there's a convenience store here with a name that i think is actually really funny
http://goo.gl/maps/InqjT
― 乒乓, Friday, 2 August 2013 02:36 (twelve years ago)
ftr it says 'FREE MARKET'
― 乒乓, Friday, 2 August 2013 02:47 (twelve years ago)
There used to be a pizza place across from my law school (now a shake shack) that had no apparent name, just a giant block letter sign that said PIZZA SALAD. So of course we referred to the place as "Pizza Salad"
― HOOS next aka won't get steened again (Hurting 2), Friday, 2 August 2013 02:49 (twelve years ago)
to be clear, the pizza place is now a shake shack, not my law school
i'm at the law school/i'm at the shake shack
― latebloomer, Friday, 2 August 2013 03:02 (twelve years ago)
shake shack law school*
*not an accredited institution** but the shakes are delicious
― the pen is mightier than the penisword (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 2 August 2013 03:30 (twelve years ago)
rejected jay-z album title
― Doctor Casino, Friday, 2 August 2013 04:28 (twelve years ago)
not local, but
http://www.wanksons.com/wank-attack1.htm
― Sick Rave and the Bad Speed (S-), Tuesday, 6 August 2013 11:28 (twelve years ago)
There's a lighting/DJ equipment hire place here whose name is its phone number, which has the helpful side-effect that you can't look up their phone number without knowing their phone number.
(of course now you can look it up on Google Streetview by plunking the Streetview icon on the street corner you think it might be on, but this place has been going since the days of phone books)
― slippery kelp on the tide (a passing spacecadet), Tuesday, 6 August 2013 12:42 (twelve years ago)
Is the place like 800-44-DANCE or is it just named for some numbers?
― i too went to college (silby), Wednesday, 7 August 2013 00:16 (twelve years ago)
it's in the streetview link
― sleepingsignal, Wednesday, 7 August 2013 00:28 (twelve years ago)
that occurred to me after I posted…
― i too went to college (silby), Wednesday, 7 August 2013 00:29 (twelve years ago)
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6GGtxYC62x0/TI0-zJ9SfXI/AAAAAAAAADc/Fq_X4Ps4-OI/s1600/3898992316_bb415d899d.jpg
Crepe-N-Tearia
― #fomo that's the motto (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 5 November 2013 23:30 (twelve years ago)
Sorry, Crepe "N" Tearia
― #fomo that's the motto (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 5 November 2013 23:31 (twelve years ago)
http://s3-media4.ak.yelpcdn.com/bphoto/sT1lE3mJw4ujFAnc-VYODw/l.jpg
It's a pet shop.
― everything, Tuesday, 5 November 2013 23:34 (twelve years ago)
it's THE pet shop, boys
― #fomo that's the motto (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 5 November 2013 23:41 (twelve years ago)
There's a beauty salon near me called Glam'r'us.
― ailsa, Wednesday, 6 November 2013 09:47 (twelve years ago)
There's this local carpenter here who trades under the name Daw Guy. His name is Guy, his logo is a dog with a large eyeball painted on its side (geddit?) and I guess he fits doors or something? So very terrible.
― gotta lol geir (NickB), Wednesday, 6 November 2013 10:04 (twelve years ago)
"the lunatic fringe" (hairdressers)"YOLO" (shoe shop)
― cozen, Wednesday, 6 November 2013 11:06 (twelve years ago)
Not a "horribly formed name" in the classic sense of this thread, but a local restaurant opened up in the last few months (taking over the space from what had long been a Thai food/doughnut shop). The sign out front reads
Ch4s and Fr4n's PlaceEat Here or We'll Both Starve
― how's life, Wednesday, 6 November 2013 11:36 (twelve years ago)
I feel so bad for them.
― how's life, Wednesday, 6 November 2013 11:38 (twelve years ago)
http://edgewater.patch.com/groups/business-news/p/chas--frans-place-opening-monday-in-edgewater
― how's life, Wednesday, 6 November 2013 13:01 (twelve years ago)
that pet shop boys pet shop reminded me that there is a hair salon near where I live called depeche mode
― silverfish, Wednesday, 6 November 2013 18:20 (twelve years ago)
yeah but that's probably just the phrase
― ͼѾͽ (sic), Wednesday, 6 November 2013 20:10 (twelve years ago)
I'll club this seal to make a deal, xp
― #fomo that's the motto (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 6 November 2013 20:28 (twelve years ago)
Not a business, but I was just in Whole Foods and saw a non-dairy "butter" called Zen Budda.
