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Stores With Amusing Names
« on: December 24, 2008, 06:15:35 PM »
Post the amusingly-named stores you've seen.

Near me, there's an outdoor supply store called "Take a Hike."  I always chuckle.

Either in Lambertville, NJ or New Hope, PA (they're across a bridge from one another and I always forget which side it's on) is a door-and-door-accessory store called "Knobs and Knockers."

The best one I've seen: a marble/granite place called "Get Stoned."
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Re: Stores With Amusing Names
« Reply #1 on: December 24, 2008, 06:27:19 PM »
I saw an asian soup joint called "Pho King"

"Pho" sounds like "fuh."
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Re: Stores With Amusing Names
« Reply #2 on: December 24, 2008, 06:35:37 PM »
There's an Asian market in Cobb county, GA named  "A Dong". That seems kinda common, though, relatively. 'Dong' maybe means something like 'store' or 'market'?
 
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Re: Stores With Amusing Names
« Reply #3 on: December 24, 2008, 11:26:31 PM »


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Re: Stores With Amusing Names
« Reply #4 on: December 24, 2008, 11:31:36 PM »
Downtown there is a little salon by the name of "Style and Dye". I'm told it's a very chic place with some very talented stylist, I just can't take it seriously.
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Re: Stores With Amusing Names
« Reply #5 on: December 25, 2008, 12:05:56 AM »
It's not a pun or anything, but I still love it...on Rt. 23 in Wayne, NJ is a tattoo place called Shotsie's.  Their sign reads, "Shotsie's Tattoo?" and it's always confused and amused me.  In recent years, I can't help but think of Will Ferrell in Anchorman: "I'm Ron Burgundy?"
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Re: Stores With Amusing Names
« Reply #6 on: January 06, 2009, 10:47:31 AM »
The last time I was in Scotland I ran across a gift shop in Edinburgh called "Thistle Do Nicely, which I always thought was amusing.
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