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1. Rainbow Color Separation Services – poor rainbows!
2. Al Boom Gas Company – they better not explode!!
3. Al Sharq Pet Shop - where they also sell non-shark pets
4. Talent Secretarial Services – they’ve got talent, they say!
5. Excellent Men’s Saloon – a Salon!
6. Quick Hands Restaurant – I wonder if the food is served in milli-seconds?
7. Al Nasr Cinema Restaurant - believe me, there was no giant screen inside!
8. Athlete’s Foot (a shoe store) – where we might also find medication for athlete’s foot
9. Neatorama Cleaning Services
10. xx Roastery – I came in looking for roasted chicken but they only sold roasted NUTS
11. Hello Deira – The store in Deira sells mobile phones.
12. Automatic Restaurant and Grill – like everything will be grilled automatically?
13. Safestway Supermarket
These are just a few! I’ll be on the lookout for more. Any interesting business establishment names near you?
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Ooh, I remember Athlete’s Foot in the US. I wonder whatever happened to them?
Kailani, wasn’t it “Foot Locker”? Isn’t Athlete’s Foot a fungus?
I love funny signs like this. The first two are my favorite. Here in Israel I once got a flyer for a course teaching “Spiking English”. Well, at least they weren’t eaching spelling I suppose…
LOL! These are great! Have you visited engrish.com? I think you’d love it!
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This list is hilarious.
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Ha. These ARE funny.
I love the saloon salon – that one is definitely my favourite!
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Great list! We have a “Sharp Cuts” men’s barber shop near us that I laugh about every time we pass. I don’t want a sharp cut. It sounds dangerous. It’s not as exciting as your list, though!
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LOL!!
Cool list!!
Happy TT!
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A very clever post! You’re a ver observant traveller around Dubai.
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Nice and usefull post, thanks, this is one for my bookmarks!
There is:
Mummy Look – a salon in Satwa
Antique Museum – is neither a museum or sells antiques: just souvenirs
Phone Museum – a mobile phone unlocking store
Whistly and Fluge – tailors. Whistle and Flute is cockney rhyming slang for suit…
Helloman,
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I look forward to seeing many more excellent posts like this one.
Thanks
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