A bit off the top

There are no less than 100 instances of hairdressers with the name ‘Hairport’ and around 40 with the name ‘Curl Up and Dye’ listed on yell.com. But why? These atrocities are presumably the result of company owners having enough time to sit and come up with a name, but not enough time to realise it’s a bad idea before they commit to having stationery printed and a big perspex sign stuck up above their front door. Hairdressers seem to be the worst culprits when it comes to puns and generally wrong names. Here’s a shot of the former example spotted in Stamford Hill recently. I’m hoping to find the shop I once saw near Brick Lane called ‘Touching Cloth’ to add to the archive. Have you got any seventh wonders of company naming to share? If so send them here and I’ll add them to the archive. Yes, how very original and lazy of me to ask other people to help me compile my blog.