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Hilarious names
for Pinoy businesses
By Juan V. Sarmiento Jr.
Philippine Daily Inquirer

THE ECONOMIC downturn has prompted Filipino entrepreneurs to put up
businesses and products with hilarious names in a bid to grab customers. And
what catchy names they have come up with.

There's ''Cooking Ng Ina Mo,'' a carinderia specializing in home cooked
meals on Boni Avenue in Manduluyong City. Just a stone's throw from it is a
competitor called ''Cooking
Ng Ina Mo Rin.''

From the names, one could easily get an idea about the specialties of the
eateries. Take for instance "Caintacky Fried Chicken.'' Where else, but in
Cainta, Rizal.

What about ''Blue Marilyn?'' It's a sing-along, ihaw-ihaw restaurant on
Sucat Avenue in Parañaque. And ''Crispy Per Minute'' is another giveaway. It
offers crispy pata while ''Cleopata's'' is a bakahan and manukan.

The owner of ''Babalik Karinderia'' in Sto. Tomas, Batangas, seems to be
confident that his customers will return to the eatery.

Urban living has created a demand for laundry service especially among those
who don't have maids. If they live in Pasig City they can go to ''Cinna
Von,'' a laundrymat.

In Legaspi Village in Makati, the woman who takes orders for ''Launderland''
is reportedly named Alice.

In San Juan, there's a janitorial service company called City Cleaners whose
slogan is: ''Talk dirty to me.''

For those who enjoy beer, they can try ''Bali Gulp,'' which is just beside
Valley Golf on Sumulong highway in Antipolo.

Those who work near Buendia and Taft Avenues could go to ''Beery Good.''

A businessman or executive who wants to have a few drinks and feel not being
hounded by his wife may have a good reason to tell her that he is in ''The
Conference Room,'' a nightclub formerly near P. Burgos in Makati.

Newsmen, however, prefer the ''The Other Office,'' a bar in Ermita, Manila,
or maybe ''O'Beer Time.''

These names are culled from a list of establishments that Filipino techies
have gathered and shared with their friends on the Internet.

The list includes the following: *Fagoofyt (a children's hair salon on J.
Elizalde Avenue in BF Parañaque), Felix the Cut, Going Straight (a hair
straightening salon in Megamall), D'Scalp
(a barbershop on Evangelista Street in Makati), Curl Up And Dye (beauty
salon) and Cutis (hair and skin clinic on South Superhighway);

Beefer 150 (meat shop), Common Cents Store (sari-sari store), Happy Birthday
Toyo (a soy sauce brand in the 70's), Holland Hopia (owned by Mr. Ho; next
door is Poland Hopia, owned by Mr. Po in Chinatown Manila), Bee Tin (Hopia
Factory) and The Fried of Marikina (fried chicken shop);

Ali Baka (A shawarma shop), Ace-Deo Optical (Tanay, Rizal), Alabank (rural
bank of Alabang), Beads and Pieces (bead shop), Berde Plants (plant shop in
Glorietta), Doctor Sebago (Shoe Repair Shop, Pasay), Dear Hunter (mail order
brides);

The Enchanted Florist, Elizabeth Tailoring, Leon King Video Rental (Las
Piñas) and Fernando Pe's Box Office Hits (video rental shop in Busuanga,
Palawan).

Faithfully Yours (detective agency in Kamagong, Makati), Farmacia With Love
(drugstore ), Funeraria Mabuhay, Goldirocks (gravel and sand shop), Goto
Heaven, Ho Kee Yah (pronounced ''OK Ah!'' with a Chinese accent; Chinese
restaurant on Session Road in Baguio).

H. U. Kayin (deep-well drilling services), Income Taxi, INK-credible! (a
tattoo shop in Bicutan), Inno Scents (car freshener found in a Caltex
Starmart), James Tailoring, Jane's Pondahan and Jean Tonic (denim shop,
Shoppesville in Greenhills).

Juice Co. (fruit juice stand), Labo Optical, Lalafca (novelty store), Let's
Goat-Together (kambingan cum beer garden), Mahal Kita Honey (bottled honey
from Batangas), Maid To Order (maid placement agency), Mane Attraction
(beauty parlor) and Mang Donald's (burger joint, Naga City plaza that serves
quarter pounders and the Big Mang! . . . Mak-Mak and a  side order of Prince
Fries).

Mat & Jeep (jeep accessories shop), Meatropolis (meat shop), Meating Place
(meat shop), Megamelt (ensaymada), Memory Drug (a Mercury Drug clone), Mercy
Drug (another Mercury Drug clone in Olongapo), Miki Mao (noodle eatery),
Motel Monaco and Nacho Fast (nachos to go).

Mercy Buko (fresh coconut roadside shop), Pa-Kap-Log (budget breakfast
package: pandesal, kape at itlog), Passers Buy (convenience store),
Perfect-Lee (sari-sari store in Alabang), Perm Foundation (a Christian
beauty salon) and Petal Attraction (flower shop).

Pig Out (restaurant/take-out in San Antonio Village, Makati specializing in
pork dishes), Pizza Hot (Pizza Place), Saudia Hairlines (beauty salon),
Scissors Palace (barber shop), Second Time Around (second hand watch store),
Side-saki (side street eatery beside Mandarin Hotel), Sophisticut (unisex
hair salon), Star Wash (launderette) and Susan's Roses (flower shop).

