Funniest store names???

[John Weinland]

In Houston there's a beauty shop named:

Curl up and Dye

[rMd]

Every day on the way to work, I pass a small hardware store near the
highway, next to a sub shop. The hardware store's name?
"Johnson Hardware and Supply."

Matt Duxbury
rd3...@ltec.net
Journalism Major, German speaker, picture taker.
"Punks are punks even if the DJ has good taste"
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[Martin A. Mazur]

In the 80's, there used to be a store in San Francisco's Castro Street section
(a predominantly gay area) called "The White Swallow". It was sort of a
gift/curio shop.

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[Stuart A. Bronstein]

Martin A. Mazur (m...@arlvax.arl.psu.edu) wrote:

: In the 80's, there used to be a store in San Francisco's Castro Street

: section (a predominantly gay area) called "The White Swallow". It was sort
: of a gift/curio shop.

South of San Francisco there used to be a fruit store owned by one Mr.
Brown. Unfortunately he called it "Brown Fruits." That business didn't
last long.

Stu

[Lori Cole]

On Wed, 23 Aug 1995, Martin A. Mazur wrote:

> In the 80's, there used to be a store in San Francisco's Castro Street section
> (a predominantly gay area) called "The White Swallow". It was sort of a
> gift/curio shop.

A friend of mine always wanted to open up a Chinese fast-food restaurant
that would stay open wenty-four hours a day so that he could call it:

"WOK AROUND THE CLOCK"

Lori Cole

[John Dingman]

In article <41dgaq$j...@oac4.hsc.uth.tmc.edu>, John Weinland
<wein...@heart.med.uth.tmc.edu> wrote:

> In Houston there's a beauty shop named:
>
> Curl up and Dye

Not a pun type of name or anything really funny, but
here in Upstate New York there's a business called
"S & M Recreations". They sell RVs, but I bet they
must get some interesting phone inquiries. I laugh
whenever I hear their ads on tv and radion. I would
think they must realize what the name implies.

[Dick Knight]

In El Camino Real, just near the Hyatt Hotel, Palo Alto, Ca, there used
to be a Japanes restaurant called
Fuki Sushi.

I wonder if its still there?

Dick Knight
First Internet Ventroliquist

"A gottle o' geer ig ewe glease gy good gan" - Peter Pinhead, my wooden friend

[Michael Rohaly]

In Portland the Hung Far Low restaurant.
In Vancouver, Fuk Hing Imports.

Michael

[Terri McLaren]

There used to be (still is?) a Thai restaurant near Glendale, California
called

Poo Ping Palace

No lie...

--

[James Moore]

Stuart A. Bronstein (ad...@crl.com) wrote:
: Martin A. Mazur (m...@arlvax.arl.psu.edu) wrote:

: : In the 80's, there used to be a store in San Francisco's Castro Street

: : section (a predominantly gay area) called "The White Swallow". It was sort
: : of a gift/curio shop.

: South of San Francisco there used to be a fruit store owned by one Mr.

: Brown. Unfortunately he called it "Brown Fruits." That business didn't
: last long.

: Stu

Also in San Fran., on Haight Street; a shoe shop called:
"The Taming of the Shoe"...

Here In Columbus, a flower shoppe named:
"The Lone Arranger and Pronto"
--
Jim Moore --who truly believes--> "Never try to teach a pig to sing.
It wastes time and annoys the pig."

[Ernest Simpson]

In article <41pokq$r...@acme.freenet.columbus.oh.us>,
jamm...@freenet.columbus.oh.us says...

>
>Stuart A. Bronstein (ad...@crl.com) wrote:
>: Martin A. Mazur (m...@arlvax.arl.psu.edu) wrote:
>
>: : In the 80's, there used to be a store in San Francisco's Castro Street
>: : section (a predominantly gay area) called "The White Swallow". It was sort
>: : of a gift/curio shop.
>
>: South of San Francisco there used to be a fruit store owned by one Mr.
>: Brown. Unfortunately he called it "Brown Fruits." That business didn't
>: last long.
>
>: Stu

In Dallas TX there used to be a wonderful hospital called Brookhaven then MR
Robert Deadman gave them 2.5 million dollars so they changed the name to

The Deadman Medical Center

Their business dropped sharply and now it it the Robert H. Deadman Memorial
Mecical Plaza...

[Dion M Wiggins]

Martin A. Mazur (m...@arlvax.arl.psu.edu) wrote:
: In the 80's, there used to be a store in San Francisco's Castro Street section
: (a predominantly gay area) called "The White Swallow". It was sort of a
: gift/curio shop.