― nickn, Wednesday, 6 November 2013 23:12 (twelve years ago)
Oh yeah, also saw a beer from New Zealand called Boysen Beery.
― nickn, Wednesday, 6 November 2013 23:15 (twelve years ago)
There used to be a cider/alcopop type drink here called TwoDogs, which may need some explaining if yr not Australian, I'm not sure.
― taxi tomato or bag tomato (Trayce), Wednesday, 6 November 2013 23:53 (twelve years ago)
I don't get it.
― nickn, Thursday, 7 November 2013 00:23 (twelve years ago)
It's a (probably vaguely racist) shitty old Aussie joke.
― taxi tomato or bag tomato (Trayce), Thursday, 7 November 2013 00:28 (twelve years ago)
https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/578111_10151687294776290_926927364_n.jpg
― too much Michu, not enough meta (DJ Mencap), Monday, 11 November 2013 15:47 (twelve years ago)
http://www.professorplumb.net/s/cc_images/cache_723058304.png?t=1366825485
― Ayn Rand Akbar (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 11 November 2013 17:57 (twelve years ago)
http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/2586/1276/1600/953191/prune.jpg
― how's life, Tuesday, 12 November 2013 13:42 (twelve years ago)
^not a pun or anything. Just "wacky".
― how's life, Tuesday, 12 November 2013 13:45 (twelve years ago)
https://scontent-b-ord.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc3/540908_426886134061185_1336969907_n.jpg
― mh, Tuesday, 12 November 2013 14:39 (twelve years ago)
I have been to the Fractured Prune many times. It is ott but p good nonetheless
― Homo schaduwkabinet (Stevie D(eux)), Friday, 15 November 2013 02:52 (twelve years ago)
Not exactly on topic for the thread, but I just discovered a corporation called "CHINA XD PLASTICS CO LTD"
― i wish i had a skateboard i could skate away on (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 26 November 2013 16:44 (twelve years ago)
http://parkslopestoop.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2013/07/park-slope-billboard-3-070913.jpg
Intended to evoke Peyton Place, I guess, but instead conjures an image of Peyton Manning receiving a lap dance.
― Josefa, Tuesday, 26 November 2013 17:14 (twelve years ago)
His brother looks cute on that billboard though.
― pplains, Tuesday, 26 November 2013 17:16 (twelve years ago)
I don't know how anyone could ever feel comfortable leaving their kids at a daycare called Little Kiddies.
― Gumming The Fun Tunnel (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 26 November 2013 17:18 (twelve years ago)
"Are you ready to hear some some violin music, children? Well let's have a round of applause for the Kiddie Fiddler!"
― nickn, Tuesday, 26 November 2013 17:41 (twelve years ago)
Horribly formed signs/logos.
http://www.theuntappedsource.com/blog/best-worst-logo-designs/
― nickn, Saturday, 30 November 2013 20:47 (twelve years ago)
http://ftp.app.hurdman.org/brphotos/bC4xLjQ4NjI1NC42MTEx.jpg
― How dare you tarnish the reputation of Turturro's yodel (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 6 March 2014 22:09 (twelve years ago)
http://www.theargus.co.uk/resources/images/2927986.jpg
― eardrum buzz aldrin (NickB), Thursday, 20 March 2014 10:56 (twelve years ago)
I swear to god Quilty Pleasures or something just like it was the name of the joke business in the credits to Bob's Burgers last week.
― bi-polar uncle (its OK-he's dead) (Phil D.), Thursday, 20 March 2014 11:04 (twelve years ago)
Close - "Quilty As Charged"
http://i.imgur.com/Zl3F6Z3.jpg
― bi-polar uncle (its OK-he's dead) (Phil D.), Thursday, 20 March 2014 12:26 (twelve years ago)
imo 'Professor Plumb' is just on the right side of stupid.
There's a shop in Shoreditch called something like (I approximate massively but you'll get the point) 'Shop that sells really cool things to cool people LOL'. I haven't been in to confirm if the name is accurate.
― Merdeyeux, Thursday, 20 March 2014 12:34 (twelve years ago)
Founding Farmers restaurant in DC featuring food sourced from small farms.
― how's life, Tuesday, 25 March 2014 09:51 (twelve years ago)
A beauty emporium near me (kind of like a smaller independent Ulta, beauty salon/retail kinda deal) now have a frozen yogurt shop attached to their business (no idea why)
the name of the yogurt shop is Yogurt Yazzle
and all I can think of is vajazzle and uggghh
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 25 March 2014 16:08 (twelve years ago)
vajogurt?
― Roberto Spiralli, Tuesday, 25 March 2014 16:28 (twelve years ago)