missing something)

El and Los both mean The according to: http://www.freedict.com/onldict/spa.html

Edit: Of course, I am unfamiliar with Spanish, so I don't know if you could indeed use them interchangeably.

China Cok - Chinese restuarant. I think it's China Cok, there is a wok for an 'O' -_-

Kindof off topic

There's a garage near Harolds Cross has one of those fold out signs out on the main road which says:

Buy 3 tyres for the price of 4 and GET ONE FREE

I think it's genius, can't be done for false advertising either and lets face it, if you're stupid enough to fall for it, you deserve it.
Hilarious! Do you live on Dublin's south side?

Hilarious! Do you live on Dublin's south side?

lives across the road from my folks in rathfarnaham apparently.

El and Los both mean The according to: http://www.freedict.com/onldict/spa.html

Edit: Of course, I am unfamiliar with Spanish, so I don't know if you could indeed use them interchangeably.
"El" is singular and "Los" is plural. Only because english omits almost everything grammar-related doesn't mean that other languages do so as well.
German "Ihr" (plural) and "Du" becomes you in english.

"El" is singular and "Los" is plural. Only because english omits almost everything grammar-related doesn't mean that other languages do so as well.
German "Ihr" (plural) and "Du" becomes you in english.

Genau.

Mnemo: Los Angeles, city of angelS. Not El Angeles.

I'm always amused by "Heck Industries" right down the road... other than that, nothing around here.

There's a plumber round here

P. J. Spillings

Not gonna hire him.

I once saw signs for a demolition company named Edifice Wrecks.

I once saw signs for a demolition company named Edifice Wrecks.
I am such a nerd for cracking up as much as I did when I read that...

I've always been amused by Roscoe's Chicken and Waffles, Kung Pao Kitty, and the many Wok's... HappyWok, Wok Me, and of course Goodey Wok.

I saw a pic online of Stiff Nipples air-con services!:D

http://www.bollox.net/index.php?id=65don.

Fat Duck Pizza

lives across the road from my folks in rathfarnaham apparently.

While I am a 'nam vet., I was in 'nam in '75. I now reside in Rathgar.


That reminds me. How many Vietnam vets does it take to change a lightbulb?
You don't know man, you don't know 'cos you weren't there.

johnson and co erection service

its a real one, it was on the side of a truck. it had a picture of scaffolding and cranes. so my guess is they assemble scaffolding and cranes. but if you ignore the picture and just concentrate on the name, and you go back to a middle school mind set. it is kind of funny

While I am a 'nam vet., I was in 'nam in '75. I now reside in Rathgar.


That reminds me. How many Vietnam vets does it take to change a lightbulb?
You don't know man, you don't know 'cos you weren't there.

vietnam is soft as shite compared to whitechurch. they eat their babies up there

Delicious with a nice red wine sauce.

There is a store trying to open in Scottsdale, Arizona called "The Pink Taco" and wouldn't you know it, it's a taco shop.

The city council is trying to stop it though because they are just being the moralistic bastards they are and can't cope with a business name being a sexual inuendo.

Give us a few that you have seen.

Curl Up and Dye Hairdresser in Tuam, Co. Galway, Ireland

Aye there's one of those here, too.

Sofa King

Their prices aren't just good, they're Sofa King good.

Smeg. dishwashers and kitchen stuff alike :)
fans of red dwarf will especially like it hehe...


oh and i love Cypress Hill's record label 'Hits From The Bong' (IIRC - might be wrong there tho :()

The Codfather..you wouldn't happen to live in Watford,would you?
lol, no.

Aye there's one of those here, too.

I think there is on in Cambridge too.

www.penisland.net

"Don't be fooled by those imposters at www.penisland.org, or www.pen-island.net, we're the real deal!"

:D There's a laundrymat/bar in Kansas City MO called suds and duds

Well, I was in Ireland last March (Dublin) and I saw a pizza joint that read "Probably the best pizza in Dublin." Got a kick out of that. I can't seem remember the name though...

