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Re: The badly-named businesses thread
« Reply #500 on: 25 October, 2022, 11:06:44 am »
One of my faourites is Luddite Engineering.
They make parts for old/obsolete machinery for which parts are no longer available
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Re: The badly-named businesses thread
« Reply #501 on: 29 November, 2022, 10:10:35 am »
Chum of mine continually posts adverts on FB for a restaurant called Le Redslob.
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Re: The badly-named businesses thread
« Reply #502 on: 29 November, 2022, 02:05:42 pm »
https://www.instagram.com/volkswagenitalia/?hl=en

Possibly a spoof, as they seem to prefer "Volkswagen Group Italia".
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Re: The badly-named businesses thread
« Reply #503 on: 05 January, 2023, 04:42:29 pm »
Double Time Delivery... a logistics company.
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Re: The badly-named businesses thread
« Reply #504 on: 05 January, 2023, 07:32:46 pm »
Acceligize

no idea WTF they do and don't care to learn, but someone from there has looked me up on LInkedIn
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Re: The badly-named businesses thread
« Reply #505 on: 05 January, 2023, 07:57:56 pm »
Not bad per se, but weird, like naff? In Llanberis there is a German Siemens 'Healthineers' factory

"Siemens Healthineers Llanberis, a wholly owned, 36 acre site, was established in 1992. Siemens Healthineers Llanberis was formerly known as Euro DPC. Since then, Team Llanberis have been proud to achieve many notable accomplishments throughout the years"

1992: Purpose built facility opened at Llanberis & visit from PM John Major

2011: Site given ‘Investors in People’ Standard

2014: Quality Champion Team Award Winner

2016: Wellbeing Team initiated – supported by Bangor University
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Re: The badly-named businesses thread
« Reply #506 on: 05 January, 2023, 10:13:02 pm »
I reckon it's a weird health farm setup like the one Kellogg used to run.  Five mile jog up the pass before dawn, slide down a scree slope of slate on your naked arse, a freezing cold bath in a quarry, then a nice bowl of Coco Pops.
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Re: The badly-named businesses thread
« Reply #507 on: 05 January, 2023, 10:26:07 pm »
And if you cycle up the fabulous very remote single track lane behind the "Healthineers' factory, you hear a low frequency hum that you can feel in your tyres - and maybe see a group of people/partners out the back, clad head to foot in white and with helmets and wellies, sucking on a fag or spliff break. It's Llanberis after all
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Re: The badly-named businesses thread
« Reply #508 on: 06 January, 2023, 08:03:15 am »
Quote from: slope on 05 January, 2023, 10:26:07 pm
you hear a low frequency hum that you can feel in your tyres
The US military never abandoned their search for the Brown Note.  They just offshored the work.
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Re: The badly-named businesses thread
« Reply #509 on: 11 February, 2023, 10:10:40 pm »
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.
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Re: The badly-named businesses thread
« Reply #510 on: 12 February, 2023, 04:38:42 pm »
To watch cricket, surely? Or maybe speedway.
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Re: The badly-named businesses thread
« Reply #511 on: 12 February, 2023, 04:49:56 pm »
Stock car racing, with the late Brian Sewell.
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Re: The badly-named businesses thread
« Reply #512 on: 14 February, 2023, 07:09:01 pm »
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Re: The badly-named businesses thread
« Reply #513 on: 14 February, 2023, 08:25:12 pm »
Sadly, it's now the Faith, Hope and Charity Shop.
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Re: The badly-named businesses thread
« Reply #514 on: 14 February, 2023, 08:44:21 pm »
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Re: The badly-named businesses thread
« Reply #515 on: 31 March, 2023, 04:02:49 pm »
Utterly deliberate.

https://www.uranusgeneralstore.com/

"The best fudge comes from Uranus."

They love to pack your fudge, they say.

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Re: The badly-named businesses thread
« Reply #516 on: 31 March, 2023, 05:23:45 pm »
Quote from: Kim on 11 February, 2023, 10:10:40 pm
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.

Probably similar to a “Portaka-bin” as I once styled it  ::-) ::-)
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Re: The badly-named businesses thread
« Reply #517 on: 31 March, 2023, 05:40:13 pm »
Quote from: rogerzilla on 31 March, 2023, 04:02:49 pm
Utterly deliberate.

https://www.uranusgeneralstore.com/

"The best fudge comes from Uranus."

They love to pack your fudge, they say.

Very childish, but damn, I nearly did myself a mischief having a gander at that site.  ;D

Heaven forfend they ever have a commercial tie-up with a certain vehicle hire company.  ;)
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Re: The badly-named businesses thread
« Reply #518 on: 31 March, 2023, 06:22:09 pm »
Quote from: rogerzilla on 31 March, 2023, 04:02:49 pm
Utterly deliberate.

https://www.uranusgeneralstore.com/

"The best fudge comes from Uranus."

They love to pack your fudge, they say.

Been there ;D


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OK, the last one was on the opposite side of the road…
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Re: The badly-named businesses thread
« Reply #519 on: 31 March, 2023, 09:34:03 pm »
The last one is just...wrong  ;D
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Re: The badly-named businesses thread
« Reply #520 on: 31 March, 2023, 11:51:51 pm »
I was 100% sure RZ would rise to that one :demon:
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Re: The badly-named businesses thread
« Reply #521 on: 03 April, 2023, 02:16:19 am »
Quote from: Pingu on 24 October, 2022, 09:42:26 pm
Musty burger anyone?


IMG_0737_01 by The Pingus, on Flickr

I can't imagine that they thought someone would copy the name - why did they bother to register (R) it?
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Re: The badly-named businesses thread
« Reply #522 on: 24 April, 2023, 07:14:50 pm »
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Re: The badly-named businesses thread
« Reply #523 on: 26 April, 2023, 11:06:53 pm »
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Re: The badly-named businesses thread
« Reply #524 on: 03 May, 2023, 06:13:53 pm »
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.
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