I used to live in Beecher, IL and even though there's it's never existed, people would always ask where Beecher Tool and Die was or Beecher Meat and Liquor.
I used to live in Beecher, IL and even though there's it's never existed, people would always ask where Beecher Tool and Die was or Beecher Meat and Liquor.
My in-laws are southerners. I told them I wanted to go do south and open a store that sells pants and panty hose a call it "Britches&Hose".
wheelsmithy wrote: Vaguely off topic, but the town of Beaver CO has Beaver divers (scuba), Beaver Liquors, etc.
Is that where this stuff comes from?
stuart in mn wrote: There used to be a hair salon in my neighborhood named Curl Up And Dye.
Local hair salon sign all dressed up legaleze-like "Dewey Cuttem & Howe"
In reply to paranoid_android74:
In an interview with Lemmy Kilmister, he mentioned that the band once rented a house from a gay gentleman named (for real) "Mr. Brownsword"
In reply to stuart in mn:
That also the salon name in the blues brothers.
Not auto related, but there was a Chinese restaurant near where my partner grew up called kum hor.
And a few suburbs over there was also a butchery called don hung long
G_Body_Man wrote: Do RVs count?
Darn I came here to post that.. Drove by many times when I lived in Dayton and went to Cincy occasionally.
There's a local liquor store called the Liquor Book. My brother and his slightly innocent girlfriend shop there. I told them the Liquor Book didn't make sense, but that Liquor Box was more logical. She didn't get it.
Camel towing in jacksonville is my dad's company. It's funny my buddy came up with the name and we convinced him to name it that. My mom didn't understand the name for almost 6 months...
daeman wrote: In reply to stuart in mn: That also the salon name in the blues brothers. Not auto related, but there was a Chinese restaurant near where my partner grew up called kum hor. And a few suburbs over there was also a butchery called don hung long
There was a Chinese restaurant here named Hoey Kow.
wheelsmithy wrote: Vaguely off topic, but the town of Beaver CO has Beaver divers (scuba), Beaver Liquors, etc.
Beaver UT seems to enjoy their name in a similar manner.
Apologies for straying from the intended auto topic.. But this one always made me chuckle.
Door hardware company (in NC IIRC) called KKB.
Knobs knockers and butts
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