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Old 18-07-2012, 01:04 PM   #1
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Default Great Business names

I used to work in an office at the top end of William St in Melbourne. Downstairs was an interior decorator who has a hearse as his work vehicle.

The business was called, "It's Curtains for You".




I was looking for details of a builder in New Zealand and stumbled across the business "Appetite for Construction".



A smart business name will get you a long way.

What clever busines names have you known?

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Old 18-07-2012, 01:49 PM   #2
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Tony Barber mowing in Dubbo. Had 'call me to do your short back and sides' on his business card.
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Old 18-07-2012, 01:57 PM   #3
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There's a building company in Melbourne that I believe have since changed their name but they were doing a development somewhere down Mordialloc way called 'Hooker Cockram'.
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Old 18-07-2012, 02:07 PM   #4
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there are some smart ones out there....i do custom rendered logos and business card designs i could look at a few jobs I've done and put a few good names on here.
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Old 18-07-2012, 04:50 PM   #5
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There is a clothing store in Town Hall Galleries Sydney called "JIZZ FASHION"
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Old 18-07-2012, 04:54 PM   #6
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Air Con company called Stiff Nipples.
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Old 18-07-2012, 05:50 PM   #7
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Not a name but I regularly see a truck which belongs to a blind cleaning/repairing company with 'BLIND MAN DRIVING' painted on the back roller door.

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Old 18-07-2012, 06:15 PM   #8
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Many years ago, the was an optometrist in London called "For Eyes"

There's a tree lopping company near me called "The Tree Amigos"
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Old 18-07-2012, 06:50 PM   #9
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theres one around melbourne i see often called "getting laid tiling"
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Old 18-07-2012, 07:04 PM   #10
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Some I have seen (and remember) are

Knobs and Knockers - door stuff shop in Ireland.

Beaver Liquor - alcohol distributor in Queenstown NZ
Actually ther is a whole town called beaver in the USA, every store had shirts and stickers saying "I Love Beaver".

Pussy Nook - cattery

First Shop in the World - at Greenwich, (it is the 0 degrees longitude place) and the shop which is closest to the observatory has 00.00.001 degrees or something on it.

An electrician whose slogan was "Let us remove your Shorts"

FuKu - Japanese restaurant in Sydney
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Old 18-07-2012, 07:08 PM   #11
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Local plumber here has the slogan 'your ****** is my bread and butter'
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Old 18-07-2012, 07:11 PM   #12
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my old man is always wearing a bluey from a building framer who's big slogan is "for that lasting erection", cant remember the name of the business
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Old 18-07-2012, 07:14 PM   #13
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I remember a local menswear store called Wots Fashion from years ago. My mum used to cackle whenever past it.
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Old 18-07-2012, 08:14 PM   #14
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There is a customer of mine up here "Transportable Shade Sheds" , They advertise "A 3 hour Erection" !!!
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Old 18-07-2012, 09:36 PM   #15
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Pushbike shop in Sydney called Cycology
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Old 18-07-2012, 09:47 PM   #16
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Its not clever, but it gets your attention ... Kum Hor (chinese restaurant).
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Old 18-07-2012, 10:05 PM   #17
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i've seen the sign of a business who does verandahs and other construction stuff which was "permanent erections"

ill get a pic of the sign next time i go away
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Old 19-07-2012, 05:56 AM   #18
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In Charlotte, NC, there was (perhaps still is) a sandwich shop that made large burrito-like sandwiches (twisted shut on both ends). The shop was called Food Doobie.

In the '80s there was a budget car rental agency called Rent-A-Wreck. I used to drive by a used car lot called "Shiddy Sales," with the slogan "Why rent a wreck when you can buy one?"

There was a shoe repair shop here in Orlando called Shoes Brothers. They had an old police car similar to the Bluesmobile.
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Old 19-07-2012, 06:01 AM   #19
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I have been to Abra-KEBAB-ra as well as see all the thai restaurants that play on words like Apper-THAI-sing etc.
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Old 19-07-2012, 06:12 AM   #20
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I've seen a plumber's van with the slogan, "If it weren't for your plumber, you wouldn't have anywhere to go."

Also, a portable toilet tanker truck with the slogan, "Let's get ready to potty."
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Old 19-07-2012, 07:38 AM   #21
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There is one around called girls torque.
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Old 19-07-2012, 10:32 AM   #22
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theres a shop in sydney called Yabba - Kebaba - Doo
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Old 19-07-2012, 11:00 AM   #23
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my local plumber's name is - "dunny divers"
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Old 19-07-2012, 11:00 AM   #24
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thai restaurant called Thai Phoon - its especially good cos it is ford related
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Old 19-07-2012, 11:16 AM   #25
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I saw another business about to open called Kebabulous
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Mike Hunt used cars <---- true
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Fry Bros - Funeral Drirectors in Maitland..
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Old 19-07-2012, 12:43 PM   #28
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Fry Bros - Funeral Drirectors in Maitland..
I drive past fry bros everyday, and never got the irony of it. When you think about it it is a bit funny
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Old 19-07-2012, 01:43 PM   #29
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There's a vegan restaurant in St Kilda called Lentil As Anything, made me chuckle
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Old 19-07-2012, 01:53 PM   #30
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Quote:
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There's a building company in Melbourne that I believe have since changed their name but they were doing a development somewhere down Mordialloc way called 'Hooker Cockram'.
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