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Sunnydays22 Sat 12-Oct-19 18:47:36

My daughter told me about a friend of hers who is launching a some Christmas crackers this year called Crackers without the Crap. Apparently they are plastic free and filled with bee friendly seeds which I thought was a lovely idea. I know there is a crowdfunding campaign gor them so I will be asking DD for the link to support it. Anyway, as soon as I heard the name I thought I would never forget it! I got to thinking of other clever comapny names or taglines that stick in your memory, I remember once visiting a chip shop called the Codfather!

Maybelle Sun 13-Oct-19 12:05:20

My hairdressers are called streakers, and I used to have a chimney sweep whose name was Mr Grimes

Gin Sun 13-Oct-19 13:06:31

My doctor years ago was called Dr Dose

ninathenana Sun 13-Oct-19 13:11:06

A hairdressers above a green grocers called
Uppercuts

ninathenana Sun 13-Oct-19 13:12:33

When I was a child there was a local dentist called Mr. L'Tooth

Urmstongran Sun 13-Oct-19 13:15:05

Ha! I see what you mean shw

I meant to say ‘in Fuengirola which is near the town where we live in Spain ...’

It did make it sound though as if people hadn’t an igloo where Fuengirola is!,

GrandmasueUK Sun 13-Oct-19 14:06:22

We saw a yellow hearse called 'Only Fools and Hearses'. They apparently do custom funerals - not quite sure about that though! hmm

Larissa67 Sun 13-Oct-19 14:22:56

London based wine merchants called Planet of the Grapes.

GreenGran78 Sun 13-Oct-19 14:49:06

There is an estate agent in Kidderminster with the genuine name of Doolittle and Dalley. I can just picture them, cups of coffee at hand, feet on the desk, saying, Sorry, there has been a bit of a delay in your house sale!

Ramblingrose22 Sun 13-Oct-19 14:51:07

For those who know cockney rhyming slang I think there's still a pub in London called Brahms and Liszt.

There's also the suggested name for solicitors - Wright Hassall.

GinJeannie Sun 13-Oct-19 14:59:21

Wright Hassell. ..legal firm in Leamington Spa! As an office junior I worked alongside Ms Blizard and Ms Frost in the same office!

Purplepoppies Sun 13-Oct-19 15:19:42

There was a building firm in my home town called 'Bodge it and Scarper' ??

HannahLoisLuke Sun 13-Oct-19 15:54:45

There used to be an Indian restaurant in our town called Balti Towers in the days of the John Cleese comedy.

Magpie1959 Sun 13-Oct-19 16:01:31

This one has a lengthy explanation - but stick with it!...…

The stop before last on the Liverpool Northern train line is Edge Hill. So, 'getting off at Edge Hill' is a very well known euphemism for the withdrawal method of contraception.

At Broadgreen railway station there is a scaffolding company called Climax. Their sign reads " Why get off at Edge Hill when there is a Climax at Broadgreen!"

Very witty - or is it just scouse humour?

schnackie Sun 13-Oct-19 16:02:57

The lovely dog groomers I used to take my Maltese Terriers (RIP) to on the Isle of Sheppey was called Doggy Style.

Mamma66 Sun 13-Oct-19 16:20:45

Many years ago I was driving through Harrogate and saw a builders van with what has to be the best name ever - I have never forgotten it.

Khan & Brother - you’ve tried the Cowboys now try the Indians.

It still makes me chuckle to this day. I don’t live near there and don’t need any builders, but under different circumstances I would probably have used them just because of the name!

whatkatydid Sun 13-Oct-19 17:12:26

I’ve seen a dog-walking service called Houndstretchers.

ninathenana Sun 13-Oct-19 17:13:38

I like that one too Mamma ?
Someone else mentioned it up thread. I think it must be the same van.

bmacca Sun 13-Oct-19 17:38:00

I buy my toilet rolls/tissues from a company called Who gives a crap. They’re originally Australian so they use that word freely. I like them because they use recycled paper, don’t use any plastic and donate 50% to building toilets in under developed countries. The writing on their packets is also amusing and can be recycled too. A few friends have been a bit shocked at the name which is on each wrapper ?

Theowlandthepussycat1 Sun 13-Oct-19 17:42:01

Casting my mind back to when Christmas Crackers were in fact actually a looked forward to treat. Primarily because the other 364 days of the year were not full of today's tatty crap. Which I never buy. So, thank you very much but I'll stick to the crackers, hat.joke & novelty.

mrswoo Sun 13-Oct-19 17:48:03

Years ago when it was impossible to find fashionable clothes for anyone 5foot and under I thought I might open a shop myself and call it Mini Ha Ha.

thuberon Sun 13-Oct-19 17:54:05

Sammy Swerver's Driving School

Merryweather Sun 13-Oct-19 18:15:45

There's a bodge it and fix it handyman service near me.
A big and tall menswear with the tag line for all the gentleman's needs, the word " All" underlinedT. Oooo er!

PamelaJ1 Sun 13-Oct-19 18:20:06

My dad used to go to a bar called ‘bottoms up’.
Mum presumed it had something to do with the expression used when having a drink.

When it featured in a James Bond movie he didn’t get to go again!

Harris27 Sun 13-Oct-19 18:29:55

We’ve a gents hairdressers call “wass hair”

Amagran Sun 13-Oct-19 18:33:13

The village of Knockin in Shropshire has a shop. No prizes for guessing what it is called.