Theres a classic near where i live, it's a fast food resturant called:

Burger Off.

Electrical company with the slogan "we will remove your shorts"

Fishing supply store called Masterbaiter's

FYI I am reading these out of a book:

A Pane in the Glass, (window repair) Naples, FL

Franks a lot (hotdog restaurant) Kansas City, MO

Great Buns (bakery) Las Vegas, NV

Wok-N-Roll (chinese restaurant) Yarmouth Post, MA

Bye Bye Bifocals (optician) Dallas, TX

Not hilarious, but one idiot mexican family misused spanish grammar and named their resteraunt El Amigos(should be Los amigos, unless I am missing something)
Yeah, it def should be Los Amigos, not El amigos. Los is for plural nouns and el is for singular ones.
There's a lawyer named O. Positive near me.

There happens to be a Lost Sock Laundromat in my town. Wouldn't call it hilarious, but it is sort of amusing.

gilbert dick insurrance
weeds and reeds

A company called FART, in a town called Anus.

And of course, Dr. Horny the Gynecologist. Yep, he exists, and in Japan no less. Seen it with me own eyes.

There is a store trying to open in Scottsdale, Arizona called "The Pink Taco" and wouldn't you know it, it's a taco shop.

The city council is trying to stop it though because they are just being the moralistic bastards they are and can't cope with a business name being a sexual inuendo.

I heard about that on SNL...I wonder if it's really south of the Hooters...

A company called FART, in a town called Anus.

And of course, Dr. Horny the Gynecologist. Yep, he exists, and in Japan no less. Seen it with me own eyes.

My parents have a friend with the name Dr. Procter...

bump

Sofa King

Their prices aren't just good, they're Sofa King good.
Lol.. That is awesome.

There's an undertaker's business in Castrop-Rauxel, Germany, called

"Bestattungshaus [funeral parlor] Hellfeier"

There is a Coffin Insurance in Council Grove, Kansas.

I heard about that on SNL...I wonder if it's really south of the Hooters...

http://www.pinktaco.com/

"Bazaar Cemetary" and "Bazaar Cattle Crossing" (across Hwy 177) in Bazaar, Kansas. Just a few short hours away from.... Peculiar, Missouri.

Virtual Plumbing.
They thought they would be smart and jump on the millenium bandwagon butthey picked the commoners millenium not he real one and Virtual Plumbing???
So do they actually do the job or just pretend they did?
Probably with futuristic and unbelievable prices.
Bada bing bada bong.:p

:D There's a laundrymat/bar in Kansas City MO called suds and duds

There used to be one in Lawrence, Kansas called, "777 Jesus Laundromat". Does anyone know if it is still there?

The name of a tow service...."Cheap Hookers"

My parents have a friend with the name Dr. Procter...

For years there was a Dr. Blood in the Wichita, Kansas phone book....

Dick's Wholesale Carpet Warehouse, in Oakland California.

Though as of late I think someone pointed out the implication, because now it's Wholesale Carpets, Dicks Warehouse (http://www.switchboard.com/bin/cgidir.dll?PR=110&ST=1&HA=1&CHKLIST=56&NN=30&SK=3*3012062*0400500003EF2E3D021303EF2E3D02131AAE0C3D021303EF2E3D021307EFA93F&SK2=3*0&AP=0&KW=Carpet+&MEM=45&CID=60&T=Oakland&S=CA&LO=Oakland,+CA&VL=MSZPYWtsYW5kLCBDQSYmT2FrbGFuZCZDQSYmMCYwJjImMiYwaQ__&QV=6AF4236AA2474D51B865945D1B81F950l0288BB697ACF9F44B9303203O0188B8697ACF9F44BB303203O0788B9697ACF9F 4484303203O03882D3DA2CF9F44F8CF3203&QR=1&QX=1&C3P=-3) (second listing) though it doesn't really make it that different.

www.penisland.net

"Don't be fooled by those imposters at www.penisland.org, or www.pen-island.net, we're the real deal!"


www.molestationnursery.com

There's a Vietnamese/Chinese butcher up the street from me called Hung Long Butcher.

