Conference thebay::joyoflex

My favorite is Deathwish Piano Movers.

	.1  i don't believe this!  you beat me by about a minute.
	    unreal.

    Well, there's Herb'n'Renewal, an herb seeds/plants/crafts outfit...
    [I also rather like "Long Funeral Services," but I think that's a
    family name rather than a product-description name. ;-)]
    
    -b

    I went to Seton Hall University -- across the street from the campus
    was a fast-food joint called "Eat 'n Haul."
    
    					andrew

    The U.S. probably has the best store of these.

    In San Francisco, I saw a Delicatessen called the Pick-a-deli.

    There is also a shuttle service to the Bay Area Rapid Transit service
    (the "BART") which runs under the name of the "Humphrey Go-BART".

    In the U.K, the only one I can think of is the maternity wear shop
    Heir Apparent.

    

    The comment about incorporating the family name reminds me of two
    transport companies
    
    Bishops Move {which is U.K. based}
    and
    Tooth Removals {which operates in the South of France}
    
    

Then there's the fictional beauty parlor from the film "The Blues Brothers:"
    
	    		Curl Up and Dye

    I recall a record store in the U.S. called "Moby Disc" and a restaurant
    in Canada called "Just Desserts."

    This week's Private Eye has:
    
    	The legal firm: A.J. Careless

    L 4 Leather, in Romsey, Hampshire, England

    Another ficticious company name: The Car Guys (a syndicated radio show
    originating from Cambridge, MA) include in their closing credits the
    name of a prestigious (but bogus) New England law firm:
    
    			Dewey, Cheatam, and Howe
    
    Their personal lawyer, Hugh Louis Dewey, is known as Huey Louie Dewey.
    (This last probably belongs in the nominal punishment string).
    
    					andrew

Dewey, Cheatham and Howe dates back at least 50 years.  Was is the 3 Stooges
or Abbott and Costello who used the joke?

    
    Re: .12
    
    Probably both but the Stooges were first.
    
    The entire closing credits for Car Talk are a scream...a few from
    memory:
    
    Phone Support -- Isabelle Ringing
    Director of Long-Range Planning -- Kay Sera, who married Frank Sera to
                                       become Kay Sera-Sera.
    Grammatical Correctnes -- I. M. Shirley Wright
    
    JP

    I know we started with "real" examples. Since we are now on to made-up
    ones:

    About 20 years ago, in the U.K., the Environment Minister launched a
    "keep Britain clean" campaign against dropping litter. It was supported
    by a (short-lived) compere called "Indy Basket".

    

    G'day,
    
     In thelegal mould... Sue, Grabbitt and Runn
    
    
    and in Sydney, Oz... From Here to Maternity.  
    
    
    djw

    Restaurant in Olympia, Washington: The Urban Onion.

    From a Dave Barry column (he swears he's not making it up; see
    HYDRA::DAVE_BARRY, topic 876):
    
    		Used Cow Dealer
    
    They dispose of "large dead animals".
    
    -b

    The venerable (and now defunct) Boston law firm of 
    Gaston, Snow, and Eli Bartley was often mocked as:
    
    Ghastly, Slow, and Easily Bought-off
    
    
    Kit

A former coworker, after passing the bar, was debating whether to go
into partnership with a friend of Asian descent.  Due to the
requirement (law?) about having partners' names in the firm's name,
had the proposed partnership occurred, their law firm would have been:

	White and Wong