Su-To-Kil (a seaside wet market/eatery near Mactan shrine, called
''Su-to-kil,'' which is great feast for ''sugba-tola-kilaw.'') Suzy's Key
Duplication, Sylvestre's Salon, TapSi TurBi (tapa, sinangag, turon at
bibingka) and 10/Q (convenience store chain).

The Way We Wear (boutique), Tio Paeng Longganisa Stand (Pampanga), To Home
It May Concern (furniture shop in Caloocan), Tree's Company (artificial
plant store, Pasay Road), Triple Bee (restaurant) and Tutti Fruit-asan
(fruit stall);

Wash & Carry (laundromat on Dian Street, Makati near Cash & Carry), Washing
Well (laundromat), Windows & Doors '98 (sash factory), Wheels Fargo
(eatery), yehey.com (Yahoo clone), Your Best Vet (veterinary clinic), What's
Disc? (novelty CD kiosk, Megamall) and Wrap and Roll (lumpia outlet, Quad,
Makati).

A menu in a seafood restaurant has these entrees: Isda best, Pusit to the
limit and Hipon coming back.

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Hey guys, here's our Lesson for the day.

Subject: New meanings for old medical terms


A glossary of Medical Terms, and alternate meanings.
    

Benign................What you be after you be eight.

Bacteria..............Back door to cafeteria.

Barium................What doctors do when patients die.

Cesarean Section......A neighborhood in Rome.

Catscan...............Searching for kitty.

Cauterize.............Made eye contact with her.

Coma..................A punctuation mark.

Dilate................To live long.

Enema.................Not a friend.

Fester................Quicker than someone else.

Fibula................A small lie.

G.I. Series...........World Series of military baseball.

Hangnail..............What you hang your coat on.

Labor Pain............Getting hurt at work.

Medical Staff.........A Doctor's cane.

Morbid................A higher offer than I bid.

Nitrates..............Cheaper than day rates.

Node..................Was aware of

Outpatient.... .......A person who has fainted.

Pap Smear..... .......A fatherhood test.

Pelvis................Second cousin to Elvis.

Post Operative........A letter carrier.

Recovery Room.........Place to do upholstery.

Rectum................Darn near killed him.

Secretion.............Hiding something.

Seizure...............Roman emperor.

Tablet................A small table.

Terminal Illness......Getting sick at the Bus
                       Station

Tumor.................More than one.

Urine.................Opposite of you're out.

Varicose..............Near by/close by.

Vein..................Conceited.

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Newly wed couples

A newlywed sailor was informed by the Navy that he was going to be stationed a long way from home on a remote island in the Indian Ocean for two years.  A few weeks after he got there he began to miss his new wife quite badly so he decided to write her a letter.  "My darling," he wrote "It looks like we're going to be apart for a very long time.  Already I'm starting to miss you and there's really not much to do here in the evenings. Besides that, we're constantly surrounded by young attractive native girls.  Do you think if I had a hobby of some kind I would not be so tempted?"  So his wife sent him back a harmonica saying, "Why don't you learn to play this?"  Eventually his tour of duty came to an end and he rushed back to his wife.  "Darling," he said, "I can't wait to get you into bed so that we can make passionate love!" "First... let's see you play that harmonica!"

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A couple came upon a wishing well.  The husband leaned over, made a wish and threw in a penny. The wife decided to make a wish, too.  But she leaned over too much, fell into the well, and drowned. The husband was stunned for a while but then smiled and said, "It really works!" *******************************************************************

A man said his credit card was stolen but he decided not to report it because the thief was spending less than his wife did.

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NEWLYWED: Do you want dinner? 

SPOUSE: Sure, what are my choices?

NEWLYWED: Yes and no.

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A couple were in bed after celebrating their golden anniversary.  The wife said, "Darling, embrace me the way you used to when we first got married." He did.  "Now kiss me the way you used to...... Now darling bite me the way you used to....." At this point the husband got out of bed and the wife said,  "Where are you going, dear?"  "To get my teeth," the husband replied.

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During their silver anniversary, a wife reminded her husband, "Do you remember when you proposed to me, I was so overwhelmed that I didn't talk for an hour?" The hubby replied: "Yes, honey, that was the happiest hour of my life."

When a bachelor marries, his wife has three qualities - she is an economist in the kitchen, an aristocrat in the living room and a devil in bed.  After a few years, sure enough the three qualities remain, but not in the same order - she is an aristocrat in the kitchen, a devil in the living room and an economist in bed.

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On the first night of their marriage, the groom told the bride, "Darling, love is blind." "Yes dear," replied the bride, "but the neighbors are not, so please close the windows.” *******************************************************************

A couple got married.  The bride being religious, hung a sign on the wall above her bed.  The sign said : "I need thee everyday".  A week later, the groom got a sign made and hung it over his bed.  The sign said "God, give me strength."

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A wife suspected that her husband was having an affair with the maid.  She thought of a plan to take him by surprise.  One Friday she told the maid to take the day off and that night she went into the maid's room, switched off all the lights and, in pitch darkness, slipped into the bed.  Sure enough at midnight, there were footsteps and a figure opened the door and slipped into the maid's bed beside her.  After a few passionate kisses, the wife suddenly switched on the lights and asked, "Surprised?" "I sure am, ma'am!" stammered the chauffeur.

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A husband and wife were shopping when the wife said, "Darling, it's my mother's birthday tomorrow.  What shall we buy for her?  She would like something electric." The husband replied, "How about a chair?"

 

Two friends met. "You look sad, Fred, what's the trouble?" asked the first friend. "Domestic trouble." "But you always bragged that your wife is a pearl."  "She still is.  It's the mother-of-pearl that makes all the trouble.

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