local businesses with horribly formed "names"

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My friend has a magnet on his fridge from some sort of fabric/textile place called Sew You Think You Can Dance? that has absolutely nothing to do with dance or dance uniforms or anything

funny and lolexander (Stevie D(eux)), Monday, 5 May 2014 12:58 (twelve years ago)

Starting to think Toronto might be a hotbed of poorly named businesses, judging from comments above

a strange man (mh), Monday, 5 May 2014 13:51 (twelve years ago)

I was at Smorgasburg this weekend and I was thinking about how a lot of those places have Horribly Formed Names 2.0, e.g.

http://www.bonchovie.com/

Doritos Loco Parentis (Hurting 2), Monday, 5 May 2014 14:49 (twelve years ago)

http://i.imgur.com/g9JqTtV.jpg

Diddley Hollyberry (Phil D.), Tuesday, 6 May 2014 14:58 (twelve years ago)

Holy shit, that is completely real. Be sure to read the How We Got the Name part.

We offer 30-minute response times to get you moving again without undue delays, or as we like to say “We come Lickety Split”!

pplains, Tuesday, 6 May 2014 15:05 (twelve years ago)

You might say these guys are all in on the Camel Tow concept.

Diddley Hollyberry (Phil D.), Tuesday, 6 May 2014 15:08 (twelve years ago)

I remember these trucks. They were real too.

http://civilwartalk.com/attachments/campbell-express-jpg.31163/

pplains, Tuesday, 6 May 2014 15:11 (twelve years ago)

Starting to think Toronto might be a hotbed of poorly named businesses, judging from comments above

Long live The Beer Store

she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Tuesday, 6 May 2014 18:08 (twelve years ago)

that makes up for some of the others

a strange man (mh), Tuesday, 6 May 2014 18:57 (twelve years ago)

good one Sweden:
http://i.imgur.com/pZMIlO2.jpg?1

kinder, Thursday, 15 May 2014 17:02 (twelve years ago)

used to have a place in town called pies and thighs.

Nerd Trombones (thebingo), Thursday, 15 May 2014 17:06 (twelve years ago)

http://media.tumblr.com/b51898fa9b77340c9c798fd04da5832a/tumblr_inline_mka3a7AHk01r3pwcp.jpg

nitro-burning funny car (Moodles), Thursday, 15 May 2014 17:10 (twelve years ago)

http://piesnthighs.com/ xp

Doritos Loco Parentis (Hurting 2), Thursday, 15 May 2014 19:01 (twelve years ago)

that's kind of a funny name for a tattoo parlor, actually.

Daniel, Esq 2, Thursday, 15 May 2014 21:36 (twelve years ago)

that's... fantastic

kinder, Thursday, 15 May 2014 21:55 (twelve years ago)

Site For Sore Eyes

optometrist

:/

set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 15 May 2014 22:58 (twelve years ago)

http://i.imgur.com/waVV25q.jpg

pplains, Friday, 16 May 2014 02:59 (twelve years ago)

there's a gym here called "hour of change" which in itself is pretty bad but recently something damaged the signs so it reads "hour of chan" which sounds like something that would be on the usa network on a sunday

clouds, Friday, 16 May 2014 03:33 (twelve years ago)

http://s3-media2.ak.yelpcdn.com/bphoto/0GGuv7wL1Mn5haiJAIF-oA/l.jpg

^^^ actual restaurant in Portland. been trying to figure what exactly this place's deal is forever. It's never open, yet never officially closed either.

Darin, Saturday, 17 May 2014 02:35 (twelve years ago)

this one's gonna be a big success, i can feel it.

http://static.squarespace.com/static/52d614abe4b0770a479cb160/t/52d8a069e4b09614df38c0f8/1390627224616/?format=1500w

not even kidding about this.

Daniel, Esq 2, Saturday, 17 May 2014 22:45 (twelve years ago)

Story behind Husky or Maltese Whatever (kinda ruins the mystery):
https://web.archive.org/web/20041009211815/http://www.portlandtribune.com/archview.cgi?id=25499

Ari (whenuweremine), Sunday, 18 May 2014 21:42 (twelve years ago)

There's a local drain clearance firm called 'Drain & Able'.

an office job is as secure as a Weetabix padlock (snoball), Friday, 23 May 2014 20:56 (twelve years ago)

Doggie Stylz dog grooming

:(

set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 23 May 2014 21:15 (twelve years ago)

