Funniest store names???
gre...@spamless.mailbox
On 11 Apr 1997 04:02:29 GMT, Cassie/Derek/Kyle <bgk...@venus.execulink.com>
wrote:
>In Guelph there was a neon Kentucky Fried Chicken sign with the KENT
>burnt out.
In Durham the Kentucky Fried Chicken had the KENT and the first two and last
3 letter of 'chicken' burnt out, so it read
" UCKY FRIED ICK "
Ralph
Reminds me of an Iowa *Shell* gas station back in the 70s, a big wind
knocked the "S" off the sign. :-P
Ralph
Ardens2989
In article <35688382...@news.ntrnet.net>, gre...@spamless.mailbox writes:
>
>On 11 Apr 1997 04:02:29 GMT, Cassie/Derek/Kyle <bgk...@venus.execulink.com>
>wrote:
>
>>In Guelph there was a neon Kentucky Fried Chicken sign with the KENT
>>burnt out.
>
>In Durham the Kentucky Fried Chicken had the KENT and the first two and last
>3 letter of 'chicken' burnt out, so it read
>
>" UCKY FRIED ICK "
And that's about how it tastes...
Arden - not Eve, the other one, no, not Elizabeth either
Patrick L. Humphrey
arden...@aol.com (Ardens2989) writes:
Back when the Colonel himself was still alive, KFC was actually decent...but
once he sold out to John Y. Brown Jr., it went straight to hell in the
proverbial handbasket -- thus, in the quarter-century or so since that
happened, I've almost always referred to it as Kentucky Fried Children...
--PLH, the worst thing is, I'm a native of Kentucky
Loz
In article <35688382...@news.ntrnet.net>, gre...@spamless.mailbox
writes
>On 11 Apr 1997 04:02:29 GMT, Cassie/Derek/Kyle <bgk...@venus.execulink.com>
>wrote:
>
>>In Guelph there was a neon Kentucky Fried Chicken sign with the KENT
>>burnt out.
>
>In Durham the Kentucky Fried Chicken had the KENT and the first two and last
>3 letter of 'chicken' burnt out, so it read
>
>" UCKY FRIED ICK "
>
the RITZ, except some of the light bulbs in the R had burned out (and
was in the process of being replaced) in the sign, so it read:
OOOOO O O OOOO OOO O OOOOO OOOOO
O O O O O O O O O
O OOOO OOOO OOO O O O
O O O O O . O O O
O O O OOOO O . O O OOOOO
The dots represent where the bulbs had gone. I swear this is true.
--
Yours, "John Stuart Mill,
Loz Of his own free will,
mailto:ne...@hensel.demon.co.uk On half a pint of shandy,
http://www.hensel.demon.co.uk Was particularly ill."
- The Hub Of Cheese - Bruce in charge of the Sheep Dip
Dunny
(Not exactly a store name, but of a similar concept)
In South Australia we've got a railway line that goes through a windy,
narrow valley, call the "Pitchi Ritchi Pass" - someone grabbed some paint &
whited out the "P", the "R" and the "P"........hmmmmmm
Jeremy Derr
On Tue, 26 May 1998 08:26:20 +0930, Dunny <md...@dasc.sa.gov.au> wrote:
>(Not exactly a store name, but of a similar concept)
>
>In South Australia we've got a railway line that goes through a windy,
>narrow valley, call the "Pitchi Ritchi Pass" - someone grabbed some paint &
>whited out the "P", the "R" and the "P"........hmmmmmm
there's a salon in Sommerville, Texas, called "The Best Little Hair House
In Texas." For the geographically inhibited, Sommerville isn't all that far
from La Grange, Texas, either.... ;)
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Patrick L. Humphrey
de...@reunion.utopian.net (Jeremy Derr) writes:
>On Tue, 26 May 1998 08:26:20 +0930, Dunny <md...@dasc.sa.gov.au> wrote:
>>(Not exactly a store name, but of a similar concept)
>>In South Australia we've got a railway line that goes through a windy,
>>narrow valley, call the "Pitchi Ritchi Pass" - someone grabbed some paint &
>>whited out the "P", the "R" and the "P"........hmmmmmm
>there's a salon in Sommerville, Texas, called "The Best Little Hair House
>In Texas." For the geographically inhibited, Sommerville isn't all that far
>from La Grange, Texas, either.... ;)
About 60 miles, as I remember, if you go by way of Brenham. :-)
Speaking of sign weirdness here in Texas, though, I'm reminded of the Butter
Krust bakery right across Airport Blvd. from Highland Mall, in Austin -- every
time I'm up in that neighborhood, I notice that the "er" on _both_ sides of
the Butter Krust sign seems to have a tendency to fade out a lot faster than
the other nine letters...
--PLH, no wonder the wife and I have preferred Mrs. Baird's for years :)
Laphboy
While traveling, I saw a sign for a restaurant called "Bubba's of
Beijing"...what the Hell is that?
"I'll have the Sweet and Sour Pork Rinds Please!" "Moo Goo Guy Grits for me!"
Marketing skills, people! It's all about marketing!
Gelder
Please stop by my Comedy Web Page:
mcc...@ibm.net
Although not a store name.....
In south central LA there is an accounting
firm: Holder, Bender, & Nailer.