Living in Hong Kong, you see some real great ones, try these

"Euronate" - a shop that sells ornate european bathroom tiles
"Fu Keung Business Machines" - say no more
"Wun Kee Laundry"
"Gofuku Limited" - a leather factory
"Pak Tin" government housing estate, and they really are
"Lee Kee Boat and Shipyards" - one of the largest shipyards in HK.
"Fuk Hing Motors"
"Honest Motors" - yeah right!! since when has any car dealer been honest
"Tak On Street" is on reclaimed land

There is lots more, cant remember them all.

The best one though is a chain of photo shops in Hong Kong. The name is
"Brotherly Color Prints", but someone ripped off some of the letters to
read "Brothel Color Prints", needless to say business is booming!

[Arthur Wilson]

In <41oaad$j...@freenet.vancouver.bc.ca> roh...@freenet.vancouver.bc.ca

How about Lee Key Shipping <- saw it in some movie....

[James C Seeger]

Kenosha WI has a car wash called:

Hand Job Car Wash.

ps. I sure did have a clean truck.

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[Justine Wetherington]

Restaurant/bar in Atlanta

The Bearded Clam

painted on the roof so big you could read it from planes

I plan to live a long time and stay young doing it.
I take DHEA and Pycnogenols. Ask me about them.
Justine afn0...@freenet.ufl.edu

On Wed, 23 Aug 1995, Martin A. Mazur wrote:

> In the 80's, there used to be a store in San Francisco's Castro Street section
> (a predominantly gay area) called "The White Swallow". It was sort of a
> gift/curio shop.
>
>

[Rich Adams]

James C Seeger (jcse...@pixi.com) wrote:
: Kenosha WI has a car wash called:

:
: Hand Job Car Wash.
:
: ps. I sure did have a clean truck.

:
They must be really good with their tools...

[Rich Adams]

A chinese restaurant in Ann Arbor, MI
Ho Lee Chow

[Gary Gorres]

In the Philippines, there have:

1. a tailoring shop called "Elizabeth Tailoring"
2. a flower shop called "Petal Attraction"
3. a plumbing service called "Christopher Plumbing"
4. if you're hungry there is the Doris' Day and Night Cafeteria
5. if you want a jazzy bread there's the Anita Bakery

[cou...@hookup.net]

I live in Waterloo, Ontario CAN and there's this store up here called
Cumming Cockburn...I'm serious it's a good laugh everytime by.

[John D Garbutt]

Yet another Chinese restaurant:

HUNG FATT in Ottawa On.

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[Jeffrey David Sutter]

Liquor store on Polk St. in San Francisco: SUKKERS LIKKERS

[Steven C. King]

John Dingman (john_d...@sterling.com) wrote:
: Not a pun type of name or anything really funny, but

: here in Upstate New York there's a business called
: "S & M Recreations". They sell RVs, but I bet they
: must get some interesting phone inquiries. I laugh
: whenever I hear their ads on tv and radion. I would
: think they must realize what the name implies.

I saw another sign that was interesting:

Liquor in Front
Poker in Rear

Uuuuuuuh, can we say intriguing? :-)

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[Steven C. King]

Rich Adams (ri...@alpha.delta.edu) wrote:
: A chinese restaurant in Ann Arbor, MI
: Ho Lee Chow

Speaking of restaurants, there's one in Louisville, KY that was
interesting. I can't remember the name of the place, but underneath its
name were these words in really big red letters:

"WE SERVE THE WORST FOOD!!"

No joke!

[Michelle]

In Queens, NY-- The S&M Pork shop

[Steve Drost]

Dion M Wiggins (di...@asiaonline.net) wrote:
: "Honest Motors" - yeah right!! since when has any car dealer been honest

I was driving down the road, saw a used car dealership. It was "Honest
John's Used Autos." A little further down I saw a used toilet dealership
(no shit!:)) called "Honest Otto's Used Johns."

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[John C Mumaw]

Not at store name, but a strange sign:
Near Diamond, Ohio (don't even bother looking for it on a map) there's a
nasty-looking little restaurant with two windows in the front. In one there's
a large neon sign that says "EAT", in the other a matching sign that says
"DRINK" (not subtle, eh?). I shudder to think of the large neon sign that must
hang over the door of the bathroom out back.

-john
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Ohio State University Libraries Columbus, Ohio

[Scott Kirkham]

ri...@alpha.delta.edu (Rich Adams) wrote:
>A chinese restaurant in Ann Arbor, MI
> Ho Lee Chow
>

I grew up down the street from Ha Ha's Chinese Restaurant.

We also have an S&M Storage here in town.

