BS: Strange combinations of merchandise

Subject: BS: Strange combinations of merchandise
From: Mr Red
Date: 15 Feb 05 - 01:59 PM

I just got two spams from idiots who looked into the HTML of my contact form, the e-mail addres is unique and changes after each SPAM.

Anyway they (Nissan Industrial Co) seem to be selling Tomato puree by the gallon and tires (because they think I am American) of all shapes & sizes.

Is this an accident? Should I tread carefully? Or is it a strange version of Dunkin Donuts? Or are they making a colourful connection with the tomatos?

Subject: RE: BS: Strange combinations of merchandise
From: Uncle_DaveO
Date: 15 Feb 05 - 02:12 PM

I know not the answer to your questions, but your post reminded me of the sign I saw on a shop in a small town in Indiana:

Wedding Tuxedo Rentals and Karate School".

Hmmm.. Maybe there's more sense to that than I'd thought at first!

Dave Oesterreich

Subject: RE: BS: Strange combinations of merchandise
From: khandu
Date: 15 Feb 05 - 04:46 PM

There was also the "Minter City Bank & Quick Lube".

k

Subject: RE: BS: Strange combinations of merchandise
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 15 Feb 05 - 07:53 PM

The "Come Diving" Scuba shop...

Subject: RE: BS: Strange combinations of merchandise
From: Mr Happy
Date: 15 Feb 05 - 08:08 PM

'home made cakes & bicycles repaired'

Subject: RE: BS: Strange combinations of merchandise
From: GUEST,Wesley S
Date: 15 Feb 05 - 08:14 PM

I saw a bait shop with a sign that said "Worms and Cold Beer". That must be the only way to get the worms down. Still - that's pretty tame by Fear Factor standards.

Subject: RE: BS: Strange combinations of merchandise
From: annamill
Date: 15 Feb 05 - 08:26 PM

In PA, the Pymatuning telephone & storm door co.

Subject: RE: BS: Strange combinations of merchandise
From: jimmyt
Date: 15 Feb 05 - 09:50 PM

I saw a hand painted sigh on a back road in Vermont that read "FOR SALE, PARSNIPS AND RABIES SHOTS"

Subject: RE: BS: Strange combinations of merchandise
From: Bobert
Date: 15 Feb 05 - 10:18 PM

Yeah, when it comes to tires you don't wanta "tread" lightly... As fir the tomato sauce, hmmmmmm? Tread lightly...

Bobert

Subject: RE: BS: Strange combinations of merchandise
From: Bert
Date: 16 Feb 05 - 01:34 AM

Jimbo's coffee bar and bike shop.

Subject: RE: BS: Strange combinations of merchandise
From: GUEST,GUEST, gan ainm
Date: 16 Feb 05 - 03:40 AM

On a recent trip to the States, driving between Dallas and Commerce, Texas, I saw a banner:

"Defensive Driving
All You Can Eat Buffet"

Subject: RE: BS: Strange combinations of merchandise
From: Jeremiah McCaw
Date: 17 Feb 05 - 01:52 AM

Somewhat similar to one already posted; this from an early Bob Newhart routine:

The Grace L. Ferguson Airline & Storm Door Company

And one I actually saw in a small town in north Ontario:

"Marriage Licenses & Ammunition for sale"

Subject: RE: BS: Strange combinations of merchandise
From: GUEST,Joe_F
Date: 17 Feb 05 - 01:05 PM

In the package of replacement electric-toothbrush heads that I had ordered on the Web, I received, gratis, a low-calorie candy bar and a little packet of skin lotion.

--- Joe Fineman    [e-mail]

||: If people have to work for a living, then the price of labor :||

||: equals the standard of living.                               :||

Subject: RE: BS: Strange combinations of merchandise
From: GUEST,Stilly River Sage
Date: 17 Feb 05 - 01:19 PM

When I read the thread title I thought this might be about the speculation that I sometimes do in the grocery store checkout line. Associating everything in the cart. You know, when someone is buying such an odd array of items at once and when seeking some common ground for all of the items, you come up with some pretty bizarre conclusions. (Is it just me?)

It might be simple, like someone buying toothbrushes and Preparation-H, (eeeeww). Or you watch the conveyor move toward the clerk with what appears to be a full-course meal: steak, fresh asperagus, a nice red wine, potatoes, foil, a bouquet of flowers, a bag of charcoal, and along side this is a box of caustic pool chemicals or a heavy tinsnips. Know what I mean?