Jerry
Stuart O. Bronstein
Laphboy <lap...@aol.com> wrote:
>While traveling, I saw a sign for a restaurant called "Bubba's of
>Beijing"...what the Hell is that?
>
>"I'll have the Sweet and Sour Pork Rinds Please!" "Moo Goo Guy Grits for
>me!"
>
>Marketing skills, people! It's all about marketing!
Create a need and fill it. That's the secret of success.
--
Stu (delete * from email address)
"When two people are under the influence of the most violent, most insane,
most delusive, and most transient of passions, they are required to swear
that they will remain in that excited, abnormal, and exhausting condition
continuously until death do them part."
-George Bernard Shaw
Steve Dobbs
Jeremy Derr wrote:
> On Tue, 26 May 1998 08:26:20 +0930, Dunny <md...@dasc.sa.gov.au> wrote:
> >(Not exactly a store name, but of a similar concept)
> >
> >In South Australia we've got a railway line that goes through a windy,
> >narrow valley, call the "Pitchi Ritchi Pass" - someone grabbed some paint &
> >whited out the "P", the "R" and the "P"........hmmmmmm
>
> there's a salon in Sommerville, Texas, called "The Best Little Hair House
> In Texas." For the geographically inhibited, Sommerville isn't all that far
> from La Grange, Texas, either.... ;)
One that I got to see in Texas was a a place called the "Kuntry Kitchen". It's
neon signs went on the fritz one night ant the "try" blew out, leaving something
much more interesting in big red glowing letters.
Bob Marcus
Jeremy Derr wrote in message ...
>On Tue, 26 May 1998 08:26:20 +0930, Dunny <md...@dasc.sa.gov.au> wrote:
>>(Not exactly a store name, but of a similar concept)
>>
>>In South Australia we've got a railway line that goes through a windy,
>>narrow valley, call the "Pitchi Ritchi Pass" - someone grabbed some paint
&
>>whited out the "P", the "R" and the "P"........hmmmmmm
>
>there's a salon in Sommerville, Texas, called "The Best Little Hair House
>In Texas." For the geographically inhibited, Sommerville isn't all that far
>from La Grange, Texas, either.... ;)
>
True but strange... In Center City Philadelphia during the early 70's, there
was a terrific and cheap little steak house on one of the busiest corners in
town. I frequently took my wife there while we were dating. No ambiance,
cafeteria service and crowded, but infinitely better than the dorm
cafeteria. Would you believe a full NY Strip steak dinner with baked potato
and a good-sized tossed salad for $3.00? Unfortunately, the management
started neglecting maintenance of some things in the final months before
they closed. For instance, they lost a letter 'g' from the big neon sign
outside during a bad wind storm, and never did replace it. I still miss the
'Flaming Angus'....
***** Bob Marcus --- The sings of the times are 'Out of Order'.
***** (To reply via e-mail, remove "nospam." from the address.
***** "I don't like Spam!" --- Monty Python's Flying Circus)
Gregory Nelson
Here in Minneapolis, a shoe store hasn't bothered to fix its sign
for some weeks now. It reads:
CHET'S HOES
Greg Nelson
nel...@winternet.com
Kjetil
I can name one in Norway: How many antique shops
in the world have a sign out front with the
words "Antiques - old and new"?
-Kjetil
Loz
In article <6kf0k8$b3t$1...@idiom.com>, Stuart O. Bronstein
<sab@*idiom.com> writes
>Laphboy <lap...@aol.com> wrote:
>
>>While traveling, I saw a sign for a restaurant called "Bubba's of
>>Beijing"...what the Hell is that?
>>
>>"I'll have the Sweet and Sour Pork Rinds Please!" "Moo Goo Guy Grits for
>>me!"
>>
>>Marketing skills, people! It's all about marketing!
>
>Create a need and fill it. That's the secret of success.
>
The first is to strike a pose,
The second no-one's discovered yet!
Actually, I can't claim credit for this - it was Oscar Wilde I believe
Robert E. Lewis
Patrick L. Humphrey wrote:
>
> de...@reunion.utopian.net (Jeremy Derr) writes:
>
> >On Tue, 26 May 1998 08:26:20 +0930, Dunny <md...@dasc.sa.gov.au> wrote:
> >>(Not exactly a store name, but of a similar concept)
>
> >>In South Australia we've got a railway line that goes through a windy,
> >>narrow valley, call the "Pitchi Ritchi Pass" - someone grabbed some paint &
> >>whited out the "P", the "R" and the "P"........hmmmmmm
>
> >there's a salon in Sommerville, Texas, called "The Best Little Hair House
> >In Texas." For the geographically inhibited, Sommerville isn't all that far
> >from La Grange, Texas, either.... ;)
>
>
> Speaking of sign weirdness here in Texas, though, I'm reminded of the Butter
> Krust bakery right across Airport Blvd. from Highland Mall, in Austin -- every
> time I'm up in that neighborhood, I notice that the "er" on _both_ sides of
> the Butter Krust sign seems to have a tendency to fade out a lot faster than
> the other nine letters...
>
Another Texas sign shortage:
My grandmother had an appendectomy in Houston in the 1920s
or '30s, and her hospital room faced the Shell Oil building,
which had the company name in giant red neon letters:
SHELL
Unfortunately, the "S" burned out, and when Grandma woke
in the middle of the night and looked out the window,
she thought both the operation and her churchgoing had
been failures!