In Car and Driver a couple of years ago there was a picture of a place
called "Nader Auto Sales." What was funny was that there were only
Corvairs in the driveway. They also recently had a picture of a garage
that had a sign on the front that said something about them specializing
in radiator repair. The only vehicles parked out front were Volkswagen
Bugs. Hmmmmmmm...

Scott

[Burt Paulson]

In Twin Butte, SD:

Twin Butte Liquors (my kids pronounce butte - butt)

James C Seeger (jcse...@pixi.com) wrote:
: Kenosha WI has a car wash called:
:
: Hand Job Car Wash.

: ps. I sure did have a clean truck.

: _|_

[Redmond Young]

>In El Camino Real, just near the Hyatt Hotel, Palo Alto, Ca, there used
>to be a Japanes restaurant called
>Fuki Sushi.

>>Right down the street, on El Camino Real in Mountain View, is a restaurant
>>called "Wok and Roll."

Saw a photo of a Chinese Restaurant called, "Ho Lee Fook"

[Leslie E. Frates]

In Fresno, California, back in the early 80's, there was an adult
bookstore on Blackstone Avenue called "House of Erotica." Above the
storefront, in huge letters, was painted "Entrance in Rear."

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Department of Foreign Languages & Literatures
"I'll Take Foreign Phrases for $1,000, Alex"
**********************************************************

[Matthew Sheppard]

At the beginning or rt11 in Rouses Point, NY:
P.M.S. Auto

[Robert T. Davidson]

I once heard of a Chinese restaurant called "Fook Hing Restaurant".

[Wesley F Wright]

r...@geatland.bt.co.uk (Dick Knight) wrote:
>In El Camino Real, just near the Hyatt Hotel, Palo Alto, Ca, there used
>to be a Japanes restaurant called
>Fuki Sushi.
>

>I wonder if its still there?

Hey Dick,

Yes, it is still there. Sounds like a good name to me for a place that
serves raw fish.

Right down the street, on El Camino Real in Mountain View, is a restaurant
called "Wok and Roll."

Glad I could help.

--mr. right
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[Sami Mikhail]

Well the thread has devolved far enough so:

Gas Station/General store sign :
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I've never been really tempted to stop there for lunch...

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(mik...@onramp.net) |http://rampages.onramp.net/~mikhail/

[Tom Paton]

In article <41vvr8$m...@cmcl2.NYU.EDU> Gary Gorres <ego...@stern.nyu.edu> writes:
>From: Gary Gorres <ego...@stern.nyu.edu>
>Subject: Re: Funniest store names???
>Date: 29 Aug 1995 21:12:08 GMT

from The Blues Brothers:

"Curl Up And Dye" - hair dresser

-Tom
t...@halls1.cc.monash.edu.au
http://yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au/~madmick
-={ My opinions are mine and should be yours }=-

[Corinna Cohn]

Rich Adams (ri...@alpha.delta.edu) wrote:

: James C Seeger (jcse...@pixi.com) wrote:
: : Kenosha WI has a car wash called:
: :
: : Hand Job Car Wash.
: :
: : ps. I sure did have a clean truck.

: :

: They must be really good with their tools...

In Menasha, there is a restraunt called, "Thai Me Down"

--
If my opinions represented those of my employers... we'd be out of business.
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[Your Name]

In article <41r7fv$6...@ixnews6.ix.netcom.com>, awil...@ix.netcom.com
says...

In Bonita Springs Florida there is
" Master Bait and Tackle"

Now how about that?

[William Roger Zwicky]

In some book (forgot)
Futon Mouth bedding shop

[Eggleston, Dean]

In Brighton a shoe shophad the name

"R. Soles."

and in the top left hand corner just above the name it had

"Slip into"

DINO.

[Richard Bradshaw]

In article <4275o8$2...@news.indy.net> gem...@indy.net (Corinna Cohn) writes:
>From: gem...@indy.net (Corinna Cohn)

>Subject: Re: Funniest store names???

>Date: 1 Sep 1995 14:35:51 GMT

>Rich Adams (ri...@alpha.delta.edu) wrote:
>: James C Seeger (jcse...@pixi.com) wrote:
>: : Kenosha WI has a car wash called:
>: :
>: : Hand Job Car Wash.
>: :
>: : ps. I sure did have a clean truck.
>: :
>: They must be really good with their tools...

