local businesses with horribly formed "names"

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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 (thirteen years ago)

^ Blink 182 remix album title

xp

Mates of 808 State (S-), Thursday, 18 October 2012 06:00 (thirteen years ago)

sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof

estela, Thursday, 18 October 2012 07:05 (thirteen years ago)

four weeks pass...

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 (thirteen years ago)

lool

set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 15 November 2012 17:05 (thirteen years ago)

my favorite back in my and Lisa Germano's hometown http://www.tootntellem.com/

Eccsame the Photon Guys (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 15 November 2012 17:18 (thirteen years ago)

two weeks pass...

can't decide if this is horribly or wonderfully formed

http://yesss.at/

before and after broscience (goole), Tuesday, 4 December 2012 21:42 (thirteen years ago)

jaaa

Mates of 808 State (S-), Wednesday, 5 December 2012 00:56 (thirteen years ago)

the asian-fusion-cuisine restaurant 'fuAsian' did not last long. mercifully.

Aimless, Wednesday, 5 December 2012 01:07 (thirteen years ago)

i've seen so many of these lately but I forget to write them down #coolstorybro

set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 5 December 2012 01:08 (thirteen years ago)

one month passes...

I drive past this one stripmall store near work a lot, and it drives me NUTS.
Kissed Good Buy
u_u

Apparently they sell 'Hip Fashions With a Southern Vibe'.

set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 8 January 2013 17:18 (thirteen years ago)

which means "fannypacks with Confederate flags on them"

Solange Knowles is my hero (DJP), Tuesday, 8 January 2013 17:21 (thirteen years ago)

the website is kinda terrifying

set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 8 January 2013 17:21 (thirteen years ago)

http://kissedgoodbuy.hasbindesigns.com/#/photos/

said the brohaim to the cochise (how's life), Tuesday, 8 January 2013 17:21 (thirteen years ago)

"hasbindesigns.com"

Solange Knowles is my hero (DJP), Tuesday, 8 January 2013 17:23 (thirteen years ago)

iPho in Fremont, complete with an apple-shaped letter O, which inexplicably hasn't been shut down by Apple computer:

http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/17ivgin2q1q4ljpg/original.jpg

Farmers Exchange here in Santa Cruz. The associated website - www.farmersexchangesc.com/ - being the "horribly formed" part.

Pizza My Heart is a popular local pizza joint.

▶ Play all samples (Paul in Santa Cruz), Tuesday, 8 January 2013 20:57 (thirteen years ago)

personal favorites are every horribly-formed pun on "bead" for bead shops

also local haircuttery called the "Wak Shack"

Welcome to my world of proses (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 8 January 2013 21:01 (thirteen years ago)

there's a place in Davis or Dixon outside Sac that backs onto I-80, and the sign says something like LIVE BAIT SHOOTING RANGE AMMO

and I always lol @ 'live bait shooting range'

set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 8 January 2013 21:03 (thirteen years ago)

Ha, Shakey, you just reminded me that we have 'Big Bead Boutique' round the corner.

Also 'Barber Black Sheep' is a local hairdressers.

emil.y, Tuesday, 8 January 2013 21:05 (thirteen years ago)

Bead It
Off the Beading Path
Beadissimo

Welcome to my world of proses (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 8 January 2013 21:06 (thirteen years ago)

Ace Of Fades barbershop near my house - not horribly formed at all tho, in fact I think it's p awesome

set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 8 January 2013 21:10 (thirteen years ago)

Meaty Beady Big and Councy

Welcome to my world of proses (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 8 January 2013 21:12 (thirteen years ago)

BOUNCY

Welcome to my world of proses (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 8 January 2013 21:12 (thirteen years ago)

My friend took this pic of a real business with some standing here in Houston:

https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc6/206724_10150519924360511_499370_n.jpg

Big Sambola & The Tailspinners (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 8 January 2013 21:23 (thirteen years ago)

http://images5.fanpop.com/image/photos/31000000/Beads-gob-bluth-31072297-576-351.jpg

Gollum: "Hot, Ready and Smeagol!" (Phil D.), Tuesday, 8 January 2013 21:24 (thirteen years ago)

Poo. Life. What's the matter with your hair?

We've got the King of Fades. Don't think I should let him know that there's an Ace out there.