'Foul Chicken Sandwiches'!
This was in Egypt in World War Two, hopefully they were aiming for 'Fowl Chicken Sandwiches' 'cuse that is what they were selling unless of course they were being honest.:p

There's a Vietnamese/Chinese butcher up the street from me called Hung Long Butcher.
Ouch >.<.

I remember Give Pizza Chance in Palo Alto, this is their sign (http://www.mustbeart.com/kb5mu/family/ejp_trip99/day456/DSCN0068.JPG).

And of course my hairdresser back in basketball-crazed Indiana, on Jordan Street - Hair Jordan.

Ouch >.<.

I remember Give Pizza Chance in Palo Alto, this is their sign (http://www.mustbeart.com/kb5mu/family/ejp_trip99/day456/DSCN0068.JPG).

And of course my hairdresser back in basketball-crazed Indiana, on Jordan Street - Hair Jordan.
There is (was) a pizza place in Emeryville that was called Pirate Pizza, which to me implied that you'd call them to order a pizza and then they'd hit the road and ambush another companies pizza driver for their pizzas and then deliver it to you.

I've been working on the musical for this for a while now...

There is (was) a pizza place in Emeryville that was called Pirate Pizza, which to me implied that you'd call them to order a pizza and then they'd hit the road and ambush another companies pizza driver for their pizzas and then deliver it to you.

I've been working on the musical for this for a while now...
Awesome. I would totally go see that. *nod*

In Prague, there was a pub called 'The Dog's Bollocks'.

We have a "Grab a piece Pizza" nearby

Experts exchange
Pen Island

Not funny on their own but look at the websites they spawned:

www.expertsexchange.com
www.penisland.net

There's a P. Guy plumbing service in New Jersey. Toilet doesn't work. Call the P. Guy!

When I was a high school student, I spent a summer working as a volunteer for the USFS in Trinity County, northern California. The closest local restaurant was a pizza place in the village of Big Flat. It was a little joint run by a hippy, who grew as much as he could himself organic, and had excellent supplies for what he couldn't do himself.

Yep, that's right - the best pizza place ever is called "Big Flat Pizza".

Boobie's Restaurant -- Charlotte, Tennessee, USA
Mangez-moi (Eat Me) -- Marseille, France
Hung Lung Chinese Restaurant -- Springfield, Ohio, USA

Not hilarious, but one idiot mexican family misused spanish grammar and named their resteraunt El Amigos(should be Los amigos, unless I am missing something)
Quote marks around "Amigos" would slightly de-idiotize that Mexican family maybe ?

For years there was a Dr. Blood in the Wichita, Kansas phone book....
We have a "Piet Uyttebroeck" here in Antwerp, meaning something like "cock out of pants"; he's a gynecologist. Serious.
Used to have a family "Kotsbak" in the phone book, roughly translated as "barf bin".

Webmasters who didn't think when they registered their URL's...

1) Who Represents?, a database for agencies to the rich and famous:
http://www.whorepresents.com

2) Experts Exchange, a knowledge base where programmers can exchange
advice and views:
http://www.expertsexchange.com

3) Looking for a pen? Look no further than Pen Island:
http://www.penisland.net

4) Need a therapist?
http://www.therapistfinder.com

5) Mole Station Native Nursery, based in New South Wales:
http://www.molestationnursery.com

6) Gas central heating anyone?
http://www.gasheating.co.uk

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In Buffalo, NY, there's the Amigone Funeral Parlor.

The Orthopedic doc I went to when I broke my arm -- Dr. Kalijian, if I remember correctly -- sounded a bit too much like Dr. Collision for my comfort level.

They aren't businesses, but Connecticut has some interesting parks. When I was a kid, we used to go to Satan's Kingdom. We lived closer to Devil's Hopyard though. Nice family spots!