>In Menasha, there is a restraunt called, "Thai Me Down"

I've been told that in eastern Canada there is a chicken take out place called
"Lick a Chick"

RPB

[Roger Montalvo]

*****************************

In San Jose, CA there is a vietnamese restaurant called -Pho Kim Long-

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In <424v7o$l...@male.EBay.Sun.COM> re...@Sun.COM (Redmond Young) writes:
>
>>In El Camino Real, just near the Hyatt Hotel, Palo Alto, Ca, there
used
>>to be a Japanes restaurant called
>>Fuki Sushi.
>

>>>Right down the street, on El Camino Real in Mountain View, is a
restaurant
>>>called "Wok and Roll."
>
>
>

[Lyle Craver]

In article <bradshaw.1...@mindlink.net>,
brad...@mindlink.net (Richard Bradshaw) wrote:
In our business we get lots of catalogs and advertising from all over.

Some of the funniest are in the catagory of "something got lost in the
translation" department, particularly from Hong Kong and Taipei.

How else do you explain the following:
EVER LUCKY MFR. CO.
B S MORALITY COMPANY

(plus of course the endless stream of companies whose names start with
"Fok")

[Sushiqueen]

> I've been told that in eastern Canada there is a chicken take out place
called
> "Lick a Chick"
>

In Laurel, Maryland there is a chicken place called "Cluck-U-Chicken".

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[Bill Willoughby]

Chinese Restaurant in Downtown Detroit:

HO LEE KOW

[Terry L. Hartup]

There was a store near my house in Marietta, GA called Dong Bang Oriental
Grocery...

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hart...@acasun.eckerd.edu | -"Extra Savoir-Faire", TMBG
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[cty...@sallie.wellesley.edu]

>: James C Seeger (jcse...@pixi.com) wrote:
>: : Kenosha WI has a car wash called:
>:
>: Hand Job Car Wash.
>: : ps. I sure did have a clean truck.
>: They must be really good with their tools...

>In Menasha, there is a restraunt called, "Thai Me Down"

There is a funeral home in Buffalo, NY called Amigone Funeral Home

["<your username>" <\]

In Wisconsin there is a store called Dick's That on it's own is not
funny BUT They have a shoppers club at this store ( you know where if
you have their card you get better prices ) well anyway their club is
called the insider club so ther card says the Dick's insider club. Say
it out loud and you'll get it.

[jakenose]

>
>ri...@alpha.delta.edu (Rich Adams) wrote:
>>A chinese restaurant in Ann Arbor, MI
>> Ho Lee Chow

In Penang there's a Dr. Ah Choo .....Really !

[Joseph Allen]

On 4 Sep 1995, Terry L. Hartup wrote:
> There was a store near my house in Marietta, GA called Dong Bang Oriental
> Grocery...

There is a chinese restaurant in windsor ontario called the Colan restaurant.
(ive never eaten there.... it doesnt seem to be very popular....)

Jay

[Pennywise]

smi...@news.dorsai.org (Michelle) wrote:

>In Queens, NY-- The S&M Pork shop

We have a Chinese food place called the Poo Ping Palace here.

[Anthony Yager]

A new resturaunt has opened up in Canberra, Australia, called

The World's Worst Resturaunt

apparently all the plates and cutlery don't match but they advertise
that the food is good, but would you risk it.

--
Anthony Yager mailto:ya...@act.apana.org.au
Canberra, Australia

It's the car right, chicks love the car - Batman Forever

[Andy Ingham]

In Leeds, UK, there is a hair salon called Curl up & Dye.

[Adam Bucky]

I've seen a sign for a pharmacy (presumably founded by a Mr. or Ms.
Strange) called - you guessed it - Strange Drugs...

-Adam

[C.J. Lorias]

There's a lesbian-run bike messenger service in San Francisco that calls
themselves, "Lickety Split."

[r...@solar.sky.net]

When my mom lived in Detroit in the early sixties, she swears there was a
diner called the Squat 'n' Gobble.

[Phil Roddy]

There is a funeral home here in Houston called, Earthmans.

Phil

[Andreas Ihlenfeld]

Chinese restaurant in my neighbourhood: "Lon Men"
Funny thing is: the complete staff is all male :-)

Adios, Andreas.

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[Wolf Tagger]

In article <42rf4b$t...@homer.taynet.co.uk> () writes:

>"<your username>" <\<your email address\>> wrote:

>I know a restaurant called :-
>'Chop that little bastard in half'.

There's a place in Toronto called "The Spotted Dick".

R.

[Jake Patterson]

In my hometown there was a store named "ecoli". They changed their name to
"eco" (painted over the last two letters!) when someone told them what "e coli"
is.

There is also the "Gormet Food Exchange". I have always wondered if I could
bring in a loaf of bread and exchange it for another.