(Also can't drive by w/o humming King of Fades… I will ALWAYS BE King of Fades….)

pplains, Tuesday, 8 January 2013 21:25 (thirteen years ago)

I didn't choose the Poo Life, the Poo Life chose me.

Gollum: "Hot, Ready and Smeagol!" (Phil D.), Tuesday, 8 January 2013 21:28 (thirteen years ago)

http://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/01/0f/ae/ee/parkinglot-and-sign-of.jpg

A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Tuesday, 8 January 2013 21:38 (thirteen years ago)

jokes on you cause they don't sell it

A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Tuesday, 8 January 2013 21:39 (thirteen years ago)

Sewing and alterations are another category of business where terrible puns abound. Two local examples:

Seams Sew Right [no longer in business]
Sew Sew Maria

▶ Play all samples (Paul in Santa Cruz), Tuesday, 8 January 2013 22:25 (thirteen years ago)

I'm sure I and Adam have before mentioned the nearby Dick Whittington pub. the attached bottle shop is named Dick Liquor.

Una Stubbs' Tears (Trayce), Tuesday, 8 January 2013 22:50 (thirteen years ago)

wait I see I mentioned that already

Una Stubbs' Tears (Trayce), Tuesday, 8 January 2013 23:26 (thirteen years ago)

Theres a clothing store just down the road called "Oralita" and ... I cant help mentally sniggering. I am such a child.

Una Stubbs' Tears (Trayce), Wednesday, 9 January 2013 01:41 (thirteen years ago)

the large and elaborate

CUSTOMER'S WANTED, APPLY WITHIN

sign on the fence of a local signwriter unwittingly serves the purpose of being a fair warning.

estela, Wednesday, 9 January 2013 02:20 (thirteen years ago)

http://cache.jalopnik.com/assets/images/12/2011/10/xlarge_peed_plumbing.jpg

Peed Plumbing: Awesome, wack, or so wack it comes back around again to awesome?

The Devils of Loudoun County (j.lu), Wednesday, 9 January 2013 03:35 (thirteen years ago)

awesome x awesome to the power of awesome

set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 9 January 2013 03:39 (thirteen years ago)

Should hook up with PooLife.

There's a burger place here that is named OK (Big Daddy's Fire Grill) but on their menu they have the slogan "Put some excitement between your buns" which is not what I want to think of when I'm getting a burger. And the "B" in their BD logo looks like a butt.

nickn, Wednesday, 9 January 2013 04:37 (thirteen years ago)

gross

set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 9 January 2013 04:42 (thirteen years ago)

do they have donkey sauce y/n

set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 9 January 2013 04:42 (thirteen years ago)

not yet.

I do give them credit for opening their first location next door to an In-N-Out Burger. Bold move.

nickn, Wednesday, 9 January 2013 04:46 (thirteen years ago)

Hand to God, I once got my hair cut at this place.

pplains, Wednesday, 9 January 2013 04:55 (thirteen years ago)

eep

set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 9 January 2013 05:07 (thirteen years ago)

"Anu" is a common Finnish women's name. Apparently someone called Anu owned a cafe near the street where I used to live, because it was called Anu's Cafe. The place has since shut down.

Tuomas, Tuesday, 22 January 2013 13:26 (thirteen years ago)

one month passes...

This one comes perilously close to one of those "accidentally says something else" situations:

http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/8162/48720210151592504177317.jpg

this is called money bags (Phil D.), Tuesday, 26 February 2013 15:53 (thirteen years ago)

hahahaha amazing

my super interesting Kant story (DJP), Tuesday, 26 February 2013 15:59 (thirteen years ago)

ha! that's awesome

I've been meaning to bump this thread for ages -- almost every morning I see a pickup emblazoned with the business name ARREOLOA LANDSCAPING

set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 26 February 2013 16:07 (thirteen years ago)

oops

ARREOLA LANDSCAPING, I mean

set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 26 February 2013 16:07 (thirteen years ago)

Saw this place in Paris, TX:

http://heavytable.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/rusty-taco_storefront.jpg

The New Jack Mormons! (kingfish), Tuesday, 26 February 2013 16:09 (thirteen years ago)

oh god

set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 26 February 2013 16:10 (thirteen years ago)

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2ChkJFYFfsM/TfJxjGIFiWI/AAAAAAAABfc/Nodj_asraHM/s1600/011.JPG

Donkamole Marvin (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 4 March 2013 20:05 (thirteen years ago)


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