Some business owners spend months choosing a name. Others choose a pun and never look back. Our readers photographed the best shop fronts they could find.
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Click any image to enlargePuns, Ranked by Damage
Not all puns are created equal. Some tickle, some sting, and some should be reported to the authorities.
- Mild: the kind you can say at work
- Medium: earns one disappointed look
- Severe: friendships have ended over these
Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you fall into an open sewer and die.
Mel Brooks
We apologize for nothing. Well, maybe for one of them. You know which one.
A quick note on how this post came together: the idea arrived in our tips inbox, survived two editorial meetings, one argument about whether it was actually funny, and a vote that was decided by the office cat walking across the keyboard. We cleaned it up, checked every detail, and added only the jokes we could defend in front of our mothers.
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