Author Topic: The badly-named businesses thread (Read 115844 times)

Ham · « **Reply #226 on:** 03 January, 2014, 10:06:58 am »

Would you be happy stepping into one of these? I've always thought the sharing of body excretions in an ideal environment for microbiological propagation is odd, but this .....

http://www.poolandspa.com/

Charlotte · « **Reply #227 on:** 03 January, 2014, 02:11:33 pm »

www.norkclinicbanstead.co.uk

clarion · « **Reply #228 on:** 03 January, 2014, 06:25:26 pm »

Anyone visiting Corridori Cycles will probably have enjoyed the delights of Nork.

Zipperhead · « **Reply #229 on:** 09 January, 2014, 03:36:42 pm »

The small boy in me (which is really all there is of me) was highly amused this morning when I stopped behind a lorry and saw the name of the company - Cleveland Cable Company

hatler · « **Reply #230 on:** 09 January, 2014, 05:35:14 pm »

Quote from: Charlotte on 03 January, 2014, 02:11:33 pm

www.norkclinicbanstead.co.uk

Be careful now. That was my doctors' when I was a lad.

PaulR · « **Reply #231 on:** 09 January, 2014, 05:43:43 pm »

...and I often hear my MiL reminiscing about her childhood in Nork Way

spesh · « **Reply #232 on:** 09 January, 2014, 05:46:02 pm »

Seen on a van in Pompey this week:

Martin Leaning Masts & Rigging

hatler · « **Reply #233 on:** 09 January, 2014, 05:53:32 pm »

Quote from: PaulR on 09 January, 2014, 05:43:43 pm

...and I often hear my MiL reminiscing about her childhood in Nork Way

Blimey, that was just round the corner.

hellymedic · « **Reply #234 on:** 15 March, 2014, 04:51:36 pm »

From my Twitter feed:

Basil · « **Reply #235 on:** 05 August, 2014, 09:44:59 pm »

A colleague, who commutes in from the Black Country, told me that she passes a company called B J Cheese.
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.

eck · « **Reply #236 on:** 05 August, 2014, 09:49:06 pm »

Quote from: Basil on 05 August, 2014, 09:44:59 pm

A colleague, who commutes in from the Black Country, told me that she passes a company called B J Cheese.
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.

When my kids were little, there was a local after-school club in Dundee which called itself BJ's Fun Club.
I was told there was a long waiting list.

Steph · « **Reply #237 on:** 05 August, 2014, 10:09:14 pm »

Jurek · « **Reply #238 on:** 05 August, 2014, 10:15:19 pm »

You'd think this lot would've changed their trading name.... no?

Steph · « **Reply #239 on:** 05 August, 2014, 10:37:41 pm »

One of my favourite characters was named Virginia Saville by me as a deliberate play on his name, for she is known as 'Ginny'. Oops.

jsabine · « **Reply #240 on:** 06 August, 2014, 12:39:45 am »

Quote from: Jurek on 05 August, 2014, 10:15:19 pm

You'd think this lot would've changed their trading name.... no?

Bzzzt - repetition.

hulver · « **Reply #241 on:** 06 August, 2014, 01:30:35 pm »

Does anybody want some Birley Builders?

http://www.birleybuilders.co.uk/

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #242 on:** 06 August, 2014, 02:11:39 pm »

Quote from: hulver on 06 August, 2014, 01:30:35 pm

Does anybody want some Birley Builders?

http://www.birleybuilders.co.uk/

I once had a cow-orker named Simon Burley. From Purley. Sadly Mrs Burley wasn't named Shirley.

He drove a minter Capri 2.8i.

hellymedic · « **Reply #243 on:** 06 August, 2014, 06:56:11 pm »

I note partner's camera tripod is a manfrotto...

andrewc · « **Reply #244 on:** 22 August, 2014, 08:18:50 am »

I was doing some work for this outfit yesterday..... http://www.weeworld.com/

Auntie Helen · « **Reply #245 on:** 22 August, 2014, 05:33:16 pm »

There's a company that makes sensors in Germany with the fantastic name of 'Sick'

http://www.neffpower.com/neff-power-products/sick-optic-electronics-advanced-optic-sensors

pdm · « **Reply #246 on:** 23 August, 2014, 11:16:16 am »

Quote from: Pingu on 26 December, 2013, 10:19:45 pm

Many moons ago, we visited Buckfast Abbey. The label on the bottles then also contained the sentence: "Guaranteed to contain no meat"

Efrogwr · « **Reply #247 on:** 23 August, 2014, 11:40:22 am »

A wine merchant in Alsace; J P Sick.

StuAff · « **Reply #248 on:** 23 August, 2014, 04:54:54 pm »

Rochefort-sur-Loire, just SW of Angers, a couple of months back. Obviously inspired by 7-11....sort of.

perpetual dan · « **Reply #249 on:** 23 August, 2014, 07:09:18 pm »

Passed a sign for "Jump Start Nursery" in Brighton today.