local businesses with horribly formed "names"

i-cream (an ice cream shop)

I've always thought that a little more thought should've been put into the name of Raper RV. Yes, I understand that it's your last name, but still.

'Fishcoteque' always makes me smile when I cycle past, there's that taxidermy place around Angel called 'Get Stuffed'

There's a builder's van I see in Exeter occasionally which has the legend "For a big erection, call 01392 [etc]". sadly I think the 'company' name is just his name appended with 'builder'.

There used to be a kebab shop in Leeds called Kebabylon, iirc.

In Northern Finland there is a swamp area whose name is "Äteritsiputeritsipuolilautatsijänkä"; it comes from the Sami language spoken by the indigenous people of the area. In the neighbouring town, someone thought it would be a funny idea to name a bar (which has since closed) after the swamp:

http://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiedosto:Ateritsiputeritsipuolilautatsibaari.jpg

According to Wikipedia, they didn't answer with the phone with the full name of the bar, just "Äteritsi bar".

Sorry, the pic didn't work in the previous post:

http://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiedosto:Ateritsiputeritsipuolilautatsibaari.jpg

Eh, looks like Wikipedia doesn't support hotlinking anymore.

Hopefully this one works:

http://www.veikkovasama.net/blogikuvat/baarin_nimi.jpg

in stokey
http://noisydecentgraphics.typepad.com/design/images/2008/01/31/dsc00125.jpg

haha

http://images.travelpod.com/users/emmab/italy.1206088380.big_tits_restaurantx_tampere.jpg

Here's another Finnish restaurant, though I guess it's more "painfully honest" than "horribly formed".

it comes from the Sami language spoken by the indigenous people of the area

I've always thought that a little more thought should've been put into the name of Raper RV.

I spent two years living in Missouri as a kid, was inundated with Tom Raper RV commercials ALL THE TIME.

there is one of those quasi-apple store reseller places near me named St0rmfr0nt which bugs the shit out of me. Would you open a store without googling the name to see if, oh I dunno, if might have some bad connotations first?

Maybe they only sell white Power Macs?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxoD_1I6S_A

this is about a shop on the other side of town although the company seems to be based in Shropshire and has a number of outlets in the UK

Lol at sellfridges. Crackle box - fishcoteque always made me smile too.

There's a textiles shop in town called 'Basket of Threads'. Before that, it was 'The Sewing Machine Box'. Ouch.

really grim chip shop called "fish plaice", looking at the pun on the shopfront is like seeing the ghost of a child in a dying old man's angry gnarled face.

it's "flickers" apparently
http://static.whoseview.com/files/1272475646051IMG1094739120.png

camden strikes again
http://statics.192.com/estreet/original/large/1219/12193176.jpg

Dublin classics:

http://images.travelpod.com/users/paulandjenny/1.1299866393.knobs-and-knockers.jpg

http://50percenthuman.com/blog/wp-content/gallery/people/lino-ritchie.jpg

there's a thai restaurant here called THAI COON, and it makes me a little uncomfortable

http://www.anglingfish.net/images/bait-sign-master-baits12.JPG

swear there used to be a tackle shop of this name in Hull, too.

not "horribly formed" tho imo

http://www.chicagonow.com/blogs/the-green-mama/assets_c/2010/01/bebybaby-thumb-572xauto-66304.jpg

i mean clearly it's a popular gag

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_isUvlzkZPIQ/TJuyad4f6HI/AAAAAAAAG5c/bWtVesg1jSw/s1600/838134437_bdc3e6b68e.jpg

http://static.whoseview.com/files/1272615200290IMG0556417868.png

in peckham, used to pass it on bus to work....

I can think of a couple in Toronto - tbh I kinda love when shops go this route:

Grateful Head (hair salon)
Snakes & Lattes (coffee shop w/many board games you can play on)

and this doesn't have a pun in general but it makes me lol everytime: Shorty Shack (womens' clothing store) which is close to Ghetto Stylez(!!)

OH!!!
And north of Toronto, closer to cottage country, there is a place that makes decks and assorted cottage furnishings, called Deck in a Box!

oops I messed that up slightly

http://www.dockinabox.com/images/storefront.jpg

Maybe not appropriate for this thread, but I really despise the trend of naming business "Zen," e.g. Zen Hair Salon, Zen Massage, Zen Drywall, etc.

lol @ deck in a box

knobs and knockers and lino ritchie also great

there was an excellent scaffolder's name "pole positions".

much better than, for example, another one i saw called "poles apart" - no thanks.

Chickpizz!

ya that one is my fav so far

http://easyweb.easynet.co.uk/~landau/about.1.jpg

kosher wine

There is a local bloke who does mowing, raking, etc. for the rich people around here. I see his old beat-up truck parked on the street, usually half-blocking traffic. Emblazoned on his truck doors: ESAD'S YARD MAINTENANCE.

?

http://www.liloia.com/images/peabody.gif

2 locations! salem and peabody, ma.

Eat Shit And Die Yard Maintenance xxp

This is actually a national chain: http://www.sweatshop.co.uk/

2 locations! salem and peabody, ma.

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I almost bought a bunghole shirt the last time I was in salem. I didn't know what a bunghole was until recently and always thought it was someone's unfortunate last name.

the was a hair salon near my old place called follicles and a wine store called fermented grapes, i found them both a bit technical

oh oh and a restaurant called fish and crustaceans

I am always bemused by the memory of a roadside cafe that has since closed, named (as far as anyone could tell from the enormous signage) EAT.

http://hilton.org.uk/facade/cambridge-eat.jpg

stands for 'excellence and taste'9 maybe not anymore).

anyway more interestingly:

http://tanksalot.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/thyme-to-eat-cafe.jpg?w=600&h=398

ooh there is a paint your own pottery place called Your Fired.. as well. I know technically it's not grammatically correct but it DRIVES ME INSANE.

(er, technically not INcorrect)

1100 posts and no mention of Ruth’s Chris Steak House!

that’s not a local business, it’s a chain?

^

i've been wondering if this place has any regrets in recent months

https://i.imgur.com/SrBJolo.png

"very pizza"

Bake Me Home Cookie Road

https://i.ibb.co/YFK4thw5/IMG-9418.jpg

Potatoast in Worthing in case that doesn't show up

also this legendary place in Portslade...

https://i.ibb.co/wZdhDxJn/fishtucky.jpg

There’s a hardware store near us called Be In Queue DIY, which I think of as a close cousin to the white goods shop not far away called Sell Fridges.

lol that's great
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FKi6ETiXIAANsNu.jpg

Huff Septic

It's Bagel

There's a little gallery in my town called "Denouement Fine Art" that I always wonder if it's a self-deprecating reference to probably being someone's retirement vanity project.

jarbardrinks

Hound of the Basket Meals
https://www.essentially-england.com/images/hound_tor_hound_of_the_basketmeals.jpg

I am always forgetting to post this gem from near me: a salon/barber called ‘Hair Grows the Neighborhood’

https://i.ibb.co/352gJXMQ/boobliq.jpg

Apparently it was derived from bublik, which is the Russian and Ukrainian word for a traditional, ring-shaped Eastern European bread that is very similar to a bagel

But uh...