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Here’s the definitive map of puntastic business names

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Benjamin Snyder
Benjamin Snyder
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October 1, 2015, 12:06 PM ET

Ever see a small business with an absolutely hilarious name? Maybe one that includes an incredible pun? If you don’t remember its location, you’re in luck: Atlas Obscura has you covered. The site, along with Digg’s help, crowdsourced about 1,900 of the most puntastic business names around and mapped them for your viewing pleasure.

“Every day, we pass business signs. Big billboards, tiny gold leaf etching on glass doors, honking neon lights—all of this signage is part of the visual white noise of one’s daily travels, whether it be by foot, car, bus, or train,” the article reads. “Based on the over 3,000 submissions we got for our map of business name puns—all the time.”

Some of the best? Hannah and Her Scissors, Pour House, and Pizza D’Action in Holyoke, Mass. Vietnamese speakers will probably cringe at 9021-Pho (it’s pronounced “fuh”.)

Although submissions are closed, the website says that if there are enough new ones sent over, they’ll consider updating the map at a later date.

Check out the full map here.

Curious about more businesses with puns for names? Fortune wrote about some last year.

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Benjamin Snyder is Fortune's managing editor, leading operations for the newsroom.

Prior to rejoining Fortune, he was a managing editor at Business Insider and has worked as an editor for Bloomberg, LinkedIn and CNBC, covering leadership stories, sports business, careers and business news. He started his career as a breaking news reporter at Fortune in 2014.

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