SRS

Subject: RE: BS: Strange combinations of merchandise
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 17 Feb 05 - 05:24 PM

Or maybe I read too many mysteries. You know, the ones with the rose and the bloody tinsnips beside the pool on the cover. :)

Subject: RE: BS: Strange combinations of merchandise
From: Bunnahabhain
Date: 17 Feb 05 - 08:34 PM

I came back in the other day carrying an ice axe, and expensive chocolates. That would make you a reasonable cover shot...

Subject: RE: BS: Strange combinations of merchandise
From: Chief Chaos
Date: 17 Feb 05 - 09:13 PM

Saw one the other day that made me wonder.

"See Through Window and Door"

Does anybody go looking for windows they can't see through?
Is that not the purpose of a window?
What am I missing?

Subject: RE: BS: Strange combinations of merchandise
From: Hollowfox
Date: 18 Feb 05 - 10:18 AM

Johnson City, Tennessee boasts a gun and vacuum cleaner shop.

Subject: RE: BS: Strange combinations of merchandise
From: CStrong
Date: 19 Feb 05 - 09:23 AM

In IL 20 years ago:

Starlight Motel and Tax Service

Really.

Subject: RE: BS: Strange combinations of merchandise
From: Bert
Date: 20 Feb 05 - 01:21 AM

They fitted a 'see through' bathroom window in Ma-in-Law's house. She made them change it for a frosted glass one.

Subject: RE: BS: Strange combinations of merchandise
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 20 Feb 05 - 06:23 AM

Funny that... I ASKED for a see through window in my bathroom and the glazing firm did their damnedest to make sure I didn't get it.... Finally I explained that I wanted to frost it myself and they agreed. Found out that their 'frosted' or 'embossed' glass was more expensive.

(I got my clear glass and frosted it with some stencils and frosting spray. Lovely Rennie MacIntosh style design on it now).

I once purchased a large amount of glassware and a pickaxe in the same shop. Got some very strange looks. Even more when I explained that the glasses were for my priest and the pickaxe was for me!

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Strange combinations of merchandise
From: Chris Green
Date: 20 Feb 05 - 02:57 PM

I saw a sign in a shop window in Evesham a few years ago which read "Bric-a-brac bought. Antiques sold."

Subject: RE: BS: Strange combinations of merchandise
From: JennyO
Date: 02 Nov 06 - 10:07 AM

One day John was looking for a small CD player and I wanted a clock radio, so we went into a discount appliances shop. Know what John came out with?

A BANJO!

There were all sorts of other instruments in there too, right next to the toasters, clock radios, hairdryers and electric frypans.


Some might say that's an appropriate place for them ;-)

Subject: RE: BS: Strange combinations of merchandise
From: Bagpuss
Date: 02 Nov 06 - 10:19 AM

How about cabbages and condoms

Bagpuss

Subject: RE: BS: Strange combinations of merchandise
From: Becca72
Date: 02 Nov 06 - 10:28 AM

I worked as a clerk in a local supermarket for years and I'll never forget one customer who came in just before a big snow storm (our busiest time) and all she had was drain cleaner, condoms and one avacado...

Subject: RE: BS: Strange combinations of merchandise
From: Ebbie
Date: 02 Nov 06 - 12:12 PM

I once stopped in a drugstore on my way to a baby shower to pick up a gift for the new babe and also to make a routine purchase for me.

I got a strange look from the clerk when I paid for birth control pills and a dainty layette.

Subject: RE: BS: Strange combinations of merchandise
From: Kaleea
Date: 02 Nov 06 - 12:33 PM

I was driving along a highway west of Wichita, Kansas about 20 years back & saw an unusual store with a large sign that read Furniture and Caskets. I laughed outloud! I later found out that this was common in earlier times, and that there was once a well known business called Kansas City Casket and Furniture Company. After all, the carpenter was the feller who made the tables & chairs as well as the pine boxes.

Subject: RE: BS: Strange combinations of merchandise
From: RangerSteve
Date: 02 Nov 06 - 03:36 PM

Not too far from me in Buttzville, NJ (which is a great name for a town) a store advertising antiques and groceries.

And I forget exactly where I saw this name: Trinidad Bean and Elevator Company.