# 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:** 13\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2010, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-hair-salon-names-why-so-prevalent/540987/41 "2010-05-29T10:31:08Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > Now I’m seeing restaurants that are named after their intersection. Water Buffalo (on Water and Buffalo) Kil@Watt (on Kilborn and Water St). Since 1931, [The Wiltern Theater in Los Angeles](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pellissier_Building_and_Wiltern_Theatre), so named because it is located and the corner of Wilshire Ave. and Western Boulevard. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2010, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-hair-salon-names-why-so-prevalent/540987/42 "2010-05-29T14:44:04Z")
There’s a lounge in NYC called “Barmacy,” so named when a bar opened on the site of a former pharmacy. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2010, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-hair-salon-names-why-so-prevalent/540987/43 "2010-05-29T14:50:12Z")
In the food industry: _Cheese 'n Crust Souper-star_, Burlington VT ---
**Author:** ![jasonh300](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/46a35a/32.png) [@jasonh300](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasonh300)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2010, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-hair-salon-names-why-so-prevalent/540987/44 "2010-05-29T23:24:36Z")
> [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](#): > > Oh, sweet Jeebus! I totally misread the thread title and thought it said “Pussy hair salon names.” You’ve no idea the degrees of awe and horror that flashed through me. That’s exactly what I thought I saw when I clicked on the title. The actual content of the thread was disappointing. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2010, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-hair-salon-names-why-so-prevalent/540987/45 "2010-05-29T23:31:30Z")
> [@Noel\_Prosequi](#): > > 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. Let’s not forget _Sneed’s Seed and Feed_ (Formerly Chuck’s). ---
**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 30, 2010, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-hair-salon-names-why-so-prevalent/540987/46 "2010-05-30T22:39:15Z")
Ah yes, that was a good one. Much better than “Foiled Again” which I drove by yesterday. The good news (or bad, depending on who you ask) is it made you think of youse guys. ---
**Author:** ![Ostrya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/35a633/32.png) [@Ostrya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ostrya)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2010, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-hair-salon-names-why-so-prevalent/540987/47 "2010-05-31T01:40:13Z")
**Yasser, Nossir, and Noexcusesir Bros. Camel Rentals** ---
**Author:** ![whiterabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@whiterabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiterabbit)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2010, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-hair-salon-names-why-so-prevalent/540987/48 "2010-05-31T04:09:35Z")
A local chimney sweep and window washing and I don’t know what else company: **Haul Ash**. I remember the name. So in my book the name counts as a success. Now, if I only had a fireplace…_sigh_ ---
**Author:** ![snowmaster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e99b99/32.png) [@snowmaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowmaster)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2010, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-hair-salon-names-why-so-prevalent/540987/49 "2010-05-31T19:46:50Z")
Our local contribution to the topic: The Beauty Saloon ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2010, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-hair-salon-names-why-so-prevalent/540987/50 "2010-05-31T20:01:07Z")
> [@](#): > > Coffee shops (in my area, at least): Royal Ground, Sacred Grounds, Fertile Grounds, Village Grounds, Sufficient Grounds… Don’t forget all the ones that pun on “perk” and “park”. The most famous, of course, would be Central Perk, from _Friends_, but there’s also a Lindley Perk around here, right next to Lindley Park. There’s also a coffee shop just off campus that’s just called “The Daily”. I guess they figure we can add the “grind” part ourselves. At least, I always think it whenever I see the name. ---
**Author:** ![Floater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dc4da7/32.png) [@Floater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Floater)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2010, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-hair-salon-names-why-so-prevalent/540987/51 "2010-06-01T10:05:41Z")
Not as punny as funny. There is a barbershop not far from where I work called _Sweeny Todd_. And a restaurant around the corner from it called _Kannibalen_ (The Cannibal). ---
**Author:** ![MemoryDump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d07c76/32.png) [@MemoryDump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MemoryDump)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2010, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-hair-salon-names-why-so-prevalent/540987/52 "2010-07-06T00:44:51Z")
Just saw this yesterday: Peace Love and Grilled Cheeses–A Hair Salon, located in San Anselmo, California (Marin County at the north end of the Golden Gate Bridge). [http://www.peaceloveandgrilledcheeses.com/](http://www.peaceloveandgrilledcheeses.com/). Sorry if this is zombifying, but it cried out to be added to the record! ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2010, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-hair-salon-names-why-so-prevalent/540987/53 "2010-07-06T01:03:17Z")
> [@Zsofia](#): > > See also: port a john companies. Royal Flush, Farmer John, “We’re Number One in the Number Two Business”, etc. My personal fave is _Seidel’s Sewage and Septic Sucking Service_. Back to the OP, how about “Hair Apparent”? _Zombies rule._ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punny-hair-salon-names-why-so-prevalent/540987.md?page=2)