In various parts of the county, you can adopt a puppy
at Noah’s Bark, order some ferns from Floral ‘N Hearty, or
grab lunch at Salvador Deli. However, there is only one place, a
fabric store, where you can go to The Whole Nine Yards.
There’s a firm called Stuffit which stuffs direct
mail pieces in envelopes and mails them. Mac the Knife
sells – are you ready? - knives.
Edifice Wrecks will demolish your building,
and Two Guys & A Van will move your furniture. There
is a maternity shop called Expectations. (If they enlarge it, they can
call it Great Expectations.)
The Men’s Room sells men’s clothing. A Ticket-A-Tasket
and The Lily Pad are both florists. The Doghouse is a kennel. Puff-N-Stuffs
is a bakery. The Bottom Line is a bookkeeping and accounting service.
The Melting Pot was a fondue restaurant. The
Goodie Basket is a gourmet shop and Body Toddy sells health and diet
foods. Top-It-Off is a wholesale manufacturer of baseball caps.
Often, the name of a business can be misleading. For
example, A House of Threads would be an uncomfortable place for your
sewing circle to meet. It manufactures and distributes nuts and bolts.
The Cash Inn is not a hotel for people who don’t
carry credit cards. They buy, sell, and trade gold and diamonds.
Little Executive Center is not an office park for
short businessmen. It’s a daycare center.
There are some types of businesses which seem intent on
cornering the market one cute names. There are pet groomers called The Pup
Tent, Fire Plug, and Bark of the Town.
We’ve got laundries called Monday’s Maid, Wishy-Washy,
and House of Bubbles.
There are retail jewelers named Miss Bojangles, All That
Glitters, and Mr. Gold Jewelry.
They will clean your carpet at A-Plus Christ-Centered Carpet & Upholstery Cleaners. Notice they did not allow their religious belief to keep them from being the first carpet cleaner listed in the phone book.
Do the guys from Billy Graham Pest Control kill roaches or just
heal them?
There’s a roofing company named Complete Roofing. Who’d
hire them if they’d called it Partial Roofing? And A Lot Of Hot Air
isn’t a club for politicians. It delivers decorative balloons for special occasions.
And just how creative are they at Creative
Payrolls?
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