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Default Strange names for restaurants

Ken wrote on Mon, 18 Feb 2008 10:04:49 -0800 (PST):

K> On Feb 18, 9:38 am, wrote:
??>> There is a Chinese restaurant near me called
??>> PIERRE'S....SF Peninsula....it tickles me every time I
??>> drive by. Do you know of any funny/different
??>> names? Ellie

K> I wrote about this one before in Visalia, CA: Acequia on
Main
K> (Acequia is Spanish for irrigation ditch.) So if you want
K> to eat in or on an irrigation ditch, it's the right place to
K> go. Actually, it's a pretty good California cuisine place.

K> Ken

Not a restaurant but there are two firms of plumbers around
he one called Flood and the other Leaky (OK, let's be honest,
it's actually Leahy!)

James Silverton
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