rent a haircut, put a downpayment on hair extensions
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 02:55 (twelve years ago) link
never use a z when an s will suffice is going to be an enforced creative advice bureau tenet.
― estela, Tuesday, 3 April 2012 03:01 (twelve years ago) link
i took a photo of wig-o-rama once! not the sign though, just this mannequin:
http://farm1.staticflickr.com/13/19266886_4d2ae26e55_o.jpg
― eyes of dora maar (get bent), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 03:05 (twelve years ago) link
Weeeird, there's a similarly spooky giant wig shop that looks like Abb's wigorama on the outskirts of Toronto!
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 03:09 (twelve years ago) link
Local businesses with delightfully formed or mellifluous names
― Here Comes Abbryone (Abbbottt), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 03:10 (twelve years ago) link
wig shops are amazing.
― eyes of dora maar (get bent), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 03:10 (twelve years ago) link
for ages there was a wonderfully creepy and disheveled wig store in downtown seattle called WIGLAND (which, the internet tells me, is a fairly common name for wig stores). closed tragically a while back. i always figured it had to be a front anyway.
― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 03:33 (twelve years ago) link
je t'aime le Hair Extensions & Beauty
― estela, Tuesday, 3 April 2012 04:42 (twelve years ago) link
so i was trying to find out where funkadeli is located, it turns out that i lived mere blocks away for years and was totally unaware of its existence which is kind of sad but thats not the point of the story, the point of the story is apparently ilx has a physical location and it is in lower manhattan
http://i.imgur.com/N9LnU.png
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 3 April 2012 04:44 (twelve years ago) link
can't stop laughing at this
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 04:47 (twelve years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/CGEcv.png
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 3 April 2012 04:51 (twelve years ago) link
0 stars "Tumblr whites" - w whinegarten
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 04:53 (twelve years ago) link
dangit, lagoon, was abt to post a screecap of that review
― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 04:56 (twelve years ago) link
"weingarten" spelling brings up "rolling regional thug thread 2012"
― eyes of dora maar (get bent), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 04:56 (twelve years ago) link
below the review is this line: "Reviews from around the web: ilxor.com (964)"
weird
― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 04:58 (twelve years ago) link
it links as indicated
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj242/donaldparsley/ILXstreetview.png
street view. we are a red mango with a fex ex truck parked in front of it.
― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 05:02 (twelve years ago) link
awfully small space for so many of us
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 05:03 (twelve years ago) link
some of us are in the truck (shhh, it's a secret)
― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 05:04 (twelve years ago) link
assume there's some inside joke here i'm missing
― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 05:05 (twelve years ago) link
I just assumed JW or someone like that marked ILX on the map for lulz... if someone can even do such a thing?
― fix it with like some music glue (Trayce), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 05:27 (twelve years ago) link
had a phone number at one point, since deleted but still present in "edit history"
haven't called
― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 05:33 (twelve years ago) link
God, there's this one street in Toronto where at least one in 10 shops has a terrible name. These are all shops that appear on a single one block stretch:
Your Clothes FriendThe Merchant of TennisThe Sleuth on Baker St.Write ImpressionsPassion FruitsSavory ThymesPeaches and GreenThe Elegant Garage Saleand an Indian restaurant named Kamasutra
― EDB, Tuesday, 3 April 2012 08:13 (twelve years ago) link
'The Merchant of Tennis' is awesome fuiud. Assuming they do actually sel tennis gear...
― God arrives for the apocalypse, having been traveling at the speed of (ledge), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 09:45 (twelve years ago) link
There's a town called Olney near Milton Keynes - every shop there is like"the OLNEY record shop""the OLNEY indian restaurant""the OLNEY cafe"
― Rosie 47 (ken c), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 10:01 (twelve years ago) link
well done whoever it was that put ilx on the map (LITERALLY)
― Rosie 47 (ken c), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 10:05 (twelve years ago) link
there is a restaurant here called "eleven forty nine" named after its own street address which is bad enoughbut then they opened a second location in a different town and called it "eleven forty nine east" so its name makes no sense whatsoever― i think this is serious (elmo argonaut), Monday, April 2, 2012 8:22 PM
but then they opened a second location in a different town and called it "eleven forty nine east" so its name makes no sense whatsoever
― i think this is serious (elmo argonaut), Monday, April 2, 2012 8:22 PM
For restaurants named for their street address, hard to top this one:
http://www.nitrolicious.com/blog/wp-gallery/1006/69/IMG_4856.jpg
http://s3-media2.ak.yelpcdn.com/bphoto/vkckicPPCx9tn__PN7f86Q/l.jpg
If you're looking for a good eat, how about 69? That was the name of a restaurant on Bayard St. in NYC's Chinatown when I was last there. Actually is very highly reputed amongst locals - great food, low prices, open 24 hours, and shall we say, a unique ambiance. It's customary for patrons to write a note on a dollar bill and stick it onto the wall, and by now nearly the entirety of the walls and ceilings are covered with $1 notes (as can be seen here through the windows).
