http://www.stormfront.co.uk/
Seriously, did no-one tell them? I suppose you can get Apple stuff in white...
http://www.stormfront.co.uk/
Seriously, did no-one tell them? I suppose you can get Apple stuff in white...
I don't get it ???
http://www.stormfront.co.uk/
Seriously, did no-one tell them? I suppose you can get Apple stuff in white...
I don't get it ???
A couple of foreign artics recently, on the A303: "Discordia" and "Stoptrans". The latter was Polish.
A couple of foreign artics recently, on the A303: "Discordia" and "Stoptrans". The latter was Polish.
I thought that you might have mentioned a butchers shop that used to be in a Somerset town on the A30.
A couple of foreign artics recently, on the A303: "Discordia" and "Stoptrans". The latter was Polish.
I thought that you might have mentioned a butchers shop that used to be in a Somerset town on the A30.
Char[re]d Meat?
Not a shop but a meat processor. Name changed some years ago.
Of course there is also the Buckinghamshire coach company, based in Olney:
Sole's of Olney
who were founded by Richard* Sole and used to have his initial in their title as well. It was quietly dropped sometime in the late 70s.
*Might have been Robert but it definitely began with an R.
Of course there is also the Buckinghamshire coach company, based in Olney:
Sole's of Olney
who were founded by Richard* Sole and used to have his initial in their title as well. It was quietly dropped sometime in the late 70s.
I never knew it was R. Soles. They advertise on the local radio, just as Soles of Olney. (actualy, I think it's spelt Souls? but never mind)
There is a little village near Oswestry called Knockin.
I desperately want to open a shop there.
There is a little village near Oswestry called Knockin.
I desperately want to open a shop there.
Another one, not far from there is the hauliage company, Knights, which is based in a small village called, Old, hence the name, Knights of Old. Not sure that they are in business any more.
There is a little village near Oswestry called Knockin.
I desperately want to open a shop there.
I can scarcely believe we are 48 replies in and no one has mentioned the tool firm 'Abingdon King Dick' famous for 'podging spanners' IIRC. whether that is a variety of wrench or an immoral act I'll leave it up to you to decide.King Dick was the name of the founder's dog, or something. They are supposed to be very good spanners (I'm avoiding the word "tools" for obvious reasons).
I can scarcely believe we are 48 replies in and no one has mentioned the tool firm 'Abingdon King Dick' famous for 'podging spanners' IIRC. whether that is a variety of wrench or an immoral act I'll leave it up to you to decide.
They are supposed to be very good spanners (I'm avoiding the word "tools" for obvious reasons).
In Piddletrenthide, Dorset, astride the River Trent (or Piddle) lies the Piddle Inn.
Lavatorial humour abounds...
http://www.piddleinn.co.uk/ (http://www.piddleinn.co.uk/)
Many decades ago, the 'Yuk' Chinese restaurant, in Copenhagen. Locals did not see this as strange...
Has anyone else had dealings with an estate agent called Richard Head? (Hazel Grove, 1990s)
I spotted a hair enhancement product in Claire's Accessories called 'Bumpits'.
I don't think they thought it through.
I spotted a hair enhancement product in Claire's Accessories called 'Bumpits'.Got to ask, were you shopping for yourself in CAs?
I don't think they thought it through.
I always found it weird that an electronic measurement company would call themselves Fluke (http://www.fluke.com/fluke/uken/home/default). But then i also love it.Wikipedia states:
Fluke was incorporated in Washington state by John Fluke on October 7, 1953 as the John Fluke Manufacturing Company, Inc.I dunno if USAnian English has the same meaning of fluke as "stroke-of-luck".
While I applaud their service, I still double-take a bit at www.cycletherapist.co.uk/Have you used them? Any good?
I always found it weird that an electronic measurement company would call themselves Fluke (http://www.fluke.com/fluke/uken/home/default). But then i also love it.Wikipedia states:QuoteFluke was incorporated in Washington state by John Fluke on October 7, 1953 as the John Fluke Manufacturing Company, Inc.I dunno if USAnian English has the same meaning of fluke as "stroke-of-luck".
Utterly deliberate, this one. Northampton residents will probably recognise it.Oh yes - walk or cycle past it several times a year.
