# Actual weird store names from where you live. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 25, 2005, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actual-weird-store-names-from-where-you-live/314119 "2005-07-25T22:05:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2005, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actual-weird-store-names-from-where-you-live/314119/121 "2005-08-02T07:26:46Z")
I always liked Astérix more. Probably because of the wordplay. Although some of the stereotypes grate on me now. Still, it’s one of the Great Rivalries: Toronto, Montréal. Pepsi, Coke. The Who, The Rolling Stones. New York, Chicago. Los Angeles, San Francisco. Microsoft, everybody else. Daffy Duck, Donald Duck… Tintin, Astérix. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2005, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actual-weird-store-names-from-where-you-live/314119/122 "2005-08-02T10:39:52Z")
> [@matt\_mcl](#): > > Really? I thought I was just weird like that. **Hamish** had never heard of it, at any rate. Maybe it’s just me, but most of my friends _still_ like Tintin. The books are ubiquitous and the videos (dubbed into english) are popular with folks with spawn. And Tintin t-shirts, accessories and wee collectibles are popular with adult nerds. (To be precise, the big nerds have funny clothes and little things.) _looks at floor_ ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2005, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actual-weird-store-names-from-where-you-live/314119/123 "2005-08-02T15:28:19Z")
> [@Larry Mudd](#): > > And Tintin t-shirts, accessories and wee collectibles are popular with adult nerds. (To be precise, the big nerds have funny clothes and little things.) > > _looks at floor_ Isn’t this TMI? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2005, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actual-weird-store-names-from-where-you-live/314119/124 "2005-08-02T15:34:01Z")
We have a Cutter’s Bar-B-Que and yes, their sausage and beans do turn us into exactly that. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2005, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actual-weird-store-names-from-where-you-live/314119/125 "2005-08-02T16:15:59Z")
Ah, so it’s just **Hamish** who’s culturally deprived. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2005, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actual-weird-store-names-from-where-you-live/314119/126 "2005-08-02T17:01:07Z")
Here in dublin, we have **Gloriou’s foods** run by Mr Gloriou. and my favourite, a laminate floor company called **Lino Richie**. ---
**Author:** ![rinni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f6c823/32.png) [@rinni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rinni)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2005, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actual-weird-store-names-from-where-you-live/314119/127 "2005-08-02T18:05:20Z")
This convenience store is in Vancouver: [U-GO-TO STORE](http://www.j0k.com/gallery/vancouver/IM003495) ---
**Author:** ![Winnie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e480ec/32.png) [@Winnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winnie)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2005, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actual-weird-store-names-from-where-you-live/314119/128 "2005-08-02T18:08:41Z")
In my town there’s a tiny little shopped tucked into a shopping center called **Key Kopy**. Not weird at all, right? Except they don’t copy keys. They even have a hand-written sign on their window that says **We don’t copy keys. Thanks – Management.** [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actual-weird-store-names-from-where-you-live/314119.md?page=6)