AlanHo Posted December 31, 2007 Report Share Posted December 31, 2007 A West-Midlands ladies’ hair salon was forced to close yesterday after its owner refused to comply with a Trading Standards order over its ‘Punless’ name. Head of Solihull Trading Standards Mark Jones said ‘We first approached the owner of ‘Eileen’s Hair Salon’ back in March and issued an order for her to comply with the ‘Hairdresser’s Pun and Innuendo Regulations Act 2003’. At the time we issued the order there was a clear breach of the regulation, and we had to act to protect both the public and the profession. The salon’s name excluded such required phrases as ‘Short and Curly’ and even failed to mention the word ‘Blow’. ‘The business was offered a range of pun-based names such as ‘A Cut Above’, ‘Lunatic Fringe’ and ‘Curl up and Dry’,’ chuckled Mr Jones, barely able to speak for laughter at these puns, ‘but in April as new shop-sign was put up which read ‘Eileen’s Hair and Nail Salon’. This was another clear attempt to pay lip-service to the regulation and we had to act swiftly and close down the business’. Jones continued that fish and chip shop owners should also be on their guard. The new EU regulation coming into force in December requires all such premises to include fish puns in their titles, such as ‘The Tasty Plaice’, ‘In Cod We Trust’ and the rather laboured ‘Are you ready to Rock Salmon and Chips Twice Please; No Vinegar.’News Biscuit - Business Section. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted December 31, 2007 Report Share Posted December 31, 2007 Saw a new one yesterday up in Yorkshire - "Frying Nemo" :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catgate Posted December 31, 2007 Report Share Posted December 31, 2007 Saw a new one yesterday up in Yorkshire - "Frying Nemo" :)You got through the border guards OK then? They get a bit stroppy at this time of the year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted December 31, 2007 Report Share Posted December 31, 2007 :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted December 31, 2007 Report Share Posted December 31, 2007 There is a poodle parlour in Brighton called Doggie Fashion.I remember a fish and chip shop on Hucknall Road in Nottingham called Abbott's Friary - which I thought was doubly good considering the city it was located. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catgate Posted December 31, 2007 Report Share Posted December 31, 2007 There is a poodle parlour in Brighton called Doggie Fashion.Isn't that a bit OTT? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanHo Posted December 31, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2007 There is a poodle parlour in Brighton called Doggie Fashion.Got their inspiration from the Kama Sutra no doubt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted December 31, 2007 Report Share Posted December 31, 2007 http://www.totaltravel.co.uk/travel/south-...s/doggy-fashionhttp://www.doggyfashion.co.uk/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanHo Posted December 31, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2007 http://www.totaltravel.co.uk/travel/south-...s/doggy-fashionhttp://www.doggyfashion.co.uk/He looks like the kind of bloke who would seek profit from a double entendre. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catgate Posted December 31, 2007 Report Share Posted December 31, 2007 I don't care if he has a posh shop. Doggie Fashion is still "a bit over the top". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanHo Posted December 31, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2007 I don't care if he has a posh shop. Doggie Fashion is still "a bit over the top".Back to front if you ask me.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted January 1, 2008 Report Share Posted January 1, 2008 Why do so many silly people make poodles look so absolutely ridiculous? Ditto with so many small dogs. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catgate Posted January 1, 2008 Report Share Posted January 1, 2008 Why do so many silly people make poodles look so absolutely ridiculous?Is there something else you can do with a poodle? Even the Koreans refuse to eat them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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