Happy Endings Massage Polar!

In Chicago's Lakeview there is:

Great Head - hair parlor and

Get Nailed - manicure place.

I just remembered; in Cold Lake, Alberta there is a night club that goes by "The Camel's Toe".

You people are all too young...
Curl Up And Dye was the name of the salon where Carrie Fisher's character worked in the Blue Brothers movie, hence its popularity.

Anyway, I saw a café beside Checkpoint Charlie in Berlin called The Czech Point.

The Church where I used to go when I lived in Halifax is Bedford Baptist Church, or BBC for short. We run a radio station too, so it is quite appropriate.

In Prague, there was a pub called 'The Dog's Bollocks'.
There's a pub called 'The Dog's Bollocks' in Auckland.

Here's an excerpt from the Far Eastern Economic Review that shows how Filipinos love playing with words, even in naming their shops:

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"...But most are purely witty, and display a love of Americana. Reader
Robert Harland spotted a bakery named Bread Pitt, a Makati fast-food
place selling maruya (banana fritters) called Maruya Carey, a
water-engineering firm called Christopher Plumbing, a boutique called
The Way We Wear, a video rental shop called Leon King Video Rental, a
restaurant in the Cainta district of Rizal called Caintacky Fried
Chicken, a local burger restaurant called Mang Donald's, a doughnut
shop called MacDonuts, a shop selling lumpia (meat parcels) in Makati
called Wrap and Roll, and two butchers called Meating Place and
Meatropolis.

Tourists from Europe may be intrigued to discover shops called Holland
Hopia and Poland Hopia. Both sell a type of Chinese pastry called
hopia. What's the story? The names are explained thus: Holland Hopia
is the domain of a man named Ho and Poland Hopia is run by a man named
Po.

People in the Philippines also redesign English to be more efficient.
"The creative confusion between language and culture leads to more
than just simple unintentional errors in syntax, but in the adoption
of new words," says reader Rob Goodfellow. He came across a sign that
said "House Fersallarend." Why use five words (house for sale or rent)
when two will do?

Tonyboy Ongsiako explains why there was so much wit in the
Philippines. "We come from a country where you require a sense of
humour to survive," he says. "We have a 24-hour comedy show here
called the government and a huge reserve of comedians made up mostly
of politicians and bad actors.""

Dirty Dick's Crabhouse.
http://www.dirtydickscrabs.com/
"Never been to one of our restaurants? You obviously don't know Dick!"

backpackers guesthouse in Stellenbosch, South-Africa, called The Stumble Inn

There's an Air Freshener called Minky. I'm not thinking about whales with that one either.

one of my favorites here in Vegas is a bar called The Slanted Clam

oh and near my work theres a THC of Nevada and right across the street is a Munch A Sub (as in pot and munchies - ha ha ha ho ho ack cough spittle sorry that really isnt hilarious)

In LA I remember seeing a truck pass by (the name wasnt funny but the slogan was): Culver City Meat Company: You cant beat our meat.

while on my honeymoon I saw a couple funny bus line names in France:

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y214/biyay/Honeymoon/h69.jpg
Oh noes!!!!!


everyone was taking a picture of this one:
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y214/biyay/Honeymoon/h41.jpg

during which someone asked where it's counterpart was. It wasn't long before I spotted this one:

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y214/biyay/Honeymoon/h45.jpg

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oh I saw this place in Amsterdam and took a pic of my wife when she wasn't looking:
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y214/biyay/Honeymoon/h32.jpg

Oh, and some local ones here around Osaka:
There's a dry cleaners in the suburb of Nose (2 syllables) called Nose Cleaning.
And the regional name Kinki (same pronunciation as kinky), which makes all kinds of things funny, but especially the Kinki Love Hotel and Kinki University.
The hamburger chain MOS Burger, pronounced as "moss".