Michael Nute
In article <cmKJQCAg...@hensel.demon.co.uk>, Loz <ne...@hensel.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>No there are two rules to sucsess:
>
>The first is to strike a pose,
>
>The second no-one's discovered yet!
>
>Actually, I can't claim credit for this - it was Oscar Wilde I believe
The two rules for success are:
1: Never tell them everything you know.
Nothing is quite so annoying as to have someone go right on talking when
you're interrupting.
Loz
In article <356b00c0...@news3.ibm.net>, mcca||@ibm.net writes
>Although not a store name.....
>
>In south central LA there is an accounting
>firm: Holder, Bender, & Nailer.
>
To my knowledge this doesn't actually exist, but it damn well should...
>Jerry
Michael O'Leary
I saw an oriental drugstore about a year ago that had a sign out front
that said "Stop Smoking Tea". I agreed that that would be a good idea,
and I haven't smoked any since.
Amelia R. Striegel
Steve Dobbs wrote:
> One that I got to see in Texas was a a place called the "Kuntry Kitchen". It's
> neon signs went on the fritz one night ant the "try" blew out, leaving something
> much more interesting in big red glowing letters.
It could have been worse. It could have been "ry K" that went out.
Kevin & Leslee Patriquin
In a similar vein to Dunny, in the 1980's the shingle of a Halifax, Nova
Scotia doctor's office read Dr. Doctor and Dr. Nurse. A nearby doctor's
office was staffed by Drs. Pretty, Precious and Lovely. Dr. Nurse and
Dr. Pretty still practice in Halifax (read: haven't bailed to the U.S.
-- yet)
omega...@us.net
On Tue, 26 May 1998 23:41:46 +0100, Loz <L...@hensel.demon.co.uk>
wrote:
>In article <356b00c0...@news3.ibm.net>, mcca||@ibm.net writes
>>Although not a store name.....
>>
>>In south central LA there is an accounting
>>firm: Holder, Bender, & Nailer.
>>
>Along the same lines as "Sue Sue Grabbit and Run" - Solicitors
>To my knowledge this doesn't actually exist, but it damn well should...
>>Jerry
Dewey, Cheatham, and Howe ?
(another Jerry)
jte...@my-dejanews.com
Not a store name but in front on local McDonalds' the sign should have read
"Now hiring closers" but someone took off the "c". :)
joe
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[I tried to post this yesterday, but I don't see it. If I repeat myself, I
apologize.]
Jeremy Derr wrote in message ...
>On Tue, 26 May 1998 08:26:20 +0930, Dunny <md...@dasc.sa.gov.au> wrote:
>>(Not exactly a store name, but of a similar concept)
>>
>>In South Australia we've got a railway line that goes through a windy,
>>narrow valley, call the "Pitchi Ritchi Pass" - someone grabbed some paint
&
>>whited out the "P", the "R" and the "P"........hmmmmmm
>
>there's a salon in Sommerville, Texas, called "The Best Little Hair House
>In Texas." For the geographically inhibited, Sommerville isn't all that far
>from La Grange, Texas, either.... ;)
>
True but strange... In Center City Philadelphia during the early 70's, there
was a terrific and cheap little steak house on one of the busiest corners in
town. Would you believe a full NY Strip steak dinner with baked potato
and a good-sized tossed salad for $3.00? Unfortunately, the management
started neglecting maintenance of some things in the final months before
they closed. For instance, they lost a letter 'g' from the big neon sign
outside during a bad wind storm, and never did replace it. I still miss the
'Flaming Angus'....
***** Bob Marcus --- The signs of the times are 'Out of Order'.
Loz
In article <356b0...@news2.uswest.net>, Bob Marcus <bma...@nospam.dev
onhealth.com> writes
>
>Jeremy Derr wrote in message ...
>>On Tue, 26 May 1998 08:26:20 +0930, Dunny <md...@dasc.sa.gov.au> wrote:
>>>(Not exactly a store name, but of a similar concept)
>>>
>>>In South Australia we've got a railway line that goes through a windy,
>>>narrow valley, call the "Pitchi Ritchi Pass" - someone grabbed some paint
>&
>>>whited out the "P", the "R" and the "P"........hmmmmmm
>>
>>there's a salon in Sommerville, Texas, called "The Best Little Hair House
>>In Texas." For the geographically inhibited, Sommerville isn't all that far
>>from La Grange, Texas, either.... ;)
>>
>
>True but strange... In Center City Philadelphia during the early 70's, there
>was a terrific and cheap little steak house on one of the busiest corners in
>cafeteria service and crowded, but infinitely better than the dorm
>and a good-sized tossed salad for $3.00? Unfortunately, the management
>started neglecting maintenance of some things in the final months before
>they closed. For instance, they lost a letter 'g' from the big neon sign
>outside during a bad wind storm, and never did replace it. I still miss the
>'Flaming Angus'....
>***** (To reply via e-mail, remove "nospam." from the address.
>***** "I don't like Spam!" --- Monty Python's Flying Circus)
>
>
what? Not on the internet? The source of all knowledge in the
universe???) that the "Alfred Packer Grill" had to be renamed when it
was discovered that Alfred Packer was convicted during the gold rush (I
don't know which one or where in the world) of killing and eating five
people!
