Commercial vehicles that make you smile

[swee'pea99]

Years ago a shop called Nothing opened in Oxford's covered market selling jumpers. A few years on, they opened an adjacent shop selling trendy hippyish clothes: Next to Nothing. A while after that, another, for kids clothes - Two Foot Nothing.

 

[Amanda P]

...they could offer a service whereby they electrocute you or creep up on you and shout "boo!"...

 

[Amanda P]

Reminds me of the pub where wildlife biologists spend so much of their time: The Field.

"No, here's not here, sorry. He's in The Field". It's heard a lot on the phone around here.

 

[Molecule Man]

When I used to work in Hereford, there was a quarry company that ran a fleet of tippers, all painted with the logo NASH ROCKS.

When I went back for another season's work, the company had obviously branched out into other building materials, because they now also had flatbeds marked up NASH BLOCKS.

We amused ourselves by guessing what other businesses they might move into. Horology? Hosiery? Masculine poultry? Shipping terminals? Lady's clothing? Scotsmen for hire...

Smoked salmon? (Sorry if that's been done already).

 

[Arch]

Diseases causing spots? Vulpine mammals? Plants from the family Polemoniaceae?

 

[dondare]

Today I saw I Smart car with darkened windows and a company logo fail to stop a red light (although traffic in lanes both sides had already stopped) disconcerting several pedestrians who were crossing. The logo that the car was plastered with was "Clearview".
Not really so funny but somewhat ironic.

 

[Leggy]

I once saw a builder's ute with the company name "Unlimited Erections".

And there's a beat-up old panelvan parked near my house with the sticker:
Answer my prayers, steal this car.

 

[BenM]

On a hand painted matt black Ford Transit, currently having its Hi-Top DIY converted to a conventional roof... "Is it cos I is Matt?"

 

[NigC]

OK, so not a van, but a road sign we all see from time-to-time: "Heavy Plant Crossing" - always makes me imagine a trifid is just around the corner :troll:

 

[Armegatron]

Working in IT Im often on experts-exchange... Im so glad the hyphen is in there

 

[Theseus]

Working in IT Im often on experts-exchange... Im so glad the hyphen is in there

I bet you get your stationary from Pen Island.

 

[NigC]

I saw a very odd advertisement on a van over the weekend:

The entire side-panel add was stuck on upside down: company name, number, fax and a few other details Grabbed my attention, but made it impossible to make a quick note if I'd wanted their services

 

[Arch]

I saw a very odd advertisement on a van over the weekend:

The entire side-panel add was stuck on upside down: company name, number, fax and a few other details Grabbed my attention, but made it impossible to make a quick note if I'd wanted their services

I was on a train, going past fort Dunlop, just before B'ham New St, and noticed they had big letters stuck in the windows advertising fortdunlop.com.

Except the m of com was upside down, so it said fordunlop.cow.

 

[Armegatron]

Went to my local Skoda dealer recently, and spotted a car round the back that must have been going to scrap... Someone had written on the window in large letters

S koda
crap

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The S large enough to spell Skoda Scrap but could also read the obvious...

 

[Riding in Circles]

I saw a van yesterday from a scaffolding company which had across the back "make sure your erection is in safe hands".