A venetian blind repair place in town here has a sign on the side of it's delivery van announcing that "A Blind man drives this van!" For some reason, I had always found that amusing.

i cant think of any really. there's a lamp shop near me called 'exciting lighting', it's only funny cuz it's so lame tho.

I go to Florida every year for the Minnesota Twins spring training. We have passed this business many times:

Master Bait and Tackle.

http://masterbaitonline.com/

*snip*
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Pack my bags, I'm moving to Milan today! :D

When I was in Austria a few years ago, my little sister and I were walking through a town at dusk on a Sunday and came across a plaque thing for a company called Assmann Ladenbau Leibnitz GmbH. Somewhere I have a picture of my sister standing with the sign with ASSMANN written over and over again. Also, in Paris, I saw an ad for a play called Shopping and Fucking.

Sigh, all of this talk of Europe makes me wanna go back for a visit ._. It's been almost two years ;_;!!

My Great-Grandmother is a retirement home called "Dun Rovin."
I'm a little late on this one, but I'd like to pose an inquiry anyway: How is that working out for her?

There was a liquor store where I used to live that had a hilarious name. I think it was "FU Liquor" or something. That's nothing, though, compared to FCUK (French Connection UK).

There was a Vietnamese restaurant in Bellevue, WA called "What the Pho" (which is funny because "Pho" is a Vietnamese noodle dish that's pronounced like the "fu" in "fuck").

There are probably legions of butchers who have named their businesses "________'s Meat". This lead's to bumper stickers that read:
YOU CAN'T BEAT _________'S MEAT. This always sounds more like a warning than an ad slogan, but whatever.

George Carlin suggested a few:
A gay restaurant called The Mouthful
A restaurant for bulimics called the Fork & Bucket
A restaurant for anorexics called The Empty Plate or The Lonely Chef.
An over-the-counter contraceptive called PREG-NOT or EMBRY-NO.
A vaginal deodorant spray called Sprunt (I still giggle involuntarily every time I hear that one).
The Sleep & Fuck Motel (at the Jersey end of the Holland Tunnel, of course).

Gotta love George.

Give us a few that you have seen.

Curl Up and Dye Hairdresser in Tuam, Co. Galway, Ireland



No way! I thought that was just a place where I live! Now they've gone and ruined it being a chain. Or perhaps it's just an innocent coincidence?

There is a place here in Ottawa that deals in body repairs called Lusitania Collision,wonder if they saw the irony,probably not

There was a Vietnamese restaurant in Bellevue, WA called "What the Pho" (which is funny because "Pho" is a Vietnamese noodle dish that's pronounced like the "fu" in "fuck").

There are probably legions of butchers who have named their businesses "________'s Meat". This lead's to bumper stickers that read:
YOU CAN'T BEAT _________'S MEAT. This always sounds more like a warning than an ad slogan, but whatever.

George Carlin suggested a few:
A gay restaurant called The Mouthful
A restaurant for bulimics called the Fork & Bucket
A restaurant for anorexics called The Empty Plate or The Lonely Chef.
An over-the-counter contraceptive called PREG-NOT or EMBRY-NO.
A vaginal deodorant spray called Sprunt (I still giggle involuntarily every time I hear that one).
The Sleep & Fuck Motel (at the Jersey end of the Holland Tunnel, of course).

Gotta love George.

I mentioned the Culver City Meat company earlier that has the slogan "You cant beat our meat"

WHen you mentioned Fork and Bucket it reminded me of a place in Iowa called Cork and Fork which in turn reminded me of a quickie mart near there called Kum and Go.

hahah, we were driving through a kinda ghetto part of Atlanta and there was a hair salon called "Oh My Nappie Hair!" ahahhahahhhhh... I find it funny.

I worked in San Francisco for a period of time in a job that required a messenger service. One time our normal messenger serivce wasn't available for a priority package so I flipped open the yellow pages.

I eventually came across an ad that stated something to the effect of: "All female owners/employees" and the name of the business was "Lickety Split". I nearly died laughing.