[QUOTE=matt_mcl]
Holy shit, I can’t believe I forgot this: in Lachine, there’s a restaurant called **Hentai Sushi & Grille. **
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I remember one city in West Texas that had a “Japanese steakhouse.” I knew the bartender there, and he said they had to call it a steakhouse or the locals would not go for it.
[QUOTE=jayjay]
I’m reminded of Margaret Cho’s routine about her trip to Bangkok. “Pussy play ping-pong!” “Pussy write letter!” “Pussy eat with chopsticks!”
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And I can personally assure you she was not exaggerating. Quite the versatile instrument.
Except I gues they don’t really “play” ping-pong, but they can shoot the balls out.
[QUOTE=Beware of Doug]
Ghana is also known for the infamous Pee Cola.
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Japan has a dairy-based soft drink called Calpis, which sounds like “cow piss” (when the “L” is vocalized as US Southerners, Londoners, and Brazilians tend to do). It appears they’ve renamed the export product as “Calpico” to avoid the unpleasant association. I like the original name myself, as it provides endless hilarity at social events.
Also in Japan, I once shopped at a store up in Wakkanai called simply “Pomato”. On the sign was a picture of a potato and a tomato holding hands. What do they sell at Pomato, you ask?
In London there’s a hair salon called It’ll Grow Back.
When I was in Sydney, I ate at a restaurant called Thairiffic.
In the same city, I subsequently saw The Lone Drainer, a gardening service called No Mow Worries, a bedding shop called Holy Sheet! and a creperie called Holy Crepe!, a men’s clothing outfitters in Daly called The Daly Male, a lingerie shop called Cotton On, a juice bar called Sejuiced, a jewellers called Opal Minded, and my favourite, since it’s so clever yet contrived, an aromatherapy salon called No Common Scents.
I think Australia needs to introduce pun control laws.
[QUOTE=Cosmic Relief]
Japan has a dairy-based soft drink called Calpis, which sounds like “cow piss” (when the “L” is vocalized as US Southerners, Londoners, and Brazilians tend to do). It appears they’ve renamed the export product as “Calpico” to avoid the unpleasant association. I like the original name myself, as it provides endless hilarity at social events.
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Well, you can always fall back on Pocari Sweat.
Real business names I’ve seen…
S&M Convenience.
There’s a whole LOT of businesses around here named Gay <something or other>. Gay Construction is the one that makes me giggle most.
Down east, there’s a chain of chicken restaurants called Lick-a-Chick. (Either that, or at least two people, in Nova Scotia and Newfoundland, independently came up with the name.)
My (American) ex got a giggle out of the Beaver gas station not far from my house.
Hey, I had no idea that French Connection UK had branched out that far, but a google image search for FCUK will bring you up a ton of their branded products.
[QUOTE=Cherry2000]
There is an infamous liquor store out near Aspen called Beaver Liquors
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It’s in Beaver Creek. Just after we drove past that, we were going past a lake and I’m sure I saw a small warehouse-type building with a sign saying “Beaver Divers”.
Just past the Beaver Dam bridge, one can find Cuntry Cuts. I swear to Og. I don’t know why the specialized spelling; I would be less surprised if it were Kuntry Kuts. But it isn’t.