(http://failfun.com/wp-content/uploads/sofa-king-low-win.jpg)
Anywhere to do with the village of Mycock in the Peak District... remember seeing Mycock Plumbers and Mycock Holiday Cottage when on a DofE expedition there a couple of years ago.According to my university housemate, the captain of Caterham School cricket team was once a Philip Mycock.
Yes, The Knockin Shop.
Googling suggests that everyone in the world has taken a photo of it.
Badly named product, at least:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v326/ado15/IMAG0114_zps040deb02.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/ado15/media/IMAG0114_zps040deb02.jpg.html)
From Twitter, not so much a bad business name, as an unfortunate strapline.Given the RSPCA's penchant for euthanising anything that sneezes, not too far from the truth.
https://twitter.com/cox_tom/status/333231292302884864/photo/1
From Twitter, not so much a bad business name, as an unfortunate strapline.
https://twitter.com/cox_tom/status/333231292302884864/photo/1
Mustafa Koc (http://www.koc.com.tr/en-us/Corporate/Board_of_Directors/Pages/MustafaVKoc.aspx) is the chairman of Koc Holding (http://www.koc.com.tr/).
Mustafa Koc (http://www.koc.com.tr/en-us/Corporate/Board_of_Directors/Pages/MustafaVKoc.aspx) is the chairman of Koc Holding (http://www.koc.com.tr/).Pronounced Koch - ch as in church.
I always used to misread 'Cheltenham Shopfitters' as 'Cheltenham Shoplifters' not just once, every time I saw their van.Similarly Oxford Shirtprinters, efficient suppliers of cheap kit to student sports teams, were universally known as Oxford Shirtlifters. They're ShirtWorks these days, perhaps because.
http://www.penisland.net/ (http://www.penisland.net/)
:o
It is safe for work, and they do sell pens.
'Schindler's Lifts'?
http://www.schindler.com/com/internet/en/mobility-solutions/products/elevators/schindler7000.html
'Schindler's Lifts'?
http://www.schindler.com/com/internet/en/mobility-solutions/products/elevators/schindler7000.html
Objection: The company pre-dated Oskar Schindler by about 30 years.
Said company were responsible for the lifts at the (Royal) Hallamshire Hospital in Sheffield when it opened, having been a construction project for eons. They were less than reliable, which was a problem in a 19-storey tower block full of patients, staff and studies. They were lampooned mercilessly at a medics' revue.
QuoteSaid company were responsible for the lifts at the (Royal) Hallamshire Hospital in Sheffield when it opened, having been a construction project for eons. They were less than reliable, which was a problem in a 19-storey tower block full of patients, staff and studies. They were lampooned mercilessly at a medics' revue.
'Difficulty getting it up, I suppose' ?
I was at Sheffield Medical School '73 -'74 until I got a free transfer.
However the Paternoster ' lifts in the Arts building were well worth the trip
to the Russian faculty -y'know endless loop - step in - step out
Zoinks galore! I seem to have perhaps possibly heard the name in a lift context but I didn't know what it was and I've certainly never seen one. I can only assume it got its name because it's a good idea to pray before getting in or out...QuoteSaid company were responsible for the lifts at the (Royal) Hallamshire Hospital in Sheffield when it opened, having been a construction project for eons. They were less than reliable, which was a problem in a 19-storey tower block full of patients, staff and studies. They were lampooned mercilessly at a medics' revue.
'Difficulty getting it up, I suppose' ?
I was at Sheffield Medical School '73 -'74 until I got a free transfer.
However the Paternoster ' lifts in the Arts building were well worth the trip
to the Russian faculty -y'know endless loop - step in - step out
I *loved* the paternoster! Little queueing and constant movement kept people circulating. The conventional lift queues at the RHH were such that I usually used the stairs. My house job was on K floor, which was 9th or 10th...
I experienced it as a 6th former up at Sheffield for interview (what I was doing in the Art Tower I know not as my intended degree course was Chem. Eng.).You are me and I claim my £5.
Does it still have the cryptic label 'over travel through loft or pit is not dangerous'?
Not quite! (peeks at SteveC's profile and realises why his avatar looks familiar - it is because we met each other 35 years ago)I experienced it as a 6th former up at Sheffield for interview (what I was doing in the Art Tower I know not as my intended degree course was Chem. Eng.).You are me and I claim my £5.
