During a car trip with top guy C today (better known by some of you as the commentator Charlie Cranium) to visit Birmingham City FC, we passed through the Shirley/Solihull area of Birmingham. C pointed out one of his favourite names for a small business, a Chinese restaurant known as The Shirley Temple. It’s true – go google if you don’t believe me. Bear in mind this is close to the former fish and chip shop known as Mustapha Fish. This got me thinking about all the amusing and often cringeworthy punning shop names I’ve noticed over the years and kinda forgotten. I know there’s another fish and chip shop in Aylesbury known as The Codfather, which I think is excellent, though probably not unique. An old friend of ours, Dennis, who set up his own pest control business had ‘Dennis the Menace…killer’ printed on his business cards. Top stuff. Hairdressing salons can’t resist the punny name A Cut Above, Hair Today, From Hair to Eternity, Sizzers and so on. But you guys must know some belters too? Come on indulge me.
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Pasta Paulie 
Seen above a tired looking shop in Manchester . ‘Cupboard Love – show you care with new doors for your old cupboards’
ha! nice one m. i was beginning to think that there was no-one out there…
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I’ve just remembered that the flower shop literally 100yds down the road from us is called Howes the Florist. Everytime I call up and they answer ‘Howes the Florist’ it’s almost impossible not to smile and refrain from saying ‘I don’t know, you tell me’. Silly and childish I know but I’m a man and small things amuse us.
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