Thought I'd finally experiment combining photos with me blog. But what topic to choose?
Shop names. ...bear with me here.
There is a wealth of brilliant shop names out there. In Dublin we have our share; from the tourists favourite, the 'Carry On'-inspired Knobs and Knockers on Nassau Street, to Lino Ritchie in Finglas, for all your textile needs.
However, all of this pales in comparison to some of the shop names in London. I was reminded of this as I walked around London (think it was Old Street) at the weekend and spotted a chicken takeaway shop, which was imaginatively called 'Fried Chicken Kebab Fish'. The fact that it was marketed as FCKF in the same lettering and style as KFC, presumably meant that it was going for the niche, dsylexic-fried-chicken-addict market.
There are too many more out there, but here are the top ones from my recent meanderings around foggy ol' Landaaan tahn..
East: The most non-committal name for a kebab shop ever:
West: Often imitated, and with good reason:
North: Straight-talking taxidermists in Islington:
South: Carlsberg don't do overblown bike-shop names, but if they did...
Any more decent contenders, let me know.
Cheers,
Brendan
This is my second Get Stuffed sighting in as many weeks. Katie Krohn (a co-worker, not a shop for wiccans) told me about it in the context of my alleged (ok, avowed) search for the perfectly poised squirrel, an evident Stuffed specialty. According to its website, Stuffed also has a cheetah, the purrfect gift for the gardener in your life whose snapdragons and paeonies have been crushed by indigenous vermin. Stuffed also has a scarewolf. I think a field trip is in order.
ReplyDeleteI'm a little sensitive about the bicycle shop name because I officiate basketball games and tonight one of the players yelled, "Ref, if you had another eye, you'd be a cyclops."
ReplyDeleteThere's a place near my called AbraKebabra.
ReplyDeleteAnd a hair salon called "...And, Cut!".
Abrakebra is actually Irish would ya believe. their slogan is "the food's only magic". Slight exaggeration. Unless shite is magic.
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