Real true store names I drove by today

Outside of Chicago in Niles, on Touhy Ave, there is a restaurant I drive pass every once in awhile called THONG THAI. Makes me giggle every time.

In San Francisco (much of wich is sand, fill, and swamp, making digging holes tricky), in the days before “construction” became the common term for building trades, there was a company called Underground Erection. Yes, really - wish I had snapped the name on the trucks…

I live in Japan, where Engrish reigns king. One of my favorite salons is called:

Hair Make Agree Able. Success!

with the space and everything between “agree” and “able”

We have Ho Lee Chow in Korea as well.

There’s a chain of bars in Korea called “Ho Bar”.

There’s also a clothing store I’ve seen called Go Fuck Yourself. :confused:

I used to drive through a rough area of Columbus, GA whenever I came home to AL. For those completely unfamiliar with Columbus, it’s a city of about 200,000 that gets thousands and thousands of “away from home for the first time in their lives” 18-20something army privates each year at Fort Benning, so consequently there’s a long strip (Victory Drive) where it looks like somebody did a [copy-paste]of ‘Cheap Motel/Tattoo Parlor/Titty Bar’ for about five miles.
There was one place that was different though. I usually drove through at night, and instead of the usual “Happy Hourz Bar” or “Foam and Chicks” type places it had a small elegant sign that read

I wasn’t familiar with who Lady Nge was, but wondered if perhaps it was related to the Ngo family (rich family in Vietnam- Madame Nhu was a member if you’re familiar- and most came to the states after the war), or if perhaps it was a member of Vietnamese or Chinese mythology or history- some legendary imperial concubine turned freedom fighter or a consort to a semidivine folk hero. I thought of stopping there but never did.

I felt like Ignatius J. Reilly having his dreams of the Boethius reading harlot dashed when they got their neon sign fixed and it read

But I still like the idea that on the inside it’s a seedy elegant tavern run by a silk clad Vietnamese aristocrat, in reduced circumstances but stoic and still smiling at the peace she’s found in Western Georgia. Though more likely it’s a 14-toothed chain smoking 35 year old grandmother of 6 running it and shagging the work release barback while her latest common law husband does the last 14 months of his plea bargain for possession of kiddy porn.

There is a fast food place in Mashad, Iran called “Kentucky Fried Chicken and Fish Products”

It’s not a store but we do have an engineering company called “Bodgit and Scarper” - ok, you might not get the amusement if you’re not British but it certainly gives me the giggles. Then there’s the café called Fat Fanny’s…

There’s a linoleum specialist in Dublin called Lino Ritchie.

Between Denali and Fairbanks, AK is a place called Skinny Dick’s Halfway Inn.

It’s now Condom Kingdom.

We also have a Bimbo Bakeries franchise near here. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bimbo_Bakeries_USA

In Toronto, there is a hair styling salon called “Amorphous Hair Design”. I can’t think of how that could possibly be a good advertisment.

well in louisville KY theres coxs smokers outlet

and shelbyvill TN has the wonderful “kims klassy kuts” hair salon on the SE side of town.

I’ve been hearing promotions for this restaurant’s Mother’s Day Brunch on the bitcast of a radio station in their area.

Twig & Barry’s