# Punny hair salon names: why so prevalent? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 27, 2010, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-hair-salon-names-why-so-prevalent/540987 "2010-05-27T20:10:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2010, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-hair-salon-names-why-so-prevalent/540987/1 "2010-05-27T20:10:00Z")
A question, but not quite a GQ: Ive noticed that a far higher percentage of hair salons have punny names – e.g. The Mane Event, Miracurls Can Happen, Curlup And Dye, From Hair To Eternity, etc – than other types of businesses. The salons that don’t have punny names will often have a French or Spanish name; Salon Sergio, Pierre for Hair, Salon Henri, and so on. Anyhow, are punny names prevalent for other types of businesses? ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2010, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-hair-salon-names-why-so-prevalent/540987/2 "2010-05-27T20:23:16Z")
> [@elmwood](#): > > Anyhow, are punny names prevalent for other types of businesses? Wok 'N Roll, Wok this way, Wok on the Wild Side, Nin Com Soup, Thai Tanic, Thai Me Up, Thai the Knot, Peking Inn. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2010, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-hair-salon-names-why-so-prevalent/540987/3 "2010-05-27T20:50:17Z")
The King and Thai makes me angry every time I pass it! Grr! ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2010, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-hair-salon-names-why-so-prevalent/540987/4 "2010-05-27T20:51:05Z")
I know what you mean, it’s shear madness! ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2010, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-hair-salon-names-why-so-prevalent/540987/5 "2010-05-27T20:55:24Z")
Lawn care company in town: Little Miss Mow It All. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2010, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-hair-salon-names-why-so-prevalent/540987/6 "2010-05-27T20:56:07Z")
> [@Skammer](#): > > I know what you mean, it’s shear madness! That was A Cut Above, sir. ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2010, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-hair-salon-names-why-so-prevalent/540987/7 "2010-05-27T21:04:59Z")
> [@Skammer](#): > > I know what you mean, it’s shear madness! /bangs head ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2010, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-hair-salon-names-why-so-prevalent/540987/8 "2010-05-27T22:04:52Z")
See also: port a john companies. Royal Flush, Farmer John, “We’re Number One in the Number Two Business”, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Woodhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/838e76/32.png) [@Miss\_Woodhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Woodhouse)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2010, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-hair-salon-names-why-so-prevalent/540987/9 "2010-05-28T00:40:58Z")
one from my town: The Hair Port. I really detest pun names. I find them the last refuge of the unimaginative and it starts me thinking all those lovely stereotypes and prejudices about hair dressers and their intelligence level. I picture a 30 something with over dyed hair snapping her gum while she contemplates the next tortuous hair do she’ll get her hair salon buddy to do to her hair. ---
**Author:** ![Indistinguishable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/90ced4/32.png) [@Indistinguishable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indistinguishable)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2010, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-hair-salon-names-why-so-prevalent/540987/10 "2010-05-28T00:51:37Z")
Coffee shops (in my area, at least): Royal Ground, Sacred Grounds, Fertile Grounds, Village Grounds, Sufficient Grounds… ---
**Author:** ![Noel\_Prosequi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b19c9b/32.png) [@Noel\_Prosequi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noel_Prosequi)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2010, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-hair-salon-names-why-so-prevalent/540987/11 "2010-05-28T01:34:48Z")
I recall this was lampshaded in the Simpsons - in the background in a streetscape in two episodes (Apu’s wedding and Hungry Hungry Homer) there was a hairdresser’s called Hairy Shearers. ---
**Author:** ![drpepper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8baadc/32.png) [@drpepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drpepper)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2010, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-hair-salon-names-why-so-prevalent/540987/12 "2010-05-28T02:18:25Z")
> [@Indistinguishable](#): > > Coffee shops (in my area, at least): Royal Ground, Sacred Grounds, Fertile Grounds, Village Grounds, Sufficient Grounds… Yes! Same here! ‘Grounds for Celebration’, ‘Brewed Awakenings’, there’s one more I just can’t think of it this second. I think it’s cute and support the locally-owned coffee shops whenever I can. ---
**Author:** ![Peremensoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2010, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-hair-salon-names-why-so-prevalent/540987/13 "2010-05-28T02:22:43Z")
There are a number of “Daily Grind” coffeeshops. ---
**Author:** ![Arrendajo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Arrendajo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arrendajo)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2010, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-hair-salon-names-why-so-prevalent/540987/14 "2010-05-28T02:23:16Z")
> [@drpepper](#): > > Yes! Same here! ‘Grounds for Celebration’, ‘Brewed Awakenings’, there’s one more I just can’t think of it this second. I think it’s cute and support the locally-owned coffee shops whenever I can. Supreme Bean, among others, here. ---
**Author:** ![Leiko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Leiko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leiko)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2010, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-hair-salon-names-why-so-prevalent/540987/15 "2010-05-28T03:47:33Z")
Some pho shops have names like “What the Pho?” and “Pho King.” Pho, in this case, is pronounced “fuh.” There’s a beauty salon in my hometown named “Forever Yong,” after the owner’s name. ---
**Author:** ![BigBertha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d78d45/32.png) [@BigBertha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigBertha)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2010, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-hair-salon-names-why-so-prevalent/540987/16 "2010-05-28T03:50:06Z")
> [@elmwood](#): > > /bangs head At least the Superfly Salon has closed. heh ---
**Author:** ![Hypnagogic\_Jerk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hypnagogic_jerk/32/4252_2.png) [@Hypnagogic\_Jerk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypnagogic_Jerk)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2010, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-hair-salon-names-why-so-prevalent/540987/17 "2010-05-28T05:21:38Z")
Not only do hair salons use punny names, but they can’t seem to find original ones. From _Strange Maps_, [here’s a map (originally from _Die Zeit_)](http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2009/02/01/358-huns-hair-salons-and-puns/) showing trends in hair salon punny names in Germany. ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2010, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-hair-salon-names-why-so-prevalent/540987/18 "2010-05-28T07:24:39Z")
There’s the Best little Hairhouse in [Gresham](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=best+little+hairhouse+in+gresham&sll=45.47607,-122.576991&sspn=0.010698,0.013518&ie=UTF8&hq=best+little+hairhouse&hnear=Gresham,+OR&t=h&z=15&iwloc=A) and Far Hung [Low](http://maps.google.com/maps?q=far+hung+low&hl=en&cd=1&ei=dm__S5jNCJLCoASs1dzGCA&sig2=onaP5bKR9SECh2hYiViwpw&sll=45.504724,-122.499314&sspn=0.020622,0.190244&ie=UTF8&view=map&cid=4693192797982031366&ved=0CFEQpQY&hq=far+hung+low&hnear=&ll=45.505971,-122.578583&spn=0.010692,0.013518&t=h&z=16&iwloc=A). ---
**Author:** ![bikergeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac91a4/32.png) [@bikergeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bikergeek)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2010, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-hair-salon-names-why-so-prevalent/540987/19 "2010-05-28T07:50:41Z")
(er, hi. long time lurker, first time poster here) There’s a demolition company in Cambridge, Mass., called “Edifice Wrecks”. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2010, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-hair-salon-names-why-so-prevalent/540987/20 "2010-05-28T09:16:31Z")
[This](http://www.holysheet.com.au/) is my favourite. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-hair-salon-names-why-so-prevalent/540987.md?page=2)