STARSBUCK COFFEE

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http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/42025000/jpg/_42025246_starsbuck203.jpg

aka, if this hasn't already been done, and I'm sure it has, 'please post photos of places/things/whatever that are almost but not quite the thing being ripped off.'

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 29 August 2006 13:55 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.worth1000.com/entries/226500/226932oTWS_w.jpg

Like this, you mean? (That's probably too big, but let's see)

― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 29 August 2006 13:59 (nineteen years ago)

Oh god oh god oh god, my kingdom for a digital camera! I once passed an electronics store in Flushing called "VONY" in exactly the typeface you might expect.

― Laurel (Laurel), Tuesday, 29 August 2006 14:01 (nineteen years ago)

is Starbucks, the coffee empire, named after Starbuck, the young protagonist from Battlestar Galactica?

― captain reverend gandalf jesus (nickalicious), Tuesday, 29 August 2006 14:01 (nineteen years ago)

http://static.flickr.com/53/113348432_29796dcb95_o.jpg

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Tuesday, 29 August 2006 14:02 (nineteen years ago)

I must find a picture of "7 to 11"

― Brian Miller (Brian Miller), Tuesday, 29 August 2006 14:02 (nineteen years ago)

One of those junky for-sale-on-the-street-for-99-cents "Webster" dictionaries. [No picture available]

― My Little Ruud Book (Ken L), Tuesday, 29 August 2006 14:05 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.citypaper.com/sb/99591/responible.jpg

― PARTYMAN (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 29 August 2006 14:05 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.citypaper.com/sb/100851/responible.jpg

― PARTYMAN (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 29 August 2006 14:06 (nineteen years ago)

Damn. I went on holiday to Malta without my camera, so I don't have a photo of "Kentish Fried Chicken" in Birkikara.

― Ben Dot (1977), Tuesday, 29 August 2006 14:07 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.citypaper.com/sb/97545/responible.jpg

― PARTYMAN (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 29 August 2006 14:08 (nineteen years ago)

LOL @ "Colonel Sanders"

haha holy jesus strongo

― captain reverend gandalf jesus (nickalicious), Tuesday, 29 August 2006 14:10 (nineteen years ago)

There used to be a gas station chain in Queens that started out for a few months as SAFEWAY and then changed their name to SAEEWAY.

― My Little Ruud Book (Ken L), Tuesday, 29 August 2006 14:11 (nineteen years ago)

What does KFG do, Gecko?

― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 29 August 2006 14:13 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.citypaper.com/sb/87004/responible.jpg

― PARTYMAN (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 29 August 2006 14:13 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.citypaper.com/sb/87656/respon2.jpg

― PARTYMAN (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 29 August 2006 14:14 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.citypaper.com/sb/90786/responible.jpg

― PARTYMAN (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 29 August 2006 14:15 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.citypaper.com/sb/92298/responible.jpg

― PARTYMAN (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 29 August 2006 14:16 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.citypaper.com/sb/92986/responible.jpg

― PARTYMAN (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 29 August 2006 14:17 (nineteen years ago)

http://ataasha.jugem.cc/?image=3423

The "Laughing Cow", French cheese icon.

http://www.thingsasian.com/content/1400/90/images/ctown103.jpg

Pho Hung, Vietnamese resaurant in Toronto.

Which came first?

― Chuck_Tatum (Chuck_Tatum), Tuesday, 29 August 2006 14:17 (nineteen years ago)

http://cdn-73.cdn.buzznet.com/assets/users6/rwpchina/hongkongmacau/Wanko--large-msg-1111893043-2.jpg

― gatinhathree (gatinhathree), Tuesday, 29 August 2006 14:21 (nineteen years ago)

with that title, i thought this would be a TIM@KFC.EDU thread

― mr. brojangles (sanskrit), Tuesday, 29 August 2006 14:21 (nineteen years ago)

I can but try to live up to the legend.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 29 August 2006 14:23 (nineteen years ago)

IFFY LUBE

― captain reverend gandalf jesus (nickalicious), Tuesday, 29 August 2006 14:25 (nineteen years ago)

pho hung is a really good restaurant

― xave (xave), Tuesday, 29 August 2006 14:26 (nineteen years ago)

yes it is! and i never noticed the cow/cheese thing. wow.

― Rob Bolton (Rob Bolton), Tuesday, 29 August 2006 14:35 (nineteen years ago)

http://pic4.picturetrail.com/VOL757/2715925/7529337/98613815.jpg

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Tuesday, 29 August 2006 14:36 (nineteen years ago)

http://badgas.co.uk/chicken/tennessee.jpg

― Eazy (Eazy), Tuesday, 29 August 2006 14:38 (nineteen years ago)

Where is the love for Kennedy Fried Chicken? [Another photoless post]

― My Little Ruud Book (Ken L), Tuesday, 29 August 2006 14:39 (nineteen years ago)

There's a place on the way to my cousin's house in CT called the Tasty Queen; alas I can find no picture.

― less-than three's Christiane F. (drowned in milk), Tuesday, 29 August 2006 14:46 (nineteen years ago)

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0446394173.01._AA240_SCLZZZZZZZ_.gif

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 29 August 2006 14:54 (nineteen years ago)

Is that a pun-related Starfleet uniform Leno's wearing, or late 80s fashion?

― Chuck_Tatum (Chuck_Tatum), Tuesday, 29 August 2006 15:03 (nineteen years ago)

http://badgas.co.uk/chicken/

Numerous examples of the "Something Fried Chicken" phenomenon.

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Tuesday, 29 August 2006 15:08 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.deadbrandwalking.com/fckf.jpg

i have eaten at this place! it's near old street tube, london. before i knew what it was called, i had (drunkenly) declared this establishment to be "fuckin' chicken - kentucky fried".

