Puns: What's the UK's funniest business name?

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Re: Puns: What's the UK's funniest business name?

Post by Ampth7 » Fri Dec 29, 2023 10:12 am

Inchy wrote:
Fri Dec 29, 2023 9:58 am
Wasn’t there an advertisement on the Bob Lord stand for ‘BJ scaffolding…..for the perfect erection’
Oh dear God, please let that be a thing! 😂🤣

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Re: Puns: What's the UK's funniest business name?

Post by Swizzlestick » Fri Dec 29, 2023 10:20 am

Ampth7 wrote:
Fri Dec 29, 2023 10:12 am
Oh dear God, please let that be a thing! 😂🤣
It was CWR Scaffolding! 🤣

But yeah, that was there for a while.
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Re: Puns: What's the UK's funniest business name?

Post by Swizzlestick » Fri Dec 29, 2023 10:26 am

I did like the Chipsy Kings chippy in Edinburgh.

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Re: Puns: What's the UK's funniest business name?

Post by Tricky Trevor » Fri Dec 29, 2023 11:41 am

Back in the 70’s Stuart Hall opened a travel shop in Haslingden, above the door:
Stuart Hall International Travel.

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Post by Hipper » Fri Dec 29, 2023 2:58 pm

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Re: Puns: What's the UK's funniest business name?

Post by Hipper » Fri Dec 29, 2023 3:02 pm

There was a house moving company called Tooth Removals.

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Post by ColneMonkey » Fri Dec 29, 2023 3:09 pm

When my office was over Preston way, I recall seeing a hairdresser in Bamber Bridge called ‘Blonds on Top’.


Sadly it’s now closed, but I just found the name hilarious.

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Post by BacupClaret » Fri Dec 29, 2023 6:09 pm

There's a tanning salon in Lytham St Anne's called St Tanz!

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Re: Puns: What's the UK's funniest business name?

Post by ClaretTony » Fri Dec 29, 2023 6:24 pm

Inchy wrote:
Fri Dec 29, 2023 9:58 am
Wasn’t there an advertisement on the Bob Lord stand for ‘BJ scaffolding…..for the perfect erection’
Was there for years - Pace had it removed

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Re: Puns: What's the UK's funniest business name?

Post by dougcollins » Fri Dec 29, 2023 6:48 pm

Polesworth wrote:
Thu Dec 28, 2023 5:20 pm
The Batter of Bosworth - a chippy in Market Bosworth.
Not a pun, but that Turkish place in Market Bosworth is good.

Didn't reckon much to the chippy.

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Post by Woonderbah » Fri Dec 29, 2023 7:27 pm

There's 2 cleaning companies..
Spruce Springclean
Spandau Valet

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Post by JellyBaby » Sat Dec 30, 2023 12:30 am

Not exactly a name but still makes me laugh!
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Post by CaptJohn » Sat Dec 30, 2023 8:54 am

I recall a firm of solicitors called "Wright, Hassle & Co."

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Post by Big Vinny K » Sat Dec 30, 2023 9:56 am

ClaretTony wrote:
Fri Dec 29, 2023 6:24 pm
Was there for years - Pace had it removed
One of many loyal sponsors who were treated very poorly by the new owners.
This particular company put a lot of money into the club over many many years. They only did it because they supported the club - they never got any business from the advert itself.

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Post by evensteadiereddie » Sat Dec 30, 2023 10:01 am

No happy ending then?

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Post by strayclaret » Sat Dec 30, 2023 10:12 am

Not exactly a business, but I used to do the payroll for Leeds Maternity unit and there was a midwife called Orange the next one on the list was called Peel.
You couldn’t make it up 😁

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Post by what_no_pies » Sat Dec 30, 2023 9:47 pm

Herts Clarets wrote:
Fri Dec 29, 2023 8:59 am
F**k the Mags I think
Lol. Living in Newcastle i've always known it as F the Maccams. I might have just jumped to the wrong conclusion there mind.

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Re: Puns: What's the UK's funniest business name?

Post by Hipper » Sun Dec 31, 2023 12:06 pm

Emma Peel of the Avengers was apparently M Appeal which equals Man Appeal.

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Post by mdd2 » Sun Dec 31, 2023 1:19 pm

Two patients in hospital in beds next to each other
Mr Bird and Mr Seed

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Post by FCBurnley » Sun Dec 31, 2023 3:11 pm

Norfolk and Goode. Football Management Company in Blackburn
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Re: Puns: What's the UK's funniest business name?

Post by timshorts » Sun Dec 31, 2023 8:35 pm

!aiboforceN wrote:
Thu Dec 28, 2023 11:01 pm
... based in Battle, West Sussex too :mrgreen:
Not quite. It's east sussex. We also have a drain emptying business with "passionate about poo" tag on the back of their drain cleaner trucks, but that's not a pun, I suppose.

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Post by morpheus2 » Sun Dec 31, 2023 9:02 pm

The sign post on the M66 "Burnley Bury Blackburn"

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Post by morpheus2 » Sun Dec 31, 2023 9:04 pm

' That Oirish discount store - Whale Oil Beef Hooked'

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Re: Puns: What's the UK's funniest business name?

Post by Mark the Claret » Sun Dec 31, 2023 10:18 pm

There is an area of Bradford called Idle, and I always laughed when I passed Idle Working Mans Club.

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