The badly-named businesses thread

[rogerzilla]

The nearby Chinese supermarket has changed its name to Feel The Oriental In You 

[robgul]

Flyer through the door today describing itself as "The dangerous tree company" 

[cookiemonster]

There are a chain of shops here in Hong Kong called 'Wanko.' 

[slope]

Active Drainage Ltd

"Active Drainage Ltd is a family-run, independent drainage company based in Barnstaple and we cover all of North Devon"

[grams]

Cycling towards a shop called Any Hour Glass I was disappointed to learn it was an all hours glazier and not the comprehensive emporium of egg timers I’d imagined.

(No doubt the proprietor of the latter would shudder and give you a stern lecture any time you called them egg timers)

[Cudzoziemiec]

Cycling towards a shop called Any Hour Glass I was disappointed to learn it was an all hours glazier and not the comprehensive emporium of egg timers I’d imagined.

(No doubt the proprietor of the latter would shudder and give you a stern lecture any time you called them egg timers)

Certain forumites are no doubt disappointed to discover Any Hour Glass is not a purveyor of corsets and bodices.

[Ham]

Cycling towards a shop called Any Hour Glass I was disappointed to learn it was an all hours glazier and not the comprehensive emporium of egg timers I’d imagined.

(No doubt the proprietor of the latter would shudder and give you a stern lecture any time you called them egg timers)

Certain forumites are no doubt disappointed to discover Any Hour Glass is not a purveyor of corsets and bodices.

...or a bar prepared to serve intoxicating liquor at any time, day or night

[robgul]

Not quite a badly-named business - but a perhaps ill-ftting product on the shelves?    I went into the local B&M emporium to buy some cheap paint (all the known brands but discounted) - what I wasn't expecting to see, and buy a can thereof, was "yacht varnish"

That go me wondering how many B&M customers have a yacht that needs varnishing?

Yeah, I know - but it did amuse me as I used the yacht varnish on a piece of outdoor furniture.

[Tim Hall]

Cycling towards a shop called Any Hour Glass I was disappointed to learn it was an all hours glazier and not the comprehensive emporium of egg timers I’d imagined.

(No doubt the proprietor of the latter would shudder and give you a stern lecture any time you called them egg timers)

Certain forumites are no doubt disappointed to discover Any Hour Glass is not a purveyor of corsets and bodices.

Like this:

No, not the Sheldon sticker, the one below that.

[Jurek]

Cycling towards a shop called Any Hour Glass I was disappointed to learn it was an all hours glazier and not the comprehensive emporium of egg timers I’d imagined.

(No doubt the proprietor of the latter would shudder and give you a stern lecture any time you called them egg timers)

Certain forumites are no doubt disappointed to discover Any Hour Glass is not a purveyor of corsets and bodices.

Like this:

No, not the Sheldon sticker, the one below that.

I've seen a sticker like that on a bike belonging to Julian (otp) - but that doesn't look like any bike I've ever seen her on.

[Tim Hall]

Cycling towards a shop called Any Hour Glass I was disappointed to learn it was an all hours glazier and not the comprehensive emporium of egg timers I’d imagined.

(No doubt the proprietor of the latter would shudder and give you a stern lecture any time you called them egg timers)

Certain forumites are no doubt disappointed to discover Any Hour Glass is not a purveyor of corsets and bodices.

Like this:

No, not the Sheldon sticker, the one below that.

I've seen a sticker like that on a bike belonging to Julian (otp) - but that doesn't look like any bike I've ever seen her on.

The sticker is on a tandem.
The photo was taken at the Hilly 50
The stoker is taller than Teh Julian (who is always right)

[Jurek]

Cycling towards a shop called Any Hour Glass I was disappointed to learn it was an all hours glazier and not the comprehensive emporium of egg timers I’d imagined.

(No doubt the proprietor of the latter would shudder and give you a stern lecture any time you called them egg timers)

Certain forumites are no doubt disappointed to discover Any Hour Glass is not a purveyor of corsets and bodices.

Like this:

No, not the Sheldon sticker, the one below that.

I've seen a sticker like that on a bike belonging to Julian (otp) - but that doesn't look like any bike I've ever seen her on.

The sticker is on a tandem.
The photo was taken at the Hilly 50
The stoker is taller than Teh Julian (who is always right)

You have given enough information that I can figure out to whom the tandem belongs.
But I won't tell'em........

[Tim Hall]

Heh.

[Wowbagger]

Like Jurek, I also identified the owners, knowing that C & J have never, to my knowledge, owned a tandem in that colour.

[MattH]

Does the bottom sticker have some significance? Like some secret society membership? Or is it purely advertising the owner's preference in undergarments?

[Pedaldog.]

Fasttech (Chinese) = "Pony Express Tech'".

[Tom Joad]

Legal Food, a Chinese takeaway in Lincoln. Local legend has it that the owner told the signwriter Regal Food but with a Chinese accent the R turned into an L. They serve quality food at a low price.

[grams]

Is there a silent “I can’t believe it’s” at the beginning? Or ”Barely”?

[Tom Joad]

Not quite a badly-named business - but a perhaps ill-ftting product on the shelves?    I went into the local B&M emporium to buy some cheap paint (all the known brands but discounted) - what I wasn't expecting to see, and buy a can thereof, was "yacht varnish"

That go me wondering how many B&M customers have a yacht that needs varnishing?

Yeah, I know - but it did amuse me as I used the yacht varnish on a piece of outdoor furniture.

That's where I got the varnish I use on my boat. It's a fifty year old 8.5 metre sailing vessel so not grand enough to be called a yacht.

[SteveC]

Legal Food, a Chinese takeaway in Lincoln. Local legend has it that the owner told the signwriter Regal Food but with a Chinese accent the R turned into an L. They serve quality food at a low price.

Many (~30) years ago, I was told that Legal Food was some sort of untranslatable Cantonese pun. The takeaway has been around for that long!

[grams]

One of the joys of having a dog with an instagram account is the constant stream of invitations to shill for terrible dog accessory brands. Today we got one for something calling itself Pawtly.

It's not even specifically for mildly overweight dogs. What a waste of a name.

[andrewc]

https://nltimes.nl/2021/12/07/balls-weigh-130-grams-named-worst-business-slogan-2021


I’m so ever upper class, high society…..,

[Cudzoziemiec]

I've just seen an advert for holidays in the Florida Keys. Complete with url: fla-keys.com

[Beardy]

https://nltimes.nl/2021/12/07/balls-weigh-130-grams-named-worst-business-slogan-2021


I’m so ever upper class, high society…..,

Thats an awful lot of free publicity for a ‘bad slogan’ 

[Pingu]

Musty burger anyone?


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