OT: Hotblack Desatio

...pretty sure this one will die a rapid death, but anybody know some strange/funny business names?

Hotblack Desatio is/was an estate agency in north London, Douglas Adams nicked the name for a character in Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy.

There's another estate agents in Sheffield called Crapper and Haigh......





ok, fairly desperate attempt to lighten the mood.......

 

Funnily enough Stan I do a bit of business with C&H

 

There is a law firm in Leamington Spa called Wright Hassall and an engineering business ( in Sheffield I think ) called Wayne Kerr Industries.

 

How could I forget Wright Hassall! They look after all my legal stuff and I drink with one of the senior partners....there is no one called Wright or Hassall in the firm......

 

Good thread.

My mate worked for a sign maker and had a job out near Maidenhead at a crematorium. The town in question was Cookham, they soon changed the sign and name when he politely suggested that Cookham crematorium was a tad insensitive.

I promise you this is a true story.

 

There is a firm of solicitors here in Sligo called Argue & Phibbs, long established and proud of their name...

 

The elevators at work are made by a company called Schindler.

So when I use them I'm in 'Schindlers Lift'......

 

Here in Oz the is a company listed by the name of ....... Didley Squat Pty Ltd.
My old accountant wanted the name but someone beat him to it.

 

There used to be a Chinese dentist in Hammersmith called Dr Phang.

 

Mike Hunt Gynaecologist, works right smack in the centre of our beloved Bush.

 

Pen Island Pens, Finest Quality Custom Pens

"We Specialize In Wood"


http://www.penisland.net/

 

Here in Brisbane, there is a car yard by the same name ............ https://www.google.com.au/url?sa=t&...=9NylA6JHisRZDWnzQU9Peg&bvm=bv.62788935,d.dGI

 

Norman the Concreter
Battle Hastings area

 

Barbers near me called 'British Hairways' and a chippy in Crookes called 'Codrophenia'

 

There is a Dr Fang (Dentist) in Ballards Lane, Finchley too.

In Barcelona there is a business called Novek & Goode.

I also am aware of a (no longer trading, but still live company) called Cheeses of Nazareth Limited.

 

Chippie in Kingsbridge, Devon - 'The Codfather'

 

My dad used to be a car dealer and had a mate in the same business who's business seemed to be called "car sales", but when he answered the phone at work, it sounded like he was saying "arseholes".

Pretty sure there's a hair dresser somewhere called "curl up and dye"

 

We've got hairdressers in congleton called "curl up and dye" and a gardening business called "for forks sake" !

 

My dentist in Wembley...Mr Grinder...TRUE

 

Not a business name, but my great grandmother was Annie Punchard. When her father married her mother, her mother was Miss Basham. A wedding between the Punchards and the Bashams - material there for the best man's speech