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I'm hoping also what would fit into this tribe might be tragically, comedically or ironically named people and/or things. Fer instance, for a long time, there was a drinking establishment in the Castro neighborhood in San Francisco by the name of "Dick's".
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Re: Tragically named people or things?
Thu, October 28, 2004 - 11:11 PMThere is a similarly named tavern in the Boston area. I didn't go, but someone told me that their schtick was that they were deliberately rude in an exaggerated, comical fashion. Charming. Makes me wonder if it was "Dicks" (no apostrophe)
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Fri, October 29, 2004 - 2:53 PMWhat's now "Harvey's" (in The Castro) used to be "The Elephant Walk". But everyone called it "The Elephant Cock".
The Castro has lots of amusing "popular" names. Twin Peaks, much favored by older gay men for its bench-to-ceiling windows and excellent location, is known as "The Glass Coffin". Now-closed health food restaurant Amazing Grace was "Amusing Grease", while fashionable Cafe Flore is "Cafe Hairdo". But I digress, as usual.
Moby Dick's is real, as is Daddy's. The Pendulum misses its opportunity by *not* being an explicitly bisexual bar. -
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Fri, October 29, 2004 - 3:09 PMRE: "Glass Coffin"
Ouch! That's vicious...or should I say "catty"?
RE: "Pendulum"
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Fri, December 31, 2004 - 6:55 AMreal restaurant in Halifax, Nova Scotia: Mother Tucker's.
do I even need to mention what it was usually called by myself and friends?
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Mon, July 11, 2005 - 11:35 PMYou forget that place that sells sheets and stuff...Bloodbath and Beyond. -
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Sat, July 16, 2005 - 10:41 PMOr the sign from The Simpsons, seen in a montage as Lisa's contemplating taking on a new religion: "Bed, Bath and Baha'i".
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Fri, February 4, 2005 - 3:14 PMJust read a newspaper article about a private school called the Dummer Academy (named for someone called Dummer who donated money to the school). -
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Tue, March 8, 2005 - 7:24 PMIn Dallas, Texas there used to be a hospital named "Dedman".
Coincidentally enough, they really DID have the highest rate of negligence cases in the tri-state area. They later changed it to "RHD Memorial hospital" for good ol' Robert H. Dedman himself. But noone calls it that.
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Sat, March 12, 2005 - 2:14 PMMy Friend used to date a guy in Medical School named "Paul Butcher". He wanted to be a surgeon. I would have been a little nervous going into surgery with "Dr. Butcher"! -
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Sun, March 13, 2005 - 5:04 PMAnyone named Ronald McDonald.
That just can't be good.
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Mon, July 11, 2005 - 11:36 PMI used to work in a restaurant where there was some kind of system for, I assume, washing the stovehoods. At least, that was the only explanation I could think of for a large red button on the wall labelled "Gaylord Hoodwash". I always thought he should be the villain in a victorian melodrama.
Also, there is a california native plant called Bigelow Sneezeweed. -
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Re: Tragically named people or things?
Tue, July 12, 2005 - 8:58 PMExcellent!
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