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[Al Wing]

Little Chinese restaurant in Honolulu:

DEW DROP INN

[Michael J. de Leeuw]

In San Francisco, you can eat Chinese food at a restaurant called PHUK U. The owners still don't know why there are always people outside getting their photos taken by the sign.... tjd /exit

[Frantisek Fuka]

>>Some of the funniest are in the catagory of "something got lost in the
>>translation" department, particularly from Hong Kong and Taipei.
>>
>>How else do you explain the following:

Sign in the nightclub here in Prague: WELL COME IN OUR NICHT CLUB

[JThunders]

In article <42u4ni$r...@wariat.wariat.org>, ks...@junior.wariat.org (Kyongsu
Son) writes:

>r...@solar.sky.net wrote:
>: When my mom lived in Detroit in the early sixties, she swears there was

a
>: diner called the Squat 'n' Gobble.
>

>Still there...
>
>

There's a place of business in a neighboring town called "[Real name
withheld to protect the innocent--*me*--from lawsuit]'s Body Parts"...
Auto parts, of course, but, oh, the images it conjures...

[Clueless]

Outside Toledo, there's a restaurant called "Half Fast Inn"

[dobe fugin doin@!]

cty...@sallie.wellesley.edu wrote:

>>: James C Seeger (jcse...@pixi.com) wrote:
>>: : Kenosha WI has a car wash called:
>>:
>>: Hand Job Car Wash.
>>: : ps. I sure did have a clean truck.
>>: They must be really good with their tools...

>>In Menasha, there is a restraunt called, "Thai Me Down"

>There is a funeral home in Buffalo, NY called Amigone Funeral Home

see here's an example of what there should be a name for, a connection
of syllables which may be "funny" in some way or in some culture. i
still think we are agreed that we should name such a thing! i propose:
OTTO SHUD
'cause there otto shud be a name for something so entertaining.
dobe fuugin doinat

[Kyongsu Son]

[swga...@mmm.com]

We have a mail delivery company here in London, Ontario called
Personal Mail Service. On every truck they have the logo, PMS.
You think its a bad idea to mess with normal postal workers...

Steve (swga...@mmm.com)
Hawaii Five-0
Opinions expressed herein are my own and DO NOT
necessarily represent those of anyone else.

[Brian Hendrix]

Joseph Allen (all...@server.uwindsor.ca) wrote:

: Jay

On that note, I saw a Chinese restaurant in Portland called (no joke)
"Hung Far Lo".

--Brian Hendrix-- hend...@csos.orst.edu

[Michael Grimes]

Here in Columbus there was a salon called : SKAGS BEAUTY SHOP !!
^^^^^

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In article <42upek$9...@ixnews6.ix.netcom.com>, BER...@ix.netcom.com (Clueless) writes:
>Outside Toledo, there's a restaurant called "Half Fast Inn"

Yeah, all the drivers for Mother's Truckers stay there!

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[Zane Stein]

In <bradshaw.1...@mindlink.net> brad...@mindlink.net (Richard
Bradshaw) writes:
>
>In article <8104281...@aingham.demon.co.uk>
an...@aingham.demon.co.uk (Andy Ingham) writes:
>>From: an...@aingham.demon.co.uk (Andy Ingham)
>>Subject: Re: Funniest store names???
>>Date: Wed, 06 Sep 1995 22:56:08 GMT

>
>>>>: James C Seeger (jcse...@pixi.com) wrote:
>>>>: : Kenosha WI has a car wash called:
>>>>:
>>>>: Hand Job Car Wash.
>>>>: : ps. I sure did have a clean truck.
>>>>: They must be really good with their tools...
>
>>>>In Menasha, there is a restraunt called, "Thai Me Down"
>
>>>There is a funeral home in Buffalo, NY called Amigone Funeral Home
>

>>In Leeds, UK, there is a hair salon called Curl up & Dye.
>

>I used to have a friend by the name of June. She and her friend
Carolyn were
>starting a shop that was going to sell fabrics and dye supplies. I
though
>they should name there shop JC Dyes For You. They were offended.
>
>RPB
>
In Ambler, PA, there is a Chiropractor by the name of Dr. Hammershock.
I've always been a bit afraid of going to him.

[Andrew G. Rollin]

In a previous article, jmu...@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (John C Mumaw) says:

>Not at store name, but a strange sign:
> Near Diamond, Ohio (don't even bother looking for it on a map) there's a
>nasty-looking little restaurant with two windows in the front. In one there's
>a large neon sign that says "EAT", in the other a matching sign that says
>"DRINK" (not subtle, eh?). I shudder to think of the large neon sign that must
>hang over the door of the bathroom out back.
>

Or the brothel branching off the east wall?

