B & Q threaten small retailer in Nth East

issues. It's a stupid name for a shop anyway.

It was explained what B & Screw came from. Daft trade name, and the singular verbs are in such unforgiveable, coarse taste anyway. Very few people ever knew what the abbrevn B & Q stood for, myself included. The odd unfairness, maybe. Bewildered and Queue? Bullying and Quarrelsome?

Big & Quaint?

Peter Crosland

I was told "Block & Quail" after the founders of the original store which got bought out to become B&Q. I imagine Mr B and Mr Q are sunning themselves in some tropical paradise....

I don't think "Block & Quail" would have scaled up the way "B&Q" has.

Cheers,

William.

Block and Quayle

I heard a tale about someone travelling in the States. The hotel asked if he'd got a discount card. Looking through he came across a B & Q card and offered that. 'What's it stand for?' 'Bush and Quayle.' He got his discount! Yes Dan Quayle. Remember him? No best not. The younger Bush learned his style from T Dan Q.

Peter Scott

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember "Gel" saying something like:

deliberately taking the piss.

Block and Quayle. My wife worked for one of the first half-dozen B&Q stores (before it even opend). I think one of them even came down for the opening.

Bodgit Quick

As they say, any publicity is good publicity.

Look at the coverage, and ask what it would have cost him for the same level of advertising on the open market.

NT