― Rob Bolton (Rob Bolton), Tuesday, 29 August 2006 15:11 (nineteen years ago)

there is more KFC-ripoff documentation going on here:

http://www.jaccuselondon.com/opinion_kfc.html

― Rob Bolton (Rob Bolton), Tuesday, 29 August 2006 15:16 (nineteen years ago)

It's not just a London thing. We've got one in Paisley! Perfect Fried Chicken, it's called. Somewhat over-estimating their chicken-frying skills there, I think, but it's not at all bad.

― ailsa (ailsa), Tuesday, 29 August 2006 15:19 (nineteen years ago)

Kenssy Fried Chicken, Mile End Road, fed me thru university

― i am not a nugget (stevie), Tuesday, 29 August 2006 15:29 (nineteen years ago)

have eaten at this place!

Considering it's entiteld FuCKofF, you're just following orders.

I wish I had kept that picture of the TASTI D LITE that served

FRANCH VANILLA

And anyone who's been to coney island has probably seen the

HOD DOG stand

― PappaWheelie, Olives, Red Wine, Coffee, Scotch, and Me (PappaWheelie 2), Tuesday, 29 August 2006 15:49 (nineteen years ago)

uh, not following orders that is

― PappaWheelie, Olives, Red Wine, Coffee, Scotch, and Me (PappaWheelie 2), Tuesday, 29 August 2006 15:50 (nineteen years ago)

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i134/dgoobl/tacobull.jpg

I can't find a picture, but I think the actual storefront is a lot more similar to the bell logo, iirc.

― g00blar (gooblar), Tuesday, 29 August 2006 16:12 (nineteen years ago)

oops.

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i134/dgoobl/tacobull.jpg

― g00blar (gooblar), Tuesday, 29 August 2006 16:12 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.notfoolinganybody.com

― mike a (mike a), Tuesday, 29 August 2006 19:32 (nineteen years ago)

I AND I GET PATTIES AT:

http://www.notfoolinganybody.com/28veggiecastle/veggiecastle.jpg

― mr. brojangles (sanskrit), Tuesday, 29 August 2006 20:01 (nineteen years ago)

http://badgas.co.uk/chicken/fcuk.jpg

― a.b. (alanbanana), Tuesday, 29 August 2006 21:05 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.chicagoist.com/images/2005_01_burger_delights_4.jpg

― Party Time Country Female (pullapartgirl), Tuesday, 29 August 2006 21:46 (nineteen years ago)

They weren't really even trying there - they kept the same menu and food wrappers as BK. It's a Brown's now.

― Party Time Country Female (pullapartgirl), Tuesday, 29 August 2006 21:47 (nineteen years ago)

Cub Foods, giant supermarket chain:

http://www.ci.rochester.mn.us/publicworks/Transportation/citylines/routes/Bus_Stop_Images/Bus_Stops/SE/Cub_Foods.JPG

...and Cup Foods, about 5 blocks from my house:

http://www.elizabethglidden.com/images/cup_foods.jpg

― Fluffy Bear (Fluffy Bear Hearts Rainbows), Wednesday, 30 August 2006 12:57 (nineteen years ago)

Cleo McDowell: "Look...me and the McDonald's people got this little misunderstanding. See, they're McDonald's...I'm McDowell's. They got the Golden Arches, mine is the Golden Arcs. They got the Big Mac, I got the Big Mick. We both got two all-beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles and onions, but their buns have sesame seeds. My buns have no seeds. "

― mr. brojangles (sanskrit), Wednesday, 30 August 2006 15:20 (nineteen years ago)

Errrrrrrrrrrrrr, where did the rest of the site go?

― dud Hab 'C' dEva (Dada), Wednesday, 30 August 2006 15:24 (nineteen years ago)

I wasted so much time looking for a McDowell's pic. why do we mourn the downtime of ILx?

― Sam: Screwed and Chopped (Molly Jones), Wednesday, 30 August 2006 15:24 (nineteen years ago)

haha, i dug around for McDowell's too.. had to settle for that.

― mr. brojangles (sanskrit), Wednesday, 30 August 2006 15:37 (nineteen years ago)

haha CUP FOODS

ihttp://puntabulous.com/wp-content/kup.jpg

HOW DO I ATE FOOD?

― captain reverend gandalf jesus (nickalicious), Wednesday, 30 August 2006 19:22 (nineteen years ago)

many mroe at Engrish.com

― Mr Jones (Mr Jones), Sunday, 3 September 2006 00:04 (nineteen years ago)

schiesse!

http://www.engrish.com/detail.php?imagename=coffee-bell.jpg&category=Buildings&date=2006-06-21

― Mr Jones (Mr Jones), Sunday, 3 September 2006 00:05 (nineteen years ago)

the sbux pumpkin spice lattes are here -- does that mean it's officialy fall?

― el borracho (Jody Beth Rosen), Sunday, 3 September 2006 01:32 (nineteen years ago)

Dude in a local mall saved money by reusing the old sign letters from the space he bought out (switching the "R" and "S"):

Ulrich's cannibalization of the 126-year-old Rhodes company doesn't end there. He's using Rhodes' blueprints for the store --- saving him an estimated $4,000 --- and setting up the floor plan exactly as it was before.

And then there's the sign. He pulled down the part that said "since 1875" but made few other changes.

"The only reason we went with the Shoder name is because --- well, to be honest with you, that sign's worth about $35,000," said Ulrich, who is 44 and lives in Snellville.

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Thursday, 7 September 2006 01:55 (nineteen years ago)

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