[Wayne Stavers]

an...@aingham.demon.co.uk (Andy Ingham) wrote:

>>>: James C Seeger (jcse...@pixi.com) wrote:
>>>: : Kenosha WI has a car wash called:
>>>:
>>>: Hand Job Car Wash.
>>>: : ps. I sure did have a clean truck.
>>>: They must be really good with their tools...

>>>In Menasha, there is a restraunt called, "Thai Me Down"

>>There is a funeral home in Buffalo, NY called Amigone Funeral Home

>In Leeds, UK, there is a hair salon called Curl up & Dye.

What about the pub round the corner from there that's called :

SLIP INN

Made me laugh everytime I saw it

Jo
CT, USA

[Jesse D. Colvin]

"Hung Far Lo" is still there in Chinatown. There is also a grocery in
Portland called "An Dong". I think the best is a company that got bought out
in the Parkrose area of Portland that was called "Acme Erection".

[Jan Clairmont]

hend...@PEAK.ORG (Brian Hendrix) wrote:
>Joseph Allen (all...@server.uwindsor.ca) wrote:
>: On 4 Sep 1995, Terry L. Hartup wrote:
>: > There was a store near my house in Marietta, GA called Dong Bang Oriental
>: > Grocery...
>
>: There is a chinese restaurant in windsor ontario called the Colan restaurant.
>: (ive never eaten there.... it doesnt seem to be very popular....)
>
>: Jay
>
>On that note, I saw a Chinese restaurant in Portland called (no joke)
>"Hung Far Lo".
>
>--Brian Hendrix-- hend...@csos.orst.edu
>

There is a restaurant in Woodbridge NJ, no lie, FOOK Hing restaurant. I can
just hear some fat slob craving chinese food sayin, "Now what is the name of
that f-ckin' Restaurant, Oh yeah!!"
Miami Jan

[jjohnson]

In article <42u4ni$r...@wariat.wariat.org>, ks...@junior.wariat.org (Kyongsu

Son) wrote:

You sure it wasn't the Gobble 'n' Squat? Cronologically speaking, i.e.

[r...@solar.sky.net]

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jjohnson (jjoh...@escape.ca) wrote:
: In article <42u4ni$r...@wariat.wariat.org>, ks...@junior.wariat.org (Kyongsu
: Son) wrote:

Think about it in the order presented... Squat then Gobble.

Or: Ever thought "Gee, this tastes like shit?"

[John Weinland]

This isn't a store.... but in Maine, there's a newspaper named:

Bangor Daily

I still go into a giggling jag with that one..... bang her daily!

[Timothy J. Oakes]

In Meriden CT, there is a Men's shop called Hymans. I never did have the
time to go in, but still, sounds like a nice shop.

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[Kristin Asaki]

zst...@ix.netcom.com (Zane Stein ) writes:

> In <bradshaw.1...@mindlink.net> brad...@mindlink.net (Richard
> Bradshaw) writes:
> >
> >In article <8104281...@aingham.demon.co.uk>
> an...@aingham.demon.co.uk (Andy Ingham) writes:
> >>From: an...@aingham.demon.co.uk (Andy Ingham)
> >>Subject: Re: Funniest store names???
> >>Date: Wed, 06 Sep 1995 22:56:08 GMT
> >

> >>>>: James C Seeger (jcse...@pixi.com) wrote:
> >>>>: : Kenosha WI has a car wash called:
> >>>>:
> >>>>: Hand Job Car Wash.
> >>>>: : ps. I sure did have a clean truck.
> >>>>: They must be really good with their tools...
> >
> >>>>In Menasha, there is a restraunt called, "Thai Me Down"
> >
> >>>There is a funeral home in Buffalo, NY called Amigone Funeral Home
> >
> >>In Leeds, UK, there is a hair salon called Curl up & Dye.
> >

> >I used to have a friend by the name of June. She and her friend
> Carolyn were
> >starting a shop that was going to sell fabrics and dye supplies. I
> though
> >they should name there shop JC Dyes For You. They were offended.
> >
> >RPB
> >
> In Ambler, PA, there is a Chiropractor by the name of Dr. Hammershock.
> I've always been a bit afraid of going to him.

In Volcano California there is a knicknack store there called "The
Glory Hole"

[char...@teleport.com]

In article <bradshaw.1...@mindlink.net> brad...@mindlink.net (Richard Bradshaw) writes:
>From: brad...@mindlink.net (Richard Bradshaw)

>Subject: Re: Funniest store names???

>Date: Fri, 1 Sep 1995 21:27:22

>In article <4275o8$2...@news.indy.net> gem...@indy.net (Corinna Cohn) writes:
>>From: gem...@indy.net (Corinna Cohn)

>>Subject: Re: Funniest store names???