GLAZED EXPECTATIONS (a paint-yr-own pottery place, obvi)

explaining "ladder theory" to my girlfriend (bernard snowy), Tuesday, 27 May 2014 10:43 (twelve years ago)

They sell coffee, they sell hotdogs. But somehow I just don't fancy eating or drinking anything from somewhere called: http://www.coffeedogs.co.uk/

now I'm the grandfather (dog latin), Tuesday, 27 May 2014 12:55 (twelve years ago)

GLAZED EXPECTATIONS (a paint-yr-own pottery place, obvi)

Not Glazed Expressions?!?!

nitro-burning funny car (Moodles), Tuesday, 27 May 2014 13:57 (twelve years ago)

Actual lol @ "Glazed Expectations." Years ago, there was a very short-lived shop in my town, called "OVER THE EDGE." It was like some kind of mom-and-pop version of Hot Topic. They sold spiked wristbands and...Noam Chomsky lectures on CD.

zchyrs, Tuesday, 27 May 2014 14:23 (twelve years ago)

Someone who lives in Colorado needs to hip us to all of the horribly formed marijuana business names.

Doritos Loco Parentis (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 27 May 2014 14:35 (twelve years ago)

it's probably 150 or so coffee/weed shops named 'Higher Grounds' sprinkled across the state

the glimmer man (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 27 May 2014 14:41 (twelve years ago)

http://i.imgur.com/JzHiHsu.jpg

StanM, Tuesday, 27 May 2014 16:40 (twelve years ago)

"special clippings unit" is magnificently formed

goole, Tuesday, 27 May 2014 16:42 (twelve years ago)

You get A-rest

popchips: the next snapple? (seandalai), Tuesday, 27 May 2014 17:13 (twelve years ago)

Shoulda just called it Lawn Order, though.

nickn, Tuesday, 27 May 2014 17:37 (twelve years ago)

Actual lol @ "Glazed Expectations." Years ago, there was a very short-lived shop in my town, called "OVER THE EDGE." It was like some kind of mom-and-pop version of Hot Topic. They sold spiked wristbands and...Noam Chomsky lectures on CD.

― zchyrs, Tuesday, May 27, 2014 10:23 AM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Chomsky was on Epitaph for a while.

how's life, Tuesday, 27 May 2014 17:41 (twelve years ago)

what a horribly/wonderful sequence of business names!

http://i.imgur.com/GxvnLa0.jpg

macklemore looks something like you (unregistered), Sunday, 1 June 2014 15:38 (twelve years ago)

"ADULT" is actuall the sex shop Moonlite Reader. they have 3 other locations, including this one at Child's Plaza:

http://i.imgur.com/4YKJC7m.jpg

macklemore looks something like you (unregistered), Sunday, 1 June 2014 15:42 (twelve years ago)

125 Tools is great.

Doctor Casino, Sunday, 1 June 2014 15:47 (twelve years ago)

Is Amore pizza like when the moon hits your eye?

StanM, Sunday, 1 June 2014 15:48 (twelve years ago)

Would be sad if their radio ads did not include "How much-a you want?" "I want-a more!"

Doctor Casino, Sunday, 1 June 2014 16:10 (twelve years ago)

"Adult Tool Repairs"

emil.y, Sunday, 1 June 2014 16:12 (twelve years ago)

found a bridal store in my parents town called AISLE ALTAR HYMN

♛ LIL UNIT ♛ (thomp), Sunday, 1 June 2014 16:56 (twelve years ago)

Who wants-a-more pizza?

Doritos Loco Parentis (Hurting 2), Sunday, 1 June 2014 16:59 (twelve years ago)

Saw a strip club the other day called The Pitiful Princess. wtf?

Darin, Sunday, 1 June 2014 18:06 (twelve years ago)

I'm going to open a mohel shop called "Hugh Bris"

What is a HOOSbeast? (Hurting 2), Sunday, 1 June 2014 19:36 (twelve years ago)

one month passes...

http://i486.photobucket.com/albums/rr222/Chass3ur/photo_zpsfcd243ae.jpg

seems it never rains in west california (Hunt3r), Thursday, 24 July 2014 20:09 (eleven years ago)

what the

set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 24 July 2014 20:10 (eleven years ago)

http://www.beejayscaffolding.ltd.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/DSC_0530_crop-216x125.jpg

thomasintrouble, Thursday, 24 July 2014 20:16 (eleven years ago)

two months pass...

http://i.imgur.com/YIHmjjZ.jpg

Wristy Hurlington (ShariVari), Wednesday, 1 October 2014 11:08 (eleven years ago)


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