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Re: The badly-named businesses thread
« Reply #325 on: 20 June, 2016, 06:55:12 am »
Thanks Helly, that cheered me up!

The excellent Bristol and district triathletes attempt something similar with

www.badtri.org/

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Re: The badly-named businesses thread
« Reply #326 on: 20 June, 2016, 05:30:07 pm »
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.

"Brushed"? Wipe clean, shurely...
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Re: The badly-named businesses thread
« Reply #327 on: 22 July, 2016, 10:25:00 am »
Seen on the M25 recently, a lorry from "Carsi Transport".  I suspect it does not mean the same thing in Slovenian, unless there really is money to be made from hauling great white telephones from Maribor to Milton Keynes.
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Re: The badly-named businesses thread
« Reply #328 on: 22 July, 2016, 11:08:00 am »
Not a drum was heard, not a funeral note
As his carsi to the rampart we hurried...
I've dusted off all those old bottles and set them up straight

Re: The badly-named businesses thread
« Reply #329 on: 22 July, 2016, 11:40:16 am »
Not a drum was heard, not a funeral note
As his carsi to the rampart we hurried...


Gardez l'eau!
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Re: The badly-named businesses thread
« Reply #330 on: 22 July, 2016, 12:51:32 pm »
Not a drum was heard, not a funeral note
As his carsi to the rampart we hurried...


Quote from: n molesworth
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!)
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Re: The badly-named businesses thread
« Reply #331 on: 29 July, 2016, 06:34:21 am »
There is an officer at Swindon police station called DS Anger, which presumably means he always gets the same role in those good cop/bad cop interrogations.
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T42

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Re: The badly-named businesses thread
« Reply #332 on: 29 July, 2016, 07:35:35 am »
Not a drum was heard, not a funeral note
As his carsi to the rampart we hurried...


Quote from: n molesworth
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!)

George?  George, don't do that.
I've dusted off all those old bottles and set them up straight

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Re: The badly-named businesses thread
« Reply #333 on: 04 September, 2016, 11:50:54 pm »

IMG_7417_01 by The Pingus, on Flickr

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Re: The badly-named businesses thread
« Reply #334 on: 04 September, 2016, 11:51:46 pm »

IMG_7418_01 by The Pingus, on Flickr

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Re: The badly-named businesses thread
« Reply #335 on: 28 September, 2016, 07:45:51 am »
On a van in Northampton: WBP Foods
So, marine ply then - better than cardboard?
2x4: thick plank; 4x4: 2 of 'em.

Re: The badly-named businesses thread
« Reply #336 on: 28 September, 2016, 02:38:43 pm »

IMG_7418_01 by The Pingus, on Flickr
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Re: The badly-named businesses thread
« Reply #337 on: 28 September, 2016, 08:18:27 pm »
A product rather than a business name, but:

https://www.amazon.com/Kenneth-Cole-Reaction-Flap-Shot-Portfolio/dp/B01B4URSNG

No idea if it's deliberate.
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rogerzilla

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Re: The badly-named businesses thread
« Reply #338 on: 28 September, 2016, 08:20:57 pm »
Have we had those cheeky German coach ooperators yet?

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.
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rogerzilla

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Re: The badly-named businesses thread
« Reply #339 on: 16 December, 2016, 06:43:59 pm »
Hard work sometimes pays off in the end, but laziness ALWAYS pays off NOW.

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Re: The badly-named businesses thread
« Reply #340 on: 16 December, 2016, 06:58:00 pm »
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.
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Re: The badly-named businesses thread
« Reply #341 on: 22 December, 2016, 01:05:36 pm »
Parked outside Llandysul churchyard this morning.

20161222_101143 by Basil W, on Flickr

I mean.  Really?
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.
Admission.  I'm actually not that fussed about cake.

rogerzilla

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Re: The badly-named businesses thread
« Reply #342 on: 22 December, 2016, 04:08:30 pm »
I suppose it's marginally better than Stone Dead or Tomb Raiser.
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Re: The badly-named businesses thread
« Reply #343 on: 22 December, 2016, 04:47:33 pm »
At least they haven't got a stray apostrophe...

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Re: The badly-named businesses thread
« Reply #344 on: 22 December, 2016, 06:12:06 pm »
Have we had those cheeky German coach ooperators yet?

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.
Grevenbroich is just down the road from me (well, 50km away).

A farm about 2km away is called Fückers, according to my Garmin map, but there is no name sign on the building sadly.
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Re: The badly-named businesses thread
« Reply #345 on: 22 December, 2016, 08:27:34 pm »
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.

If most folk agree with you, then they'll go bust soon enough. I'd probably hire them though, if they did good work.
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Re: The badly-named businesses thread
« Reply #346 on: 23 December, 2016, 07:27:18 am »
I'm sure they are capable of carving out a niche.
It is simpler than it looks.

Re: The badly-named businesses thread
« Reply #347 on: 24 December, 2016, 10:03:09 am »
Thats a good point. Will bolster the local economy.
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Re: The badly-named businesses thread
« Reply #348 on: 05 January, 2017, 11:42:18 am »
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.
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.
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Re: The badly-named businesses thread
« Reply #349 on: 05 January, 2017, 12:41:06 pm »
I must have missed a trendy high street shop along the way somewhere.


Yesterday I was searching for pen refills for the fountain pen my wife got me for Christmas.


Amongst the shops, down Queen St Cardiff were the bold letters 'OFFICE' on one shop that looked to still be open.  Off I trotted.


Hmm, no pens, only clothes.  WTF?  ::-)
It's a reverse Elvis thing.