>>Date: 1 Sep 1995 14:35:51 GMT

>>Rich Adams (ri...@alpha.delta.edu) wrote:
>>: James C Seeger (jcse...@pixi.com) wrote:
>>: : Kenosha WI has a car wash called:
>>: :
>>: : Hand Job Car Wash.
>>: :
>>: : ps. I sure did have a clean truck.
>>: :
>>: They must be really good with their tools...

>>In Menasha, there is a restraunt called, "Thai Me Down"

>I've been told that in eastern Canada there is a chicken take out place called
>"Lick a Chick"

>RPB

In Portland, Oregon, there's a Chinese restaurant named, "Hung Far Low."

Chuck Phelps

[Ed]

There's a fish & chip takeaway in Edinburgh called 'Gobble and
Go', shouldn't it be called 'Go and Gobble'.

[Lee Cooper]

There was a shoe shop in Romsey, Hampshire, UK called *cobblers to you*

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[Redmond Young]

In California (thanks to Herb Caen), there's an auto
repair shop that specializes in VW Beetles and Rabbits.

It's called "Bugs n' Bunnies"

[ora...@u.arizona.edu]

>
> RE: FUNNIEST STORE NAMES???

>
>>>Rich Adams (ri...@alpha.delta.edu) wrote:
>>>: James C Seeger (jcse...@pixi.com) wrote:
>>>: : Kenosha WI has a car wash called:
>>>: :
>>>: : Hand Job Car Wash.
>>>: :
>>>: : ps. I sure did have a clean truck.
>>>: :
>>>: They must be really good with their tools...
>
>>>In Menasha, there is a restraunt called, "Thai Me Down"
>
>>I've been told that in eastern Canada there is a chicken take out place called
>
>>"Lick a Chick"
>
>>RPB
>
>
>In Portland, Oregon, there's a Chinese restaurant named, "Hung Far Low."
>
>Chuck Phelps

In Tucson I came across another chicken take-out place called, believe it
or not: "Pluck U Chicken"
(editor's note: it didn't last long)
scoop

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[Richard Bradshaw]

In article <43ej0g$m...@perseus.peganet.com> jko...@peganet.com (Joseph Kovacs) writes:
>From: jko...@peganet.com (Joseph Kovacs)

>Subject: Re: Funniest store names???

>Date: 16 Sep 1995 13:21:20 GMT

>In Bonita Springs, FL, there is a fishing shop named Master Bait and
>Tackle.

There used to be a store in Vancouver called Master Bakery Supplies

[Aaron Bucky]

In article <davecade-180...@law1-ts5.databank.net>,
dave...@databank.com (Dave) wrote:

> We have a dentist here in Lawrence KS named Dr. Payne.

In my hometown, there's a surgeon named Dr. Klutz.

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>> We have a dentist here in Lawrence KS named Dr. Payne.

>In my hometown, there's a surgeon named Dr. Klutz.

In *my* hometown, there's a surgeon by the name of Dr. Dye.

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[Andy Harrington]

Recently on the radio here in Boston they called a liquor store named
"Bunghole Liquors", and another one called "Calk Liquors". There is also
a pharmacy on Huron Street called "Huron Drugs" (you're on drugs).
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[Ken Comer]

dave...@databank.com (Dave) writes:
>We have a dentist here in Lawrence KS named Dr. Payne.

We have two dentists-- both females who married, but kept their maiden
name-- with surname Hollar. One of them is married to another dentist
whose last name is Doctor (i.e., Dr. Doctor).

One of my best buddies is Dave Crook. He's a lawyer.
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[Joel Alpers]

In article <abucky-1809...@s57.union_roberts.haverford.edu>, abu...@haverford.edu (Aaron Bucky) writes:
|> In article <davecade-180...@law1-ts5.databank.net>,
|> dave...@databank.com (Dave) wrote:
|>

|> > We have a dentist here in Lawrence KS named Dr. Payne.
|>

|> In my hometown, there's a surgeon named Dr. Klutz.

There's a new hamburger drive-in in town named "Juicy Lucy's".

Hope it's referring to her burgers, and not her buns ;)

[Lorrie]

Well there is this chain if stores here in Texas, called HEB after Howard
Edmward BUTT:) and there is also a chinese restraunt name China HO here,
or at least I THINK it's an eatery, never went inisde...
Lorrie:)

[Larry Sinsioco]

In a suburb of Chicago called Elk Grove Village, there are two stores side by
side in a little strip mall. They are Grove Cleaners and the neighboring store
is Wieners Take All. Now the funny thing is that the owners have not yet
repaired their broken neon signs, and at night, the signs read "Cleaners
Wiener".