Does it still have the cryptic label 'over travel through loft or pit is not dangerous'?
I too was intending to do Chem Eng at Sheffield. The Arts Tower was part of the tour organised by the students' union and we all 'had' to go round the top--I seem to remember the student taking us round saying something like "just follow me" as he got into the 'up' side when we were already on the top floor!
Nearly got snowed into the uni as well!
(http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t140/VinceHall/CyclingStuff/2013-10-30183622_zpsbb447b8f.jpg)
German for 'jewellery' so you see it quite a lot.
I read that Susan Boyle released a new album, launched with the website susanalbumparty.com
Innocent enough, until you respace the words.
A couple of years ago I lived just around the corner from a hairdresser's called "The hairdresser" where they'd had the letters done randomly in yellow, orange, blue and green. Unfortunately they'd not paid enough attention to which letters would disappear under sodium streetlighting and at night the sign would appear as:
T.. .A.R...S.E.
Tautology there, Su, and a missing apostrophe.
I read that Susan Boyle released a new album, launched with the website susanalbumparty.com
Innocent enough, until you respace the words.
(http://dqdqvfk41fkzb.cloudfront.net/INTERSHOP/static/WFS/Majestic-uk-Site/-/Majestic/en_GB/p/37168_p.jpg)
"Ned" wine. That's aspirational marketing if I ever saw it.
www.norkclinicbanstead.co.ukBe careful now. That was my doctors' when I was a lad.
:D
...and I often hear my MiL reminiscing about her childhood in Nork WayBlimey, that was just round the corner.
A colleague, who commutes in from the Black Country, told me that she passes a company called B J Cheese.When my kids were little, there was a local after-school club in Dundee which called itself BJ's Fun Club.
I didn't believe her, but there was no way either of us were going to Google that at work.
Bloody hell! It's true.
You'd think this lot (http://www.modernmix.co.uk/) would've changed their trading name.... no?
Does anybody want some Birley Builders?
http://www.birleybuilders.co.uk/
(http://www.thedrinksbusiness.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Buckfast1-354x640.jpg)
Bastard Automobile in Sallanches (https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@45.957146,6.633863,3a,75y,218.45h,97.44t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s1RnyzBEj3HY4-SCakXAuHA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1)I remember seeing a firm of the same name somewhere in France circa 1986.
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CL0xyIgWsAA6I6Q.jpg:large)Therefore badly named because it's not Italian.
Actually, this is a British firm which clears septic tanks and jets drains...
The owners of a kebab shop which sold food contaminated with human faeces have been ordered to pay compensation to customers who became ill.(Emphasis mine)
A rare strain of E. coli - only the second outbreak of its kind in Europe - was found at The Khyber Pass in Nottingham in June 2014.
In August, owners Mohammad Abdul Basit and Amjad Bhatti pleaded guilty to breaching food hygiene regulations.
Pedant alert!
Why use an octagon for your company logo?
http://tinyurl.com/q2vbv5v (http://tinyurl.com/q2vbv5v)
Pedant alert!that is brilliant. It's like a parody of that design meeting where the engineer tries to explain why the triangle can't be made up of parallel lines.
Why use an octagon for your company logo?
http://tinyurl.com/q2vbv5v (http://tinyurl.com/q2vbv5v)
"...because they only meet at infinity."I did at work - good for covering my own arse.
"How do you know? Have you been there?"
Pedant alert!
Why use an octagon for your company logo?
http://tinyurl.com/q2vbv5v (http://tinyurl.com/q2vbv5v)
Google is a play on the word googol - the term for the number represented by 1 followed by 100 zeros
The BBC reports on an Indian company (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-34975365)
what is wrong with Lakris ?The BBC reports on an Indian company (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-34975365)
Every teenage boy knows what a spunk sock is.
Also, when I was living in Ukraine about 15 years ago, 'fart' beer was one of the locals. (fart means luck in Ukrainian).
I still remember the late 1970s TV ads for 'the aids diet plan' (may have been some similar spelling). I recall it continued well into the early 1980s... I hate feeling embarrassed for people I don't even know!
There should be a verb similar to google-bombing for what happens to a business whose name is usurped by something vile, such as AIDS or ISIS.