I see looking online that they've updated their name and signage recently; it's now called 69 Bayard. That should help spur business, since now anyone looking for 69 will know just where to find it:
http://lululuber.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/69-bayard-front-close.jpg
Then there's this local plumber:
http://pictures-e1.thumbtackstatic.com/pictures/178/ad0d45xgwwck3ldt_450_fill.jpg
John Flood. Ya know, there couldn't possibly be a worse name for a plumber than John Flood.... i mean, just Flood would be bad enough, but John Flood?!? .... Although I'm sure Mr. Flood is a very nice man, and probably a good plumber too.
And likewise for this tire store:
http://pics3.city-data.com/businesses/p/7/8/1/8/4487818.JPG
Kinda hard to see in the picture, but that's FLATT Tire Center in Des Moines.
Like every other city, there's every pun off of "Thai" possible for our local restaurants. This is probably the best:
http://media1.hellowashingtondc.com/media/articles/large/6926_image2_large.jpg
I read when they opened that "Thai Me Up" was considered, but there were already about five restaurants with that name (but only Pittsburgh's has the best slogan: "You're bound to like it!")
― everything else is secondary (Lee626), Wednesday, 4 April 2012 13:08 (twelve years ago) link
oooh, that slogan is good
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Wednesday, 4 April 2012 13:10 (twelve years ago) link
Arbroath, not for the faint hearted:http://lds.localdataimages.com/large/1242/12426008.jpgp
Also, there is/was a guy who runs a tiling business in Stirling trading as the Bonnie Tiler. His van claims that he offers a "total eclipse of your hearth".
― calumerio, Wednesday, 4 April 2012 13:25 (twelve years ago) link
My last electrician's name was Watt.
― pplains, Wednesday, 4 April 2012 13:28 (twelve years ago) link
Ach bugger:http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3206/2875213705_6ed653fe10_m.jpg
― calumerio, Wednesday, 4 April 2012 13:29 (twelve years ago) link
― calumerio, Wednesday, April 4, 2012 11:25 PM (13 minutes ago) Bookmark
lol
― estela, Wednesday, 4 April 2012 13:39 (twelve years ago) link
At least he didn't go with "Holding Grout For A Hero"
― Valéry Giscard d'Staind (NickB), Wednesday, 4 April 2012 13:44 (twelve years ago) link
lolling so hard at "Carpet Disco"
― THIS TRADE SERVES ZERO FOOTBALL PURPOSE (DJP), Wednesday, 4 April 2012 13:46 (twelve years ago) link
There's a sandwich shop in Worthing called Big Baps, not sure I want to gis that at work though.
― Valéry Giscard d'Staind (NickB), Wednesday, 4 April 2012 13:53 (twelve years ago) link
Carpet Disco is fantastic
― and i don't even care, similar to how a badass would respond (Abbbottt), Wednesday, 4 April 2012 14:19 (twelve years ago) link
http://coedmagazine.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/sharon-stone-van-coed-magazine.jpg
― Time, a group with Jam and Lewis (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, 4 April 2012 16:09 (twelve years ago) link
Go Potty, a local port-a-john company. I'm sure there a numerous groan-inducing poop-play portable toilet co's around.
― andrew m., Wednesday, 4 April 2012 16:21 (twelve years ago) link
Carpet Disco is killing me
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 4 April 2012 16:28 (twelve years ago) link
idgi
― Time, a group with Jam and Lewis (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, 4 April 2012 16:30 (twelve years ago) link
its a law i think that every portopotty/septic tank company is required to have a punny names or slogan
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 4 April 2012 16:32 (twelve years ago) link
Forgot all about this one in NOLA
http://farm2.staticflickr.com/1022/549271681_c0d2d544a5_z.jpg
― pplains, Wednesday, 4 April 2012 16:32 (twelve years ago) link
lol Stevie there's nothing to really 'get' --- it's just a store that sells carpet that added Disco to their name. could there be anything further from a disco than a carpet showroom?
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 4 April 2012 16:34 (twelve years ago) link
hiny hiders (toilet partitions and latches)
― lxy, Wednesday, 4 April 2012 17:27 (twelve years ago) link
'disco' might be an abbrev for 'discontinued' or maybe 'discounted' but i prefer to think it is a floor-to-ceiling deep-pile party lounge
― i think this is serious (elmo argonaut), Wednesday, 4 April 2012 17:30 (twelve years ago) link
Short Circuit Electrics
"Let Us Remove Your Shorts"
― estela, Thursday, 18 October 2012 05:12 (eleven years ago) link
There's a sushi place in Reno called Kokopelli Sushi, because nothing invokes fresh fish like the southwestern American desert.
And the tea place called Bird Pick (a chain?), because I want *my* tea leaves to be walked on and pecked by birds.
― nickn, Thursday, 18 October 2012 05:56 (eleven years ago) link
^ Blink 182 remix album title
xp
― Mates of 808 State (S-), Thursday, 18 October 2012 06:00 (eleven years ago) link
sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof
― estela, Thursday, 18 October 2012 07:05 (eleven years ago) link
need to visit and/or walk past this before it gets shut down I guess
― Joanna Motorhead (DJ Mencap), Thursday, 15 November 2012 14:37 (eleven years ago) link