[Gary Moon {65083}]

:In article <DF60F...@world.std.com>,
:Andy Harrington <po...@world.std.com> wrote:
:>Recently on the radio here in Boston they called a liquor store named

In Boston there is a radio ad for a liquor store called "The Wine Press".
I always think of it as "The Whine Press".

Disclaimer: These views and opinions are mine.. You are welcome to your own...
Chacun a' son gout.....

[Steven C. King]

mkte...@wco.com wrote:
: >We have a dentist here in Lawrence KS named Dr. Payne.

: An adult book and fashion store....Sex Fifth Avenue???

I saw this on a truck passing by, and I'm assuming it's a store too. But
naming it "Badcock"?????? Uuuuh, OK!

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[PATRICK H. MINES]

In article <davecade-180...@law1-ts5.databank.net> dave...@databank.com (Dave) writes:
>From: dave...@databank.com (Dave)

>Subject: Re: Funniest store names???

>Date: Mon, 18 Sep 1995 00:29:59 -0500
>In article <Jw8gBD...@qrm.ccss.com>, swe...@qrm.ccss.com (Kristin

>Asaki) wrote:
>
>> zst...@ix.netcom.com (Zane Stein ) writes:
>>

>> > In <bradshaw.1...@mindlink.net> brad...@mindlink.net (Richard

>> > Bradshaw) writes:
>> > >
>> > >In article <8104281...@aingham.demon.co.uk>
>> > an...@aingham.demon.co.uk (Andy Ingham) writes:
>> > >>From: an...@aingham.demon.co.uk (Andy Ingham)

>> > >>Subject: Re: Funniest store names???

>> > >>Date: Wed, 06 Sep 1995 22:56:08 GMT
>> > >

>> > >>>>: James C Seeger (jcse...@pixi.com) wrote:
>> > >>>>: : Kenosha WI has a car wash called:
>> > >>>>:
>> > >>>>: Hand Job Car Wash.
>> > >>>>: : ps. I sure did have a clean truck.
>> > >>>>: They must be really good with their tools...
>> > >
>> > >>>>In Menasha, there is a restraunt called, "Thai Me Down"
>> > >

>> > >>>There is a funeral home in Buffalo, NY called Amigone Funeral Home
>> > >
>> > >>In Leeds, UK, there is a hair salon called Curl up & Dye.
>> > >

Somewhere on my trek from my hometown of Peshtigo, WI, and good old UWS I
have spotted a store named "Guns & Roses" it was a flower/gun shop.... You'
d figure you'd only find something like this in the south...I guess there
are rednecks everywhere.

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[Lee Anne De Wan]

Gary Moon {65083} (g...@swl.msd.ray.com) wrote:
: :In article <DF60F...@world.std.com>,

In northern California there are a few funny named restaurants.
Here at Stanford in one of the buildings is "Nuts 'n' Mud" in
Fremont there is "Yuk Wah" and in Newark "Cafe My Tho (toe)"

leeanne

[Christopher Kirkwood-Watts]

In article <43s5s0$o...@swlrgg.msd.ray.com>,
Gary Moon {65083} <g...@swl.msd.ray.com> wrote:
->:In article <DF60F...@world.std.com>,
->:Andy Harrington <po...@world.std.com> wrote:
->:>Recently on the radio here in Boston they called a liquor store named
->:>"Bunghole Liquors", and another one called "Calk Liquors". There is also
->:>a pharmacy on Huron Street called "Huron Drugs" (you're on drugs).
->:>--
->In Boston there is a radio ad for a liquor store called "The Wine Press".
->I always think of it as "The Whine Press".
->

There really is a liquor store in Lexington, KY called "Belcher's Liqour."

Chris.

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[Doctor Bob]

ec...@databank.com (Dave) wrote:

>> We have a dentist here in Lawrence KS named Dr. Payne.

>In my hometown, there's a surgeon named Dr. Klutz.

When I was discharged from the military, I was examined by a Dr. Butcher. We
also have a local surgeon named Looser.

[dire...@pb.net]

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> From: abu...@haverford.edu (Aaron Bucky)
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> Subject: Re: Funniest store names???

> Date: 18 Sep 1995 19:42:59 GMT
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> In article <davecade-180...@law1-ts5.databank.net>,

> dave...@databank.com (Dave) wrote:
>
> > We have a dentist here in Lawrence KS named Dr. Payne.
>
> In my hometown, there's a surgeon named Dr. Klutz.
>

> --
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> Guitar master (wannabe), Beatles fan and space cadet

A guy I worked with went to a Dr. Quackenbush. I kid you not.
But better yet, my doctor's name is Howie Hertz!

phil