There should be a verb similar to google-bombing for what happens to a business whose name is usurped by something vile, such as AIDS or ISIS.A lot of baby girls have been called Isis in recent years (after the Egyptian goddess, not the fundie bastards). Oh dear. Still, there is a precedent; poor old Ira Gershwin.
Where does the second boat in Oxford University's rowing club stand in all this?
Where does the second boat in Oxford University's rowing club stand in all this?
I expect it'll be sunk by the USAF before long.
Not a business but a product: the Cooler Master Storm Devastator is really just a computer keyboard.
Where does the second boat in Oxford University's rowing club stand in all this?Not too well. They're going backwards fast.
Not a business but a product: the Cooler Master Storm Devastator is really just a computer keyboard.
Are keyboards like bikes? The more aggressive the name, the more rubbish the product.
https://www.linkedin.com/company/hand-job-auto-detailinghttp://www.aveda.co.uk/product/7527/33798/Collections/hand-relief/Hand-Relief-Night-Renewal-Serum/index.tmpl
Not to mention:
http://www.smeg.fr/cuisinieres/
Had it entered the vernacular already, back then? Dearie me.
From my Twitter feed...That's just nuts!
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CadyDSSW4AAVcqJ.jpg)
From my Twitter feed...That's just nuts!
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CadyDSSW4AAVcqJ.jpg)
I'm not sure I'd want to work on a fuming industrial park but if Pingfu is short for "Pingfuckit" then I'd at least like to visit.Spring is the best time - go now!
In the 90s if one telephoned the Service Department of Wang Computers (by the M4 Chiswick flyover) an American woman with a twangy accent would answer -Similarly, the Fujitsu Siemens laptop repair place used to answer the phone, "Hello, Siemens Staines".
"Wang Care, how may I help you?"
Ping-fu: ancient martial art practiced mainly by the inhabitants of Furryboottoon.
We have a Smeg dishwasher and washing machine. Not bought for the name, they seemed to be only brushed stainless steel appliances going at the time.
Not a drum was heard, not a funeral note
As his carsi to the rampart we hurried...
Not a drum was heard, not a funeral note
As his carsi to the rampart we hurried...
SIR THE BURIAL SIR OF SIR JOHN MOORE SIR AT CORUNNA SIR
(A titter from 2B they are wet and I will tuough them up after.)
Notadrumwasheardnotafuneralnote
shut up peason larffing
As his carsi
As his carsi what is a carsi sir? gosh is it?
to the rampart we carried
(whisper you did not kno your voice was so lovely)
Not a soldier discharged his farewell shot
PING!
Shut up peason i know sir he's blowing peas at me
Oer the grave where our hero we buried.
(A pause a grave bow i retire and Egad! peason hav placed a dainty pin upon mine seat. Fie!)
Not a drum was heard, not a funeral note
As his carsi to the rampart we hurried...Quote from: n molesworthSIR THE BURIAL SIR OF SIR JOHN MOORE SIR AT CORUNNA SIR
(A titter from 2B they are wet and I will tuough them up after.)
Notadrumwasheardnotafuneralnote
shut up peason larffing
As his carsi
As his carsi what is a carsi sir? gosh is it?
to the rampart we carried
(whisper you did not kno your voice was so lovely)
Not a soldier discharged his farewell shot
PING!
Shut up peason i know sir he's blowing peas at me
Oer the grave where our hero we buried.
(A pause a grave bow i retire and Egad! peason hav placed a dainty pin upon mine seat. Fie!)
(https://c3.staticflickr.com/9/8156/28676196874_4253d30a2c_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/KG21gu)"One does not simply fly into Mordor.
IMG_7418_01 (https://flic.kr/p/KG21gu) by The Pingus (https://www.flickr.com/photos/the_pingus/), on Flickr
http://thepikeyla.com/
Have we had those cheeky German coach ooperators yet?Grevenbroich is just down the road from me (well, 50km away).
http://www.fuecker-busreisen.de/
It's better with an umlaut instead of "ue".
It's even better the way they've rendered the umlaut as a seagull in their logo, basically negating it.
I'm sure light hearted flippancy is not what any prospective customer would be looking for at this time.
You're not a fucking hairdressers, mate.