Loz
In article <356B4D4E...@primus.com>, Michael O'Leary
<mol...@primus.com> writes
>I saw an oriental drugstore about a year ago that had a sign out front
>that said "Stop Smoking Tea". I agreed that that would be a good idea,
>and I haven't smoked any since.
>
straight to your head, but I haven't tried it - yet!
Loz
In article <6kf9kn$qt1$1...@blackice.winternet.com>, Gregory Nelson
<nel...@winternet.com> writes
also once saw a shop selling things like mountaineering equipment called
"Cunning Stunts" - No honnestly I did!
David Wright
In article <misHxXA4...@hensel.demon.co.uk>,
Loz <ne...@hensel.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>I don't know if this is true, but I read in some book or other (you
>what? Not on the internet? The source of all knowledge in the
>universe???) that the "Alfred Packer Grill" had to be renamed when it
>was discovered that Alfred Packer was convicted during the gold rush (I
>don't know which one or where in the world) of killing and eating five
>people!
That's Alferd Packer, AFAIK. Anyway, yes, he was convicted of killing
and eating several people. I can't recall whether he did this during
an emergency, or just did it for the hell of it. Supposedly the judge
said something to him like "There were only 6 Democrats in this county
and you ate 5 of them!"
Anyway, IIRC the name of the grill was a joke and the place was at
some college in Colorado. Then some busybody got all offended over
the name and raised such a ruckus that they changed it.
-- David Wright :: wright at ibnets.com :: Not a Spokesman for Anyone
These are my opinions only, but they're almost always correct.
"The daily floggings will continue until morale improves."
Bob Marcus
>I don't know if this is true, but I read in some book or other (you
>what? Not on the internet? The source of all knowledge in the
>universe???) that the "Alfred Packer Grill" had to be renamed when it
>was discovered that Alfred Packer was convicted during the gold rush (I
>don't know which one or where in the world) of killing and eating five
>people!
He stored them all on one shelf in a freezer and broke off pieces at a time.
He was Packer, the racker stacker snacker***** Bob Marcus --- The shortest
distance between two puns is a straightline.
***** (To reply via e-mail, remove "nospam." from the address.
CRivera
Loz wrote:
> I don't know if this is true, but I read in some book or other (you
> what? Not on the internet? The source of all knowledge in the
> universe???) that the "Alfred Packer Grill" had to be renamed when it
> was discovered that Alfred Packer was convicted during the gold rush (I
> don't know which one or where in the world) of killing and eating five
> people!
Actually, the "Alfred Packer Grill" is the on-campus grill at CU,
Boulder, Colorado. It has NOT been renamed. They knew about Alfred E.
Packer and his cannibalism in the mountains of Colorado BEFORE they
named the place. There was even a song in the '70s about him that was
played on the local radio stations about him.
On a different subject...
I love names. I saw many (to laugh at) name while in the military.
My three favorite (especially, since they had signs on their office
doors):
Maj. Payne
1SG Kimberly Faggert (a good ol' boy from Kentucky)
AND: Col Richard Head (change Richard from one of the nicknames that
goes with it.)
Stormer
Dunny wrote:
>
> (Not exactly a store name, but of a similar concept)
>
> In South Australia we've got a railway line that goes through a windy,
> narrow valley, call the "Pitchi Ritchi Pass" - someone grabbed some paint &
> whited out the "P", the "R" and the "P"........hmmmmmm
>
> >>burnt out.
> >
> >In Durham the Kentucky Fried Chicken had the KENT and the first two and
> last
> >3 letter of 'chicken' burnt out, so it read
> >
> >" UCKY FRIED ICK "
I wonder if they started the "Cluck U" chicken carryouts in Northern
Colorado...
Robert E. Lewis
CRivera wrote:
>
> Loz wrote:
> > I don't know if this is true, but I read in some book or other (you
> > what? Not on the internet? The source of all knowledge in the
> > universe???) that the "Alfred Packer Grill" had to be renamed when it
> > was discovered that Alfred Packer was convicted during the gold rush (I
> > don't know which one or where in the world) of killing and eating five
> > people!
>
> Actually, the "Alfred Packer Grill" is the on-campus grill at CU,
> Boulder, Colorado. It has NOT been renamed. They knew about Alfred E.
> Packer and his cannibalism in the mountains of Colorado BEFORE they
> named the place. There was even a song in the '70s about him that was
> played on the local radio stations about him.
>
I think the "Alfred Packer Grill" Loz wrote of was the one in
the Colorado state capitol building in Denver.
BTW -- I heard that, after leaving Colorado, ol' Alfred went
to San Fransico, where he worked on a ferry across to Oakland.
Unfortunately, he suffered terribly from seasickness, and so
was the first Green Bay Packer.
UndrTblDrm
Here in Indianapolis there is a lawyer named Stanley Kahn. His motto is,
"Sometimes a name says it all." Kahn? Con?
,.-~*~-.,.-~*~-.,.-~*~-.,.-~*~-.,.-~*~.,
-Karen
"A friend is always good to have, but a lover's kiss is like angels raining
down on me..." - D. Matthews
*~-.,.-~*~-.,.-~*~-.,.-~*~-.,.-~*~-.,.-~*
UndrTblDrm
A couple of years ago some kids in a neighborhood called "Copperwood" changed
some of the letters on the sign around to read "red poop." It was quite
humorous.
Bob Marcus
Bob Marcus wrote in message <356c5...@news3.uswest.net>...
