local businesses with horribly formed "names"

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)

I never liked "Eggspectations"

salon names provide a rich vein of forced puns

This is an imaginary one but I always fancied opening up shops called "occult bakery" and "occult drycleaners"

http://statics.192.com/estreet/original/large/1045/10457006.jpg

short cuts, obv, but OH FFS next door also

tbh i don't think anyone's ever gonna beat the 'neutring stops aids in cats' shop:

http://farm1.staticflickr.com/55/137639493_b1dce51087_z.jpg

there was little salon i saw recently named WE'RE HAIR, it just doesn't set right with me, because it's a pun on "we're here" which isn't really even a thing? plus they are saying that they ARE hair?

wow wow wow @ cat neutering place

also a nail salon called GET NAILED

this is in marylebone

http://static.whoseview.com/files/1273095385313IMG0509146271.png
you can't quite read it here but this is the company

http://www.goaway.co.uk/index.php?page=ABOUT_US

it's meant to be a sentence, i think - but the way they coloured it made it look as though they thought of 2 puns but only had one shop and so they are tagging both names on.

Most terrible does-not-make-sense pun name is A Salt & Battery in NYC

you use salt and batter as ingredients for fish n chips come on

asphalt and rubbery?

this sign in fitzrovia
http://pic.epicfail.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/sign-fail-weve-got-crabs-downstairs.jpg

In West Memphis: Hair "I" Am

akin to the We're Hair mentioned above. Don't know why the I's in quotes. Emphasis?

Also had a Doggy Style groomer up the street, but they finally apparently figured it out and changed the name to something bland.

http://i486.photobucket.com/albums/rr222/Chass3ur/laundro.jpg

one of my go-to liquor stores is right on the Trail of Tears here in North Little Rock. It's called ... Firewater. Crossed spears feature in the signage.
http://southxmidwest.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/firewater.jpg?w=640&h=640

many pho permutations- locally there's "1 2 3 Pho," but i've also seen pics of "pho-king delicious"

in avon next to beaver creek- "beaver liquors"

Wife Savor, eh you what?

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