The funny thing is, it must be deliberate. The chef's from East Dulwich, & graduated with distinction from Jamie's Kitchen. It must be his little joke.http://thepikeyla.com/
I drove the full length of Sunset Boulevard back in September. If I'd known about this I could have stopped for a point and a laugh.
http://www.open19.org/foundation/It's a penis with a cock ring!
The logo doesn't really look like "PENIS". Not at all.
The Speedwell School of Motoring, London NW.It's a terrible name now. How about "Keepwithinthespeedlimitandensureyoucanstopwithinthedistanceyoucanseetobeclearwell"?
For phone number geeks, SPEedwell was the London exchange that was renumbered as (01) 455 in the 1960s and was on the Hoop Lane exchange, with MEAdway, which became 458.
I see they have a 458 phone number so they would have had a wrongly-named business 50 years ago...
The Speedwell School of Motoring, London NW.It's a terrible name now. How about "Keepwithinthespeedlimitandensureyoucanstopwithinthedistanceyoucanseetobeclearwell"?
For phone number geeks, SPEedwell was the London exchange that was renumbered as (01) 455 in the 1960s and was on the Hoop Lane exchange, with MEAdway, which became 458.
I see they have a 458 phone number so they would have had a wrongly-named business 50 years ago...
On the side of a lorry on the M25 today: "DISCORDIA"
Hail Eris!
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DSiqshUUIAUyCFB.jpg)
Driving on the A1 near Biggleswade today and I spotted a sign : Huge Tackle Shop
.... turns out it was for fishing stuff.
Rob
Numerous colossal billboards for "Adult Superstores" along I-70 between Kansas City and St Louis suggest this phenomenon is not confined to BRITAIN.
I thought it was so that God fearing Christians could visit said emporia without the risk of being seen by their fellow Congregationalists ::-)Numerous colossal billboards for "Adult Superstores" along I-70 between Kansas City and St Louis suggest this phenomenon is not confined to BRITAIN.
Not sure what the planning laws are in the UK, but zoning in the US often pushes such 'adult enterprises' out onto the highways where they won't risk corrupting innocent little children and god-fearing christians.
I saw someone on a local Facebook group advertising their new pet sitting service, which for some reason they'd decided to call Cruella Deville pet sitting... Perhaps not the kind of association you'd want reallySpecialist in dalmatians?
I saw someone on a local Facebook group advertising their new pet sitting service, which for some reason they'd decided to call Cruella Deville pet sitting... Perhaps not the kind of association you'd want reallyThat's a good spot...
Fur Goodness' Sake!I saw someone on a local Facebook group advertising their new pet sitting service, which for some reason they'd decided to call Cruella Deville pet sitting... Perhaps not the kind of association you'd want reallyThat's a good spot...
Appletree Court, a Nursing Home with Dementia....
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.6018763,-0.2688702,3a,15y,99.97h,91.63t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sF6z5ojGSMnpEhschvRpWCQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 (https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.6018763,-0.2688702,3a,15y,99.97h,91.63t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sF6z5ojGSMnpEhschvRpWCQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656)
Appletree Court, a Nursing Home with Dementia....
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.6018763,-0.2688702,3a,15y,99.97h,91.63t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sF6z5ojGSMnpEhschvRpWCQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 (https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.6018763,-0.2688702,3a,15y,99.97h,91.63t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sF6z5ojGSMnpEhschvRpWCQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656)
Surprisingly, they punctuate the telephone number properly.
WinterWell 'ishHellWonderland has returned to Hyde Park. I spotted, over the wall, a banner which read THOR'S TIPI BAR. I never new the Norse used wigwams.
WinterWell 'ishHellWonderland has returned to Hyde Park. I spotted, over the wall, a banner which read THOR'S TIPI BAR. I never new the Norse used wigwams.
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3b/Nordic_Sami_people_Lavvu_1900-1920.jpg)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sami_people
I'm currently reading a book on the Vikings, seems they were not afraid of a bit of cultural appropriation, so why not?
http://cycle.panasonic.jp/products/pos/
more in the "not all three-letter acronyms translate well" department, unless they mean "Piece of Shinyness"
Because we don't have a badly-named places thread. And because it might in fact be quite a good name for this place:
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-EoLzhw5Kh08/Uf2mZZ0H0lI/AAAAAAAAGWk/kHIkr-pRFSA/s640/Bumpass.jpg)
I was actually looking for a similarly-named town on the China/Kazakhstan border...