>>I don't know if this is true, but I read in some book or other (you
>>what? Not on the internet? The source of all knowledge in the
>>universe???) that the "Alfred Packer Grill" had to be renamed when it
>>was discovered that Alfred Packer was convicted during the gold rush (I
>>don't know which one or where in the world) of killing and eating five
>>people!
>>--
>He stored them all on one shelf in a freezer and broke off pieces at a
time.
>He was Packer, the racker stacker snacker***** Bob Marcus --- The shortest
>distance between two puns is a straightline.
>***** (To reply via e-mail, remove "nospam." from the address.
>***** "I don't like Spam!" --- Monty Python's Flying Circus).
>
>
I just realized: I mistyped before hitting the 'Send' button, and blew my
own punch line. My apologies to all. Damn! I cannibal-ieve I did that!
Fawthrop, Stephen G., Ph.D.
Robert E. Lewis wrote:
>
> I think the "Alfred Packer Grill" Loz wrote of was the one in
> the Colorado state capitol building in Denver.
>
> BTW -- I heard that, after leaving Colorado, ol' Alfred went
> to San Fransico, where he worked on a ferry across to Oakland.
> Unfortunately, he suffered terribly from seasickness, and so
> was the first Green Bay Packer.
I believe the name ALFERD not ALFRED
Mike Sherry
Loz (L...@hensel.demon.co.uk) wrote:
: >In south central LA there is an accounting
: >firm: Holder, Bender, & Nailer.
: Along the same lines as "Sue Sue Grabbit and Run" - Solicitors
: To my knowledge this doesn't actually exist, but it damn well should...
Like the law firm of Dewey, Cheatham & Howe.
But back to reality. In Redondo Bch near L.A. there's a building
displaying the sign "American Heritage Realty". However, they lease an
upstairs office to a law firm that wanted to advertise their services,
deciding a window sign would work.
Now just below "American Heritage" you see:
"Divorce - $80"
"Bankruptcy - $40"
--
Mike Sherry
Eurasmus B. Black
Everyone should believe in SOMETHING. I believe I'll have another
drink.
Continuity
A chain hotel in Orange, Connecticut, has their sign burn out so that it
read: DAS HOTEL. The odd thing was that the letter Y had burned out while
my friedns and I were in a Denny's across the street, so it seemed as if
the Germans had mounted a successful invasion while we were eating our
Grand Slams.
And then there was the dry cleaner's in St. Johns, Michigan, which was
owned by a born-again couple. They innocently put this in their marquee:
HAVE FUN AT PROM THIS WEEKEND
DROP YOUR PANTS HERE AFTERWARDS
The sign was up for all of two days before it was taken down.
Finally, there is the Burger King in Lansing that had on their marquee for
a full six months the cryptic:
YES WE HAVE THEM
I have no idea what they were talking about.
________________________________________________________________________________
rapture is coming
________________________________________________________________________________
Twilight
I saw the Subject line and thought this MIGHT fit in.
Several years ago, while on a family excursion, I observed a sign
for a family restaurant that said "Fine Dinning." For those of
you who don't know what dinning (not dining) means, it basically
means to make an annoying, constant noise. (i.e. "The factory was
dinning away all night.")
Twilight
We have a doctor around here named Dr. Achoo. Need I say more???
Fawthrop, Stephen G., Ph.D.
Twilight wrote:
>
> We have a doctor around here named Dr. Achoo. Need I say more???
Several years ago there was a dentist in Denver (probably still is)
called Dr. Chew
Kjetil
Loz wrote:
> Ever read a magazine called Viz? That has photographs of stupid/rude
> signs around the world. In the latest issue they had a cinema in South
> Africa called "Labbia", a night club in South Africa called "Fuck
> House", and a sign for a town in Indonesia saying "Cunting"!
Hell, Norway. Was a big NATO excersise near there a few years ago,
and "all" the Americans and Brits had their picture taken in front
of the sign. The standard phrase used on the newly-arrived was, of
course, "Welcome to..."
-Kjetil
Robert E. Lewis
Twilight wrote:
>
> We have a doctor around here named Dr. Achoo. Need I say more???
Actress Audrey Hepburn was married to a psychiatrist named Dr. Dotty.
Robert E. Lewis
Kjetil wrote:
>
> Hell, Norway. Was a big NATO excersise near there a few years ago,
> and "all" the Americans and Brits had their picture taken in front
> of the sign. The standard phrase used on the newly-arrived was, of
> course, "Welcome to..."
>
There's a Hell, Michigan, too. In fact, the only bridge into
the town was scheduled recently to undergo some major repairs
[true story!] and was going to be cut off from the outside for
a couple of months.
No doubt the road crew were going to repave it with good intentions.
Michael R. McCullough
mcca||@ibm.net wrote in message <356b00c0...@news3.ibm.net>...
>Although not a store name.....
>
>firm: Holder, Bender, & Nailer.
>
Our Law firm we used in a counter suit was Lynch and Shore, P.C.
Karl Czarny
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Kevin & Leslee Patriquin (patriqui...@ns.sympatico.ca) wrote:
: In a similar vein to Dunny, in the 1980's the shingle of a Halifax, Nova
: Scotia doctor's office read Dr. Doctor and Dr. Nurse. A nearby doctor's
: office was staffed by Drs. Pretty, Precious and Lovely. Dr. Nurse and
: Dr. Pretty still practice in Halifax (read: haven't bailed to the U.S.
