Companies w misleading names

[Super Sonic]

Are there any companies near you whose names imply that they do something different to what they actually do do?
Near me we have...
Rhino Removals ("hello, there's a rhino in my living room")
Compass Cleaning ("hello, my compass is dirty")
Sky Cleaning ("hello, the sky's looking a bit dirty")
Hockney Surfacing ("hellow, my Hockney painting is underwater")
And along the coast, Beaver tool hire ( you can make up your own joke!)

[robscot]

“CarGurus” publishing batst ste on PH forums?

[Stick Legs]

Rexquote.

No one there called Rex & they had a price list.



One of those off the self companies I think.

Mrs. used to work there. They made rail
Conversions for diggers.

Edited by Stick Legs on Sunday 5th May 23:29

[Super Sonic]

Stick Legs said:

Rexquote.

No one there called Rex & they had a price list.



One of those off the self companies I think.

Mrs. used to work there. They made rail
Convversions for diggers.

(Hello, can you tell me what Rex said)

[droopsnoot]

There's one fairly near me called "Corkscrew Hire", which I've always thought is a pretty niche market to be in. There's another one similar, but annoyingly I can't remember the name.

[sherman]

droopsnoot said:

There's one fairly near me called "Corkscrew Hire", which I've always thought is a pretty niche market to be in. There's another one similar, but annoyingly I can't remember the name.

Corkdeliveries ?

[bobtail4x4]

Screwfix?

[Missy Charm]

Stick Legs said:

Rexquote.

No one there called Rex & they had a price list.



One of those off the self companies I think.

Mrs. used to work there. They made rail
Conversions for diggers.

Edited by Stick Legs on Sunday 5th May 23:29

'Off the self companies'? Do you mean the firm only exists in the fevered imagination of a popular, London-dwelling, sesquipedalian lad-lit novelist, sometime newspaper columnist and miserabilist psychogeographer?

Somewhat near me is a shop called 'Waterstones'. They sell neither water nor stones, which is disappointing.

[jeremyc]

Apple. Not a tasty fruit in sight.

[dundarach]

Thieving Harry's cafe on Humber Street in Hull

Actually really good value and very nice!

[Super Sonic]

droopsnoot said:

There's one fairly near me called "Corkscrew Hire", which I've always thought is a pretty niche market to be in. There's another one similar, but annoyingly I can't remember the name.

"Hello, I've got a bottle of wine but can't get it open"
(I'm assuming they don't actually hire out corkscrews?)

[Super Sonic]

Missy Charm said:

'Off the self companies'? Do you mean the firm only exists in the fevered imagination of a popular, London-dwelling, sesquipedalian lad-lit novelist, sometime newspaper columnist and miserabilist psychogeographer?

Somewhat near me is a shop called 'Waterstones'. They sell neither water nor stones, which is disappointing.

Lol there's a shop near me called 'the smoking gun'. I went in and ask if they sold tobacco and she said no but actually looked embarrassed so I asked if they sold guns. They sell vapes.

[808 Estate]

"Duty Free Shopping" at Heathrow. No way those prices are anywhere near duty free. I can buy Jack Daniels cheaper at the local Co-Op.

[srappy]

Penisland.net .. not what you think it is or is it?

[FiF]

srappy said:

Penisland.net .. not what you think it is or is it?

On the other hand is this a seller or manufacturer of security for windows and doors

https://maps.app.goo.gl/2s69hrGPGMbYu9kx8

Googlers of the website brace yourselves.

[konark]

Selfrdges, they bloody don't.

[vikingaero]

srappy said:

Penisland.net .. not what you think it is or is it?

Pen Island

Similar to Mole Station Nursery who later added Native to their name to become Mole Station Native Nursery - allegedly.

[SaulGoodman]

I'll never forget seeing a van from a "document storage" company called Shred All. Didn't fill me with confidence...

[WrekinCrew]

Boots.

Very limited range of outdoor footwear.

[vaud]

WrekinCrew said:

Boots.

Very limited range of outdoor footwear.

Did you hear that they have stopped selling Lucozade in boots?

I keeps leaking out of the laceholes.