I've been wondering how it's pronounced. I'd assumed Bum-pass but it could be Bump-ass.
I've been wondering how it's pronounced. I'd assumed Bum-pass but it could be Bump-ass.
"A bum steer" is a Usanian phrase, I think. I'm imagining that the name is either a complaint from early settlers who'd taken the wrong pass over the mountains, or possibly from an indigenous language (though that would make it odd to have the same name in California and Virginia).
'Shard End Glass' in Birmingham - from the suburb of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shard_End (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shard_End)
'Shard End Glass' in Birmingham
SCOOP: Indicted pro-trump Ukraine researcher Lev Parnas told people he paid Rudy Giuliani hundreds of thousands of dollars to work for his firm, Fraud Guarantee.https://twitter.com/kenvogel/status/1182481848515121152
Giuliani first seemed to admit working for the firm in 2018, then said he couldn't confirm.
QuoteSCOOP: Indicted pro-trump Ukraine researcher Lev Parnas told people he paid Rudy Giuliani hundreds of thousands of dollars to work for his firm, Fraud Guarantee.
truth in labeling??
I wonder if they do a buffet
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EHt7iEFXUAAVcTc?format=jpg&name=large)
On Look East last night, and Asian food shop called Butt Foods. I wonder if it sells brownies.
I keep hearing adverts on the local radio for 'Jap Ass'... :o
https://japassushi.com/
https://www.yewtree.herts.sch.uk/
https://www.yewtree.herts.sch.uk/
In Aldi today:
(https://pbase.com/image/171559115.jpg)
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.Certain forumites are no doubt disappointed to discover Any Hour Glass is not a purveyor of corsets and bodices.
(No doubt the proprietor of the latter would shudder and give you a stern lecture any time you called them egg timers)
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.Certain forumites are no doubt disappointed to discover Any Hour Glass is not a purveyor of corsets and bodices.
(No doubt the proprietor of the latter would shudder and give you a stern lecture any time you called them egg timers)
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.Certain forumites are no doubt disappointed to discover Any Hour Glass is not a purveyor of corsets and bodices.
(No doubt the proprietor of the latter would shudder and give you a stern lecture any time you called them egg timers)
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.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.Certain forumites are no doubt disappointed to discover Any Hour Glass is not a purveyor of corsets and bodices.
(No doubt the proprietor of the latter would shudder and give you a stern lecture any time you called them egg timers)
Like this:
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/f9oYTPaOXVOBbGO6oeeO9BGXOjRNyNv8-zTt2GxZJP4rK7pjG-a4QBTRBS-v1-IzSaHbudDe3NG0bsK8IrjBiU2VlAotMJUGLHLPphck3fVidJahGpj8r4VB2Q2LiT1n5GZAMwDzoew=w2400)
No, not the Sheldon sticker, the one below that.
The sticker is on a tandem.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.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.Certain forumites are no doubt disappointed to discover Any Hour Glass is not a purveyor of corsets and bodices.
(No doubt the proprietor of the latter would shudder and give you a stern lecture any time you called them egg timers)
Like this:
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/f9oYTPaOXVOBbGO6oeeO9BGXOjRNyNv8-zTt2GxZJP4rK7pjG-a4QBTRBS-v1-IzSaHbudDe3NG0bsK8IrjBiU2VlAotMJUGLHLPphck3fVidJahGpj8r4VB2Q2LiT1n5GZAMwDzoew=w2400)
No, not the Sheldon sticker, the one below that.
You have given enough information that I can figure out to whom the tandem belongs.The sticker is on a tandem.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.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.Certain forumites are no doubt disappointed to discover Any Hour Glass is not a purveyor of corsets and bodices.
(No doubt the proprietor of the latter would shudder and give you a stern lecture any time you called them egg timers)
Like this:
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/f9oYTPaOXVOBbGO6oeeO9BGXOjRNyNv8-zTt2GxZJP4rK7pjG-a4QBTRBS-v1-IzSaHbudDe3NG0bsK8IrjBiU2VlAotMJUGLHLPphck3fVidJahGpj8r4VB2Q2LiT1n5GZAMwDzoew=w2400)
No, not the Sheldon sticker, the one below that.
The photo was taken at the Hilly 50
The stoker is taller than Teh Julian (who is always right)
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.