: -- yet)
On Rathburn Road in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, there is a
stake house called "Jack Astors" ... they actually have a donkey with
it's ass facing the sign and they deliberately blink out the "tor" :)
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wendy
there used to be two drs. in my town named Dr. Raper and Dr. Holder.
Their office was named Drs. Holder and Raper!
Eurasmus B. Black
We had one on Cape Cod for noisy Finns - Finn Dinning. For those of
you who don't know what Finn means, ask Timo Salami. (i.e."The Finn was
winning and dinning for hours.")
Eurasmus B. Black
Twilight wrote:
>
> We have a doctor around here named Dr. Achoo. Need I say more???
Yes - Is he a rhinologist?
Eurasmus B. Black
Fawthrop, Stephen G., Ph.D. wrote:
>
> >
> > We have a doctor around here named Dr. Achoo. Need I say more???
>
> called Dr. Chew
We had a Doctor D. Ingleberry as a proctologist.
Eurasmus B. Black
Michael R. McCullough wrote:
>
> mcca||@ibm.net wrote in message <356b00c0...@news3.ibm.net>...
> >Although not a store name.....
> >
> >In south central LA there is an accounting
> >firm: Holder, Bender, & Nailer.
> >
> >Jerry
>
> Our Law firm we used in a counter suit was Lynch and Shore, P.C.
Ours was Upp and Adam.
JamesG
There is a Dominicks near me with the "omin" burned out...
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In Philadelphia some years back, there was a meat supplier whose delivery
trucks proudly advertised, "You Can't Beat Sam's Meat!"
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we're smiling." Unable to resist, I was told that they had computed the
possible permutations of burger preferences and found that "Wendy does it
256 different ways!"
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In message <Etqzoq.AB...@torfree.net>
am...@torfree.net (Karl Czarny) wrote:
>
> Kevin & Leslee Patriquin (patriqui...@ns.sympatico.ca) wrote:
> : In a similar vein to Dunny, in the 1980's the shingle of a Halifax, Nova
> : Scotia doctor's office read Dr. Doctor and Dr. Nurse. A nearby doctor's
> : office was staffed by Drs. Pretty, Precious and Lovely. Dr. Nurse and
> : Dr. Pretty still practice in Halifax (read: haven't bailed to the U.S.
> : -- yet)
>
> On Rathburn Road in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, there is a
> stake house called "Jack Astors" ... they actually have a donkey with
> it's ass facing the sign and they deliberately blink out the "tor" :)
We have a local handyman in Leeds, UK, called Titus Aduxass - and that is
his real name!
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not long ago I met a young man whose Itialian family had converted to
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give their new son a traditional name from the Koran, MOHAMED MONTANA
has never lived it down...
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Engineers believe that the equations approximate reality.
Physicists believe that reality approximates the equations.
Mathematicians never make the connection
Ted Amnesia
Following the party line I write:
There was a kitchenware shop in northern Melbourne(Donvale), Aus in the
mid eighties named:
FOOK THE COOK
rgrds
The Vic
Ken!!!
i like that one (which suburb i forget) with a shop selling photo
frames called "Framed and Hung"
the one beside it was a photo studio also owned by them called: "Shot,
Framed and Hung"
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> Hell, Norway...
Postcards of the staion, with sign are popular with tourists.
> Hell, Michigan, USA...
So the story goes, down the road is the town of Heaven.
Due to the prevailing winds, Heaven is frequently colder than Hell.
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slowcarfasterbike
>We have a doctor around here named Dr. Achoo. Need I say more???
>
How about my wife's gynecologist:
Dr. Twatman.
:-)
Slowcarfasterbike
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In article <6l19g0$2e0$2...@nntpd.lkg.dec.com>,
pie...@gone.enet.dec.com (dave pierson) wrote:
>
> > Hell, Norway...
> Postcards of the staion, with sign are popular with tourists.
>
> > Hell, Michigan, USA...
> So the story goes, down the road is the town of Heaven.
> Due to the prevailing winds, Heaven is frequently colder than Hell.
>
"A & P" are planning a merger.
The stores will be named "STOP & P".
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slowcarfasterbike <alwayswearpr...@earthling.net> wrote:
>"Twilight" <Twil...@sprintmail.com> wrote:
>
>>We have a doctor around here named Dr. Achoo. Need I say more???
>
>How about my wife's gynecologist:
>
>Dr. Twatman.
My mother's gynecologist should have been a proctologist: Dr. Cheek.
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-- W.C. Fields
Brian C. Krispinsky
I recently saw a cemetary with the following sign in it's driveway:
"Fill Dirt Wanted"
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Robert E. Lewis
Karl Czarny wrote:
>
> there's a neighbourhood in New York called "Hell's Kitchen" ...
> would love to live there, eh?
> --
Hell's kitchen has been dramatically shrunk by encroaching
yuppie redevelopment in surrounding neighborhoods.
It is now just Hell's Kitchenette.
Now, it's going to be redeveloped under the corporate
sponsorship of a big oil company, and be renamed
SHell's Kitchen.
Karl Czarny
there's a neighbourhood in New York called "Hell's Kitchen" ...
would love to live there, eh?