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!
https://nltimes.nl/2021/12/07/balls-weigh-130-grams-named-worst-business-slogan-2021 (https://nltimes.nl/2021/12/07/balls-weigh-130-grams-named-worst-business-slogan-2021)Thats an awful lot of free publicity for a ‘bad slogan’ ;D
I’m so ever upper class, high society…..,
you hear a low frequency hum that you can feel in your tyresThe US military never abandoned their search for the Brown Note. They just offshored the work.
Saw a van earlier with "Jay's Room-ovals" written on it, which left me contemplating what a room-oval might be. Something you might sit in to watch the Superb Owl was my best guess.
Utterly deliberate.
https://www.uranusgeneralstore.com/
"The best fudge comes from Uranus."
They love to pack your fudge, they say.
Utterly deliberate.
https://www.uranusgeneralstore.com/
"The best fudge comes from Uranus."
They love to pack your fudge, they say.
Musty burger anyone?
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52451356004_57e6dcd330_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2nUWULd)
IMG_0737_01 (https://flic.kr/p/2nUWULd) by The Pingus (https://www.flickr.com/photos/the_pingus/), on Flickr
The company names Companies House refused to registerSome they did (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/search?q=S%26m)
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/apr/24/stiff-nipples-about-effing-time-the-company-names-deemed-too-rude-to-register
On a 12-wheeler (presumably name of company as it was in v. big letters): Discordia.I've been worried about them for some time. They are from ABROAD where they probably don't read The Illuminati Trilogy.
On a 12-wheeler (presumably name of company as it was in v. big letters): Discordia.I've been worried about them for some time. They are from ABROAD where they probably don't read The Illuminati Trilogy.
Seen on a notice board in a village: Icarus Falconry.
On a 12-wheeler (presumably name of company as it was in v. big letters): Discordia.
I assume Discordia is a geeky reference to The KLF's favourite trilogy?
Mustafa Koc (http://www.koc.com.tr/en-us/Corporate/Board_of_Directors/Pages/MustafaVKoc.aspx) is the chairman of Koc Holding (http://www.koc.com.tr/).Pronounced Koch - ch as in church. Should have a cedilla.
The bus company in Weston-suoer-Mud is called Badgerline. Nicknamed Basherline because of their affinity for parked cars.Gosh, I'd forgotten all about them. Are the smaller buses still called "Skunk* Trucks" or is that only one us wrinklies remember?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-66094072
Zuckerbot's Twitter rival is to be called Threads. Presumably because it will be utterly depressing and populated by sick, desperate people.
https://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/23660412.melinda-messenger-opening-new-jollyes-shop-swindon/#comments-anchor
"The Jolly Groomer". Right up there with The Swan and Paedo.
Also, Swindon's former tit model is an anti-vaxxer, hence the other amusing comment under the story.
https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05749050/filing-history
Appears to have been a joke setup with no actual individuals as directors.
In 1940, the Irish government was worried that its neutrality was being endangered by several Dublin businesses getting up collections from their employees for "Spitfire funds" and other funds to buy armaments for British forces. One of these firms was the Swastika Laundry Company.Great on nazi stains, but it's safer to take your czechs elsewhere.
https://thaitanicbelfast.co.uk/?utm_source=GMBwebsite&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=Google%20My%20Business
https://thaitanicbelfast.co.uk/?utm_source=GMBwebsite&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=Google%20My%20Business
Nah - just go with the floe.https://thaitanicbelfast.co.uk/?utm_source=GMBwebsite&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=Google%20My%20Business
Steer clear of the iceberg lettuce . . .
There's a window cleaner somewhere called Mr. Bit This may have appeared before in the thread but ICBA to read through it all.A Mr Bit cleans my mum's windows in North Northumberland.
Just been watching a BFO safe being lifted out of our old branch post office and personhandled into a white van. Judging from the battlements and the knight in armour on the van doors it belongs to a security company. Not a very reassuring name, though: SUREAL.They're probably going to keep fish in it and win the Turner Prize.
Just been watching a BFO safe being lifted out of our old branch post office and personhandled into a white van. Judging from the battlements and the knight in armour on the van doors it belongs to a security company. Not a very reassuring name, though: SUREAL.They're probably going to keep fish in it and win the Turner Prize.