--
Melanie Aultman
On Fri, 5 Jun 1998, Robert E. Lewis wrote:
>
> Karl Czarny wrote:
> >
> > there's a neighbourhood in New York called "Hell's Kitchen" ...
> > would love to live there, eh?
> > --
>
> yuppie redevelopment in surrounding neighborhoods.
>
> It is now just Hell's Kitchenette.
>
> Now, it's going to be redeveloped under the corporate
> sponsorship of a big oil company, and be renamed
> SHell's Kitchen.
>
Ardens2989
In article <3578B9...@brazosport.cc.tx.us>, "Robert E. Lewis"
<rle...@brazosport.cc.tx.us> writes:
>Karl Czarny wrote:
>>
>> there's a neighbourhood in New York called "Hell's Kitchen" ...
>> would love to live there, eh?
>> --
>
>Hell's kitchen has been dramatically shrunk by encroaching
>yuppie redevelopment in surrounding neighborhoods.
>
>It is now just Hell's Kitchenette.
>
Really??? I thought it was Hells Breakfast Nook
Arden - not Eve, the other one, no, not Elizabeth either
Robert E. Lewis
Melanie Aultman wrote:
>
> On Fri, 5 Jun 1998, Robert E. Lewis wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > there's a neighbourhood in New York called "Hell's Kitchen" ...
> > > would love to live there, eh?
> > > --
> >
> > Hell's kitchen has been dramatically shrunk by encroaching
> > yuppie redevelopment in surrounding neighborhoods.
> >
> > It is now just Hell's Kitchenette.
> >
> > sponsorship of a big oil company, and be renamed
> > SHell's Kitchen.
> >
>
> So in Europe, it would be (William) Tell's kitchen?
Yeah -- it's right below the Big Apple.
Jeffrey Hurwit
Stricklin & Snively Mortuary (Long Beach, CA). Sounds like something
Vincent Price and Peter Lorry would've done.. :)
--
jhu...@netcom.com Jeffrey Hurwit
"NETCOM: It's not just an ISP, it's a way of life."
Jeffrey Hurwit
In article <szkra1j...@dillinger.io.com>,
pat...@io.com (Patrick L. Humphrey) wrote:
>Back when the Colonel himself was still alive, KFC was actually decent...but
>once he sold out to John Y. Brown Jr., it went straight to hell in the
>proverbial handbasket -- thus, in the quarter-century or so since that
>happened, I've almost always referred to it as Kentucky Fried Children...
Pepsico owns it now. When I'm feeling particualarly crass, I'll
wander inside one and ask for a large Coke... :P
Kjetil
dave pierson wrote:
> Due to the prevailing winds, Heaven is frequently colder than Hell.
The temperature of Heaven can be rather accurately computed. Our
authority is
Isaiah 30:26, "Moreover, the light of the Moon shall be as the light of
the Sun
and the light of the Sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven
days." Thus
Heaven receives from the Moon as much radiation as we do from the Sun,
and
in addition 7*7 (49) times as much as the Earth does from the Sun, or 50
times
in all. The light we receive from the Moon is one 1/10,000 of the light
we
receive from the Sun, so we can ignore that ... The radiation falling on
Heaven
will heat it to the point where the heat lost by radiation is just equal
to the heat
received by radiation, i.e., Heaven loses 50 times as much heat as the
Earth by
radiation. Using the Stefan-Boltzmann law for radiation, (H/E)^4 = 50,
where E
is the absolute temperature of the earth (-300K), gives H as 798K
(525C). The
exact temperature of Hell cannot be computed ... [However] Revelations
21:8
says "But the fearful, and unbelieving ... shall have their part in the
lake which
burneth with fire and brimstone." A lake of molten brimstone means that
its
temperature must be at or below the boiling point, 444.6C. We have,
then, that
Heaven, at 525C is hotter than Hell at 445C.
From "Applied Optics" vol. 11, A14, 1972
--
-Kjetil
Terri-Lynn Wiseman
You think that, that is funny we have a gynecologist around here
named Dr.Kum (may be spelled wrong, you get the drift anyway)
TW, St.John's Newfoundland
On Fri, 29 May 1998, Fawthrop, Stephen G., Ph.D. wrote:
> Twilight wrote:
> >
> > We have a doctor around here named Dr. Achoo. Need I say more???
>
The Ritchie's
There used to be a hairdresser's shop in Woking called "Curl up and Dye"
Terri-Lynn Wiseman wrote in message ...
James
> >
> >On Fri, 29 May 1998, Fawthrop, Stephen G., Ph.D. wrote:
> >
> >> Twilight wrote:
> >> >
> >> > We have a doctor around here named Dr. Achoo. Need I say more???
> >>
> >> Several years ago there was a dentist in Denver (probably still is)
> >> called Dr. Chew
>
> >
Bronwynn
GWLucky wrote:
> There is a dentist in Albuquerque, I kid you not whose name is
> Dr. Hurt
Maybe his first name should be "Doesn't" ?
Bronwynn
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Robert E. Lewis
Vos MC wrote:
>
> Somewhere in Netherland (Amsterdam, I believe) is a barber shop with
> above the door a large photo of the lower body of a nude man with his
> penis hidden between his legs (you know, so it looks a little bit like
> a woman). Across the photo was the text "Isn't it time to CUT your
> hair?".
>
> (Ofcourse you won't understand the joke if you don't know that "kut"
> is Dutch slang for the female genitalia.)
>
> ttfn,
> mcv. <><
If the barber tried clipping *down there* and missed, you
might wind up cutting your heirs.
Loz
In article <358844...@brazosport.cc.tx.us>, Robert E. Lewis
<rle...@brazosport.cc.tx.us> writes
There was a DJ from Manchester who was called Ruff Kut, and he went to
Holland to try to get some gigs. I am reliably informed that Ruff is
Dutch slang for Smelly...
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afriend
I had a dentist named Gore when I was a kid in Va. Beach 40 years ago.
Terri-Lynn Wiseman wrote:
> You think that, that is funny we have a gynecologist around here
> named Dr.Kum (may be spelled wrong, you get the drift anyway)
>
> TW, St.John's Newfoundland
>
Ralph
We have a local business named.. The Stripping Workshop
Ralph
Charles Stigger
An Ear Nose & throat Doctor in Indianapolis is named Dr.. Richard J.
Biggerstaff. Wonder if he prescribes Viagra?
Scott J. Klafke wrote in message <6m7a97$r4g$1...@dim.intersurf.net>...
>
>Honest truth: My doctor's name is Dr. Carver (good doctor, terrible
>name...)
>
>SJK
>
>
>
JPB
Here in Denver some old friends of my father had a bar. Their REAL names are
Harry (NOT Harold) and Rosie (NOT Rose or Roseanne) Bottoms. So you may have
guessed their bar is Rosie Bottoms!
JB
Sam Gaylord
JPB (joh...@exabyte.com) wrote:
: Here in Denver some old friends of my father had a bar. Their REAL names are
: Harry (NOT Harold) and Rosie (NOT Rose or Roseanne) Bottoms. So you may have
: guessed their bar is Rosie Bottoms!
: JB
I would have guessed at "Harry, Rosie Bottoms"
samg
a.k.a Sam Gaylord (sa...@cs.itc.hp.com)
Robert E. Lewis
JPB wrote:
>
> Here in Denver some old friends of my father had a bar. Their REAL names are
> Harry (NOT Harold) and Rosie (NOT Rose or Roseanne) Bottoms. So you may have
> guessed their bar is Rosie Bottoms!
>
> JB
Didja visit Rosie Bottoms when it was brand spanking new?
TresBonBon
>Here in Denver some old friends of my father had a bar. Their REAL names are
>Harry (NOT Harold) and Rosie (NOT Rose or Roseanne) Bottoms. So you may have
>guessed their bar is Rosie Bottoms!
>
>JB
It should have been called Harry's Rosie Bottoms!
Darrell Quick
Reminds me of a local hairdresser's shop called "Turn Your Head and Coif".
In article <3585FF...@geocities.com>, snakeg...@geocities.com says...
>
>The Ritchie's wrote:
>>
>> There used to be a hairdresser's shop in Woking called "Curl up and Dye"
>> >
>
>GONG! The Curl Up & Dye is Carrie Fisher's joint in Blues Bros
>The Vic
Helen Brown
There is a taxidermist in Anchorage, Alaska named Hunter Fisher. That's the
name he was given at birth.
Darrell Quick wrote in message <3592f...@news.pacifier.com>...
Chip Pearson
Tom and Ray Magliozzi, of NPR's "Car Talk", claim to have first hand
knowledge of a store in Buckeystown, OH (or maybe Maryland?), that has a
combination veterinarian / taxidermy shop, who's sign reads "Either Way, You
Get You Dog Back". A caller some years ago confirmed the existence of said
sign.
Chip Pearson
Helen Brown wrote in message <35947...@news.vcss.k12.ca.us>...
GWLucky
There is a dentist in Albuquerque, I kid you not whose name is
Dr. Hurt
He has an add on TV which says "Don't let the name bother you!"
There was a machine shop in Austin called Custom Screw. BTW the receptionist
got real tired of answering the phone "Custom Screw, may I help you?" She won
a radio contest to have a replacement for a day...
Vos MC
Ted Amnesia (snakeg...@geocities.com) wrote:
: The Ritchie's wrote:
: >
: > There used to be a hairdresser's shop in Woking called "Curl up and Dye"
: GONG! The Curl Up & Dye is Carrie Fisher's joint in Blues Bros
: The Vic
Somewhere in Netherland (Amsterdam, I believe) is a barber shop with
GWLucky
I've seen "We stand in front of our brake jobs."
Greg Gann
In article <3585FF...@geocities.com>, Ted Amnesia <snakeg...@geocities.com> wrote:
>The Ritchie's wrote:
>>
>> There used to be a hairdresser's shop in Woking called "Curl up and Dye"
>> >
>
>GONG! The Curl Up & Dye is Carrie Fisher's joint in Blues Bros
>The Vic
In Sparks, NV, there's a hairdresser's shop called Twisted Scissors. It's on
a street named Disk Drive.
Also, in Reno, there's a radiator repair with the slogan: "The best place in
town to take a leak!" Really!
Greg
Chris Bjerke
Here in central Oregon there is a place called 'The Best Little Hairhouse In Redmond'
--
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Richard Weinkle
Our local propane server is called Ebbetts Pass Gas.
Warmest Regards,
Dick Weinkle
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Rich Pedersen
In Taylor, TX, there is a hair salon named 'It'll Grow Back'
Lunitoons
In Charleston, Maine, there's Shard's Pottery Outlet